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''[[NetHack brass]]'' includes a new [[item]], the '''scissors'''. [[Apply]] them to cut [[cloth]] items into [[bandage]]s. The resourceful [[adventurer]] may wish to undo some [[tailoring]] and destroy spare [[cloak]]s and other cloth items that the adventurer recovers from the dungeon.
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{{tool
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  |color=metal color
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  |name=scissors
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  |cost=30
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  |weight=5
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  |material=iron
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'''Scissors''' are a type of [[tool]] that appears in [[NetHack brass]].
  
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Scissors are most effective in the hands of those who know [[bandage]]s best: either a [[Healer]], or alternatively a [[female]] wearing either a [[nurse cap]] or [[nurse uniform]].
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==Generation==
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Scissors are generated 25% [[blessed]], 50% [[uncursed]], and 25% [[cursed]].
  
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== Messages ==
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In addition to random generation, general [[shop]]s and hardware stores can sell scissors.
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{| class="prettytable"
 
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|| "You can't cut that!"
 
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|| You tried to cut a [[material]] other than [[cloth]], so nothing happened.
 
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|| "You can't cut something you're wearing."
 
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|| Regardless of how low your [[intelligence]] or [[wisdom]] may be, ''[[NetHack brass]]'' does not permit [[you]] to injure yourself by applying scissors to that [[cloak]] or [[robe]] on your [[body]].
 
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|| "You cut your (item) asunder."
 
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|| You completely destroyed the item without producing any bandages. (The yield of bandages would have been zero or negative.)
 
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|| "You cut your (item) into a bandage."
 
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|| You produced one bandage.
 
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|| "You cut your (item) into some bandages."
 
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|| You produced multiple bandages.
 
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"Oops!  (count) bandages slip away from you!" (when you are underwater, on the [[Plane of Air]], or inside a monster that engulfed you)
 
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"Oops!  (count) bandages slip to the floor!" (anywhere else)
 
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|| You managed to produce some bandages, but you had not enough room to carry them in your [[inventory]].
 
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|}
 
  
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== Yield ==
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==Description==
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If you use a scissors to cut an existing bandage, then you destroy it. Otherwise, you destroy the [[item]] but produce some number bandages. You can produce the most bandages if either you are a [[healer]], or you are a [[female]] wearing a [[nurse cap]] or [[nurse uniform]]:
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[[Apply]]ing a pair of scissors allows you to cut a [[cloth]] item up, destroying it and potentially producing a number of [[bandage]]s depending on the item chosen:
  
 
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! "Item"
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! Item
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! "Amount (before adjustments)"
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! Amount (before adjustments)
 
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|| [[mummy wrapping]]                        || 1 bandage
 
|| [[mummy wrapping]]                        || 1 bandage
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If you are not a healer, and you are not a female wearing a nurse cap or nurse uniform, then you will only produce a random number of bandages, from 0 to the number in the above table. If the scissors are cursed, then you produce 1 or more fewer bandages. If your [[dexterity]] is less than 18, then you produce 1 or more fewer bandages. (The two effects are compounding if you use cursed scissors while your dexterity is less than 18.) However, neither of these penalties applies to healers, or to females wearing a nurse cap or nurse uniform.
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A [[Healer]] or any [[female]] character wearing a [[nurse cap]] or [[nurse uniform]] can reliably produce the amount of bandages shown above - other characters will produce any number of bandages between 0 and the aforementioned "cap" for that item, with a penalty to the amount of bandages made for using a cursed pair of scissors, as well as a penalty for having less than 18 [[dexterity]]. If the result would be 0 bandages or less, the cloth item is destroyed without yielding any.
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The new bandages inherit their [[beatitude]] from both the scissors and the cloth item that you cut, similar to a magic marker:<ref>use_scissors, line 1492 of apply.c of NetHack brass 040923</ref>
  
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The new bandages inherit their [[beatitude]] from both the scissors and the cloth item that you cut. If either the scissors or the cloth was blessed, then this makes blessed bandages; if either the scissors or the cloth was cursed, then this makes cursed bandages; but if one item was blessed and the other was cursed, then this makes uncursed bandages; otherwise both items were uncursed and this makes uncursed bandages.<ref>use_scissors, line 1492 of apply.c of NetHack brass 040923</ref>
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{|class="wikitable"
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|+Bandage [[beatitude]]
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|  || colspan="3" | Scissors
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! Blessed||Uncursed||Cursed
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Cloth item || Blessed
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|style="background-color:#89ffdd"| Blessed ||style="background-color:#89ffdd"| Blessed || Uncursed
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! scope="row" | Uncursed
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|style="background-color:#89ffdd"| Blessed || Uncursed ||style="background-color:#ffdfcf"| Cursed
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! scope="row" | Cursed
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| Uncursed ||style="background-color:#ffdfcf"| Cursed ||style="background-color:#ffdfcf"| Cursed
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|}
  
