Memorable in-game messages

[Blackened]

In Quickband, My Half-Orc Brigand has just encountered this one:

“You fail to steal.
You have irritated the Singing, happy drunk.
The Singing, happy drunk starts moving faster.
The Singing, happy drunk becomes aware of your crafty abilities.
The furious townspeople search for the notorious burglar!
The Singing, happy drunk begs you for money.”

[roustk]

Just got this while testing unread scrolls in V:

rk
> You have no more Scrolls titled "tume cirus" {tried} (k).
rk
> There is a bright flash of light! <8x>
> You have no more Scrolls of Trap/Door Destruction (k).

Looks like I need to set up an auto-inscription...

Kevin

[Bandobras]

Accepted!
You bought an Ivory Wand of Spark (14 charges) (j) for 77 gold.
You have an Ivory Wand of Spark (14 charges) (d).
[Trying the Recharge Item shop service:]
You can't afford that item.
[Got some more money (don't ask me how), bought the service:]
There is a bright flash of light.
You have no more Ivory Wands of Spark (13 charges) (d).
Fine.

[!^%!#$&!%]

[Warrior]

From mangband:

"The Carrion crawler stings you.
You die.
You resist the effects!"

And forgot this gem, also from (ironman) mangband:

In looking through some of the character dumps I stumbled across this gem.

It's Ashi's character dump, the final messages tell a tale of the utmost bad luck.


Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman grunts with pain.
Target Selected.
Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman grunts with pain.
Target Selected.
Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman grunts with pain.
Target Selected.
Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman grunts with pain.
You see a Violet Mushroom.
Dyna bumps into you.
You switch places with Dyna.
You cannot run in that direction.
[Ashi] woot
Dyna has slain Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman.
Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman was slain by Saucerors.
You found a trap!
You fall into a spiked pit!
You are impaled on poisonous spikes!
You have been given a light cut.
You are poisoned!
You die.

The moral? Never jump up and down in celebration after slaying a unique, unless you are sure you are not stood on a trap!

[Narvius]

What the... (ToME)

The Grey mold releases spores at your Skeleton Salamander.
Your Skeleton Salamander writhes in agony.
The Grey mold releases spores at your Skeleton Salamander.
Your Skeleton Salamander is destroyed.
The Grey mold gains a level.

It even had level 2 afterwards!

[steeg1234321]

How about...
You die.
You feel very naive.

Remember kids... "If you don't know just what it is, don't put it in your mouth!"

[Psi]

From FA thrall mode after quaffing an unId'd potion...

You feel death flowing through your body.
You die.
Welcome to level 2.
Welcome to level 3.
Welcome to level 4.

It was obviously a learning experience.

[Melchizedek]

I as well have experienced "monster X ponts at you, screaming the word DIE! You die." Hilarious. Think it was a paladin. As well as the "You die. You have stopped bleeding."

My favorite concept in my current game, though, is that my Scrolls of Identify are titled "so bra." Of course, my most used scroll would make me think "so bra, what kind of potion is this, dude..." every time I use it.

[daft]

Here's one I got just the other day...

"You die. You feel weak for a moment, but the feeling passes."

This too, shall pass.

[Big Al]

You see a Rusty Chain Mail {excellent}.
[read identify scroll]
On the ground: a Rusty Chain Mail (Acid-proof).