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Hello. I wrote a book about the world of NetHack. Specifically, The NetHack Variant I was working on with User:G7Nation. I think it's an interesting book, but then again, I wrote it. Anyway, Here's The link. [1] ——Rancalred (talk) 14:06, 2 April 2016 (UTC)


Thanks for posting here Rancalred! An excerpt, as a taster:

Grant­ing Him Many Traits Atyp­i­cal To Orc Kind. Still, Just one orc against an Army of White Robed Su­per Sol­diers? Sol­diers, As She De­scribed Them, They Were More like a po­lice force of Priest’s and Wiz­ard’s. Ac­tu­al­ly, he can’t think of that way. He didn’t know how to de­scribe them but he knew he had to stop them. He had to try. “Go. Now. All of You.” He glanced at ground. He No­ticed a Trapdoor. His Eyes Met One White Robed Guard. A Re­treat­ing War-orc punched the Of­fend­ing Glance with His Fist. (Duh.) “Well, Are You Save Her Or Aren’t You?” He Smiled. “Let’s Go.” He Could Get a Side­kick, and as long as he knew the Mis­sion Ob­jec­tive His Blood Wouldn’t be On His Hands. Still he wanted to make sure he knew what he was get­ting into. “If You Come With Me, You Need To Know The Risks. I’ll ex­plain on the way.” Our Hero Didn’t Al­ways Know this day would come. Nor did he learn about it in the mo­ment as some great Heroes have. He learn­ed about this over the course of a sto­ry, start­ing with his last day at the acad­e­my…

Tartley (talk) 19:02, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

I've obtained a copy of this. It is everything the excerpt might lead you to expect. Pinkbeast (talk) 13:01, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for bumping this. If Watercooler had a 'Best of', this would come top. ——Skrizzle (talk) 03:29, 22 October 2023 (UTC)