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; PRIRUTSENIE : "Taming" in Russian (slightly misspelled or mistranscribed but still easily identifiable by Russian players, PRIRUCHENIE would be more correct). Originally [[scroll of taming]].
 
; PRIRUTSENIE : "Taming" in Russian (slightly misspelled or mistranscribed but still easily identifiable by Russian players, PRIRUCHENIE would be more correct). Originally [[scroll of taming]].
 
; READ ME : "Read me". Originally [[scroll of blank paper]].
 
; READ ME : "Read me". Originally [[scroll of blank paper]].
; TEMOV : Unknown meaning. Not in Hack 1.0.0.
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; TEMOV : Unknown meaning. Possibly "Vomit" backwards and misspelled.  Not in Hack 1.0.0.
 
; THARR : "There's gold in them tharr hills!". Originally [[scroll of gold detection]].
 
; THARR : "There's gold in them tharr hills!". Originally [[scroll of gold detection]].
 
; VE FORBRYDERNE : "Beware, criminals!" in Danish. Originally [[scroll of punishment]].
 
; VE FORBRYDERNE : "Beware, criminals!" in Danish. Originally [[scroll of punishment]].

Revision as of 04:39, 20 March 2007

Unidentified scrolls can have any one of many labels. In Hack 1.0.0, these labels were fixed to a specific type of scroll, but have since been randomized to make identification harder. The various labels, and their meanings, are:

ANDOVA BEGARIN 
Unknown meaning. In Hack, this scroll was originally always the scroll of fire.
DAIYEN FOOELS 
"Die, fools!". Originally scroll of enchant weapon.
DUAM XNAHT 
"Thanx Maud" spelled backwards. Originally scroll of amnesia.
ELAM EBOW 
Unknown meaning. Originally scroll of magic mapping.
ELBIB YLOH 
"Holy Bible" spelled backwards. Originally scroll of genocide.
FOOBIE BLETCH
Unknown meaning. Not in Hack 1.0.0.
GARVEN DEH
Unknown meaning. Not in Hack 1.0.0.
HACKEM MUCHE 
"Hack 'em much". Originally scroll of charging.
JUYED AWK YACC 
Tenuous reference to Unix tools ed(1), awk(1), yacc(1). Originally scroll of destroy armor.
KERNOD WEL 
"Kenned well" in Scots. Originally scroll of identify.
KIRJE 
Finnish for "a letter" (as in a letter sent by mail). Not in Hack 1.0.0.
LEP GEX VEN ZEA 
Unknown meaning. Originally scroll of create monster.
NR 9 
Possible reference to The Beatles' confusing Revolution No. 9. Originally scroll of confuse monster.
PRATYAVAYAH 
"Reverse annoyance" in Sanskrit. Originally scroll of remove curse.
PRIRUTSENIE 
"Taming" in Russian (slightly misspelled or mistranscribed but still easily identifiable by Russian players, PRIRUCHENIE would be more correct). Originally scroll of taming.
READ ME 
"Read me". Originally scroll of blank paper.
TEMOV 
Unknown meaning. Possibly "Vomit" backwards and misspelled. Not in Hack 1.0.0.
THARR 
"There's gold in them tharr hills!". Originally scroll of gold detection.
VE FORBRYDERNE 
"Beware, criminals!" in Danish. Originally scroll of punishment.
VELOX NEB 
Unknown meaning. Not in Hack 1.0.0.
VENZAR BORGAVVE 
Unknown meaning. Originally scroll of teleportation.
VERR YED HORRE 
Unknown meaning. Originally scroll of light.
XIXAXA XOXAXA XUXAXA 
Spanish for "mwahahahaha", a stereotypical evil laugh. Originally scroll of scare monster.
YUM YUM 
"Yum yum!" Originally scroll of food detection.
ZELGO MER 
Unknown meaning. Originally scroll of enchant armor.

Not all of these are used each game.

References