Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< May 21st, 2010 >

STL

You see here 7      
blessed darts.      
j - 7 blessed darts 
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 |................| 
 |.d......+.......| 
#-@...............| 
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@: "These will do nicely."

You see here a book 
named "Dungeons of  
Doom for Dummies".  
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 |................| 
 |........@...d...| 
#-................| 
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@: "Looks helpful..."

k - a book named "Du
What do you want to 
read? [efk or ?*] k 
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 |................| 
 |........@.......| 
#-..........d.....| 
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@: "Let's see what it says..."

You feel a wrenching
Goblin hits. Goblin 
misses. Goblin hits.
Goblin hits. Goblin 
hits! You die...    
     ---+----       
     |....o.|       
     |$...%.|       
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11 Comments

#1	DrSunglass	Fri, 21 May 2010 04:49:46
My only quibble is with "Goblin hits.", which needs an article ("The goblin hits.").
#2	Sorceror	Fri, 21 May 2010 05:19:32
I'm clearly missing something here.
#3	Anonymous	Fri, 21 May 2010 05:43:02
Likewise.
#4	progo	Fri, 21 May 2010 07:16:50
The book "Dungeons of Doom for Dummies" clearly outbeats Dudley's intelligence, hence he freezes. Or the book could be cursed, but where's the fun in that.
#5	xolroc	Fri, 21 May 2010 18:41:41
The book is meant to introduce you to the Dungeons of Doom. It just does so the hard way.
#6	DarthCliche	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:32:28
xolroc: The footnote makes it clear that progo's interpretation is correct.
#7	octagon	Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:19:58
@DrSunglass: Possibly Dudley named the goblin "Goblin".
#8	Anonymous	Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:47:29
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#9	Anonymous	Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:47:46
WHY???!?!?!?!?!!?
#10	STL	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:02:36
Since no one figure it out after two and a half years: the book is uncursed, we know this because Dudley can detect blessed status of the items (from first pane). He's a priest. So the book exceeds his intelligence.
#11	ThePathfinder	Wed, 25 May 2016 03:02:04
A pun on "for Dummies".

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