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Codes

2011-07-02T06:26:47Z

Quilp: Rearranged code list to follow transformation order.

[[image:Code.gif|center]]

Codes are [[Assembly Items|combined]] to create [[software]] programs.

=Code List=

#[[Financial spreadsheet code]]
#[[Signal processing code]]
#[[Statistical analysis code]]
#[[City map code]]
#[[Physiology scan code]]

=Obtained=

Codes may be obtained by using [[Vlad's Decryptonomicon software]] on an [[electronic computer]] or a [[Positronic computer]] to decrypt a [[mangled data plate]]. The chances of getting the various codes are currently unknown, but are believed to be 20% each.

Another way to obtain codes is to transform a pre-existing code by decrypting it with [[Vlad's Decryptonomicon software]]. Unlike the [[mangled data plate]] technique, this method is deterministic: it transforms each of the codes into another specific code. The transformation is cyclic: [[financial spreadsheet code]] decrypts into [[signal processing code]]; [[signal processing code]] decrypts into [[statistical analysis code]]; [[statistical analysis code]] decrypts into [[city map code]]; [[city map code]] decrypts into [[physiology scan code]]; and [[physiology scan code]] decrypts into [[financial spreadsheet code]]. Thus with some patience any code may be converted into any other.

[[Category:Software|*]]

Codes

2011-07-02T06:24:30Z

Quilp: /* Obtained */ The other way to get codes.

[[image:Code.gif|center]]

Codes are [[Assembly Items|combined]] to create [[software]] programs.

=Code List=

#[[Financial spreadsheet code]]
#[[Statistical analysis code]]
#[[Physiology scan code]]
#[[City map code]]
#[[Signal processing code]]

=Obtained=

Codes may be obtained by using [[Vlad's Decryptonomicon software]] on an [[electronic computer]] or a [[Positronic computer]] to decrypt a [[mangled data plate]]. The chances of getting the various codes are currently unknown, but are believed to be 20% each.

Another way to obtain codes is to transform a pre-existing code by decrypting it with [[Vlad's Decryptonomicon software]]. Unlike the [[mangled data plate]] technique, this method is deterministic: it transforms each of the codes into another specific code. The transformation is cyclic: [[financial spreadsheet code]] decrypts into [[signal processing code]]; [[signal processing code]] decrypts into [[statistical analysis code]]; [[statistical analysis code]] decrypts into [[city map code]]; [[city map code]] decrypts into [[physiology scan code]]; and [[physiology scan code]] decrypts into [[financial spreadsheet code]]. Thus with some patience any code may be converted into any other.

[[Category:Software|*]]

Cloak of limited visibility

2011-07-01T17:15:22Z

Quilp: /* Notes */ Python reference detected.

{{item
|descid=36568818
|itemid=1640
|name=cloak of limited visibility
|plural=cloaks of limited visibility
|image=limited-visibility.gif
|desc=Want to be able to turn invisible? On a budget? Then look no further than this marvelous cloak of limited visibility!

From the people that brought you Hackenthorpe's Big Book of Lies comes the latest in nonfunctional invisibility! As long as nobody is looking at you, you'll be 100% invisible!
|type=Accessory
|autosell=1
|ench=Renders you totally invisible, if nobody is looking. Including yourself.
|obtain=[[Joke Day Convention]]
}}
==Notes==
* You looked! no wonder it doesn't work.

* "The Hackenthorpe Book of Lies" is a humorous item in Monty Python's ''The Brand New Monty Python Bok''.

Talk:Magic infinity ball

2011-06-24T12:40:09Z

Quilp: Datum.

==Number of uses==
* 6 --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 16:49, 5 February 2011 (PST)
* 23
* 1 --[[User:Nommy|Nommy]] 17:12, 5 February 2011 (PST)

: My guess is a flat chance, so spading this will take time. --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 12:42, 7 February 2011 (PST)

* 7 --[[User:Quilp|Quilp]] 05:40, 24 June 2011 (PDT)

Deep one

2011-06-24T11:27:05Z

Quilp: /* References */ Mittens, Snowdrop and head-eating?

