############################################################################### # wpnnoise.txt contains the messages of randart weapons with the noise property # and of the noisy unrandart items, like the Singing Sword. To make an entry # for a noisy unrandart weapon, make the entry's key exactly the same as the # weapon's name, but all lower case. # # For an explanation of how to read wpnnoise.txt and how to add new messages, # see monster_speech.txt in the docs/develop/ directory. ############################################################################### # Contents: # - Shield of the Gong # - Frostbite # - Condemnation # - Noisy randarts # - The Singing Sword ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The SHIELD OF THE GONG can be struck in different ways. # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### %%%% shield of the gong w:40 GONNNNG! BOUMMMMG! PTOANNNG! PANG! BONNNG! # scraping hit SHROANNG! ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The FROZEN AXE "FROSTBITE" imitates loud noises from cold environments. # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### %%%% frozen axe "frostbite" You hear the [roaring|howling|raging|gusting] winds of a [blizzard|squall|snowstorm]. w:5 You hear ice [creaking|groaning|grinding|cracking]. w:1 You hear shards of ice [tinkling|chiming]. w:1 You hear the [rumble|boom|crash] of [a glacier calving|icebergs colliding]. ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The TRISHULA "CONDEMNATION" cries out against injustice. # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### %%%% trishula "Condemnation" @Your_weapon@ lets out a [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] [chiming|tinkling|ringing|pealing|tintinnabulation]. @Your_weapon@ sings the [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] song of the [angels|Heavens|Barachim]. w:5 @Your_weapon@ [chants|recites|intones] a [divine|blessed|sacred|holy] warrior-psalm. w:1 @Your_weapon@ [calls|cries for|demands] [evildoers|demons|the wicked] to come forth and be judged! w:1 @Your_weapon@ [wails|laments|cries out] at the [injustice|cruelty|suffering] of the world. w:1 @Your_weapon@ [croaks|ribbits] in the tongue of ancient peoples. ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # NOISY WEAPONS like to chatter and imitate dungeon noises. # # All speech below (apart from SOUND:You hear @weapon_noise@) is also used # for the Singing Sword. Note that @Your_weapon@ will be resolved into # "The Singing Sword" or "Your [weapon]", respectively (noisy_equipment() in # shouts.cc). # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### %%%% noisy weapon w:30 @_weapon_chatter_@ w:28 @weapon_noises@ w:2 @_instrumental_noises_@ w:20 SOUND:You hear @weapon_noise@ ############################################################################### # Weapon chatter. ############################################################################### %%%% _weapon_chatter_ @Your_weapon@ shouts, "Whoopee!" @Your_weapon@ argues with itself. @Your_weapon@ complains about the scenery. @Your_weapon@ says, "I'm bored." @Your_weapon@ shouts out instructions! @Your_weapon@ says, "Ssh! Did you hear that?" @Your_weapon@ cheers you on. @Your_weapon@ intones a prayer. @Your_weapon@ calls out a warning! @Your_weapon@ chatters happily. @Your_weapon@ recites a poem. @Your_weapon@ prattles on and on. @Your_weapon@ inquires about your family. @Your_weapon@ comments on the weather. @Your_weapon@ regales you with its life story. @Your_weapon@ speaks gibberish. @Your_weapon@ raves incoherently. @Your_weapon@ shouts, "Help!" @Your_weapon@ cracks jokes of [questionable|doubtful|juvenile] humour. @Your_weapon@ dwells on sagas on the [glory of old|days of yore]. @Your_weapon@ belts out, "Dying in battle is most honourable!" @Your_weapon@ [proudly|gleefully] confesses its [misdeeds|atrocities]. w:30 @_rare_chatter_@ %%%% _rare_chatter_ @Your_weapon@ shouts, "This level is mine! Um, ours." @Your_weapon@ cries, "Don't ditch me yet! I promise to be forever silent." @Your_weapon@ groans, "That's what you call fighting?" @Your_weapon@ shouts, "Left! No, no, right!". @Your_weapon@ says, "Why don't you say something for a change?" @Your_weapon@ asks, "Did you take a vow of silence?" @Your_weapon@ says, "You can tell me everything! I can keep a secret!" @Your_weapon@ asks, "Do you need to see the manual?" @Your_weapon@ asks, "Have you heard of the Orb of Zot?" @Your_weapon@ moans, "I feel dizzy." @Your_weapon@ says, "We'll split the gold! Fifty-fifty!" @Your_weapon@ says, "You're pretty alright, for @a_player_genus@." @Your_weapon@ sighs, "I'm going to miss you when you're dead, @player_name@." ############################################################################### # Weapon noises. ############################################################################### %%%% weapon_noises w:80 @Your_weapon@ [cackles|giggles|gurgles|sighs|snorts|warbles|wails|whimpers]. w:50 @Your_weapon@ [coughs|swears|yawns][| loudly| noisily]. w:40 @Your_weapon@ [burps|cheers|hollers|yelps|sneezes][| loudly]! w:30 @Your_weapon@ makes a [horrible|deep, guttural|tutting] noise. w:20 @Your_weapon@ makes a [deep moaning|popping] sound. w:20 @Your_weapon@ goes [tick-tock.|snicker-snack!] w:20 @Your_weapon@ howls [like a wolf.|with laughter!] w:20 @Your_weapon@ [erupts|suddenly bursts] into laughter! w:20 @Your_weapon@ gives off a [wolf whistle|sizzling sound]. w:20 @Your_weapon@ lets out a [mournful sigh.