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| − | NetHack has a very minimal '''plot'''. A new [[Priest]] might find the game opening with the following text:
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| − | It is written in the Book of Shan Lai Ching:
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| − | After the Creation, the cruel god Moloch rebelled
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| − | against the authority of Marduk the Creator.
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| − | Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all
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| − | the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor,
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| − | and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the
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| − | Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time.
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| − | Your god Shan Lai Ching seeks to possess the Amulet, and with it
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| − | to gain deserved ascendance over the other gods.
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| − | You, a newly trained Aspirant, have been heralded
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| − | from birth as the instrument of Shan Lai Ching. You are destined
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| − | to recover the Amulet for your deity, or die in the
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| − | attempt. Your hour of destiny has come. For the sake
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| − | of us all: Go bravely with Shan Lai Ching!
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| − | That's all there is to it: get the [[Amulet of Yendor|Amulet]] and give it to your [[god]], or die trying.
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| − | This plotlessness is not without reason. The main attraction of [[roguelike]]s is the random element of their gameplay; a pre-written plot would hinder that a little. Without a script, the game is free to continue along any line the player wishes, with few actions having dramatic consequences.
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