{{combatencounter
|indef=a
|name=deep one
|desc=This monster looks like a six foot tall bipedal frog. Frog man. Frog thing. Its huge, bulbous eyes gaze at you with hatred as deep as the water you're in. This is not an amicable amphibian.
|image=deep-one.gif
|pronoun=It
|hit1=It slashes at you with a wicked looking trident, catching you right in the stomach.
|hit2=It smacks you across the face with a taloned paw. It hurts much more than a paloned taw.
|hit3=It opens wide and tries to eat your head, nom nom nom.
|miss1=It slashes at you with a wicked looking trident, but you put a bucket on its head.
|miss2=It tries to smack you across the face but you dive out of the way. Don't worry, it's more of a swan dive than a belly flop, so no harm done.
|miss3=It opens wide to eat your head, but I guess it was just yawning.
|chips=0
|xp=405
|item1=Lemurian fragment|image1=lemurian-fragment.gif
|item2=Tikkoun elixir|image2=tikkoun-elixir.gif
|res={{res|fire|50}} {{res|psychic|50}} {{res|electric|50|+}} {{res|sonic|50|+}}
|loc1=The Underwater City}}
==References==
* The {{Wikipedia|Deep One}}s are fictional creatures in the {{Wikipedia|Cthulhu Mythos}}.
* The description of this creature mentioning "Frog man. Frog thing" is a sly nod to the [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Lobsterfrogman lobsterfrogman], a creature from the game {{Wikipedia|Kingdom of Loathing}}.
* "Nom nom nom" is a meme originating from the {{Wikipedia|Cookie Monster}} of {{Wikipedia|Sesame Street}}.
* The head-eating motif may also reference the first [http://www.matazone.co.uk/animpages/kitty1.html "Mittens and Snowdrop"] Flash animation, in which Mittens opens wide and attempts to eat Snowdrop's head.

Lavagna

2011-06-11T18:31:01Z

Quilp: Derivation of 'Lavagna' added.

{{combatencounter
|pronoun=It
|indef=!
|name=Lavagna
|desc=Lavagna was a robotic chalkboard, created by an obscure Italian inventor to teach the children reading and writing. Unfortunately, the inventor died before he could put chalk into the tips of Lavagna's mechanical fingers. The robot continually tries to write on itself, but all it ever gets is a horrendous noise that drives it and everyone else around completely mad.
|image=lavagna.gif
|hit1=Lavagna SKREE-TCH-TCH-eeEEE! You try to squAAAAeeeeEE! but it's far RRRRTT-cha-SKIIIW! to say the least. {{hitnote|{{element|sonic|}}}}
|hit2=Poor misunderstood Lavagna tries to write you a message, but the screeching blows out windows for an entire city block and cracks a few of your teeth. {{hitnote|{{element|sonic|}}}}
|hit3=Lavagna traces a long, slow circle across its chalkboard with a finger. It's the skidding squeal right at the very top of the circle that causes your entire spine to lock up. {{hitnote|{{element|sonic|}}}}
|miss1=Lavagna prepares a tremendous sonic assault, but you do the expedient thing and just put your hands over your years.
|miss2=Lavagna tries to scrape out an unearthly squeal with one hand on the chalkboard, but it accidentally uses the arm tipped with an eraser. The soft shushing sound isn't unpleasant at all.
|miss3=The robot tries to generate a chalkboard squeal, but you quickly slip cute little mittens onto his hands. Sadly the mittens can't hold up for long against metal fingers.
|xp=(8*Level, cap 400)
|item1=chalkboard shield
|image1=chalkboard-shield.gif
|drop1=100
|chips=''some''
|res={{res|sonic|100}}
|loc1=Wandering Villains
}}
{{villain|wandering}}
{{robot|electronic}}
==References==
* ''Lavagna'' is the Italian word for 'chalkboard'; see {{wikipedia|Lavagna}}.

