Nethack-a-Day

Nethack, one day at a time.

Turn 145 - March 11, 2014
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│The door resists!                                                               │
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│                    ┌───────┐                                                   │
│                    │·····<a staircase up·│                                                   │
│                    │·······│                                                   │
│                    +a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)·······│                                                   │
│                    │·······│                                                   │
│                    └─·─────┘                                                   │
│             +a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)        #####                                                     │
│            #@a human or elf (human tourist called Cody)            #                                                     │
│            #             ###                                                   │
│          ###               #                                                   │
│          #              ┌──·──┐                                                │
│         ##              │·····│                                                │
│      ┌──▒┐            ##····)a weapon (darts))a weapon (dart)│#                                               │
│      │···│            # │······#                                               │
│      │···+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)############# └─────┘                                                │
│      │···│                                                                     │
│      └───┘                                                                     │
│                                                                                │
│Cody the Rambler            St:16 Dx:10 Co:16 In:11 Wi:8 Ch:15  Neutral         │
│Dlvl:1  $:393 HP:12(12) Pw:2(2) AC:9  Xp:1/12 T:145 Satiated [I] Weapons
 a - 29 +2 darts (in quiver)
 o - a pole sickle (weapon in hands)
 Armor
 l - an uncursed +0 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
 p - a +0 slippery cloak (being worn)
 Comestibles
 b - 3 uncursed food rations
 c - 2 uncursed fortune cookies
 d - an uncursed tin of newt meat
 e - an uncursed pancake
 f - an uncursed slime mold
 h - an uncursed egg
 i - 2 uncursed tripe rations
 Scrolls
 k - 4 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping
 Potions
 j - 1 uncursed potion of extra healing
 Rings
 g - a brass ring
 Tools
 m - an expensive camera (0:32)
 n - an uncursed credit card
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Commands Issued:
  1. o - open door
  2. k - up
Cody searched the area around the door, but found nothing that might serve as a latch or handle. "Looks like it's the hard way, then," he said. Placing his hands against the door, he gave it a hard shove, muscles bunching and rippling under his Hawaiian shirt. The door remained shut, unimpressed.
A ring of sustain ability is useful when you want to avoid having your stats change, and generally a bad idea the rest of the time, since it also prevents you from gaining intrinsics or improving your stats. One of the easiest ways to identify you are wearing a ring of sustain ability is to eat a poisoned corpse (without poison resistance) and notice whether or not you lose strength.