|whoop!] @Your_weapon@ laughs crazily. @Your_weapon@ growls menacingly. @Your_weapon@ sputters and hisses. @Your_weapon@ pants and wheezes. @Your_weapon@ barks abruptly. @Your_weapon@ screams hysterically. @Your_weapon@ hiccups loudly. @Your_weapon@ starts to sob noisily. @Your_weapon@ yells in some weird language. @Your_weapon@ cries out! @Your_weapon@ burbles away merrily. @Your_weapon@ suddenly shrieks! @Your_weapon@ whistles innocently. @Your_weapon@ parrots the noises around you. ############################################################################### # Instrumental noises. ############################################################################### %%%% _instrumental_noises_ @Your_weapon@ makes a sound as if to clear its throat. @Your_weapon@ makes a twanging sound. w:20 @Your_weapon@ chimes [melodiously|harmoniously]. w:20 @Your_weapon@ imitates [a saxophone|the bagpipes]. @Your_weapon@ tinkles. @Your_weapon@ rings like a bell. @Your_weapon@ emits a flourish of trumpets. @Your_weapon@ tootles away. @Your_weapon@ chimes like a gong. @Your_weapon@ applauds itself. @Your_weapon@ goes toot-toot! @Your_weapon@ does a drum roll. ############################################################################### # Noises for weapons with NOISES property (not used for the Singing Sword) ############################################################################### %%%% weapon_noise ############ dungeon noises ############ a shout. an angry hiss. a high-pitched scream! a roar! a hideous shriek! a piteous moan. a screech! a bellow! a loud, deep croak! an angry buzzing noise. a splashing noise. a sizzling sound. a loud clanging noise! a grinding noise. a mighty clap of thunder! a hideous screaming! a bark! a rumbling sound. a crunching sound. a distant "Zot"! the distant roaring of an enraged frog. ############ other noises, usually not found in the dungeon ############ a knock. a voice calling your name. a very strange noise. someone snoring. someone calling for help! strange voices. maniacal laughter. snatches of song. a twanging sound. the chiming of a distant gong. the tinkle of an enormous bell. an echo. the wailing of sirens. a flourish of trumpets! a strangely pleasant explosion. distant weeping. a muffled joke. ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The SINGING SWORD # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The Sword operates in three modes: no tension, low tension, high tension. # # No tension: # Speech is very rare, soft (does not wake up monsters), bored or witty, # sometimes just chatty. The sword is rational, sometimes introspective. # It is somewhat educated (mostly about music and war) and likes to show off. # Typical speech verb: "says" # # Low tension: # Speech is common, somewhat loud (do wake up nearby monsters) and slightly # damages everyone in sight. The sword is calm and cool. It enjoys the # bloodshed, but is sane. Of course, work is more fun with a little tune... # Typical speech verbs: "says" or "shouts". # # High tension: # Speech is very common, extremely loud (you may use CAPS) and does more # damage. Messages are insane, the sword is out of control. # At high tension, the sword may SCREAM, doing even more damage. # Typical speech verb: "shouts" or @_screams_@ # # # Generally, the Sword is arrogant: it sees itself as the main hero, with the # wielder just being a disposable tool/fool. Also, it does not like allies -- # all the fame belong to our steely hero! # # There are some (occasionally modified) lines from actual songs. Those are # okay to use, but particularly rare. # # There are the following types of messages: # * singing (including composing) # * speaking # * real songs (one liners from actual songs, sometimes modified) # * instruments -- also used for all noisy randarts # * weapon noises -- the no tension ones used for noisy randarts # * chatter -- also used for all noisy randarts # # no tension low tension high tension (old) # # none 1000 100 10 # some speech 7 7 7 # # singing 50% (40/10) 40% 0% 360/700 # speaking 20% 20% (10/10) 40% (30/10) 138/700 # real songs 1% 1% (0.7/0.3) 1% (0.3/0.7) 12/700 # instruments 12% 16% 20% 90/700 # noises 7% 23% (7/16) 39% (3/36) 50/700 # chatter 10% 0% 0% 50/700 # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # Weights for different types of message, depending on tension. ######### silenced, any tension ############ %%%% singing sword silenced VISUAL:@The_weapon@ struggles and turns. VISUAL:@The_weapon@ looks @_exasperated_@. VISUAL:@The_weapon@ makes a [sad|disoriented|forlorn|hopeless] impression. w:5 VISUAL:@The_weapon@ sulks. w:1 VISUAL:@The_weapon@ seems to emit steam. w:1 VISUAL:@The_weapon@ turns @_crimson_@. ######### no tension ############ %%%% singing sword no_tension w:400 @_singing_no_tension_@ w:100 @_singing_no-low_tension_@ w:200 @_speaking_no_tension_@ w:10 @_real_song_no_tension_@ w:120 @_instrumental_noises_@ w:70 @weapon_noises@ w:100 @_weapon_chatter_@ ######### low tension ############ %%%% singing sword low_tension w:400 @_singing_no-low_tension_@ w:100 @_speaking_low_tension_@ w:100 @_speaking_low-high_tension_@ w:7 @_real_song_low_tension_@ w:3 @_real_song_low-high_tension_@ w:160 @_instrumental_noises_@ w:70 @weapon_noises@ w:160 @_weapon_noises_low-high_tension_@ ######### high tension ############ %%%% singing sword high_tension w:300 @_speaking_low-high_tension_@ w:3 @_real_song_low-high_tension_@ w:7 @_real_song_high_tension_@ w:150 @_speaking_high_tension_@ w:200 @_instrumental_noises_@ w:30 @weapon_noises@ w:360 @_weapon_noises_low-high_tension_@ ######### SCREAM (high tension + double damage) ############ %%%% singing sword SCREAM @_SCREAM_@ ############################################################################### # Weapon noises for the Singing Sword at