Adventures in NetHack
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Adventures in NetHack
by SHSL Gang Leader Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:36 pm
NetHack is a very special game.What is NetHack?
NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine.
Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly.
Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender.
Here, I will post some of my experiences with it. Perhaps I will even be able to learn from them.
- Terrors of the Acid Blob:
- As a ranger, I came across an acid blob in a dark room.
Acid blobs are dangerous foes. if I remember correctly, hitting them with your weapon actually melts the weapon! Not cool.
I chose to fire arrows at it, instead- but none of them were hitting my target. Perhaps due to the darkness in the room?
The blob closed in on me, and I necided there was nothing else for it.
I prepared to swing my dagger at it, and got this message: "Really attack the acid blob? [y/n]"
"Wow," I said to myself. "It's so dangerous, I'm actually getting a confirmation question to ensure I don't attack it by accident."
But then, becoming suspicious, I used the "look" command to investigate my attacker, and found out that I was about to attack a peaceful acid blob!
Good thing none of my arrows were hitting!
I left the room. I can only imagine my ranger apologized profusely to the blob on his way out.
- Magic Wand:
- Later that game, my ranger was in a serious bind.
Backed into a corner by a pack of orcs, death seemed certain.
When you're close to death, it's a good idea to pull unidentified items from your inventory and start using them, in case you get some outrageously powerful item.
This can be a dangerous move, but if you're about to die, you've got nothing to lose.
I was carrying an unidentified wand. I pulled it out and brandished it furiously at the orcs!
And nothing happened. No messages, nothing.
The orc in front had a wand too, but it worked a lot better for him than mine did for me. His was a "wand of striking", which took out a huge chunk of my HP.
Confused, I tried using my wand once more, with the same result (nothing).
Soon enough, the orc's wand got the best of me, and I died.
When you die, you're given the opportunity to identify all of your items to see what you'd been carrying.
It turns out I'd been trying to fight off the orcs with a wand of turning undead.
- Curse of the Were-Rat:
- Starting a new game, I respawned as a tourist, a class which is about as effective in a trap-filled dungeon as it sounds.
This immediately turned sour as my dog ran straight into a pit and died.
But it's bad form to give up, so I pressed onward.
I was doing all right, until I fought a "were-rat" and was bitten.
I kept going, hoping I hadn't developed some weird infection.
Naturally, I had, which I discovered shortly by turning into a rat.
The first thing I did was collapse under my own inventory, since a rat cannot carry several pounds of loot and equipment.
I had to drop everything.
I tried opening a door, because it's worth trying everything at least once!
But rats have no hands.
I couldn't even kick the door down! (Another defining quality of rats: they are very small.)
I returned to my pile of loot to find a pack of orcs stealing stuff. Jerks!
Fortunately, a were-rat is a competant fighter, with a bonus- they can call their rat buddies to help them!
Soon enough, me and my swarm had eaten them all.
The rat buddies also ate all my food, though. Quit hogging, guys!
Occasionally, I'd turn back into a human.
I would run back to put all my stuff back on and get my sword and loot, only to turn into a rat again a few turns later. Son of a bitch!
Fortunately, death came swiftly. An imp appeared, and it simply WOULD. NOT. DIE.
After what felt like an eternity, my swarm and I managed to kill him, or chase him off- I don't know which.
But by then, I was starving to death, and I fainted and was killed by a passing zombie.
Whew! Now that would have been an awkward playthrough.
If this game sounds like your cup of tea, you can play it too! It's freeware.
Here's the game's website, here's the game's guide, and here's a handy beginner's guide, if you'd like to have similar hilarious death-ventures in Hell.
If you do decide to join the circle of torment, feel free to ask any questions you might have. This is not an easy game.
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