The Suburbs of Dis

The Suburbs of Dis lies in the Nearby Plains, available with the Dis Abled effect active.

• The Clumsiness Grove
• The Maelstrom of Lovers
• The Glacier of Jerks
• An Altar

Notes

• Combat messages in this area rhyme (mostly):

• Pickpocketing successfully:

• You gaffler! Pick-pocket! Sneaker and snaker!
  You crept up behind them and took like a taker!

• Pickpocketing unsuccessfully:

• Please don't accuse me of wounding your pride,
  but nothing much came of that thing that you tried.

• Familiar acts:

• Your familiar did something to help in your plight,
  but you were distracted, with monsters to fight.
• Your pet did a thing; I don't know what it did.
  Perhaps it went skiing, or huggled a squid?
• Your pet did a thing; I didn't see it, did you?
  I guess it just did what they usually do.
• Your familiar did something, just what I'm not sure.
  Did it pick you a flower, or spit on the floor?
• Your pet did a thing that might just save the day,
  I'm afraid you were looking the opposite way.

• Healing:

• You heal a few damage -- not much, I'll admit,
  but the hitpoints you've added will help you a bit.
• You've got <1 syllable> more hit points than you had before!
  Now go out and fight and get off of the floor!
• You've gained <2 syllables> hitpoints, and feel a lot better.
  Go out there and get 'em, you going go-getter!
• You heal <1 syllable> points worth of your cuts and abrasions,
  You earned on a number of violent occasions.
• With <3 syllables> hitpoints added onto your score,
  you're raring to go and you're ready for more!

• Restoring MP:

• You've just gotten <X> of your MP restored!
  Now you can show all those creeps what you've learned!
• Magical energy floods into your veins!
  Not a whole lot -- <1 syllable> points -- but it's good for your brains.
• You regain <2 syllables> MP of mystical fuel,
  and prepare to escort some more monsters to school.

• Fumble:

• You fumble your weapon -- it lands on your bung!
  It hurts worse than the sting of a bee that has stung!
• Your weapon falls down to the floor 'midst the clutter,
  What's wrong with you? Are your hands coated in butter?

• Taking damage:

• You took <2 syllables> damage -- not just to your pride,
  but also to what keeps your insides inside.
• It seems that you've lost <X> points of health.
  I hope you've been saving, so you'll still have your wealth.
• You got hurt quite a lot! <3 syllables> full HP!
  The sight of your guts isn't pleasant to see!
• The violent impact shakes your skull with a thud,
  and you lose <2 syllables> points worth of valuable blood.
• You took <1 syllable> points of hurt, which could have been worse.
  You probably don't need to look for a nurse.
• I don't want to shock you with depictions of gore,
  but you just dripped <1 syllable> points worth of blood on the floor.
• The pain of the blow's like a punch to the guts
  and you take <2 syllables> damage -- no ifs, ands or buts.

• Doing damage:

• You do <3 syllables> points, and hit your foe in the belly,
  making it splash like a bag full of jelly.
• You leap at your foe in a violent blitz,
  and cut off <2 syllables> hit points worth of bits.
• Your enemy comes off as kind of a klutz,
  with <3 syllables> points worth of steel in their guts.
• You swing with your weapon; your foe takes the hit!
  <2 syllables> points damage must sting quite a bit!
• You hack at your foe <4 syllables>times more.
  They'll need a broom to get all of the bits off the floor.
• Your weapon removes <3 syllables> HP
  from your foe in a violent murdering spree.
• Your foe takes some damage; it looks a bit painful.
  Perhaps that will teach it to be so disdainful.

• Winning a fight:

• The beast falls to the ground, 'cause you've taught it a lesson!
  It won't feel good in the morning, I'm guessin'.
• The monster explodes in a shower of gore!
  (Not really, he just kind of falls on the floor.)
• That monster, at first, seemed to be pretty tough,
  but however much damage you did, it's enough.
• With tail between legs, the beast flees from the fight!
  You defeated your foe and have proven your might!
• Your foe lies defeated by your beatings and grapples,
  and you ask him "So, whadda think of them apples?"

• Muscle stat gains:

• Your strengthliness went up by <1 syllable> points! Hooray!
  Now find something else to beat up on today.
• With those <1 syllable> extra substats of strength that you found,
  it won't be much longer 'till muscles abound!
• Your muscles swell up, about <2 syllables> points worth,
  making them slightly more robust in girth.
• With <2 syllables> additional muscle substats,
  you'll soon give what-for to these villainous prats.
• Your strengthliness increases <3 syllables> times
  from exacting revenge for that foe's heinous crimes.

• Gain a muscle point:

• Your muscles are musclier than ever before!
  How much do you bench, dude? Now it's one more!

• Mysticality stat gains:

• You've got <1 syllable> points more brains than a moment ago!
  In the words of the immortal poet: like, woah.
• <1 syllable> points of knowledge drip into your head.
  It tickles, like when you eat paint made of lead.
• You've gained <3 syllables> new points of magical skill!
  This occult education continues to thrill!
• Your brain just got <2 syllables> points larger and crinklier!
  (Not everything slows down as it becomes wrinklier.)
• You've realized <2 syllables> new realizations,
  attuning you further to mystic vibrations.
• <3 syllables> points of magic flow into your cells!
  Soon you'll be spellcasting much spellier spells!

• Gain a mysticality point:

• You're a whiz of a wizard! Your brain just got brainier!
  All of your sweet arcane knowledge -- arcanier!

• Moxie stat gains:

• You're a thief in the shadows, a ninja at night!
  You're <3 syllables> moxiousness slyer, all right!
• <4 syllables> points earned toward some new moxie
  is making you feel increasingly foxy.
• You're <3 syllables> points more sarcastic! That's great!
  No, really! It's super! I'm telling it straight!
• You're slick as a snake and as quiet as mice!
  <4 syllables> points moreso now, to be precise.
• You've learned a few tricks -- now you're <2 syllables> points trickier!
  (And now situations get <2 syllables> points stickier.)
• Your roguishness increased by leaps and by bounds!
  Well, just <2 syllables> points, but the interest compounds.
• You've gained <1 syllable> points more chutzpah! You're quick as a snake!
  A dashing, and charming, and debonair rake!

• Gain a moxie point:

• Your moxie went up a whole point on this day!
  In the words of the coolest of cool, I say, "Ayyyyy."

• Familiar gains experience:

• A grin from your pet makes you feel more than thrilled,
  Because it implies that you're getting more skilled.
• A smile from your buddy, your heart fills with joy,
  You're getting experience, so don't be coy!
• Your pet smiles quite broadly, as if to say,
  "Congrats! You have learned something useful today."
• Your pet indicates, with a grin of its grinner,
  that it thinks you to be quite a winningful winner.
• Your pet gives a smile (even if it lacks lips),
  And it gives you a cheer with a couple Hip, Hips!

• Familiar gains weight:

• Your pet gains a pound! Watch it leap up and flex!
  Its body can cash all its ego-writ checks!
• Your pet gains a pound! But don't fret; it can hustle!
  It's putting on weight, but it's surely all muscle.

• Getting the jump:

• Who got the jump? Oh please, who, tell me, who?
  It wasn't your foe, so it must have been you!
• You leap into combat, as quick as a wink,
  attacking the monster before he can blink!
• Your foe is so slow! So slow is your foe!
  Much slower than you, who are ready to go!

• Monster gets the jump:

• You thought you were fast, but your foe's a bit faster.
  Let's hope this won't turn out to be a disaster.

• Familiar does damage:

• From violence, familiars will rarely abstain,
  Yours leaps into the fight, dealing <1 syllable> points of pain.
• Like the Boofers that live on the Isle of Buprate,
  Your little friend does <2 syllables> damage! That's great!
• Your familiar hits hard as the Snoofle-snuff-snub!
  He can do <2 syllables> damage, and that ain't bad, bub!
• "Go beat up our foes, little friend! Do it quickly!"
  So your friend beats on him, doing <1 syllable> damage, slickly.
• Your friend shouts "Wahoo!" and leaps into the fight!
  It does <1 syllable> points of damage, not great, but all right!
• Your buddy shreds him like a box full of tissues!
  Perhaps it has got some untreated rage issues?
• Your familiar leaps into the fray with a shout!
  It does <2 syllables> damage and makes your foe pout!
• Your little friend's limber and loose in the joints,
  It leaps on your foe and hits him for <1 syllable> points!
• Like the Grumbery birds on the Isle of Berblatt,
  Your familiar hits <3 syllables> times, just like that!

• Acquire an item:

• What good is a clumsiness bark? What's it for?
  Oh well, that question never stopped you before.
• You find a new thing; it goes into your pack
  with the rest of the various weird bric-a-brac.
• A clumsiness bark! It goes in your bag,
  with all of the rest of your ludicrous swag.
• A clumsiness bark -- do you take it, or leave it?
  Just kidding! Leave treasure? I can hardly conceive it.
• You discover an item that someone forgot,
  throw it into your pack and take off like a shot.
• You found a clumsiness bark -- what an odd thing to find!
  Best pick it up before you change your mind.
• This furious stone is obviously yours --
  you can tell by the way it's not nailed to the floor.
• You added an <3 syllables> to your collection!
  No booty will escape your careful inspection!
• You picked up a thing that you found on the floor.
  Your pack is quite full, but there's room for one more.

• Critical hit:

• With prowess to spare and an eye analytical
  You deal out a critical hit that is Critical!
• You jump at the monster, and slip past its guard!
  You swing at it fiercely, and hit it QUITE HARD!
• The Vorkers who Vork in the Vasty Voovusvid
  Have never hit anything hard as you just did!

• Getting a 10-leaf clover:

• A ten-leaf clover -- do you take it, or leave it?
  Just kidding! Leave treasure? I can hardly conceive it.

• Using a combat item:

• You used a thing from your bag, and something happened, I guess!
  I can't give you much detail, I must confess.
• Activating an item caused something to happen!
  What? I don't know. I guess you caught me napping.

• Doing damage with a combat item:

• You hurl a thing that you took from your pack,
  and deal <1 syllable> points with a thingly attack.
• You caused so much pain with that thing from your pack,
  that even you winced at the sound of the smack!
• You fling a thing with your flinger; it flies at your foe!
  <3 syllables> damage results from the blow!

• Monster is stunned:

• The monster seems stunned (or confused, or entangled)
  because of the skills you've so skillfully wrangled.

• Do damage with a skill:

• You demonstrate a slick combat maneuver
  that's effective as a <1 syllable> hit point remover.
• Your show off your learning of things that you've learned.
  <1 syllable> damage? Not much, but no amount can be spurned.
• You roll up a sleeve, prepare a skill for the skilling,
  and do so much damage, it's hopefully killing.

• Other skills:

• You use a skill -- it isn't a damaging one,
  but skills don't have to cause pain to be fun.

• Gaining meat at the end of combat:

• If <3 syllables> meat makes you smile with greed,
  well, that's how much you found, so feel free to proceed.

• Failing to run away:

• There's no relaxing for you yet today --
  you tried to escape, but did not get away.

• Running away:

• With wings on your heels, you run and take flight,
  escaping the monster and leaving the fight.

See Also

• Dis in a Jif