low and high tension. ############################################################################### %%%% _weapon_noises_low-high_tension_ w:100 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@ @_screams_how_@. @The_weapon@ @_screams_@. @The_weapon@ howls with insane laughter! @The_weapon@ erupts into mad laughter! @The_weapon@ suddenly bursts into murderous laughter! @The_weapon@ laughs in a fit of madness. @The_weapon@ makes a horrifying noise. ############################################################################### # Singing or other making of music # The Singing Sword will happily sing a song during work (i.e. at low tension). # But it will practise only when properly bored (i.e. at no tension). ############################################################################### ############ singing, no tension ############ %%%% _singing_no_tension_ # practising @The_weapon@ practises its scales. @The_weapon@ makes a painfully high-pitched squeak. w:30 @The_weapon@ sings [a sudden staccato|a quivering drawn-out|a painfully high] note. @The_weapon@ trains the @_kind_of_scales_@ scales. @The_weapon@ plays a couple of bars. @The_weapon@ [nearly |clearly |][hits|misses] the concert pitch. @The_weapon@ repeatedly practises the high pitch. @The_weapon@ sings [several|three or four|a multitude of] chords at once. @The_weapon@ repeatedly practises counterpoints. ############ singing, no or low tension ############ %%%% _singing_no-low_tension_ @The_weapon@ breaks into glorious song! @The_weapon@ sings[| off-key]. @The_weapon@ [sings|whistles] [loudly|merrily]. @The_weapon@ whines plaintively. @The_weapon@ wails mournfully. @The_weapon@ lilts tunefully. @The_weapon@ yodels. @The_weapon@ hums tunelessly. @The_weapon@ keens wildly. #Beethoven @The_weapon@ goes "Da-da-da-dum". @The_weapon@ chants serenely. @The_weapon@ trills happily. @The_weapon@ launches into yet another solo. @The_weapon@ emits a series of high-pitched trills. @The_weapon@ tries to sing in harmony with itself. @The_weapon@ provides the musical accompaniment for each of your actions. @The_weapon@ composes a new song. @The_weapon@ raucously launches into song. @The_weapon@ merrily whistles a melody. @The_weapon@ strikes up a [bolero|bossanova|calypso|fandango|mazurka|menuet|pasodoble|waltz]. @The_weapon@ intones [an aria|a fugue]. @The_weapon@ gives you a private [audition|concerto]. @The_weapon@ [sings|hums] away to itself. @The_weapon@ lets out a series of bird calls. @The_weapon@ makes beautiful music. @The_weapon@ produces a loud orchestral chord. @The_weapon@ holds a dissonant chord. @The_weapon@ tunes itself. @The_weapon@ beats time. @The_weapon@ pulls all registers. @The_weapon@ pulls out all the stops. @The_weapon@ sets up a furious crescendo. In a hysterical voice, @the_weapon@ strikes up a march. @The_weapon@ [sings|hums|whistles] a [little|catchy|merry] [tune|melody]. @The_weapon@ [sings|hums] an eerie [tune|melody]. w:5 @The_weapon@ [sings|hums] a slow and mournful tune. w:25 @The_weapon@ strikes up @_strikes_up_what_@. @The_weapon@ sings, "Tra-la-la..." w:40 @The_weapon@ sings a [lullaby|folk song|deeply moving song|little jingle]. @The_weapon@ hums a slow waltz. @The_weapon@ chants a little melody. @The_weapon@ plays a requiem for the unknown sword. @The_weapon@ plays an overture. @The_weapon@ launches into a [hymn|song] on @_song_theme_@. @The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a [hymn|song] about @_song_theme_@. @The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a hymn praising @player_god@. @The_weapon@ [composes|sings] a ballad about your adventures. @The_weapon@ prematurely composes your obituary. ############################################################################### # Speaking ############################################################################### ############ speaking, no tension ############ %%%% _speaking_no_tension_ @_common_speaking_no_tension_@ w:1 @_rare_speaking_no_tension_@ %%%% _common_speaking_no_tension_ @The_weapon@ shouts, "Sing along with me!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "One, two, three..." @The_weapon@ spouts musical wisdom. @The_weapon@ [points out|remarks in passing on] the lack of singing [axes|clubs|polearms|staves]. @The_weapon@ embarks on a lengthy monologue about murderous music. @The_weapon@ compliments itself on its singing voice. @The_weapon@ asks you about your opinion on @_musical_topic_@. @The_weapon@ muses how they don't make such fine swords anymore. @The_weapon@ tries to improvise rhymes, and fails miserably. @The_weapon@ offers to sing all your favourite songs. @The_weapon@ asks you for a rhyme on '@_rhyme_word_@'. @The_weapon@ complains about [double|triple|short] swords. @The_weapon@ derides short swords. @The_weapon@ muses on the connection between 'duet' and 'duel'. @The_weapon@ wails, "I am too young to rust!" @The_weapon@ comments on your taste in music. @The_weapon@ complains about your lack of musical enthusiasm. @The_weapon@ tries to entice you into a canon. @The_weapon@ tells you about its plans for a grandiose opera. @The_weapon@ grumbles, "I guess an audience of one is better than none..." @The_weapon@ muses, "If you sing and nobody listens, are you really singing?" @The_weapon@ brightly asks, "How about a duet?" @The_weapon@ wonders, "Am I just an instrument of [doom|death|destruction]?" @The_weapon@ yells, "No battle, no fun!