Forum:I think I just took the cake for weirdest death...

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So I, someone fairly new to NetHack, was playing a game as a dwarven Valkyrie since I can't get to sleep. Things were going well-I'd made a generous amount of money by training my dog to steal from shops, and I'd made it to the Oracle level. I was level 5 and dipping for Excalibur.

This is where things get messed up.

After lots of sword-rusting and a water nymph, I end up attracting a water demon. I was nervous, since I know the nasty little buggers LOVE to summon more of themselves faster than I can kill them, but I had quite a few (unidentified) wands and potions, so I wasn't *too* scared.

But then something other than a water demon shows up (I play with the graphic version, by the way). Wondering exactly what the hell was going on, I peer closely at the screen to try and get a closer look (which is pretty silly, considering we're on computers, but that's not really the point here). This odd new monster looked like a blob with eye-stalks. I decide to attack it...

"You were swallowed by Jubilex!"

"Do you want your possessions identified?"

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I was confused as hell. Even more so since my killer actually had a name. So I looked up Jubilex on this wiki.

Difficulty 26

Juiblex:

   * can fly.
   * can flow under doors.
   * can survive underwater.
   * has no head.
   * can see invisible creatures.
   * is acidic to eat.
   * is poisonous to eat.
   * is not a valid polymorphable form.
   * is a demon.
   * is a lord to its kind.
   * is male.
   * always starts as hostile.
   * can follow you to other levels.
   * is nasty.
   * wants the Amulet of Yendor.
   * waits for you to come.
   * has infravision.
   * appears only in Gehennom. 

WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING ON THE ORACLE LEVEL AGAINST A LEVEL FIVE PLAYER?! O_O

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By the way, is there a way to get a log of some sort after quitting the game? I'd very much like to get a screenshot for proof and posterity.

-DarkLightDragon

Were you, by any chance, playing on a shared computer? It occurs to me that you may have hit a bones level. From the Juiblex article: "Juiblex is one of the demon lords who can be summoned and made peaceful, when a Chaotic player sacrifices his own race on an aligned altar. This means he can appear quite early in the dungeon." So my guess is that someone had summoned Juiblex before, was killed, and the level became a bones level.

Also, instead of peering closely at the screen, I suggest you just use the far look command. :)

—ZeroOne (talk / @) 12:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)