quest message tweaks

     From a list of bugs sent by <email deleted>, the initial message for
the knight quest included the phrase "looking closer" which isn't suitable
if the hero is blind at the time.  Also, one samurai guardian message used
"ninja" (assassin, more or less) where it ought to have been using "ronin"
(samurai without any master, a disgrace).

     The archeologist and tourist quests' initial messages had similar
blindness problems with "look".  (There are still at least 3 other places
which use "appear"; I've left those alone.)

diff --git a/dat/quest.txt b/dat/quest.txt
index 1470ee5dd4e38c6b8b8b20ac0a1afa9af3da84a9..65db957d78b453c28d7827d9546801d7edc0ab46 100644 (file)
--- a/dat/quest.txt
+++ b/dat/quest.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#      SCCS Id: @(#)quest.txt  3.5     2005/08/26
+#      SCCS Id: @(#)quest.txt  3.5     2005/12/03
 #      Copyright (c) 1991 by M. Stephenson
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
 #
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #
 %Cc Arc 00001
 You are suddenly in familiar surroundings.  The buildings in the distance
-appear to be those of your old alma mater, but something is wrong.  It looks
+seem to be those of your old alma mater, but something is wrong.  It feels
 as if there has been a riot recently, or %H has
 been under siege.
 
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ You materialize in the shadows of %H.  Immediately, you notice
 that something is wrong.  The fields around the castle are trampled and
 withered, as if some great battle has been recently fought.
 
-Looking closer, you %x long gouges in the walls of %H.
+Exploring further, you %x long gouges in the walls of %H.
 You know of only one creature that makes those kinds of marks...
 %E
 %Cp Kni 00002
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ the kami of %H before you return again.
 "%nC has hired the Ninja -- be careful."
 %E
 %Cp Sam 00009
-"If %o is not returned, we will all be ninja."
+"If %o is not returned, we will all be ronin."
 %E
 %Cp Sam 00010
 "Come, join us in celebrating with some sake."
@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ You quickly notice that things do not appear the way they did when you
 left.  The town is dark and quiet.  There are no sounds coming from
 behind the town walls, and no campfires burning in the fields.  As a
 matter of fact, you do not %x any movement in the fields at all, and
-the crops look as though they have been untended for many weeks.
+the crops seem as though they have been untended for many weeks.
 %E
 %Cp Tou 00002
 Once again, you are back at %H.

diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index d4459f37f2a1360a5010088194f2453869d45f89..4194bde52644c7c243d831b935086501507e8afe 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ tombstone's reason for death after being killed by mis-returning Mjollnir
        varied depending upon whether it was fully identified
 tombstone's reason for death from kicking an object could include so much
        detail about the object that is was too verbose
+several quest messages were worded inappropriately if the hero was blind
+a samurai quest guardian message used "ninja" where "ronin" was intended
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes