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*Hitting a [[floating eye]] in melee combat | *Hitting a [[floating eye]] in melee combat | ||
| + | *Attempting to engage melee combat with very low HP left | ||
| + | *Casting advanced [[Cone of cold]]/[[Fireball]] close to oneself | ||
*Touching/eating/otherwise manipulating a [[cockatrice]] or its [[egg]] | *Touching/eating/otherwise manipulating a [[cockatrice]] or its [[egg]] | ||
*Drowning in [[water]] or [[lava]] | *Drowning in [[water]] or [[lava]] | ||
*[[Scroll of genocide|genociding]] oneself | *[[Scroll of genocide|genociding]] oneself | ||
*Eating rotten food after recently praying | *Eating rotten food after recently praying | ||
| − | *Eating | + | *Eating something you shouldn't eat (dogs/cats, cannibalism) |
| − | *Zapping a Wand of Death at a wall and getting hit by the reflection | + | *Zapping a Wand of Death (or some other powerful beam) at a wall and getting hit by the reflection |
Some players distinguish YASD from YAAD, using YAAD for random, unavoidable events such as falling onto [[trap#.5E_Spiked pit|poison spikes]] (provided the pit wasn't already known, of course), and reserving YASD for pilot error. Amusingly enough, YASDs can happen to monsters as well. | Some players distinguish YASD from YAAD, using YAAD for random, unavoidable events such as falling onto [[trap#.5E_Spiked pit|poison spikes]] (provided the pit wasn't already known, of course), and reserving YASD for pilot error. Amusingly enough, YASDs can happen to monsters as well. | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 3 April 2008
Yet Another Stupid Death (also Yet Another Annoying Death; Commonly abbreviated to YASD or YAAD) is used when a player has done something, usually avoidable, that leads to his or her demise. Common YASDs include:
- Hitting a floating eye in melee combat
- Attempting to engage melee combat with very low HP left
- Casting advanced Cone of cold/Fireball close to oneself
- Touching/eating/otherwise manipulating a cockatrice or its egg
- Drowning in water or lava
- genociding oneself
- Eating rotten food after recently praying
- Eating something you shouldn't eat (dogs/cats, cannibalism)
- Zapping a Wand of Death (or some other powerful beam) at a wall and getting hit by the reflection
Some players distinguish YASD from YAAD, using YAAD for random, unavoidable events such as falling onto poison spikes (provided the pit wasn't already known, of course), and reserving YASD for pilot error. Amusingly enough, YASDs can happen to monsters as well.
