From: nethack.allison Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 05:25:04 +0000 (+0000) Subject: add touchstone information to mythos. X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~3524 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a400206d8ffd9c2d5430706592a90a507b5306b;p=nethack add touchstone information to mythos. --- diff --git a/doc/mythos.doc b/doc/mythos.doc index 389ad9b7e..dc1913778 100644 --- a/doc/mythos.doc +++ b/doc/mythos.doc @@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ Orcrist, Sting Tolkien Magicbane loosely based on the magic knife "Carnwennan" in "The Coming of the King" by Nikolai Tolstoy Grayswandir Corwin's sword in Roger Zelazny's Amber saga +touchstones A touchstone in real life was historically used + to judge the quality of a supposed sample of gold. + Different purities of gold rubbed on a stone leave + different colors/intensities streak. The term + "touchstone" is still in use by analogy for something + that helps you judge the value of a thing. + The basic operation is this: a touchstone is a kind + of Gem that can be applied. Applying the touchstone + means choosing an item to rub on the stone. If the + chosen item is a gem, glass will "make scratch marks" + while real gems will leave colored streaks based on + their type. Rings can be rubbed, and they also leave + the appropriate streaks. This could help people know + what gems leave what streaks: a diamond ring leaves + white streaks, and a white gem that leaves white streaks + is either a diamond or a dilithium crystal, while a white + glass "gem" just scratches. Gold rubbed leaves gold + streaks. Anything else just says "scritch, scritch". + Blessed touchstones definitively identify rubbed gems, + and otherwise act the same. Archeologists are always + equipped with a blessed touchstone, so they continue to + have the same ability as before 3.3.2. + + Part V Game Monsters (not described in data.base)