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Many things in [[NetHack]] are a Bad Idea, although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be [[YASD]].
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:''You feel that [[cannibalism|eating the little dog]] was a bad idea.''
  
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A few bad ideas include:
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Many things in [[NetHack]] are a '''Bad Idea''', although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be [[YASD]].
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A few Bad Ideas include:
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*Using only the [[movement tactics#diagonal movement|arrow keys]].
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*[[numeric prefix|Holding keys down]].
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*Letting monsters hit you for no good reason.
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*[[genocide|Genociding]] [[@]].
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*Blessed-genociding [[h|mind flayers]] as a [[dwarf]].
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*Attempting to genocide while [[confused]].
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*Casting [[spellbook of force bolt|force bolt]] in potion shops.
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*Casting [[spellbook of fireball|fireball]] in bookstores.
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*Looting an [[container trap|exploding box]] in a tool shop.
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*Shopping while [[teleportitis#shopping with uncontrolled teleportitis|feeling jumpy]].
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*Smashing open every [[shop#generation|locked door]] in your way.
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*[[Paste|Pasting into the NetHack terminal]] without checking the clipboard.
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*[[fountain#fountain quaffing|Quaffing from every fountain]] in the [[water moccasin|hope]] of a [[water demon|wish]].
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*[[knight#The horse|Getting on your pony]] right at the start of the game.
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*[[Choking|Eating]] "just one more" [[giant]] or [[lump of royal jelly]].
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*Eating [[food poisoning|rotten corpses]].
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*Training [[strength]] by [[encumbrance#Stressed|weight lifting]].
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*[[Pit|Running around]] while [[cockatrice#Wearing gloves while wielding the corpse as a weapon|brandishing a cockatrice corpse]].
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*[[Sink|Levitating around]] while brandishing a cockatrice corpse.
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*[[m|Groping around]] while [[cockatrice#Without wearing gloves, blinded|blind and bare-handed]].
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*Leaving your [[wand of wishing]] in your [[shock|main inventory]] before wishing for [[reflection]].
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*Putting [[wand of cancellation|all your wands]] or [[bag of tricks|all your tools]] into your [[bag of holding]].
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*Picking up nondescript [[loadstone|gray stones]].
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*[[autopickup|Automatically picking up]] nondescript gray stones.
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*Retreating to a [[aligned priest|sanctuary]] to test your [[ring of conflict|unidentified rings]].
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*[[altar#danger in sacrificing|Letting an altar convert ''you'']].
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*Treating [[werecreatures]] very [[Altar#Sacrificing creatures of own race|inhumanely]].
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*Dipping for [[Excalibur]] before checking your [[experience level]].
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*[[Elbereth|Engraving]] with the [[engraving#speed|wrong object]].
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*Teleporting the other [[Riders]] or their corpses.
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*Hanging out next to a [[drawbridge#destruction|drawbridge]].
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*Looting [[bones]] files without [[pickup_burden]].
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*Killing a [[mirror|nymph]] with a [[spellbook of force bolt|force bolt]].
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*Throwing your metal [[dagger]]s at a [[metallivore]].
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*Throwing your [[enchantment|enchanted]] daggers at a [[disenchanter]].
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*[[Hangup|Disconnecting from the server]] while you decide what to [[wish]] for.
  
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*'''Genociding @'''
 
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*'''Blessed-genociding h, when playing a dwarf'''
 
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*Pasting stuff into Nethack unless you are sure what is in the clipboard.
 
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*Casting [[Spellbook_of_force_bolt|force bolt]] while in a shop.
 
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*Picking up items in shops while afflicted with [[teleportitis|teleportitis.]]
 
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*Teleporting the [[Riders]]' corpses.
 
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*Eating "just one more" [[giant]] corpse/[[lump of royal jelly|royal jelly.]]
 
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*Eating old (rotten) corpses.
 
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*Strength training by overburdening your self.
 
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*Wielding a [[cockatrice]] corpse while burdened and deciding to go down stairs.
 
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*Walking around with a [[cockatrice]] corpse wielded. [[Levitation]] is safe, as long as you don't pass over a [[sink|sink.]]
 
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*Walking around while blind, without gloves. Note that if you press {{kbd|m}} before taking each step, your character will not attempt to feel the objects on the square where he or she is standing, making this a safer way to cross a square with a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse. A source of levitation is a more convenient way to deal with this problem.
 
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*Breaking a drawbridge while standing adjacent to it.
 
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*Reverse genociding [[dragon]]s to make [[Dragon scale mail|DSM]] ''before'' you're able to kill the dragons
 
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*Having your [[wand of wishing]] in your main inventory instead of a [[bag|bag.]]
 
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*Putting a [[wand of cancellation]], a [[bag of tricks]], or another bag of holding into your [[bag of holding|bag of holding.]]
 
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*Sacrificing at a cross-aligned [[altar]] while having bad [[alignment record]] before the [[Quest]] is complete.
 
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*Killing a co-aligned [[unicorn]], breaking a [[mirror]], et cetera...
 
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*Killing a nymph with a [[Spellbook_of_force_bolt|force bolt]] or [[wand of striking]] (because of nymph's high chance of having a [[mirror]]).
 
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*Killing the [[Wizard of Yendor]] before collecting seven [[candle]]s for the [[invocation ritual|invocation ritual.]]
 
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*Picking up non-identified gray stones (identification is done by first kicking and then rubbing the stone on an iron object).
 
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*Reading a [[scroll of genocide]] while confused.
 
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*Throwing your highly enchanted metal daggers at a [[metallivore|metallivore.]]
 
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*Slowly engraving more than 1 letter of [[Elbereth]] at once while under attack.
 
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*Quickly engraving multiple Elbereths at once while under attack.
 
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*Using fountains and sinks before you can handle what they can spawn (moccasins and water demons for the former, incubi/succubi and puddings for the latter.)
 
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*Kicking doors when there is a store somewhere on the floor, even if the doors are locked. Note that a shopkeeper's locked door will always have the phrase "Closed for inventory" written in the square outside of the door. If you can pick the lock or have a key, the shopkeeper will not be angered if you unlock and enter the store.
 
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*Letting that monster hit you just one more time before you heal yourself.
 
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*Saving the game in the middle of a wish or genocide selection.
 
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*Attempting to mount a pony before leveling at least once.
 
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*Offering the corpse of a [[werecreature]] at an [[altar]] as a non-chaotic human character.
 
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*Eating werecreatures, particularly as a human.
 
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*Killing your quest leader.
 
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*Killing your quest guardians (probably).
 
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*Eating dogs or cats (or at least, you feel it was), unless a [[caveman]] or an [[orc]].
 
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*Dropping potions while levitating
 
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*Quaffing or applying potions inside a shop
 
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*Putting on unidentified rings in a temple
 
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*Applying a [[Bullwhip]] at a watchman.
 
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*Leaving [[Autopickup]] on after killing a ghost in a bones file, especially if the ghost was in a passageway.
 
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*Holding down the search or rest key.
 
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Lessons learned the hard way]]
 
*[[Lessons learned the hard way]]
 
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[[Category:Strategy]]
 
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Revision as of 07:18, 19 January 2011

You feel that eating the little dog was a bad idea.

Many things in NetHack are a Bad Idea, although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be YASD.

A few Bad Ideas include:

See also

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