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== Dudley's dungeon ==
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Cutting existing bandages will destroy them. You cannot use scissors to cut an item you are wearing, and scissors cannot cut up any other [[material]].
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[[Dudley]] made use of a pair of scissors in two strips of ''[[Dudley's dungeon]]'':
 
  
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* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20070611 11 June 2007]
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==Messages==
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* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20070612 12 June 2007]
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{{message|You can't cut that!|You tried to cut a non-cloth item with scissors.}}
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{{message|You can't cut something you're wearing.|You tried to cut a worn cloth item.}}
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{{message|You cut your <item> asunder.|You completely destroyed the item without producing any bandages.}}
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{{message|You cut your <item> into a bandage.|You produced one bandage.}}
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{{message|You cut your (item) into some bandages.|You produced multiple bandages.}}
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{{message|Oops! <count of bandages> slip(s) to the floor!|You produced bandages without enough room in your [[inventory]] to carry them.}}
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{{message|Oops! <count of bandages> slip(s) away from you!|As above, but you were underwater, on the [[Plane of Air]], or [[engulfed]] by a monster.}}
  
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These strips follow the rules of [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=149454 rock, paper, scissors]. By simply wielding the scissors, Dudley can scare a [[paper golem]] into flight.
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==Dudley's dungeon==
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In the [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20070611 11 June] and [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20070612 12 June 2007] strips of [[Dudley's dungeon]], [[Dudley]] plays rock-paper-scissors by wielding an actual pair of scissors, scaring a [[paper golem]] into fleeing.
  
 
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[[Category:NetHack brass tools]]
 
[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]
 
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[[Category:Items of NetHack brass]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:10, 22 April 2024

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Name scissors
Appearance scissors
Base price 30 zm
Weight 5
Material iron
Monster use Will not be used by monsters.

Scissors are a type of tool that appears in NetHack brass.

Generation

Scissors are generated 25% blessed, 50% uncursed, and 25% cursed.

In addition to random generation, general shops and hardware stores can sell scissors.

Description

Applying a pair of scissors allows you to cut a cloth item up, destroying it and potentially producing a number of bandages depending on the item chosen:

Item Amount (before adjustments)
mummy wrapping 1 bandage
kitchen apron, frilled apron 3 bandages
towel, T-shirt, Hawaiian shirt 5 bandages
nurse uniform 7 bandages
other cloth items weight divided by 4

A Healer or any female character wearing a nurse cap or nurse uniform can reliably produce the amount of bandages shown above - other characters will produce any number of bandages between 0 and the aforementioned "cap" for that item, with a penalty to the amount of bandages made for using a cursed pair of scissors, as well as a penalty for having less than 18 dexterity. If the result would be 0 bandages or less, the cloth item is destroyed without yielding any.

The new bandages inherit their beatitude from both the scissors and the cloth item that you cut, similar to a magic marker:[1]

Bandage beatitude
Scissors
Blessed Uncursed Cursed
Cloth item Blessed Blessed Blessed Uncursed
Uncursed Blessed Uncursed Cursed
Cursed Uncursed Cursed Cursed

Cutting existing bandages will destroy them. You cannot use scissors to cut an item you are wearing, and scissors cannot cut up any other material.

Messages

You can't cut that!
You tried to cut a non-cloth item with scissors.
You can't cut something you're wearing.
You tried to cut a worn cloth item.
You cut your <item> asunder.
You completely destroyed the item without producing any bandages.
You cut your <item> into a bandage.
You produced one bandage.
You cut your (item) into some bandages.
You produced multiple bandages.
Oops! <count of bandages> slip(s) to the floor!
You produced bandages without enough room in your inventory to carry them.
Oops! <count of bandages> slip(s) away from you!
As above, but you were underwater, on the Plane of Air, or engulfed by a monster.

Dudley's dungeon

In the 11 June and 12 June 2007 strips of Dudley's dungeon, Dudley plays rock-paper-scissors by wielding an actual pair of scissors, scaring a paper golem into fleeing.

References

  1. ↑ use_scissors, line 1492 of apply.c of NetHack brass 040923
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