Nethack-a-Day

Nethack, one day at a time.

Turn 253 - June 23, 2014
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│The door opens.                                                                 │
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│        ┌─────┐                   ┌──────┐        ┌────────┐                    │
│        │·····+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)     ┌───────┐     │······         ▒·········                    │
│        │·····│     │·····<a staircase up·│     │······│0an iron ball or boulder (boulder)#      │········│ #      ┌───────┐   │
│        │·····│     │·······│     ▒·······########····%a piece of food (corpse)·····########········│   │
│        │···{a fountain··#####▒·······│     │·····(a useful item (large box)│#       │········│#       │·······│   │
│        │·····│     │·······│   # └─────·┘        │········│       #▒·······│   │
│        │·····│     └─·─────┘  ###########        └─────+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)──┘       #└───────┘   │
│        └────▒┘       ###%a piece of food (corpse)#     #        #                         ###          │
│            ##            #     #                                    #          │
│            #             ###   #                                    #          │
│          ###               #   #                             ┌ ─    #          │
│          #              ┌──·──┐#                             +a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)>a staircase down·    #          │
│         ##              │·····│#                             │····  #          │
│      ┌──▒┐            ##····%a piece of food (corpse)·│#                             ······▒@a human or elf (human tourist called Cody)          │
│      │···│            # │······#                             │····             │
│      │···+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:1/17 T:253 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
 q - a slime mold
 Scrolls
 k - 4 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping
 Spellbooks
 r - a wrinkled spellbook
 s - a glittering spellbook
 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. h - left
Placing his foot against the door, Cody gave it a judicious shove. The door swung open silently, revealing a room with several exits. Cody, though, had eyes for little else than the stairway leading down in the corner of the room. His hands tightened on the pole sickle, and a single bead of sweat rolled down his forehead.
Beam spells travel in a direction a specific number of squares. Knock is a good example of a beam spell. Even though the spell is cast in a beam, there is no visible sign of the spell after it has been cast, unless the spell succeeds in changing something that you notice.