Angelic and demonic maledictions - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Demonic maledictions */ pothole

2026-05-16T22:49:19Z

‎Demonic maledictions: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Demonic maledictions */ tweak

2025-04-07T02:02:18Z

‎Demonic maledictions: tweak

Umbire the Phantom: most of them are fine but the last one is stretching it

2025-04-07T01:20:11Z

most of them are fine but the last one is stretching it

MrSurvivor1997: /* Demonic maledictions */ Added links to some of the demons meanings.

2025-04-06T11:43:40Z

‎Demonic maledictions: Added links to some of the demons meanings.

Umbire the Phantom: some touch-ups

2024-02-11T12:55:20Z

some touch-ups

Kahran042: /* Demonic maledictions */

2021-09-10T19:50:31Z

‎Demonic maledictions

Aximili: Update version, and tell readers where in the source code to look.

2020-01-31T05:22:30Z

Update version, and tell readers where in the source code to look.

ChasonBot at 20:05, 17 December 2015

2015-12-17T20:05:51Z

108.80.208.171: /* Demonic maledictions */ fixed typo

2015-06-06T13:25:14Z

‎Demonic maledictions: fixed typo

24.34.84.33: /* Demonic maledictions */

2010-08-16T11:54:57Z

‎Demonic maledictions

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 *"Hast thou been [[Potion of booze|drinking]], or art thou always so clumsy?"
 *"This time I shall let thee off with a spanking, but let it not happen again."
-*"I've met smarter (and prettier) [[acid blobs]]."
+*"I've met smarter (and prettier) [[acid blob]]s."
 *"Look! Thy bootlace is undone!"
 *"Mercy! Dost thou wish me to die of laughter?"

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 *"Mercy! Dost thou wish me to die of laughter?"
 *"Run away! Live to flee another day!"
-*The {demon name} casts aspersions on your ancestry.
+*<The demon> casts aspersions on your ancestry.
 *"Thou hadst best fight better than thou canst dress!"
 *"Twixt thy cousin and thee, [[Medusa]] is the prettier."

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 *"Verily, thy corpse could not smell worse!"
 *"Wait! I shall polymorph into a [[grid bug]] to give thee a fighting chance!"
-*"Why search for the [[Amulet of Yendor|Amulet]]? Thou wouldst but [[Cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor|lose it]], cretin."
+*"Why search for the [[Amulet of Yendor|Amulet]]? Thou wouldst but lose it, cretin."
 ==References==

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 ==Demonic maledictions==
-*"I first mistook thee for a statue, when I regarded thy head of stone."
+*"I first mistook thee for a [[statue]], when I regarded thy head of stone."
 *"Come here often?"
 *"Doth pain excite thee? Wouldst thou prefer the whip?"
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 *"Eat [[green slime|slime]] and die!"
 *"Go ahead, fetch thy mama! I shall wait."
-*"Go play leapfrog with a herd of unicorns!"
+*"Go play leapfrog with a herd of [[unicorns]]!"
-*"Hast thou been drinking, or art thou always so clumsy?"
+*"Hast thou been [[Potion of booze|drinking]], or art thou always so clumsy?"
 *"This time I shall let thee off with a spanking, but let it not happen again."
-*"I've met smarter (and prettier) acid blobs."
+*"I've met smarter (and prettier) [[acid blobs]]."
 *"Look! Thy bootlace is undone!"
 *"Mercy! Dost thou wish me to die of laughter?"
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 *The {demon name} casts aspersions on your ancestry.
 *"Thou hadst best fight better than thou canst dress!"
-*"Twixt thy cousin and thee, Medusa is the prettier."
+*"Twixt thy cousin and thee, [[Medusa]] is the prettier."
-*"Methinks thou wert unnaturally stirred by yon corpse back there, eh, varlet?"
+*"Methinks thou wert unnaturally stirred by yon [[corpse]] back there, eh, varlet?"
 *"Up thy nose with a [[rubber hose]]!"
 *"Verily, thy corpse could not smell worse!"
 *"Wait! I shall polymorph into a [[grid bug]] to give thee a fighting chance!"
-*"Why search for the Amulet? Thou wouldst but lose it, cretin."
+*"Why search for the [[Amulet of Yendor|Amulet]]? Thou wouldst but [[Cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor|lose it]], cretin."
 ==References==

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-When in combat with an [[angel]] or [[demon]], they will randomly utter maledictions, much like a [[quest nemesis]].
+In ''[[NetHack]]'', when in combat with a hostile [[angel]] or non-[[unique]] [[major demon]], they will randomly utter maledictions, much like a [[quest nemesis]].{{refsrc|dat/quest.txt|3369|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|dat/quest.txt|3402|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Angelic maledictions==
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 *"Thou shalt pay for thine insolence!"
 *"Very soon, my child, thou shalt meet thy maker."
-*"The great <deity> has sent me to make you pay for your sins!"
+*"The great <[[deity]]> has sent me to make you pay for your sins!"
 *"The wrath of <deity> is now upon you!"
 *"Thy life belongs to <deity> now!"
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 *"Wait! I shall polymorph into a [[grid bug]] to give thee a fighting chance!"
 *"Why search for the Amulet? Thou wouldst but lose it, cretin."
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