From c63165e5dcb7b909f921ed544adddbf0305803e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PatR Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 12:12:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] data.base descriptions for new monsters Displacer beast and genetic engineer lacked data.base entries so I've made a couple up from thin air. I tried to look up "genetic engineering" in _the_Concise_Dictionary_of_Biology_ (after seeing that the quantum mechanic quote comes from _Concise_Dictionary_of_ _Physics_) but could only view the first sentence so don't know whether it had anything more useful. I also skipped the AD&D Monster Manual for displacer beast except for remembering the puma-like bit from previously checking it. So regardless of any old copyright issues in data.base, there shouldn't be any new ones. --- dat/data.base | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index ef78c26b4..ff90b27e7 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # NetHack 3.6 data.base -# $NHDT-Date: 1581206724 2020/02/09 00:05:24 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.93 $ +# $NHDT-Date: 1590520322 2020/05/26 19:12:02 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.95 $ # Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team # Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers # NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. @@ -1273,6 +1273,17 @@ dispater Wealth". It refers to the wealth of precious stone below the earth. [ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ] +# 3.7; monster adapted from slash'em based on an AD&D Monster Manual entry; +# slash'em lacked a description so this entry has been created from scratch; +# the puma comparison is how the AD&D monster is described (except that +# that creature has six legs and two tentacles!) but the actual monster's +# behavior is substantially different +displacer beast + This strange creature appears to be mutant form of puma (aka + cougar or mountain lion) which lives in underground settings + rather than outdoor wilderness. It is capable of exchanging + positions with people or creatures in its path and is not + fooled by displaced images of others. djinn* The djinn are genies from the elemental plane of Air. There, among their kind, they have their own societies. They are @@ -1869,6 +1880,14 @@ gem or rock same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. [ Salvador Dali ] +# 3.7; monster derived from slash'em which lacked a description so this +# entry has been created from scratch +genetic engineer + These very odd people have mastered the ability to insert gene + sequences from one organism into another, usually triggering + immediate mutations in the subject. Far from needing an + elaborate laboratory to accomplish such abominations, a mere + touch seems to be all that is necessary. geryon Forthwith that image vile of fraud appear'd, His head and upper part expos'd on land,