From: jwalz Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:02:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: The next batch. X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~1044 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3d3aa36eda1ce54cc9ea4669d61aa2cadccc52e2;p=nethack The next batch. --- diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index 04ec7b16f..7b2b591e4 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -1549,14 +1549,23 @@ figurine* years by private owners and dealers too stupid to see what it was under the skin. [ The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett ] -floating eye - Floating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs - which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and - of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at - their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the - tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by - its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other - creature that lurked around nearby. +fire trap + 'Let him be for a while,' said Cohen. 'I reckon the fish + disagreed with him.' + 'Don't see why,' said Truckle. 'I pulled him out before it'd + hardly chewed him. And he must've dried out nicely in that + corridor. You know, the one where the flames shot up out of + the floor unexpectedly.' + 'I reckon our bard wasn't expecting flames to shoot out of + the floor unexpectedly,' said Cohen. + Truckle shrugged theatrically. '_Well_, if you're not going + to expect unexpected flames, what's the point of going + _anywhere_?' + [ The Last Hero, by Terry Pratchett ] +f* brand + One of a pair of legendary swords that possess the powers + of elemental flame and ice, and will grant these to whoever + is fortunate enough to wield them. flesh golem With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark @@ -1579,13 +1588,33 @@ flesh golem which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips. [ Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ] +flint* + An emerald is as green as grass; + A ruby red as blood; + A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; + A flint lies in the mud. + + A diamond is a brilliant stone, + To catch the world's desire; + An opal holds a fiery spark; + But a flint holds fire. + [ Precious Stones, by Christina Giorgina Rossetti ] +floating eye + Floating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs + which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and + of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at + their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the + tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by + its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other + creature that lurked around nearby. *flute With this thou canst do mighty deeds And change men's passions for thy needs: A man's despair with joy allay, Turn bachelors old to lovers gay. [ The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ] -fog cloud +# also takes fog/vapor cloud +fog* cloud The fog comes on little cat feet. @@ -1594,6 +1623,17 @@ fog cloud on silent haunches and then moves on. [ Fog, by Carl Sandburg ] +# includes "food detection" and "detect food", which might not be the best +*food* + The little girl stood on tip-toe and picked one of the nicest + and biggest lunch-boxes, and then she sat down upon the ground + and eagerly opened it. Inside she found, nicely wrapped in + white papers, a ham sandwich, a piece of sponge-cake, a pickle, + a slice of new cheese and an apple. Each thing had a separate + stem, and so had to be picked off the side of the box; but + Dorothy found them all to be delicious, and she ate every bit + of luncheon in the box before she had finished. + [ Ozma of Oz, by L. Frank Baum ] fountain Rest! This little Fountain runs Thus for aye: -- It never stays @@ -1681,6 +1721,35 @@ fox escaped their suspicions. [ Dracula, by Bram Stoker ] # gas spore -- see *spore +gehenn* +*h?nnom +hell + "Place of Torment." The Valley of Hinnom, south-west of + Jerusalem, where Solomon, king of Israel, built "a high place", + or place of worship, for the gods Chemosh and Moloch. The + valley came to be regarded as a place of abomination because + some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch + there. In a later period it was made a refuse dump and + perpetual fires were maintained there to prevent pestilence. + Thus, in the New Testament, Gehenna became synonymous with hell. + [ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ] +gelatinous cube + Despite its popularity (or perhaps because of it), the + gelatinous cube is also widely known as one of the sillier + role-playing monsters. It is something of a commentary on the + ubiquity of treasure-laden dungeons in the Dungeons & Dragons + universe, as the cube is a creature specifically adapted to a + dungeon ecosystem. 10 feet to the side, it travels through + standard 10-foot by 10-foot dungeon corridors, cleaning up + debris and redistributing treasure by excreting indigestible + metal items. + [ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ] +*gem +gem or rock + The difference between false memories and true ones is the + same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the + most real, the most brilliant. + [ Salvador Dali ] geryon Geryon is an arch-devil sometimes called the Wild Beast, attacking with his claws and poison sting. His ranking in