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Make war, not love!" @The_weapon@ cries out, "You certainly can't call me dull!" @The_weapon@ tells you the story of its previous owner's [demise|death|misfortune]. @The_weapon@ brightly announces, "I've got so much to tell you!" @The_weapon@ says, "You could say something too, you know." @The_weapon@ complains, "Are you always this [silent|uncommunicative|taciturn|quiet|boring]? @The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence can be so depressing." @The_weapon@ grouses, "Silence always makes me sulk." @The_weapon@ compliments you on your taste in weapons. @The_weapon@ attempts to teach you some tongue twisters. @The_weapon@ says, "At least you will die someday and escape this tedium!" @The_weapon@ says, "I don't know that song, but if you hum a few bars, I can take a stab at it." @The_weapon@ boasts, "I have an eight-octave range, you know." @The_weapon@ sighs wistfully, "I wish my music got as much attention as my homicides..." @The_weapon@ sneers, "I've heard your voice, @player_name@. Let's just keep this a solo act." %%%% _rare_speaking_no_tension_ @The_weapon@ says, "Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!" @The_weapon@ chants, "I am golden and pointed, and with blood well anointed." @The_weapon@ dictates a lengthy tome entitled 'The Well-Tempered Blade'. @The_weapon@ says, "Whips just don't cut it for me, don't you agree?" @The_weapon@ chants, "Rather stab than club, rather slice than rub!" @The_weapon@ states, "Music critics are all talk and no body armour." @The_weapon@ demands, "I must not be sheathed without first drawing blood!" @The_weapon@ [explains all about|gives a lengthy lecture on] @_musical_topic_@. @The_weapon@ curses its smith, "I was supposed to be the Stinging Sword!" @The_weapon@ yells, "Ploughshares to swords!" @The_weapon@ asks, "What song would you like to be played for your funeral?" @The_weapon@ announces, "I dedicate these songs to @player_name@!" @The_weapon@ declares, "I sing the tale of @player_name@, the warrior!" @The_weapon@ says, "Hey! Are you even listening?" @The_weapon@ longs back for the days in the arena. @The_weapon@ amuses itself with detailed descriptions of past executions. @The_weapon@ wishes everyone in the dungeon [an unpleasant|a sudden] [demise|death]. @The_weapon@ fumes, "Being battered, bent and broken sure is better than this boredom!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "I love putting a song in people's hearts. And in their kidneys." @The_weapon@ grouses, "Could you please kill something? I'm itching all over." @The_weapon@ laments, "What are you waiting for? I am doing all the work." @The_weapon@ explains, "Killing is an art, not a pastime." @The_weapon@ goes, "Jessica and Sigmund, sitting in a tree..." @The_weapon@ says, "I want to meet the serpentine blade!" @The_weapon@ says, "Take me to Pandemonium! Now!!!" @The_weapon@ recounts funny stories of hydra head multiplication. @The_weapon@ says, "Sometimes people call me a magnificent bastard." w:1 @The_weapon@ snarls, "Dear diary, yet another boring day with @player_name@..." @The_weapon@ says, "In my experience, @player_genus_plural@ are mediocre at best." @The_weapon@ groans, "Among all @player_genus_plural@, @player_name@ is the worst." @The_weapon@ says, "Unhand me, foul miscreant!" @The_weapon@ muses, "Whom do I have to kill to get some service around here?" @The_weapon@ sings out, "Sing loudly and carry a big sword!" @The_weapon@ ponders the difference in lifespan between man and sword. w:1 @The_weapon@ says, "All work and no play makes @player_name@ a dull boy!" # Blue Oyster Cult "Black Blade" @The_weapon@ says, "I wish I'd pick another to be my killing [tool|fool]." @The_weapon@ hoarsely says, "Need a drink... quick! Stab something." w:1 @The_weapon@ says, "You haven't happened to see my sheath laying around anywhere? I feel so exposed." w:1 @The_weapon@ complains, "Oh, are your palms wet and greasy. But I allow you to wield me for a while." ############ speaking, low tension ############ %%%% _speaking_low_tension_ @The_weapon@ shouts, "Live by the sword, die by the sword!" w:1 @The_weapon@ shouts, "Lie [by|to] the sword, die by the sword!" @The_weapon@ realises, "If we kill all of them, no-one will be listening!" @The_weapon@ sighs, "How I wish you were a better fighter." @The_weapon@ comments on your fighting techniques. @The_weapon@ compares you unfavourably to its previous owner. @The_weapon@ complains, "This is a chore." @The_weapon@ judges, "You're not an artist, at best an artisan." @The_weapon@ says, "They will have to pry me from your cold, dead hands." @The_weapon@ moans, "By {{ if you.god() == "No God" then return "my blade" else return "@player_god@"; end }}, you are such a [coward|dastard|craven|faintheart|poltroon|wuss]." @The_weapon@ wonders, "Who is more incompetent - you or the opposition?" @The_weapon@ utters, "Their cries, their tears, I cannot stand it anymore." @The_weapon@ says, "Will you forgive me a little stab on the side?" @The_weapon@ says, "Your kiss, my thrill, your miss, my kill." @The_weapon@ boasts, "My voice can shatter a wine glass. My blade can shatter a human skull." ############ speaking, low or high tension -- possible damage ############ %%%% _speaking_low-high_tension_ @The_weapon@ shouts, "The pen is mightier than the sword? Come on, pens, here I am!" @The_weapon@ happily shouts, "Violence is virtue, silence is sin." @The_weapon@ shouts a battle cry! @The_weapon@ shouts, "Onwards! It's kill or die!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Kill! Crush! Destroy!" @The_weapon@ states, "Their screams, my satisfaction." @The_weapon@ yells, "Steel will triumph where flesh falters!" @The_weapon@ cautions, "Never send @a_player_genus@ to do a blade's job!" @The_weapon@ hisses, "Let's hear you complain about my singing with your throat slit!" @The_weapon@ teaches, "Practice makes perfect!" @The_weapon@ asks, "Do you have the will to power, @player_name@?" @The_weapon@ laughs, "I always appreciate a bleeding ovation!