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<raisse> after I complained about lawful gods giving me nothing but Demonbane, they started giving me Sunsword. (and in one case Snickersnee)
<raisse> I'm an archeologist, Quetz, don't you understand I do better with a saber than with a sword?
<Croesus> [EU] Raisse (Arc Dwa Fem Law) had Werebane bestowed upon her by Quetzalcoatl, on T:2222
<raisse> okay, that's a saber
<raisse> not exactly the saber I wanted but still

<the_eternal_paradox> engraving a todo list on the ground
<amateurhour> todo: ascend

<NetSysFire> what does a samurai say when he defeats a foe that attacked him first with bow and arrow?
<NetSysFire> right back at ya

<Kes> Longstanding todo that I'm throwing out here so that I remember to do it: Reach out to gurr about merging his mobile port into SpliceHack
<K2> part of your plan to take over the world
<K2> excellent
<Kes> The splice must flow, K2. The splice must flow.

<NetSysFire> The world spins and goes dark. The shocking sphere explodes! You duck some of the blast.
<Muad\OK> Nethack keeps calling players aquatic animals. You flounder! You duck

<nabru> You begin praying to Tyr. You are surrounded by a shimmering light. You hear a chugging sound.
<nabru> "oh no, I will have to deal with nabru again. Better get drunk"

<statico> what’s “altar farming”?
<ChrisE> You collect seeds from an altar, plant them, water them regularly, and eventually they grow into new altars.

<Imanity> "You hit the orc-captain. The orc-captain turns into a hill orc"
<Imanity> Demoted xD

<hosk> i cannot go up because i need a pickaxe or a wand of digging
<hosk> because the level generated the upstair behind a tight space that i fell through
<derekt1975> you can throw your unbreakable stuff through the tight space
<derekt1975> then walk through carrying very little
<hosk> so basically try to walk through with only potions and wands?
<hosk> oh that was easier than i thought, really just my chain mail was the problem i had to work around
<ChrisE> Just forward it to 10 other people and you will be fine.

<arahael> It's insane, but I've been altar-camping for thousands of turns... Hoping for a... pickaxe.
<qt> there wasn't anything in the mines?
<arahael> I need a pickaxe to get there!
<qt> oh, how so?
<qt> is it a corner you can't fit through?
<arahael> qt: There's boulder blocking an important corridor on dlvl 4.
<qt> ooh
<aosdict> ah so you COULD get there if you just divested yourself of all your worldly possessions
<arahael> Why would I do that!?
<aosdict> to attain enlightenment, duh
<qt> it's easier to get a camel through an eye of a needle than to get a rich man into Minetown
<arahael> Heh.