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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-05-22T15:33:40Z

pothole

MrSurvivor1997: /* SLASH'EM */ The Magician tarot card will also summon the Wizard of Yendor himself if you already met him.

2024-01-12T18:36:45Z

‎SLASH'EM: The Magician tarot card will also summon the Wizard of Yendor himself if you already met him.

Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 159410 by MrSurvivor1997 (talk) ...or mayhaps it's just a literal cooking pot repurposed as a helmet, which I'd think is a much more common trope

2023-12-29T01:29:46Z

Undo revision 159410 by MrSurvivor1997 (talk) ...or mayhaps it's just a literal cooking pot repurposed as a helmet, which I'd think is a much more common trope

MrSurvivor1997: /* Examples in NetHack */ Dented pot is a pun on cooking pots and pot helms.

2023-12-29T01:03:03Z

‎Examples in NetHack: Dented pot is a pun on cooking pots and pot helms.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Examples in variants */ right, that's what's causing it

2023-12-04T01:40:29Z

‎Examples in variants: right, that's what's causing it

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ punc, potholes

2023-12-04T01:39:57Z

‎SLASH'EM: punc, potholes

Umbire the Phantom: as good a time as any to start splitting this up, add version tag as well

2023-12-04T01:39:30Z

as good a time as any to start splitting this up, add version tag as well

MrSurvivor1997: /* Examples */ Fixed link errors I made quickly, don’t know why Wizard’s Tower isn’t working…

2023-12-03T14:49:26Z

‎Examples: Fixed link errors I made quickly, don’t know why Wizard’s Tower isn’t working…

MrSurvivor1997: Tarot cards have a lot of puns.

2023-12-03T14:46:13Z

Tarot cards have a lot of puns.

Kufat: /* Examples */ Aerarium doesn't mean sky

2021-11-27T00:09:47Z

‎Examples: Aerarium doesn't mean sky

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 ==Examples in variants==
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-* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad's Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard's Tower]], or summon the [[Wizard of Yendor]] himself if you have already encountered him; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
+* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad's Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of [[Oracle (level)|the Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard's Tower]], or summon the [[Wizard of Yendor]] himself if you have already encountered him; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
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 ==Examples in variants==
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-* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad's Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard's Tower]]; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
+* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad's Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard's Tower]], or summon the [[Wizard of Yendor]] himself if you have already encountered him; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
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 * [[The Platinum Yendorian Express Card]], which is named after the American Express charge card, can be used to "charge" wands and other items.
 * Reading a [[dull spellbook]] may put you to [[sleep]]. ("This book is so dull that you can't keep your eyes open.")
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 * [[The Platinum Yendorian Express Card]], which is named after the American Express charge card, can be used to "charge" wands and other items.
 * Reading a [[dull spellbook]] may put you to [[sleep]]. ("This book is so dull that you can't keep your eyes open.")
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 ==Examples in variants==
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-* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad’s Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard’s Tower]]; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
+* A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of [[Vlad's Tower]]; the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]]; the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard's Tower]]; and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
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 The presence of so many puns is one of the challenges of [[NetHack in other languages|translating ''NetHack'' into other languages]].
-==Examples==
+==Examples in NetHack==
 * The [[glob]] of a [[black pudding]] is considered non-vegetarian to eat because some types of blood sausage are known as "black pudding", and the default tile even gives it a sausage-like shape.
 * A cursed [[potion of gain level]] plays on the two different in-game meanings of "level" - both [[experience level]] and [[dungeon level]] (i.e. depth in the dungeon).
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 * [[The Platinum Yendorian Express Card]], which is named after the American Express charge card, can be used to "charge" wands and other items.
 * Reading a [[dull spellbook]] may put you to [[sleep]]. ("This book is so dull that you can't keep your eyes open.")
 * A [[gypsy]] that draws the Tower tarot card will reveal the location of Vlad’s Tower, the Oracle tarot card will reveal the location of the [[Oracle]], the Magician tarot card will reveal the portal to the [[Wizard’s tower]], and the Moon tarot card will reset the [[moon phase]].
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 * The [[turn undead]] effect also derives from ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and causes undead monsters to flee. In its [[beam]] form, it can also be used to revive [[corpse]]s&mdash;rather, it turns them "un-dead".
 * When [[polymorph]]ed into a form that can eat metal, eating an [[amulet of unchanging]] causes you to "un-change" and revert to your natural form. This is explicitly noted as a pun in the [[Source:Ref/morehungry#eataccessory|source code]].
-* The substitution of a [[level teleport trap]] for the [[vault]] teleporter in [[closet]]s on deeper levels is a pun on the secondary meaning of "''aerarium''" as "sky".
+* The substitution of a [[level teleport trap]] for the [[vault]] teleporter in [[closet]]s on deeper levels is a pun on a purported secondary meaning of "''aerarium''" as "sky". (This appears to be in error, as no evidence has been found for this secondary meaning.)
 * Levitating over a [[sink]] will cause you to "sink" to the floor.
 * [[The Platinum Yendorian Express Card]], which is named after the American Express charge card, can be used to "charge" wands and other items.