Talk:The Oldest and Strongest Emotion

2011-06-05T19:24:37Z

Quilp: /* Level to access new areas? */ new section

The order in which I found the items is: clock face, large coffin, short clock hand, long clock hand, very long clock hand, inexplicable clock hand, keyless lock. Can anyone else verify? --[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 17:46, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
:Yes, same order for me. --[[User:Zelandoni|ζειαηđδηǐ]] ([[User talk:Zelandoni|τ]]|[[Special:Contributions/Zelandoni|ϛ]]) 17:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

== Level to access new areas? ==

The article implies that the four areas open at level 30 after visiting the house. I'm currently at level 29, have equipped the clock, been told by the old man that I'm not yet ready - but all the new areas are open for me right now (though I get beaten silly when I adventure there :>) --[[User:Quilp|Quilp]] 12:24, 5 June 2011 (PDT)

Polydactyl gloves

2011-05-09T23:07:02Z

Quilp: /* references */ 'daktylos' is Green, therefore 'hexa-' rather than 'sexi-'. Also, section names should have initial caps :)

{{item
|descid=4987719
|itemid=807
|name=polydactyl gloves
|plural=polydactyl gloves
|image=polydactyl-gloves.gif
|desc= A pterodactyl is one of those ancient flying dinosaurs that kids love to imagine riding around on. They almost always make an appearance in dinosaur movies, so you should be plenty familiar with them. Big, nasty beaks, clawed feet, always squawking and trying to carry you back to their nest to feed you to their hatchlings. I've gotta think one of those eggs would make a fantastic omelette, if you could just get your hands on it before it hatched and the baby tried to eat you.

Wait, these are ''what'' kind of gloves again?
|type=Gloves
|power=14
|level=13
|autosell=130
|ench={{modifier|reflexes|+5%}}
{{modifier|weakens|5}}
|obtain={{weld|polysteel|black gloves|polydactyl gloves}}
{{weld|polysteel|cast arm cast|polydactyl gloves}}}}
==Notes==
* No matter how you create this item, [[disassembling]] it yields [[polysteel]] and [[black gloves]].

==References==
* A {{wikipedia|polydactyl}} is one that has extra digits. The image suggests hexadactyly, or six fingers.
* A {{wikipedia|pterodactyl}} is a type of prehistoric flying reptile. Not to be picky, but they weren't {{wikipedia|dinosaurs}}.

Overjoyed

2011-05-09T22:03:25Z

Quilp: Sourced reference.

{{skill
|skillid=514
|name=Overjoyed
|desc=You feel vibrant, happy, and full of life. You're one celebratory atom away from sounding a barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
|effect={{modifier|xp|+10%}}
|type=Effect}}
==Obtained From==
*Defeating [[Captain Buzzkill]] at [[St. Anne Park]] (120 minutes)
==References==
"I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman, ''Leaves of Grass''.

Prabble crossbow

2011-05-02T21:35:27Z

Quilp: /* References */ It's how Shakespeare attempted to portray a Welsh accent.

{{item
|descid=7383564
|itemid=122
|name=prabble crossbow
|plural=prabble crossbows
|image=crossbow.gif
|desc="Prabble" is a Shakespearean word meaning a quarrel or a scrabble. And what do crossbows fire? Quarrels, of course. So next time you're losing at a word-based game, you can shoot the board with one of these if you're a sore loser.
|type=ranged
|weapontype=archery
|power=94
|level=8
|obtain=[[Cube Theater]]
:*[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]]
|autosell=130}}
==References==
* The description refers to {{wikipedia|Scrabble}}, a popular word-based game.

* In Shakespeare's ''King Henry the Fifth'' (Act IV, scene viii) ''prabble'' represents how Fluellen, a Welsh soldier, pronounces the standard English ''brabble'', "to argue about trivialities." Fluellen also pronounces ''brawl'' as ''prawl'' in the same line.

