Wait!

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Wait! is the beginning of several messages relating to attempting to walk where a previously unnoticed monster is hiding. These include:

Wait! That's a foo!
This is one of the messages used for mimics and the Wizard of Yendor's clone after using Double Trouble.
Wait! There's a foo hiding under <an item>!
This is used for spiders, snakes, and other monsters capable of hiding under items.

{{message|Wait! There's a hidden <monster> there!|This is used for sea monsters hiding in water.

Wait! There's something there you can't see!
This is used for monsters that are either invisible or unseen to you while blind.
Wait, foo! That gold is really a <role> named <player>!
YAFM that occurs when you are polymorphed into a mimic or else are a mimic corpse, and a monster attempts to walk where you are hiding.

Other

There is also a demonic malediction that goes, "Wait! I shall polymorph into a grid bug to give thee a fighting chance!"


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