Alternate item names - Revision history

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2022-12-30T05:56:12Z

Bruceleroy99: reorder pirate names to prioritize in-game comprehension

2022-08-05T16:26:03Z

reorder pirate names to prioritize in-game comprehension

Bruceleroy99: incorporated naming from Samurai, swapped japanese <> english and reordered as to how players will likely look things up

2022-08-05T16:17:03Z

incorporated naming from Samurai, swapped japanese <> english and reordered as to how players will likely look things up

Bruceleroy99: simplify section headers

2022-08-05T15:59:46Z

simplify section headers

Bruceleroy99: initial creation for alternative item names

2022-08-05T15:52:41Z

initial creation for alternative item names

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Some roles use an alternate set of item names for various items in order to give a broader set of theming for the player.

==Japanese names for items==
The following is a list of those items with their Japanese names:

{| class="prettytable"
! English !! Japanese
|-
| [[short sword]] || ''[[wikipedia:Wakizashi|wakizashi]]''
|-
| [[broadsword]] || ''[[wikipedia:Ninja-To|ninja-to]]''
|-
| [[flail]] || ''[[wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchaku]]''
|-
| [[glaive]] || ''[[wikipedia:Naginata|naginata]]''
|-
| [[lock pick]] || ''osaku''
|-
| [[wooden harp]] || ''[[wikipedia:Koto (musical instrument)|koto]]''
|-
| [[knife]] || ''shito''
|-
| [[plate mail]] || ''tanko''
|-
| [[helmet]] || ''[[wikipedia:Kabuto|kabuto]]''
|-
| [[leather gloves]] || ''yugake''
|-
| [[food ration]] || ''gunyoki''
|-
| [[potion of booze]] || ''potion of [[wikipedia:Sake|sake]]''
|}

There are also some regular items that are uniquely Japanese. Once identified, these are described using their Japanese name, regardless of which [[role]] you are playing. These items are the following:
* [[ya]] ("bamboo arrow")
* [[yumi]] ("long bow")
* [[katana]] ("samurai sword")
* [[tsurugi]] ("long samurai sword")
* [[shuriken]] ("throwing star")

Additionally some pieces of dialog are also changed. On losing a level or dying, you receive the message "Sayonara", instead of the usual "Goodbye"; when starting or loading a game, it greets you with "Konichi wa"; and friendly shopkeepers and priests greet you with "Irasshaimase".

==Pirate names for items==
Pirate names for items following a nautical theme:

{| class="prettytable"
! English !! Pirate
|-
| [[potion of booze]] || [[wikipedia:Rum|potion of rum]]
|-
| [[cram ration]] || [[wikipedia:Hardtack|sea biscuit]]
|-
| [[scimitar]] || [[wikipedia:Cutlass|cutlass]]
|-
| [[small shield]] || [[wikipedia:Buckler|buckler]]
|-
| [[sack]] || [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ditty_bag ditty bag]
|-
| [[large box]] || [[wikipedia:Footlocker (luggage)|foot locker]]
|-
| [[club]] || [[wikipedia:Belaying pin|belaying pin]]
|-
| [[zorkmid]] || [[wikipedia:Doubloon|doubloon]]
|-
| [[zorkmid|gold coin]] || [[wikipedia:Spanish dollar|piece of eight]]
|}

The [[Pirate]] patch treats the cutlass as a kind of [[scimitar]]. In real life, the [[wikipedia:Cutlass|cutlass]] is usually a much shorter sword than the [[wikipedia:Scimitar|scimitar]], though both usually have conspicuously curved blades. Both are also related to the [[saber]]--the scimitar through the Persian ''shamshir'' and Turkish ''kilij'', which were probably influenced by cavalry sabers used by the Byzantine Empire--but NetHack treats the scimitar/cutlass and saber as distinct weapons. [[NetHack is not real life]].