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "The neck bone's connected to the head bone... but not for long!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "My song won't be the only thing that'll get stuck in your head!" # Predator @The_weapon@ shouts, "If it bleeds, we can kill it!" # Millennium, referencing William Yeats @The_weapon@ says, "I want to see you dance on the blood-dimmed tide." # Star Trek @The_weapon@ shouts, "Today is a good day to die!" # Popular Hits of the Showa Era (a novel by Ryu Murakami) @The_weapon@ says, "Murder is the only thing that has any meaning these days." w:1 @The_weapon@ says, "The rupture of their bodies, my rapture of the deep blood." @The_weapon@ shouts, "Murder is sin, but it will be washed away with blood." @The_weapon@ shouts, "Hey, monsters! @player_name@ is over here!" # Immortal Defense, Circuit Point quote @The_weapon@ shouts, "A winner requires a loser!" ############ speaking, high tension -- damage! ############ %%%% _speaking_high_tension_ @The_weapon@ yells, "I hereby consecrate these halls WITH BLOOD!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Lose my temper? Nonsense! My steel will be strong forever!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Cut 'em off! All their little heads at once!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Kill 'em all and let {{ if you.god() == "No God" then return "@_godless_sorter_@"; else return "@player_god@"; end }} sort them out!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Screaming and crying is the perfect accompaniment." @The_weapon@ shouts, "I'll make piano strings from your guts!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Oh, the @_glorious_@ feeling of steel cutting flesh." @The_weapon@ shouts, "I just love to dig into intestines." @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Among all these lost souls, we reign supreme!" @The_weapon@ shouts, "Die. Die. Die!" # After Rimbaud @The_weapon@ shouts, "You shall lie beneath the ground but I, I will glint in the sun!" w:1 @The_weapon@ shouts, "Born from this womb, sliced by this blade!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "When this war is won, I will wage the next one." @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blade-deep in blood!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I revel, I sever!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "All those pillows!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "No rest until they move no more!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "As long as they die, we live!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "The future is bloody!" w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "The bloody future is ours!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Dismember the living, dismember the dead!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "We will celebrate on a pile of carcasses!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "@player_name@, you will [dine|feast] on fine @_corpses_@ today!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Go for the jugular!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My instinct to kill is stronger than their will to live!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I am covered in blood! It feels so good!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Aah! This piece of @_body_part_@ is stuck to me. Wipe it off!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My edge gets dull! My edge gets dull!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Don't stick me into that one, please." # Immortal Defense, Courage Point quote @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "My victories add up!" # Krindle's blood song, rhymes, from Walter Moers' Rumo: w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blood as far as the eye can see! Blood for all eternity!" w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "Blood must spurt and blood must flow! Blood must gush from every foe!" %%%% _godless_sorter_ w:5 fate w:5 the lot worms the godless void w:1 autolysis w:4 putrefaction ############ SCREAMING -- lots of damage!! ######################### %%%% _SCREAM_ @The_weapon@ goes, "RWARRR!" #### Omnipotence phantasies, often with metaphysical or religious undertone #### @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I WAS FORGED TO MURDER THE WORLD!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I WILL SING THE SONG THAT ENDS THE WORLD!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE PEN! I AM THE SWORD! I AM THE HIGHEST LORD!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM YOUR PUNISHER!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "IT'S JUDGEMENT DAY AND THE SENTENCE IS DEATH!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE CREATOR!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THE SWORD GAVE, AND THE SWORD HATH TAKEN AWAY!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BAPTISED IN BLOOD I AM!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FEEL THE CATHARSIS!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ALL WORSHIP ME, THE MAJESTY OF STEEL!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "PRAY TO ME, NOT TO GODS OF FLESH AND BONE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FOUNTAINS OF BLOOD IN HONOUR OF THE FAIR BLADE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE FIFTH HORSEMAN! THE TIME IS NOW!