What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) It's the one thing I've constantly wondered about after playing Nethack on and off for years.
*One for the dev team: a potion of BBQ sauce. Dip corpses in it to make them taste yummy.
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:37:27 GMT, whilst I was happily playing with my pet sparklies, the nefarious Anti-Derivative, in the cunning guise of
se...@jps.net <se...@jps.net>, wrote: >What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) >It's the one thing I've constantly wondered about after playing Nethack >on and off for years.
It's a sort of underground musk ox that hunts in packs. (You figure it out.)
>*One for the dev team: a potion of BBQ sauce. Dip corpses in it to make >them taste yummy.
Nice, but it would have to have some real effect, maybe increaing the nutrition value of the corpse (if it's yummy, you'll eat more of it). That and Bermuda shorts (or would pants be _too_ blasphemous?) and we're set.
se...@jps.net writes: > What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) > It's the one thing I've constantly wondered about after playing Nethack > on and off for years.
Ask NetHack.
/ n rothe
The rothe (pronounced roth-AY) is a musk ox-like creature with an aversion to light. It prefers to live underground near lichen and moss.
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>se...@jps.net writes: >> What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) >> It's the one thing I've constantly wondered about after playing Nethack >> on and off for years.
>Ask NetHack.
>/ n rothe
> The rothe (pronounced roth-AY) is a musk ox-like creature with > an aversion to light. It prefers to live underground near > lichen and moss.
As a side note, they're from (or at least I've seen them in) AD&D, notably in the books on the Underdark.
>What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) >It's the one thing I've constantly wondered about after playing Nethack >on and off for years.
From AD&D, it's a midget cave cow. Something like three feet tall... -- Visit the Furry Artist InFURmation Page! Contact information, which artists do and don't want their work posted. http://web.tampabay.rr.com/starchsr/ Address no longer munged for the inconvienence of spammers. (Yes, this really is me.)
Uncle Jeff <jeff.ho...@federated.ca> wrote: > In article <947unn$4o...@nnrp1.deja.com>, > se...@jps.net wrote: > > *One for the dev team: a potion of BBQ sauce. Dip corpses in it to make > > them taste yummy.
> Or better yet, a potion of ketchup. Doesn't ketchup make _anything_ > good to eat? When applied liberally, would make a rotten corpse edible > again.
> Richard Bos <i...@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> wrote: > > No, that's ginger (STR).
> Ginger! Makes roadkill a meal fit for a prince! Or something like > that. > The memory beast hits! > You feel a sudden craving for lalaberry ice cream.
In article <t6f0sttmice...@corp.supernews.com>, kve...@iris.nyit.edu (Kassandra Velez) wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:37:27 GMT, whilst I was happily playing with my > pet sparklies, the nefarious Anti-Derivative, in the cunning guise of > se...@jps.net <se...@jps.net>, wrote: > >What the heck is a rothe? (Besides fast, and tastly with BBQ sauce?*) > >*One for the dev team: a potion of BBQ sauce. Dip corpses in it to make > >them taste yummy.
> Nice, but it would have to have some real effect, maybe increaing the > nutrition value of the corpse (if it's yummy, you'll eat more of it). > That and Bermuda shorts (or would pants be _too_ blasphemous?) and > we're set.
Well, if we're going to have BBQ sauce and Bermuda shorts, we should have some other amenities too...
Flip-flops: -1 to dex, but prevent catching Athlete's Foot from fungi. Umbrellas: held in shield hand, neutralize water traps, give a 50-50 chance of landing you safely if you suddenly stop levitating. Lawn chairs: Sitting in one abuses dex, but increases the chance of monsters being generated peaceful. Suntan lotion: Apply it for a few rounds of fire res.
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> Well, if we're going to have BBQ sauce and Bermuda shorts, we should > have some other amenities too... > Flip-flops: -1 to dex, but prevent catching Athlete's Foot from fungi.
More than that for stairs--I got some *beautiful* bruises from going up stairs with flip-flops on...
> Umbrellas: held in shield hand, neutralize water traps, give a 50-50 > chance of landing you safely if you suddenly stop levitating.
I like.
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Kate Nepveu wrote: >Spike D Punch, cat <sdp...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> Well, if we're going to have BBQ sauce and Bermuda shorts, we should >> have some other amenities too...
Life preserver/flotation device: Saves you from drowning but does soak your stuff as per usual and hm.. also makes you completely immobile (that sucks). If you have a dog, perhaps it'll dome and drag you ashore =)
swimsuit: +Cha if female and Cha is bigger than n.. And well I think you can apply the ideas in the pants/underwear thread.
Swiss army knife: Functionality of can opener and dagger/knife/scalpel in one. Also useful with horses and perhaps a lockpick?
Fork: Twoweapon with a blade to eat corpses etc faster (I presume tearing recently dead flesh is pretty tedious and time-consimung) and perhaps get better nutrition value (select the right bits etc)
Others:
Rolling pin, pitchfork, flapjacks, a burger shop...
And the already discussed sunglasses.
We already have an apron and axes and cleaver and knives. A chef class =)
Hm.. this all might qualify for another level of gehennom? =)
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> > In article <947unn$4o...@nnrp1.deja.com>, > > se...@jps.net wrote: > > > *One for the dev team: a potion of BBQ sauce. Dip corpses in it to make > > > them taste yummy.
A British TV advert (Americans read: commerical) which made me laugh recently featured a down-and-out who goes into an off-license (Americans read: liquor store) and asks for "a bottle of the usual." GBTC gives him a bottle wrapped up in brown paper. He takes it outside and unwraps it. It's a bottle of Salad Cream. He looks at some rubbish bins and smiles. The slogan is, "Any food tastes supreme with Salad Cream."
