One word messages
This page is a list of all one-word messages that are possible.
Contents
Sound effects
"Boing!" - Wand of striking or force bolt cast at creature with magic resistance.
"Splat!" - An egg or melon broke. Could be due to throwing it, or it being destroyed by a force bolt/wand of striking while in inventory.[1]
"Thump!" - You kicked an object but the object did not move, either because it is too heavy, or it is against a wall.[2] If a gray stone is not against the wall, then "Thump!" identifies it as a loadstone.
"Splash!" - Venom was thrown.[3]
"Splash!" - You dropped a heavy object (weight 10 or more) into a pool.[4]
"Plop!" - You dropped a light object (weight 9 or less) into a pool while levitating or flying over it.[5]
Monsters noises
"Surrender!" - A possible message from an angry soldier.[6]
"Gleep!" - A tame baby dragon is born out of an egg.[7] This is a reference to the MYTH-series of books by Robert Asprin.
"Nevermore!" - Chat with a non-peaceful raven.[8] This is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.
"Burrrrp!" - A purple worm, lurker above, or a trapper swallow a monster.[9]
Thrown objects
"Crash!" - A potion hits a monster but you can't see the monster.[10]
"Whang!" - A boulder or iron ball hits iron bars.[11]
"Clink!" - Gold hits iron bars.[12]
"Clonk!" - Other kinds of thrown objects hit iron bars.[13]
Mail Daemon
"Gangway!" - A message the mail daemon says when pushing monsters out of its way.[14]
"Catch!" - The mail daemon can't reach you so it throws the scroll of mail at you.[15]
"Oops!" - You failed to pick up the scroll of mail for some reason, e.g. because you fumbled or because your inventory was full.[16]
Locking
"Klunk!" - A spell of wizard lock locks a chest.[17]
"Klick!" - A spell of knock unlocks a chest.[18]
Digging
"Clash!" - Trying to dig outside the map area with a pick-axe.[19] (This is only possible if the diggable area of the level extends all the way to the edge of the map.)
"Clang!" - Trying to dig through iron bars with a pick-axe.[20]
Teleporting
"Sorry..." - You attempted a controlled teleport into an invalid or unsafe location.[21]
"Oops..." - You attempted a controlled level teleport while confused and ended up on a random level instead.[22]
Miscellaneous
"Yuck!" - A green slime touches you and slimes you when you're already slimed; this does not cause the sliming to proceed faster.[23]
"Cheapskate." - If you don't offer enough gold to an aligned priest[24]
"Interesting..." - You dipped something to no effect.
References
- ↑ dothrow.c, line 1679
- ↑ dokick.c, line 535
- ↑ dothrow.c, line 1686
- ↑ do.c, line 203
- ↑ do.c, line 205
- ↑ sounds.c, line 801
- ↑ timeout.c, line 524
- ↑ timeout.c, line 588
- ↑ mhitm.c, line 640
- ↑ potion.c, line 974
- ↑ mthrowu.c, line 810
- ↑ mthrowu.c, line 814
- ↑ mthrowu.c, line 816
- ↑ mail.c, line 260
- ↑ mail.c, line 390
- ↑ mail.c, line 403, hold_another_object in invent.c
- ↑ lock.c, line 710
- ↑ lock.c, line 719
- ↑ dig.c, line 899
- ↑ dig.c, line 922
- ↑ teleport.c, line 448
- ↑ teleport.c, line 600 and teleport.c, line 607
- ↑ mhitu.c, line 1541
- ↑ priest.c, line 486
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