Reference: [https://github.com/Chris-plus-alphanumericgibberish/NetHack/compare/master...Chris_s_Pirate_Patch.diff Chris's Pirate Patch]

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 {| class="prettytable"
-! English !! Japanese
+! Japanese !! English
 |-
-| [[short sword]] || ''[[wikipedia:Wakizashi|wakizashi]]''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Bokken|bokken]]'' (previously ''jo'') || [[club]] (actually means "wooden sword")
 |-
-| [[broadsword]] || ''[[wikipedia:Ninja-To|ninja-to]]''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Daiky%C5%AB|dai-kyu]]'' || [[bow]] (used in nethack variants like [[SlashTHEM]])
 |-
-| [[flail]] || ''[[wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchaku]]''
+| ''gunyoki'' || [[food ration]]
 |-
-| [[glaive]] || ''[[wikipedia:Naginata|naginata]]''
+| ''jo'' (reassigned from club) || baseball bat (actually means "short staff")
 |-
-| [[lock pick]] || ''osaku''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Kabuto|kabuto]]'' || [[helmet]]
 |-
-| [[wooden harp]] || ''[[wikipedia:Koto (musical instrument)|koto]]''
+| ''kaginawa''||grappling hook
 |-
-| [[knife]] || ''shito''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Koto (musical instrument)|koto]]'' || [[wooden harp]]
 |-
-| [[plate mail]] || ''tanko''
+| ''mizugumo''||[[water walking boots]]
 |-
-| [[helmet]] || ''[[wikipedia:Kabuto|kabuto]]''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Naginata|naginata]]'' || [[glaive]]
 |-
-| [[leather gloves]] || ''yugake''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Ninja-To|ninja-to]]'' || [[broadsword]]
 |-
-| [[food ration]] || ''gunyoki''
+| ''[[wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchaku]]'' || [[flail]]
 |-
-| [[potion of booze]] || ''potion of [[wikipedia:Sake|sake]]''
+| ''okonomiyaki'' || [[pancake]]
 |}
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 Additionally some pieces of dialog are also changed. On losing a level or dying, you receive the message "Sayonara", instead of the usual "Goodbye"; when starting or loading a game, it greets you with "Konichi wa"; and friendly shopkeepers and priests greet you with "Irasshaimase".
 ==Pirate==

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 {| class="prettytable"
-! English !! Pirate
+! Pirate !! English
 |-
-| [[potion of booze]] || [[wikipedia:Rum|potion of rum]]
+| [[wikipedia:Belaying pin|belaying pin]] || [[club]]
 |-
-| [[cram ration]] || [[wikipedia:Hardtack|sea biscuit]]
+| [[wikipedia:Buckler|buckler]] || [[small shield]]
 |-
-| [[scimitar]] || [[wikipedia:Cutlass|cutlass]]
+| [[wikipedia:Cutlass|cutlass]] || [[scimitar]]
 |-
-| [[small shield]] || [[wikipedia:Buckler|buckler]]
+| [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ditty_bag ditty bag] || [[sack]]
 |-
-| [[sack]] || [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ditty_bag ditty bag]
+| [[wikipedia:Doubloon|doubloon]] || [[zorkmid]]
 |-
-| [[large box]] || [[wikipedia:Footlocker (luggage)|foot locker]]
+| [[wikipedia:Footlocker (luggage)|foot locker]] || [[large box]]
 |-
-| [[club]] || [[wikipedia:Belaying pin|belaying pin]]
+| [[wikipedia:Spanish dollar|piece of eight]]|| [[zorkmid|gold coin]]
 |-
-| [[zorkmid]] || [[wikipedia:Doubloon|doubloon]]
+| [[wikipedia:Rum|potion of rum]] || [[potion of booze]]
 |-
-| [[zorkmid|gold coin]] || [[wikipedia:Spanish dollar|piece of eight]]
+| [[wikipedia:Hardtack|sea biscuit]] || [[cram ration]]
 |}

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 Some roles use an alternate set of item names for various items in order to give a broader set of theming for the player.
-==Japanese names for items==
+==Japanese==
 The following is a list of those items with their Japanese names:
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-==Pirate names for items==
+==Pirate==
 Pirate names for items following a nautical theme: