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My first post after quite a few months of reading, and several years of
playing on and off, and I thought I had read or seen it all, but
then...

I was in the castle and had quite a good Valkyrie going, only the
second time I had ever been to the castle level, and I end up dying by
choking on a fortune cookie!!!
Not even a warning message!!!

I thought I would at least get a "do you wish to stop eating?" message
or something... but no.

I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to eat
anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.

Also, a question, how do weapon skill levels effect the effectivness of
the secondary weapon when two-weaponing?
 
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Adamusan wrote:
> I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
> satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to eat
> anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
> wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.

You can get the message out of a fortune cookie without eating it by
using the (r)ead command. This wastes the cookie, but they don't
provide much nutrition anyway. (Although in your case, they provided
just slightly too much.)

- John H.
 
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Adamusan wrote:
> I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
> satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to eat
> anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
> wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.

"Eet ees a-wahffer theen..."
 
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"Adamusan" <adaminnippon@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>I was in the castle and had quite a good Valkyrie going, only the
>second time I had ever been to the castle level, and I end up dying by
>choking on a fortune cookie!!!
>Not even a warning message!!!

There is never an explicit warning message for choking to death when
eating a one-bite food. The "Satiated" in your status bar *is* your
warning message.
--
Martin Read - my opinions are my own. share them if you wish.
illusion/kinetics controlling is love
 
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On 21 Jul 2005 13:38:47 -0700, doodpants@mailinator.com wrote:

> Adamusan wrote:
>> I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
>> satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to eat
>> anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
>> wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.
>
> "Eet ees a-wahffer theen..."

The fat man explodes! You are hit by stomach acid! -more-
Your helmet corrodes!
 
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Adamusan <adaminnippon@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> My first post after quite a few months of reading, and several years of
> playing on and off, and I thought I had read or seen it all, but
> then...
>
> I was in the castle and had quite a good Valkyrie going, only the
> second time I had ever been to the castle level, and I end up dying by
> choking on a fortune cookie!!!
> Not even a warning message!!!
>
> I thought I would at least get a "do you wish to stop eating?" message
> or something... but no.
>
> I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
> satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to eat
> anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
> wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.

Why, if you were satiated, were you eating? And a fortune cookie, at
that?

Fortune cookies are usually better-used for taming pets. If you get a
bogus fortune you abuse Wisdom, IIRC.


Keith
--
Keith Davies "Trying to sway him from his current kook-
keith.davies@kjdavies.org rant with facts is like trying to create
keith.davies@gmail.com a vacuum in a room by pushing the air
http://www.kjdavies.org/ out with your hands." -- Matt Frisch
 
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Ross Presser <rpresser@NOSPAMgmail.com.invalid> wrote in
news:1xsmoh4nweqfk.dlg@rosspresser.dyndns.org:

> On 21 Jul 2005 13:38:47 -0700, doodpants@mailinator.com wrote:
>
>> Adamusan wrote:
>>> I was satiated, but that has never proved a problem before. If
>>> satiated, I would just wait a good amount of turns before trying to
>>> eat anything again, and thought something a puny as a fortune cookie
>>> wouldn't be an issue, obviously I was wrong. Lesson learnt.
>>
>> "Eet ees a-wahffer theen..."
>
> The fat man explodes! You are hit by stomach acid! -more-
> Your helmet corrodes!

Things that are here:
a gold watch
a bucket of puke
 
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I've had something similar. I ate something, "you feel deathly sick.
You die from your illness." No chance to pray.
 
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:12:27 GMT
Keith Davies <keith.davies@kjdavies.org> wrote:

>Fortune cookies are usually better-used for taming pets.

I think that there should be a chance that the dog/cat chokes on the paper if its a cursed one.
 
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fybar wrote:
> Ross Presser <rpresser@NOSPAMgmail.com.invalid> wrote in
> news:1xsmoh4nweqfk.dlg@rosspresser.dyndns.org:
>
>>On 21 Jul 2005 13:38:47 -0700, doodpants@mailinator.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Eet ees a-wahffer theen..."
>>
>>The fat man explodes! You are hit by stomach acid! -more-
>>Your helmet corrodes!
>
> Things that are here:
> a gold watch
> a bucket of puke

There is a salmon mousse here; eat it? [ynq] 👎 y
Ulch - that meat was tainted! You feel deathly sick.
 
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noah bedford <noahbedford@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:12:27 GMT
> Keith Davies <keith.davies@kjdavies.org> wrote:
>
>>Fortune cookies are usually better-used for taming pets.
>
> I think that there should be a chance that the dog/cat chokes on the
> paper if its a cursed one.

To be extra nasty, the choking happens after the taming.

"Oh boy, a treat! I'll be his friend!" *tame* *choke* "paper..."

*rumble*


Keith
--
Keith Davies "Trying to sway him from his current kook-
keith.davies@kjdavies.org rant with facts is like trying to create
keith.davies@gmail.com a vacuum in a room by pushing the air
http://www.kjdavies.org/ out with your hands." -- Matt Frisch
 
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Keith Davies <keith.davies@kjdavies.org> wrote in
news:slrnde2d60.mse.keith.davies@kjdavies.org:

> noah bedford <noahbedford@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:12:27 GMT
>> Keith Davies <keith.davies@kjdavies.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Fortune cookies are usually better-used for taming pets.
>>
>> I think that there should be a chance that the dog/cat chokes on the
>> paper if its a cursed one.
>
> To be extra nasty, the choking happens after the taming.
>
> "Oh boy, a treat! I'll be his friend!" *tame* *choke* "paper..."
>
> *rumble*

LMAO that's great.



--
~ Cyde Weys ~

Mana du vortes, mana du vortes
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
 
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"bcr666" <bcr666@gmail.com> wrote:
>I've had something similar. I ate something, "you feel deathly sick.
>You die from your illness." No chance to pray.

That's quite different. (And, if accurately reported, would appear to be
a bug.) From examining eat.c:

Eating tainted meat should give you food poisoning with a time-to-death
of 10-19 turns. Unless you'd already consumed some other tainted meat,
or been hit by a monster that causes deathly sickness of itself, you
should have had, even at the maximum possible burden level, at least one
turn in which to attempt a prayer.
--
Martin Read - my opinions are my own. share them if you wish.
illusion/kinetics controlling is love
 
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