Talk:General X

2011-05-01T20:33:07Z

Quilp: /* Indefinite article problem. */ new section

I don't know English well enough to tell: are the expressions "general chaos" and "general mayhem" used in spoken English? I know them as a game and a forum respectively, but not otherwise.--[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 06:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
*They're somewhat of a stretch, but they are used, if infrequently. I know I've heard at least "general mayhem" --[[User:Olaf|Olaf]] 07:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

== Indefinite article problem. ==

The Combat message I get fighting this is (as example):

<code>You are fighting an General Hospital.</code>

<code>This is a general from the Unborn Army. He looks just like all the other Unborn, except he's got more stars on his uniform.</code>

Obviously that should be "a General Hospital"; but I'm a newbie to this game, and I don't know how to report such a problem. --[[User:Quilp|Quilp]] 13:33, 1 May 2011 (PDT)

I'm All Locked Up (with key card)

2011-05-01T18:56:57Z

Quilp: /* Notes */ Added translation of "förödelse"

{{choiceencounter
|image=no-entry.jpg
|name=I'm All Locked Up
|desc=Deep in the bowels of Livia la Frostheim's base, you find yourself facing a massive door with a large sign next to it that says: "WARNING: Secret Laboratory. DO NOT ENTER." You were never one to pay attention to the signage from your average super villainess, and you're not about to start now.

Unfortunately, the door is really secure. Really, really secure. Luckily, you have the Frostheim Key Card. Knowing your superhero tendencies, you can only assume that the showdown with Livia is going to lead to the complete annihilation of her underwater base. Would you like to use the card now?
|option1=Nah, let's wait a bit
|option2=Yes, let's end this
|selector=Pick One
|result1=Nah...
|image1=no-entry.jpg
|desc1=You decide you aren't quite ready for this, so you pocket the card and wander off. Maybe next time.
|image2=Livia.gif
|result2=Viva Livia!
|desc2=You're able and you're ready. With a cocky grin, you slide the Frostheim key card through the slot...

...which causes the floor to open up under your feet. And things were going so well until now...

The long slide would probably be pretty awesome in a theme park, your back yard (if your apartment had one), or really, anywhere but in the depths of an evil villainess's underwater base. You try really hard to yell "whee!" as you slide down it, but you're pretty sure what you're yelling wouldn't be allowed on prime-time television.

Eventually, the slide deposits you onto a large cushion, like some kind {{typo}} kid's pizza place party room. Unlike a kid's pizza place party room, you're immediately jumped by dozens of goons, thugs, and faceless minions who steal all your stuff and strap you down on a metal table.

"Oh, come on," you shout, "Stealing equipment is just a lazy way to artificially inflate a level's difficulty!" You struggle against the metal bonds, trying to figure a way out while also gazing longingly at your equipment, all in a neat bundle, not one hundred feet away.

You continue to struggle, trying desperately to slip from the cuffs around your wrists when one of the doors hisses open. The woman who walks through can only be Livia la Frostheim; nobody else would be back-lit quite that way, or get the cool dry-ice fog effects.

The word "statuesque" gets bandied about quite a bit in the superhero/supervillain world, but Livia really earns the appellation. She's tall, lovely, and evil. She wears an almost scandalously tight dress with a fur shoal{{typo}} around her neck, which really doesn't do much for her modesty. Her long blond hair has just a hint of white running through it. The smooth and pale, almost like porcelain, skin of her face is only marred by her blood-red lips which are in a condescending sneer, a bloody fracture across her perfect face. As expected, her eyes are a pale ice-blue, but what's not expected is the power and anger that crackles behind them. You start to wonder about that when you notice a small pendant around her neck: it's a tiny bottle with an even smaller icicle floating inside; a talisman!

"So, <player>, you've decided to invade my sanctum," her voice isn't just figuratively cool, but literally as well: you can see her breath and feel the temperature of the room drop just a little. It's a neat effect, but also kind of scary.

"I can't let your lackeys destroy the oil rig, Livia!"

Her sneer deepens as she regards you, "You are hardly in a place to issue such proclamations, hero. You are helpless, and those fools topside will do as I tell them." She cackles softly, "They never were horribly bright."

