-# SCCS Id: @(#)data.base 3.4 2002/12/17
+# SCCS Id: @(#)data.base 3.4 2002/12/28
# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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yellow and white, none was missing. Very sleek and fat did
the cats appear, and sonorous with purring content.
[ The Cats of Ulthar, by H.P. Lovecraft ]
+# this one doesn't work very well for dwarven and gnomish cavemen
+cave*man
+human cave*man
+ Now it was light enough to leave. Moon-Watcher picked up
+ the shriveled corpse and dragged it after him as he bent
+ under the low overhang of the cave. Once outside, he
+ threw the body over his shoulder and stood upright - the
+ only animal in all this world able to do so.
+ Among his kind, Moon-Watcher was almost a giant. He was
+ nearly five feet high, and though badly undernourished
+ weighed over a hundred pounds. His hairy, muscular body
+ was halfway between ape and man, but his head was already
+ much nearer to man than ape. The forehead was low, and
+ there were ridges over the eye sockets, yet he unmistakably
+ held in his genes the promise of humanity.
+ [ 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke ]
*centaur
Of all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination
the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
[ Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs ]
~dwarf ??m*
dwarf*
-dwarven cave*man
+dwar* cave*man
Dwarfs have faces like men (ugly men, with wrinkled, leathery
skins), but are generally either flat-footed, duck-footed, or
have feet pointing backwards. They are of the earth, earthy,
~elf ??m*
*elf*
elvenking
-elven cave*man
-elven healer
The Elves sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn
rings of old trunks. Some went to and fro bearing cups and
pouring drinks; others brought food on heaped plates and
boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances. All
types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or
fried. Their table manners are legendary.
-# note: "gnomish wizard" is a monster; caveman and healer lack role entries
+# note: "gnomish wizard" is a monster; cave*man entry doesn't fit nonhumans
~gnome ??m*
gnome*
gnomish wizard
-gnomish cave*man
-gnomish healer
+gnom* cave*man
... And then a gnome came by, carrying a bundle, an old
fellow three times as large as an imp and wearing clothes of
a sort, especially a hat. And he was clearly just as frightened
time to see Jack running off with his harp.
[ Jack and the Beanstalk, from English Fairy Tales,
by Joseph Jacobs ]
+healer
+* healer
+attendant
+doctor
+physician
+ I swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health,
+ and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according
+ to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this
+ stipulation -- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear
+ to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve
+ his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the
+ same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if
+ they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and
+ that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction,
+ I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those
+ of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath
+ according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will
+ follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and
+ judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain
+ from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. [...]
+ [ Hippocrates' Oath, translated by Francis Adams ]
+
+ PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our
+ dogs when well.
+ [ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]
heart of ahriman
The other three drew in their breath sharply, and the dark,
powerful man who stood at the head of the sarcophagus whispered:
hostile, they may even band together to raid and pillage
human settlements.
human
-human cave*man
-human healer
-human monk
-acolyte
-apprentice
-attendant
-cave*man
chieftain
guard
-healer
-grand master
-master kaen
-monk
ninja
nurse
page
family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after
him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
[ Leviticus 20:1-5 ]
+monk
+* monk
+grand master
+master kaen
+ One day, an army general invited the Buddhist monk I-Hsiu
+ (literally, "One Rest") to his military head office for a
+ dinner. I-Hsiu was not accustomed to wearing luxurious
+ clothings and so he just put on an old ordinary casual
+ robe to go to the military base. To him, "form is void".
+
+ As he approached the base, two soldiers appeared before him
+ and shouted, "Where does this beggar came from? Identify
+ yourself! You do not have permission to be around here!"
+
+ "My name is I-Hsiu Dharma Master. I am invited by your
+ general for a supper."
+
+ The two soldiers examined the monk closely and said, "You
+ liar. How come my general invites such a shabby monk to
+ dinner? He invites the very solemn venerable I-Hsiu to our
+ base for a great ceremony today, not you. Now, get out!"
+
+ I-Hsiu was unable to convince the soldiers that he was
+ indeed the invited guest, so he returned to the temple
+ and changed to a very formal solemn ceremonial robe for
+ the dinner. And as he returned to the military base, the
+ soldiers observed that he was such a great Buddhist monk,
+ let him in with honour.
+
+ At the dinner, I-Hsiu sat in front of the table full of
+ food but, instead of putting the food into his month, he
+ picked up the food with his chopsticks and put it into
+ his sleeves. The general was curious, and whispered to
+ him, "This is very embarrassing. Do you want to take
+ some food back to the temple? I will order the cook to
+ prepare some take out orders for you." "No" replied the
+ monk. "When I came here, I was not allowed into the
+ base by your soldiers until I wear this ceremonial robe.
+ You do not invite me for a dinner. You invite my robe.
+ Therefore, my robe is eating the food, not me."
+ [ Dining with a General - a Zen Buddhism Koan ]
monkey
"Listen, man-cub," said the Bear, and his voice rumbled like
thunder on a hot night. "I have taught thee all the Law of
[ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]
priest*
* priest*
+acolyte
[...] For the two priests were talking exactly like priests,
piously, with learning and leisure, about the most aerial
enigmas of theology. The little Essex priest spoke the more
~gnomish wizard
wizard
* wizard
+apprentice
Ebenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could
find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he
would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with
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