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Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 06:47
by Grimm
A thread for any unusual things you've come across. I'll start: I just did a labyrinth that had no treasure in it. Not a sausage.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 06:51
by Zchris13
There are some pretty crazy vaults in the labyrinth. I actually got creeped out a little bit when I found a bow and arrows, then found a centaur corpse after a couple of switchbacks.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 06:59
by Grimm
Actually...the loot was stacked on the exit stairs. This is now a D'oh! thread.

The haul? Scroll of curse jewellery, vanilla elven ring mail, scroll of immolation, centaur barding. I'm an MDFi.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 07:07
by mageykun
I got odd for you. I just found a plant growing on the stairs in the lair.

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I really want to see what happens if I try and go up those stairs from the other side (will the game crash? Tell me the stairs are blocked? Send me up anyways and have me appear next to the stairs?), but the other stairs down are currently blocked by a hydra and an annoyed Maud waiting on the other end.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 07:28
by Grimm
Synchronicity is operating tonight because I just saw the same thing, in the Hive:


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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 07:32
by Grimm
I came up underneath it and it wasn't there.

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little plant who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 07:37
by Grimm
And moments later I ID "the cursed war axe of War". Issued by the dwarven Department of Redundancy Department no doubt.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 13:16
by tcjsavannah
I laugh every time I get the random one-square of deep water in the middle of a dungeon floor.. that of course has a big fish in it.

Talk about the big fish in a small pond!

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 14:57
by danr
Grimm wrote:And moments later I ID "the cursed war axe of War". Issued by the dwarven Department of Redundancy Department no doubt.

Hey, that's cool! I own (in real life) a T-shirt with our provincial government's (Manitoba) official logo and the words "Department of Redundancy Department".

I've also seen randarts with the descriptor "of Execution" - but not yet the Executioner's Axe of Execution. I would use that no matter how useless it was!

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 16:12
by Zicher
Well, I once found a "[randart weapon] of Zicher's demise". Can't recall the properties though.

I won that game later ;).

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 13th January 2011, 19:23
by Grimm
FYI The phrase "Department of Redundancy Department" first appeared on the Firesign Theatre's brilliant 1970 album Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers, which is both the Sgt. Pepper's of comedy and something I can often be heard shouting while playing my MDFi.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 14th January 2011, 07:37
by Grimm
Just came across a chamber in the Lair full of already damaged plants. Should I be afraid?

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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 14th January 2011, 12:27
by szanth
Clearly there were some sheep grazing here earlier.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 14th January 2011, 15:37
by danr
Oh yes, be very afraid. It makes the game more fun.

Those plants have probably been fighting each other.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 14th January 2011, 18:43
by Grimm
Nice one. I really appreciate everyone who designs all the little minivaults. I keep seeing interesting new ones. They really add to the game - especially when something odd like the above happens.


Another thing that happened in that game is that I discovered that plants heal themselves over time. Just in case anyone was wondering.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Sunday, 16th January 2011, 22:59
by starless
Not that odd, but I always love it when it happens (it does quite often too)
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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Sunday, 16th January 2011, 23:10
by Grimm
That's beautiful. What's Norris supposed to be? Some sort of upset surfer?

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 19th January 2011, 15:20
by Stormfox
Grimm wrote:That's beautiful. What's Norris supposed to be? Some sort of upset surfer?


Since his description in 0.5 was "A tanned, fit, and thoroughly evil surfer", I think that's a yes.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 19th January 2011, 18:40
by Grimm
He totally should be in Shoals.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 20th January 2011, 08:27
by Grimm
Unusual level layout:

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Note minimap. One giant square in the middle. One oklob in the lower right corner. Haven't found a mapping scroll or dig/disint want yet but when I do I'll check for internal chambers.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 21st January 2011, 14:50
by daniel_charms
Found in a labyrinth:

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Didn't have Lev so I couldn't take him out, but the loot he was guarding was pretty much all useless anyway.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 28th January 2011, 17:50
by Grimm
This plants on stairs thing is getting way out of hand. I just saw an oklob on a stairs.

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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 28th January 2011, 18:08
by Grimm
Came up underneath it and it wasn't there again today. Must be the easiest oklob kill ever.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 28th January 2011, 20:16
by Sometimes
Electric eel hanging out in a fountain, nearly killed me, rather neat.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Friday, 28th January 2011, 20:52
by Grimm
And a shop that sells matches!

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Saturday, 29th January 2011, 00:21
by szanth
Grimm wrote:And a shop that sells matches!


Because in an area with lava, the thing you need is more fire. =D

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Saturday, 29th January 2011, 02:08
by starless
A trapped warg.
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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Saturday, 29th January 2011, 22:25
by joellercoaster
I just found what can only be described as a classic hedge maze in the Lair.

Cool!

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Monday, 31st January 2011, 06:10
by TwilightPhoenix
Found a vault with... four emerald wall tiles. No monsters, no treasures, and no traps. Just four wall tiles. Anyone got a pick I can borrow?

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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Monday, 31st January 2011, 06:24
by Grimm
I've been seeing a lot of those. I reckon there's a Scandinavian interior decorator loose in the dungeon.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 18:51
by starless
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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 19:54
by Jenx
What on earth happened in there?

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 20:23
by Grimm
That's his wardrobe.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 20:31
by omndra
Once upon a time I was a NaFe.
I was in the Swamp and I got the 27-Headed hydra end.
I Immediately turned into a Firebreathing Giant Spider that could fly and burned the thing to a crisp.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 21:09
by omndra
Crazy Yuif just Hasted me.... cool?

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 21:27
by Jenx
Grimm wrote:That's his wardrobe.


That's...not really related to the topic is it then? It's not something odd you saw in the dungeon, it's something he made himself.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011, 21:55
by Grimm
It's true, we do need a thread for screenshots of people's stashes.

Once in the Lair I found a little three-room building with doors between the rooms and a fountain in the courtyard outside. I used that for my stash and prayer room.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 00:15
by TwilightPhoenix
Looks like the Abyss is being invaded.

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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 00:19
by mad
I love that Abyss vault, it is fantastic! The gods are getting back at Lucy for corrupting their temple one too many times.

I also think a vault made on the theme of that robe wardrobe would be really cool, too - except all the robes are cursed and uncursed -1 and -2 robes, with perhaps one +0 robe of resist fire thrown in to make you look for it.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 00:29
by starless
Yep, that would be nice.
Similar to the one I posted here a white ago but with hammers:

https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=193&p=1473#p1473

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 01:28
by mageykun
I view that vault the other way- the Gods aren't colonizing the abyss, rather, the temple has been banished.

Also, laughing at the random extra Oka altar that just happened to appear in there.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 18:28
by starless
78 stones. Wish I had been an EE.
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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 04:18
by starless
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Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 08:06
by Grimm
Starless indeed.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 12:45
by mageykun
I don't even... what happened? I guessed at first it was a teleport gone wrong, where you had the misfortune to land in the one empty square in the middle of a wall. But even then we should see some floor below you. Not to mention the eight walls trapping you. So... not that.

Re: Odd things sighted in dungeon.

PostPosted: Thursday, 3rd February 2011, 14:02
by galehar
I bet he quaffed a potion of blindness :roll: