Looking through the file, I came across some lines that could use a review.
line 688 wrote:@The_weapon@ wonders, "Am I just an instrument of [demise|death|downfall]?"
Not sure "demise" and "downfall" work here, they need to someones demise or downfall. Suggested replacement:@The_weapon@ wonders, "Am I just an instrument of [doom|death|destruction]?"
706 wrote:@The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence always makes me sulking."
Better:@The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence always makes me sulk."
759 wrote:@The_weapon@ wishes everyone in the dungeon [unpleasant|sudden] [demise|death].
Missing an article:@The_weapon@ wishes everyone in the dungeon [an unpleasant|a sudden] [demise|death].
1011 wrote:@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE FOURTH HORSEMAN! THE TIME IS NOW!"
Nice one, but shouldn't it be the fifth horseman? That would IMO make more sense, since there are four, and this mostly makes me scratch my head which one the sword thinks it replaced. Is it war or death? Probably not pestilence or famine. Anyway, suggested replacement:@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE FIFTH HORSEMAN! THE TIME IS NOW!"
1013 wrote:@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE END AS YOU ALL KNOW IT!!!"
Sounds slightly awkward, and when I hear "end" and "world" and "know" together, I think of "the end of the world as you know it", as in the R.E.M. song. I suspect that was the idea behind this line.
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE END AS YOU ALL KNOW IT!!!"
And some suggestions of my own:
Songs:Nancy Sinatra@The_weapon@ sings, "This blade is made for cutting, and that's just what I'll do..."
@The_weapon@ sings, "We shall overcome..."
@The_weapon@ sings, "I was forged under a slaughtering star..."
@The_weapon@ sings, "Nobody knows ... the troubles I've seen. Nobody knows but Ashenzari."
@The_weapon@ sings, "I fought the law, and the law won."
@The_weapon@ sings, "Roll, roll, roll those heads, roll them all along. Merrily, merrily, merrily..."
Simon And Garfunkel@The_weapon@ sings, "I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain."
Ok, this is a longer collection from Richard Wagner, (Rheingold), because Wagner is totally what a singing sword would sing. (Alberich and Loge have the best lines):
@The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "[Heiajaheia! Heiajaheia!|Wagala weia! Wallala, weiala weia!|Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialala! Heia! Heia! Hahei!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "Badly you guard ... the sleeping gold; watch better o'er ... the slumberer's bed!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Damp fills my nostrils: curse this sneezing!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "... for hear me, ye waves: thus I curse love!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Thank you, stupid! Your work has stood the test."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Despicable dogs, put down the jewellery!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Tremble with terror, abject throng!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "I have faith in your faithlessness, not your fidelity! But dauntlessly - I defy you all!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "The whole world will I win ... all for my own!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "All you gods I'll grip ... in my golden grasp!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "As I renounced love, all living things ... shall love renounce!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware! Beware! For when once you men ... serve my might..."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware the nocturnal host ... when the Abyssal horde rises ... from the silent depths ... to the day's light!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "With wisdom the fool ... is puffed up to bursting! Now may envy devour you!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Too hard for you ... because you're too stupid!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Rascally robber! Rogue! Ruffian!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Terrible vengeance ... I vow for this wrong!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Bring it in there ... as I command! Pile the hoard ... into a heap!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Take heed, haughty god! If I sinned, I sinned only 'gainst myself!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "But you, immortal one, sin against ... all that was, is and shall be!""
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Ah! Crushed! Shattered! Of wretches the wretchedest slave!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "It shall gladden ... no happy man; its bright gleam ... shall light on no one lucky!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Many a time have I paid ... giants their due."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Breche denn alles!"
(the english translation, "Let us break everything!", really does not work for that one.)@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Come here, you cur! If you want to measure, measure yourself against me!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "A sultry haze ... hangs in the air; its dull weight ... oppresses me."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Heda! Heda! Hedo!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "You slyly ... evade the POINT."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "... its glittering glow hides ... runes of riches..."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Shall I exert myself ... against the gnome for you?"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But fall will the foe ... with your cunning's aid!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Enough, blasphemous fool!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Leave him ... his slavering fury!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But for all the world ... I will not surrender the Orb!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "What a thief stole, you steal from the thief!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Does a mist deceive me? Does a dream mock me? How anxious and pale ... you've a-sudden become!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "As you command, I will willingly lead you - steeply down: shall we journey to the Orb?"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Then shall we swing down ... through the sulphurous cleft?"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Here is the Swamp: through the pale mist - what fiery sparks are flashing?"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Your power lends you ... high-flying courage: grim and great ... has grown your strength."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "For moon, stars and the radiant sun ... may, too, do no other ... than to serve you!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Take whatever shape you wish ... with wonder strike me dumb!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Oh! Oh! Terrible serpent, do not swallow me!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Slink off home! No knot holds you: go your way freely!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a piercing soprano, "Woe! Woe is me!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a squeaky tenor, "Oh, Oh! Ow! Ow! Ow!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a melting tenor, "How soft the breeze ... which breathes on us again!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a cavernous basso, "Ah, her gaze ... still gleams toward me; the stars of her eyes ... still shine on me!"
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Irredeemably ... to dark destruction ... its possession dooms you."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Hear me! Hear me! Hear me! All that is shall come to an end."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "A dark day ... dawns for the gods."
@The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Whatever was - I know; whatever is, whatever shall be - I also see."
high tension speaking: @The_weapon@ yells, "I hereby consecrate these halls WITH BLOOD!"
After the crusader's "deus vult" battle cry@The_weapon@ bellows, "{{ if you.god() == "No God" then return "@_godless_sorter_@"; else return "@player_god@"; end }} wills it!"
Screams:@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THE SCREAMS! DON'T LET THEM STOP WITH THE SCREAMS!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "YES! YES! YES! THIS is the LIFE, baby, this is the LIFE!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME NOW, @CAPS@ @player_name@!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE COLOUR OF PAIN!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM BECOME [DEATH|VEHUMET|MAKLEB|LUGONU], [DESTROYER|DEFILER|DISMEMBERER] OF [WORLDS|GODS|HEROES|CHAMPIONS|LEGIONS|NATIONS|MILLIONS]!"
after the Order of the Stick's Belkar Bitterleaf, chaotic evil ranger/barbarian halfling@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT ALL RED RED RED RED!!!!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "OWNZORED!!11ONEONE!!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SWING ME [HARDER|FASTER], YOU [FUMBLE-FINGERED|INCOMPETENT|USELESS|SLUGGISH|NOODLE-ARMED|RUNNY-EYED|KNUCKLE-DRAGGING] [NINCOMPOOP|LARDBUCKET|WEAKLING|STICK-INSECT|FLATFOOT|BONEHEAD]!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BOW TO - SCRATCH THAT, DON'T BOW, KEEP THOSE HEADS UP!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "COME TO ME! COME TO ME AND DIE!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "CUT! CUT! CUT AND SLASH!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "STABBITY STAB STAB STAB!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ABANDON ALL HOPE!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SLASH 'EM! SLASH 'EM ALL!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S HACK!"
Baldur's Gate@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "GO FOR THE EARS, @CAPS@ @player_name@, GO FOR THE EARS!"
Terry Pratchett, Foul Old Ron@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BUGGRIT, MILLENIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "NONE SHALL [LIVE|ESCAPE|SURVIVE|BE SPARED]!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SPARE NO ONE!"
@The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM [AN ANGEL|AN ARTIST|AN AVATAR|A HARBINGER|AN INSTRUMENT|A POET|A PROPHET|A SERVANT|A SLAVE|THE LORD|THE MASTER] OF [BLOOD|DANCE|DEATH|DESOLATION|DESPAIR|DESTRUCTION|DOOM|GORE|MADNESS|MUSIC|PAIN|RUIN|SLAUGHTER|SONG|STEEL|WAR]"