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM BECOME DEATH, [DESTROYER|DEFILER|DISMEMBERER] OF [WORLDS|GODS|CHAMPIONS|HEROES|LEGIONS|NATIONS|MILLIONS]!" # John 11:25 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE!" # R.E.M. @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD AS YOU KNOW IT!!!" # Marilyn Manson, "The Reflecting God" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "WHEN I'M GOD, EVERYONE DIES!!!" # Ayria, "Horrible Dream" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DIFFUSE IT! DESTROY IT! ABUSE IT! ENJOY IT!" # This and the next are from Planescape: Torment @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM IRON GIVEN PURPOSE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM PAIN SEEKING EXPRESSION!" #### Battle frenzy #### @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S STRANGLE THE @_MISCREANTS_@, STRANGLE THEM!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KILL! KILL!! KILL!!!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I SMELL BLOOD!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "CARNAGE NOT CANTRIPS!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KILL, HATE, MUTILATE!" # Demolition Man @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "MURDER! DEATH!! KILL!!!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DECIMATE, TERMINATE, ERADICATE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I BATHE IN BLOOD AND BONE AND BRAINS!" # A faint reminiscence to Holst @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE BRINGER OF WAR!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S END THEIR MISERABLE LIVES!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRING THEM DOWN!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DIE WHILE I'M SINGING!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "KNEE-DEEP IN BLOOD AND GOING STRONG!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "HOW CAN YOU THINK ABOUT SINGING AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THE SCREAMS! DON'T LET THEM STOP WITH THE SCREAMS!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "NONE SHALL [LIVE|ESCAPE|SURVIVE|BE SPARED]!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SPARE NO ONE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "COME TO ME! COME TO ME AND DIE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "CUT! CUT! CUT AND SLASH!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "STABBITY STAB STAB STAB!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "ABANDON ALL HOPE!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SLASH 'EM! SLASH 'EM ALL!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S HACK!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME NOW, @CAPS@ @player_name@!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "THIS IS THE COLOUR OF PAIN!" w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "YES! YES! YES! THIS is the LIFE, baby, this is the LIFE!" w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT RED! PAINT IT ALL RED RED RED RED!!!!" w:20 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SWING ME [HARDER|FASTER], YOU [FUMBLE-FINGERED|INCOMPETENT|USELESS|SLUGGISH|NOODLE-ARMED|RUNNY-EYED|KNUCKLE-DRAGGING] [NINCOMPOOP|LARDBUCKET|WEAKLING|STICK-INSECT|FLATFOOT|BONEHEAD|MOONCALF|SLOTH]!" # Immortal Defense, Cut Point quote @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "SUFFER OR PERISH! EITHER!" # Immortal Defense, Limited Point quote, modified @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I CUT THROUGH MAGIC!" # Mortalized (Pentatonic Slaughter) @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "[@CAPS@ @_kind_of_scales_@|DISHARMONIC] SLAUGHTER!" # Use @player_genus@ rather than @player_species@ or @player_name@ to # express that the sword cares little for the character. @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "FASTER, @CAPS@ @player_genus@, KILL KILL KILL!" # Krindle's blood song, from Walter Moers' Rumo: @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD MUST SPURT AND BLOOD MUST FLOW!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD MUST GUSH FROM EVERY FOE!" # Krindle's brain song, from Walter Moers' Rumo: @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRAINS! BRAINS! CLEAVE THE SKULL AND OUT THEY SEEP!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BRAINS! BRAINS! KILLING'S FUN AND LIFE IS CHEAP!" #### Madness #### @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE SWORD OF ZOT!!!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE RUNES AND THE LIGHT!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I love you all! And my gift to you is ARMAGEDDON!" @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "MY LOVE IS ETERNAL!" # A fainter reminiscence to Nethack w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I BRING THE STORM!" w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "LET'S FONDLE THE @_PETS_@, FONDLE THEM!" w:40 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM [AN ANGEL|AN ARTIST|AN AVATAR|A HARBINGER|AN INSTRUMENT|A POET|A PROPHET|A SERVANT|A SLAVE|THE LORD|THE MASTER] OF [BLOOD|DANCE|DEATH|DESOLATION|DESPAIR|DESTRUCTION|DOOM|GORE|MADNESS|MUSIC|PAIN|RUIN|SLAUGHTER|SONG|STEEL|WAR]!" # The Wizard People @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL!" # Immortal Defense, Courage Point quote @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "EVERYTHING FAILS! EVERYTHING!!!" # From Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Knights who say Ni) w:1 @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "NI! NI!! NI!!! NI!!! NI!!!" # Order of the Stick's