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text=Following The Oracle's advice, you treat the plus sign as a book, and read it. It describes, in great detail, a place called the Dungeons of Doom. The first chapter teaches you that the Enormous Greater-Than Sign is actually the stairway leading to these dungeons, and the rest of the book teaches you how to recognize the items and monsters contained within its halls. | text=Following The Oracle's advice, you treat the plus sign as a book, and read it. It describes, in great detail, a place called the Dungeons of Doom. The first chapter teaches you that the Enormous Greater-Than Sign is actually the stairway leading to these dungeons, and the rest of the book teaches you how to recognize the items and monsters contained within its halls. | ||
After you're done reading the book, it vanishes in a puff of obsolescence. | After you're done reading the book, it vanishes in a puff of obsolescence. | ||
You dig through your inventory and identify all of the crap you already picked up down there: | You dig through your inventory and identify all of the crap you already picked up down there: | ||
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{{acquire|item=vorpal blade|num=some}} | {{acquire|item=vorpal blade|num=some}} | ||
{{acquire|item=pile of gold coins|num=some}} | {{acquire|item=pile of gold coins|num=some}} | ||
{{acquire|item=ring of aggravate monster|num=some}} | {{acquire|item=ring of aggravate monster|num=some}}}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Grants access to [[The Dungeons of Doom]]. | *Grants access to [[The Dungeons of Doom]]. | ||
*The items given are converted from the items sourced from [[the Enormous Greater-Than Sign]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*In ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]'', a plus sign represents a spellbook (or a closed door). | *In ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]'', a plus sign represents a spellbook (or a closed door). | ||
*In the use text, "a puff of obsolescence" alludes to the message received in ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]'' after using a throne, namely "The throne vanishes in a puff of logic.", which refers in turn to ''[[wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. | *In the use text, "a puff of obsolescence" alludes to the message received in ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]'' after using a throne, namely "The throne vanishes in a puff of logic.", which refers in turn to ''[[wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 21 March 2010
plus sign
This is a plus sign. It's about a foot tall, and about a foot wide. It's sort of heavy.
Type: usable
Cannot be traded or discarded
Quest Item
(In-game plural: plus signs)
Obtained From
- The Enormous Greater-Than Sign
- Typographical Clutter (one time drop)
- Obsolete
- Plus? Plus what?
When Used
- From inventory, before The Oracle's major consultation:
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| You have no idea what this thing is for. |
- From inventory, after consultation:
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| Following The Oracle's advice, you treat the plus sign as a book, and read it. It describes, in great detail, a place called the Dungeons of Doom. The first chapter teaches you that the Enormous Greater-Than Sign is actually the stairway leading to these dungeons, and the rest of the book teaches you how to recognize the items and monsters contained within its halls.
After you're done reading the book, it vanishes in a puff of obsolescence. You dig through your inventory and identify all of the crap you already picked up down there:
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Notes
- Grants access to The Dungeons of Doom.
- The items given are converted from the items sourced from the Enormous Greater-Than Sign.
References
- In NetHack, a plus sign represents a spellbook (or a closed door).
- In the use text, "a puff of obsolescence" alludes to the message received in NetHack after using a throne, namely "The throne vanishes in a puff of logic.", which refers in turn to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
