Nethack-a-Day

Nethack, one day at a time.

Turn 363 - October 05, 2014
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│You displaced Lulu.  Lulu whines.                                               │
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│                      │·>a staircase down····^a trap (magic trap)da dog or other canine (tame little dog called Lulu, leashed to you)··│       #│············│                        │
│                      │·······@a human or elf (human tourist called Cody)··+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)########│···········<a staircase up│                        │
│                      └────────+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)─┘       #└────────▒───┘                        │
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│                                                      ###    ┌────·─+a spellbook or a closed door (closed door)┐          │
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│                                                        #####▒····`a boulder or statue (statue of a jackal)··│          │
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│Cody the Rambler            St:16 Dx:10 Co:16 In:11 Wi:8 Ch:15  Neutral         │
│Dlvl:2  $:393 HP:12(12) Pw:2(2) AC:6  Xp:1/19 T:363 Satiated [I] Weapons
 a - 28 +2 darts (in quiver)
 o - a pole sickle (weapon in hands)
 t - 11 runed arrows
 Armor
 l - an uncursed +0 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
 p - a +0 slippery cloak (being worn)
 w - a +0 studded leather armor (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 - an uncursed tripe ration
 q - a slime mold
 v - a lichen corpse
 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 (0:31)
 n - an uncursed credit card
 u - a leash (in use)
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Commands Issued:
  1. l - move right
Cody continued for the door, and Lulu once again sidled out of the way at the last moment and whined. “Now, now, that's not going to get you anywhere,” Cody said reprovingly. He thought about it for a moment. “Well, if you continued doing it long enough, I'd probably head down the stairs just to make you stop.” He looked down at the dog. “It's a good thing you don't understand a word I'm saying.”
If you are able to survive the negative effects of a magic trap, and can protect your equipment from fire, intentionally triggering the trap (for extra charisma, curse removal, and extra magic energy) is a valid strategy.