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In the Dungeon of Doom, you encounter a hallway blocked by a huge boulder. You push and push and push, but eventually reach a dead end, at which point you have to just turn around and leave. | In the Dungeon of Doom, you encounter a hallway blocked by a huge boulder. You push and push and push, but eventually reach a dead end, at which point you have to just turn around and leave. | ||
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You'll always wonder what was at the end of that corridor. | You'll always wonder what was at the end of that corridor. | ||
{{stat|mus=gain 21}} | |||
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Occurs at [[The Dungeons of Doom]]. | Occurs at [[The Dungeons of Doom]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*The adventure title and text refers to the video game [[Wikipedia:Boulder_Dash| | *The adventure title and text refers to the video game ''[[Wikipedia:Boulder_Dash|Boulder Dash]]'', in which your character pushed boulders around. It also may refer to the common exclamation "Balderdash!" | ||
*This adventure also references a common situation in [[Wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]. | *This adventure also references a common situation in ''[[Wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]''. Pushing boulders often blocks corridors. If the player pushes a boulder into a corner or dead end, they are difficult to push back out, and anything underneath or beyond the boulder's position becomes somewhat inaccessible. | ||
*In addition, pushing boulders in NetHack can cause a player's Strength score to increase. | *In addition, pushing boulders in ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]'' can cause a player's Strength score to increase. | ||
*Technically, an apostrophe does ''not'' represent a boulder in ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]''; a grave accent (`) does, while an apostrophe represents a golem. | |||
Latest revision as of 09:49, 11 January 2009
A Dash of Boulder
In the Dungeon of Doom, you encounter a hallway blocked by a huge boulder. You push and push and push, but eventually reach a dead end, at which point you have to just turn around and leave.
You'll always wonder what was at the end of that corridor.
| You gain 21 Muscleboundness. |
Occurs at The Dungeons of Doom.
References
- The adventure title and text refers to the video game Boulder Dash, in which your character pushed boulders around. It also may refer to the common exclamation "Balderdash!"
- This adventure also references a common situation in NetHack. Pushing boulders often blocks corridors. If the player pushes a boulder into a corner or dead end, they are difficult to push back out, and anything underneath or beyond the boulder's position becomes somewhat inaccessible.
- In addition, pushing boulders in NetHack can cause a player's Strength score to increase.
- Technically, an apostrophe does not represent a boulder in NetHack; a grave accent (`) does, while an apostrophe represents a golem.
