deblacquiere
09-26-2008, 12:47 PM
I was a Trollish Beastfighter, strong, full of hubris and brimming with self-confidence. I hit the cave south-east of Terrinyo, and stormed through it at a rate of knots (ignoring all that good advice about being careful). I had reached Level 6 and was immune to poison within what seemed like five minutes. What could go wrong?
I ran into a trap which I didn't spot... could happen to anyone. I turned blind, which didn't bother me. I'd just wait twenty turns or so until my sight comes back. But my sight didn't come back. I staggered back to the stairs (which were showing up on my map) and climbed up them, fumbling my way along. And there I waited, and waited... and waited. Bats flapped around my head and I stumbled about, grabbing for them in the dark until the flapping stopped.
Surely my blindness would end soon? Only 3 iron rations left. Sure, I could stumble around and kill a goblin and eat it, but 3 iron rations would last me til my blindness wore off surely.
It was lonely there in the darkness. I sat on the stairs and buried my head in my hands. So hungry... 2 iron rations left.
I blindly searched through my pack for something... anything that might buy me some time or cure my blindness. Rock, rock, crude knife, rock, a tiny quarrel, rock... what's this? That holy symbol I picked up earlier!
I inserted it in my tool slot, so to speak, and prayed. I prayed, prayed and prayed but nothing happened. 1 iron ration left.
Then I realised how desperate my situation was. A once-proud Trollish Beastfighter, who laughed in the face of poison and wrestled goblin rockthrowers to the ground in a single deft movement... reduced to desperately praying in the dark, sitting on the stairs, blind as a newborn...
Hungry...
Very Hungry...
Starving...
Hitpoints draining away...
Trog the Trollish Beastfighter starves to death, clutching his stolen holy symbol, lying there in a foetal position on the stairs.
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That was a depressing death for me, so I closed down ADOM and got some sleep. I woke up the following morning and thought about Trog's tragic death, and I realised that I never checked the message buffer. What if... what if... my face had just been covered in mud or something, and all I had to do was wipe my face?
Is that even possible?
(Clearly I am what would be known as a 'newbie', so be gentle when you point out how stupid I am!)
I ran into a trap which I didn't spot... could happen to anyone. I turned blind, which didn't bother me. I'd just wait twenty turns or so until my sight comes back. But my sight didn't come back. I staggered back to the stairs (which were showing up on my map) and climbed up them, fumbling my way along. And there I waited, and waited... and waited. Bats flapped around my head and I stumbled about, grabbing for them in the dark until the flapping stopped.
Surely my blindness would end soon? Only 3 iron rations left. Sure, I could stumble around and kill a goblin and eat it, but 3 iron rations would last me til my blindness wore off surely.
It was lonely there in the darkness. I sat on the stairs and buried my head in my hands. So hungry... 2 iron rations left.
I blindly searched through my pack for something... anything that might buy me some time or cure my blindness. Rock, rock, crude knife, rock, a tiny quarrel, rock... what's this? That holy symbol I picked up earlier!
I inserted it in my tool slot, so to speak, and prayed. I prayed, prayed and prayed but nothing happened. 1 iron ration left.
Then I realised how desperate my situation was. A once-proud Trollish Beastfighter, who laughed in the face of poison and wrestled goblin rockthrowers to the ground in a single deft movement... reduced to desperately praying in the dark, sitting on the stairs, blind as a newborn...
Hungry...
Very Hungry...
Starving...
Hitpoints draining away...
Trog the Trollish Beastfighter starves to death, clutching his stolen holy symbol, lying there in a foetal position on the stairs.
***************************************
That was a depressing death for me, so I closed down ADOM and got some sleep. I woke up the following morning and thought about Trog's tragic death, and I realised that I never checked the message buffer. What if... what if... my face had just been covered in mud or something, and all I had to do was wipe my face?
Is that even possible?
(Clearly I am what would be known as a 'newbie', so be gentle when you point out how stupid I am!)