Difference between revisions of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern"
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|desc=The erstwhile companions and spies for the evil king Claudius seem to have lost their Danish prince, Hamlet. So now they're looking for anyone else they can drag off with them to England for execution. | |desc=The erstwhile companions and spies for the evil king Claudius seem to have lost their Danish prince, Hamlet. So now they're looking for anyone else they can drag off with them to England for execution. | ||
|image=Rosencrantz-guildenstern.jpg | |image=Rosencrantz-guildenstern.jpg | ||
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| − | + | |nsdhit1=You're caught off guard, and your opponent acts first. Your opponent attacks ... Guildenstern flips a coin. It's heads, which means he gets to hit you. You wonder if the coin is rigged, and he hits you while you're distracted. It hits you for | |
| + | |nsdhit2=Your opponent attacks ... "Would you like to play a game of Questions?" Rosencrantz asks. | ||
You say, "Sure, that sounds like fun!" | You say, "Sure, that sounds like fun!" | ||
| − | You lose, and they punch you in the shoulder, really hard. It hits you for | + | You lose, and they punch you in the shoulder, really hard. It hits you for |
|critical=none | |critical=none | ||
| − | | | + | |miss1=Your opponent attacks ... They guilden your rosen and then stern your crantz. It sounds unpleasant, but it's not so bad. Sort of like when the chiropractor pops every joint in your neck at once. After the initial horror fades, you actually feel better. |
| − | + | |miss2=Your opponent attacks ... Rosencrantz flips a coin. It's heads, which means he gets to hit you. You're ready, though, and dodge successfully. | |
| − | + | |miss3=Your opponent attacks ... "Would you like to play a game of Questions?" Guildenstern asks. | |
"How does it work?" you ask in return. | "How does it work?" you ask in return. | ||
"Well," says Guildenstern, "the first one to not ask a question loses." You cock one eyebrow and smile. Guildenstern looks at you for a second and then hangs his head in shame. | "Well," says Guildenstern, "the first one to not ask a question loses." You cock one eyebrow and smile. Guildenstern looks at you for a second and then hangs his head in shame. | ||
| − | | | + | |fumpro=It|fum=X |
| − | | | + | |chips=83-134 |
| − | |xp=101 | + | |xp=101 |
| − | + | |item1=decorated jerkin|image1=Jerkin.gif | |
| − | + | |item2=deterministic coin|image2=Coin.jpg | |
| − | + | |item3=prabble crossbow|image3=Crossbow.gif | |
| − | + | |loc1=Cube Theater}} | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *The contents of this fight are a slight departure from the purely | + | *The contents of this fight are a slight departure from the purely Shakespearean adventures within [[Cube Theater]]. The references are mostly relevant to Tom Stoppard's re-envisioning of Hamlet in his play [[Wikipedia:Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead]]. In Stoppard's play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are revised from minor supporting characters to become the central focus of the story. The [[deterministic coin]] and other pieces of text are allusions to the larger themes of free will vs. determinism within Stoppard's play. One of the major plot points is that the two titular characters are struggling with the foreknowledge that they are scripted to die during the course of the original story. As a result, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spend most of their time idly philosophizing and playing games such as "questions" while they await what seems like their inevitable fate(s). |
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Revision as of 23:55, 28 February 2008
References
- The contents of this fight are a slight departure from the purely Shakespearean adventures within Cube Theater. The references are mostly relevant to Tom Stoppard's re-envisioning of Hamlet in his play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. In Stoppard's play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are revised from minor supporting characters to become the central focus of the story. The deterministic coin and other pieces of text are allusions to the larger themes of free will vs. determinism within Stoppard's play. One of the major plot points is that the two titular characters are struggling with the foreknowledge that they are scripted to die during the course of the original story. As a result, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spend most of their time idly philosophizing and playing games such as "questions" while they await what seems like their inevitable fate(s).
