From de1861aa0f486f797a5e0a4342e05288a1d5f8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PatR Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:28:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] fix #H6189 - Eyes of the Overworld database entry The phrasing of the data.base entry for the Eyes of the Overworld reads as if it is continuing some passage in a reference book, but that comes off strange when using '/' to see it. Rephrase it. data.base could stand to have an entry for 'lenses'.... --- dat/data.base | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base index ebb781af7..410912710 100644 --- a/dat/data.base +++ b/dat/data.base @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # NetHack 3.6 data.base -# $NHDT-Date: 1524683801 2018/04/25 19:16:41 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.84 $ +# $NHDT-Date: 1545359287 2018/12/21 02:28:07 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.87 $ # 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. @@ -1629,9 +1629,19 @@ eye of the aethiopica the power to instantly open a portal to any other area of the dungeon, allowing its invoker to travel quickly between areas. +# note: The Eyes of the Overworld is the title of Jack Vance's sequel +# to The Dying Earth and in it the 'Eyes' were separate "cusps" that +# needed to be worn like contact lenses, one on each eyeball. Wearing +# just one and attempting to look with both eyes caused instant stun. +# And when wearing two you couldn't see normal world, only a projection +# of it that had similar topology but where everything was "better". +# NetHack simplifies things: a pair of lenses is a single item like +# spectacles (eyeglasses), and the effect of wearing these lenses has +# been changed to be useful to game play (Xray vision). [The quote is +# not derived from the book.] eyes of the overworld - ... and finally there is "the Eyes of the Overworld". This - obscure artifact pushes the wearer's view sense into the + The Eyes of the Overworld is a rather obscure artifact. + These magical lenses push the wearer's view sense into the "overworld" -- another name for a segment of the Astral Plane. Usually, there is nothing to be seen. However, the wearer is also able to look back and see the area around herself,