Kick

Kick is a directional command performed by pressing Ctrl-D (or [k] if the number_pad option is on).

Kicking has a number of uses.

Kicking objects

• Kicking heavy or immovable objects may result in injury ("Ouch! That hurt.").
• Repeated kicks may render your leg useless for a short time, making you unable to carry heavier loads ("Your leg is in no shape for kicking.").
• Kicking an object that has no room to move will give the message "Thunk!".
• Kicking a loadstone, even if it has room to move, will give the message "Thunk!", unless the player has the necessary strength to move an object of that weight naturally.
• Kicking a locked door can open it.
• Kicking a locked chest can break the lock, but could also break fragile items inside it.
• Kicking a sink can have a number of results, including producing an ooze or a ring.

Kicking monsters

• Kicking monsters induces (not very much) damage. This may be desired in some cases (pacifist).
• Kicking a cockatrice corpse without wearing boots will result in stoning.
• Kicking a sleeping monster will wake it up.

Kicking secret doors

• If your luck is down, you might have too much difficulty trying to search for secret doors. Sometimes you can find a secret door by kicking its location. "Crash! You kick open a secret door!" or "Crash! You uncover a secret door!" This is best when you are almost certain of the location of the door, for example when there is a corridor on one side and a room on the other.

Related objects

• Kicking boots will increase the strength of the kick, but at the same time might make loadstones and similarly heavy objects movable (and thus not identifiable by kicking).
• Boots of any kind allow the player to kick cockatrices.