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| − | NetHack includes two files of one-line '''fortunes'''; these are <tt>rumors.fal</tt> and <tt>rumors.tru</tt>. You can find random fortunes (selected from these files) stuffed in [[fortune cookie]]s, written in the dust of the dungeon [[floor]], and through minor consultations from the [[Oracle]].
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| − | As a [[spoiler]], some players read both files. The messages in <tt>rumor.tru</tt> tend to be useful hints, while the ones in <tt>rumor.fal</tt> tend to be false or useless. Unspoiled players can buy consultations from the Oracle, because the other sources of fortunes are rare.
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| − | Examples from <tt>rumor.tru</tt>:
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| − | * ''Dogs are superstitious; they never step on cursed items.''
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| − | * ''It is the letter 'c' and not 'e' that changes status to statue.''
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| − | * ''Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.''
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| − | It is true that [[pet]]s do not step on cursed items, ''but'' as an exception they can step "reluctantly". It is true that a [[floating eye]] <tt>[[e]]</tt> cannot make you a statue, but a [[chickatrice]] or [[cockatrice]] <tt>[[c]]</tt> would. The third fortune might be true, but does it help?
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| − | Examples from <tt>rumor.fal</tt>:
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| − | * ''A lizard corpse is a good thing to turn undead.''
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| − | * ''Sorry, no fortune this time. Better luck next cookie!''
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| − | * ''Wet towels make great weapons!''
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| − | Indeed, some players have dipped their [[towel]]s into water and wielded them, but the result has never been effective.
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