"I was wondering about that, actually... how'd you get a bunch of neo-hippies to go along with creating an ecological disaster? I mean, the underwater base is cool and all, but that doesn't make a lick of sense."

"Simple, really," her voice drops a little softer, and her eyes turn a little more hateful as she condescends even further, "Lesser of two evils. I convinced them that that shadow of a crime boss The Mick was actually the owner of the rig, that he controlled it through shadow organizations, and that after he extracted all the oil, he would use that hole to plant an earth-cracking nuclear bomb that he would use to hold the planet ransom."

You blink several times, "You're kidding right? That's the stupidest master plan I've ever heard!"

To your surprise, she actually looks a little hurt, "Hey, I thought it was pretty good, and they believed me. Besides, everything would have worked if you had stayed up there and finished the job, you know."

"What do you mean? You wanted me to beat up Pax Verde?"

"Of course, you ridiculous hero! The whole point was to tie you to The Mick! He actually does own a share in the rig, and I was going {{typo}} make everyone think you were his personal wet works agent. But you just had to find my hideout. Do you have any idea how frustrating this is?"

You just stare at her for a few moments, unable to believe that you dodged one trap only to walk into another. To say nothing of the fact that you were almost set up and disgraced. Wow. For all her monologueing{{typo}}, Livia's pretty devious. And if The Mick is worse (which is what you've heard), you'll really need to be on your toes.

Assuming, of course, that you get out of here.

"And now," she continues, "It looks like I have to dispose of you. The end effect is roughly the same, but character assassination is so much more fun than plain old everyday assassination." She shrugs her delicate shoulders and sashays over to a control panel, throwing a few switches and pulling a few other ones. She grins and waves as she walks out of the room, "Enjoy your deep freeze... in a few minutes you'll be frozen solid and I can add you to my collection."

The room's temperature starts to drop almost instantly, and soon it's too cold to even bother with a joke about what an ice princess she is. You're kind of ticked that she didn't give you a chance to ask if she expected you to talk, though. Darn this new generation of evil villains; no respect for the classics.

You shiver as the temperature drops more and more, almost able to feel your blood getting sluggish. You figure that you better come up with something quick or else you'll be dead. It's about that time that you realize the flaw in Livia's little death trap here. The metal cuffs, having been frozen and thawed numerous times are really quite brittle by now, and this last freeze is just too much for them. With a cry of triumph, you break free from the restraints and hop off the table.

First things first, you grab all your equipment. While you felt naked without it, you find it's not especially helpful at keeping you warm right now, so you look at the panel that Livia used.

It's written in Swedish.

Well, crud. You don't speak Swedish.

Figuring that you don't really have anything to lose, you start throwing switches at random, hoping that you stumble into something helpful. Or at least something that doesn't involve you freezing to death. You keep throwing and pulling switches until a loud klaxon goes off and the screen flashes in big, red, angry letters "FÖRÖDELSE". Uh-huh. That doesn't look good.

The doors to the room you're in fly open and you see people running around like mad, trying to escape. It seems you've triggered some kind of self-destruct mechanism. A self-destruct mechanism from IKEA, no less. Wonder if she had to build it herself. Oh, right... the explosion. Carrying on:

Several panels along the wall start to slide up, revealing escape pods. Without even wasting a second on wondering about the convenience of that, you jump into the nearest one and blast off, rocketing out of the bay just as the base explodes dramatically.

Your pod slowly drifts down, depositing you just outside the University. You dust yourself off and figure you might as well update Susan, now that you're here.

[[Susan Novak|talk to Susan]]

You gain '''500 XP'''.
|loc1=Underwater Base
}}
==Notes==
* Part of the [[Go Fish, Again]] quest.
* Once you choose "Yes, let's end this", locks [[Underwater Base]] and becomes a one time adventure.
* Choosing "Nah, let's wait a bit" does not cost time.
* "Förödelse" is the Swedish word for "havoc" or "mayhem".