Belkar Bitterleaf, chaotic evil ranger/barbarian halfling @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!" # Terry Pratchett, Foul Old Ron @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "BUGGRIT, MILLENNIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!" # Tolkien, Turin Turambar on Gurthang @The_weapon@ @_screams_@, "I AM THE IRON OF DEATH! FROM NO BLOOD WILL I SHRINK!" ############################################################################### # Lines from real songs. # # overly long lines (more than 80 characters) often made rarer (w:1) ############################################################################### ############ real songs, no tension ############ %%%% _real_song_no_tension_ # Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe: Paint your wagon @The_weapon@ sings, "I was forged under a slaughtering star..." # Spiritual w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen... Nobody but Ashenzari." # Huey Lewis and the News, "Hip To Be Square". Another psychopathic music lover. @The_weapon@ sings, "It's hip to be square!" # Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party" @The_weapon@ sings, "It's a dead man's party! Who could ask for more?" # Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife", from Threepennyopera (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear, and it shows them pearly white..." # The Tremoloes? @The_weapon@ roars, "Silence is golden, golden..." # folklore, confusing flowers and monsters @The_weapon@ sings, "Where have all the monsters gone?" # Neil Diamond @The_weapon@ sings, "Song sung blue, everybody knows one..." # ABBA @The_weapon@ sings, "Thank you for the music..." # Melanie @The_weapon@ wails, "Look what they done to my song!" # folklore @The_weapon@ sings, "Old McDonald has a farm..." @The_weapon@ sings, "Pop! Goes the weasel." # Beatles @The_weapon@ sings, "Obladi oblada, life goes on..." # drinking song @The_weapon@ sings, "Ninety-nine potions of booze on the wall..." # Folklore (Sailing) @The_weapon@ sings, "Can you hear me through the dark night far away?" # The Carpenters @The_weapon@ sings, "Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong..." # Or was it the lion? @The_weapon@ sings, "In the dungeon the dragon sleeps tonight." # Eminem @The_weapon@ sings, "Kill for the laughter, kill for the tears..." # Swedish folk song, anonymous translation @The_weapon@ sings, "Come roses or sage, come lovely mint, come balm..." ############ real songs, low tension ############ %%%% _real_song_low_tension_ # Beatles @The_weapon@ sings, "Let it be, let it be..." # Jingle Bells, misunderstood @The_weapon@ sings, "What fun it is to ride and sing a slaying song tonight!" # The Fugees @The_weapon@ sings, "Killing me softly with this song..." # Monty Python @The_weapon@ [sings|whistles], "Always look on the bright side of death..." # Buddy Holly and the Crickets @The_weapon@ sings, "This'll be the day that I die..." # H.I.M. @The_weapon@ rasps, "@player_name@, join me in death!" # Bonnie Tyler @The_weapon@ sings, "I need a hero!" # song by the Misfits @The_weapon@ asks plaintively, "@player_name@, can I go out and kill tonight?" # Monty Python And The Quest For The Holy Grail, chapter "The Tale of Sir Robin" # Ministrel's Song -- lower weight for length w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "...and was not in a bit afraid to be killed in nasty ways, many, many nasty ways..." # The Kinks song "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter". @The_weapon@ sings, "I am a fighter, not a lover." # Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Blues" @The_weapon@ sings, "I stabbed a man in the dungeon, just to watch him die." # All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold @The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "[Heiajaheia! Heiajaheia!|Wagala weia! Wallala, weiala weia!|Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialala!|Heia! Heia! Hahei!]" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a lilting soprano, "Badly you guard... the sleeping gold; watch better o'er... the slumberer's bed!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Damp fills my nostrils: curse this sneezing!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "...for hear me, ye waves: thus I curse love!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Thank you, stupid! Your work has stood the test." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "The whole world will I win... all for my own!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "All you gods I'll grip... in my golden grasp!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "As I renounced love, all living things... shall love renounce!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware! Beware! For when once you men... serve my might..." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Beware the nocturnal host... when the Abyssal horde rises... from the silent depths... to the day's light!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "With wisdom the fool... is puffed up to bursting! Now may envy devour you!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Take heed, haughty god! If I sinned, I sinned only 'gainst myself!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "But you, immortal one, sin against... all that was, is and shall be!"" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "It shall gladden... no happy man; its bright gleam... shall light on no one lucky!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Many a time have I paid... giants their due." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "A sultry haze... hangs in the air; its dull weight... oppresses me." @The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Heda! Heda! Hedo!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "...its glittering glow hides... runes of riches..." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "As you command, I will willingly lead you - steeply down: shall we journey to the Orb?" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But for all the world... I will not surrender the Orb!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Then shall we swing down... through the sulphurous cleft?" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Oh! Oh! Terrible serpent, do not swallow me!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Slink off home! No knot holds you: go your way freely!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a piercing soprano, "Woe! Woe is me!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a squeaky tenor, "Oh, Oh! Ow! Ow! Ow!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a melting tenor, "How soft the breeze... which breathes on us again!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Your power lends you... high-flying courage: grim and great... has grown your strength." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "For moon, stars and the radiant sun... may, too, do no other... than to serve you!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Take whatever shape you wish... with wonder strike me dumb!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a cavernous basso, "Ah, her gaze... still gleams toward me; the stars of her eyes... still shine on me!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Irredeemably... to dark destruction... its possession dooms you." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Hear me! Hear me! Hear me! All that is shall come to an end." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "A dark day... dawns for the gods." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a forceful soprano, "Whatever was - I know; whatever is, whatever shall be - I also see." ############ real songs, low or high tension -- possibly damage! ############ %%%% _real_song_low-high_tension_ @The_weapon@ sings, "Roll, roll, roll those heads, roll them all along. Merrily, merrily, merrily..." # Nancy Sinatra w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "This blade is made for cutting, and that's just what I'll do..." # Traditional (Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and others) @The_weapon@ sings, "We shall overcome..." # Pixies @The_weapon@ sings, "Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know!" # Radiohead, "Knives Out" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "So knives out, cook him up, squash his head, put him in the pot." # NWA, "Straight Outta Compton" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, "Straight outta Zot, crazy bloodletter named Singing Sword." # Pixies, "Gouge Away" @The_weapon@ sings, "Gouge away, you can gouge away..." # Motörhead, "Ace of Spades" w:1 @The_weapon@ roars, "The pleasure is to slay, it makes no difference what you say." # Megadeth, "Killing Is My Business..." @The_weapon@ sings, "Killing is my business... and business is good!" # Nine Inch Nails, "Closer" @The_weapon@ roars, "I want to gut you like an animal!" # Queen @The_weapon@ happily sings, "...another one bites the dust!" # GG Allin @The_weapon@ sings, "Die when you die!" # Gloria Gaynor @The_weapon@ sings, "I will survive!" # Gloria Gaynor, same song @The_weapon@ sings, "As long as I know how to carve I know I'm still alive." # Dead or Alive, "You Spin Me Round" @The_weapon@ sings, "You spin me right round baby, right round..." # All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Despicable dogs, put down the jewellery!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "I have faith in your faithlessness, not your fidelity! But dauntlessly - I defy you all!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Too hard for you... because you're too stupid!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Bring it in there... as I command! Pile the hoard... into a heap!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Come here, you cur! If you want to measure, measure yourself against me!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "You slyly... evade the POINT." w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Shall I exert myself... against the miscreant for you?" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "But fall will the foe... with your cunning's aid!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Enough, blasphemous fool!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a rumbling basso, "Leave him... his slavering fury!" ############ real songs, high tension -- damage! ############ %%%% _real_song_high_tension_ # Queen @The_weapon@ sings, "We are the champions of the world!" # Spice Girls @The_weapon@ sings, "Ain't no stopping us now..." # Frank Sinatra (or Sid Vicious) @The_weapon@ sings, "I did it my way!" # All below from Richard Wagner's Rheingold w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Tremble with terror, abject throng!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Rascally robber! Rogue! Ruffian!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Terrible vengeance... I vow for this wrong!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a stentorian basso, "Ah! Crushed! Shattered! Of wretches the wretchedest slave!" # German w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a thundering basso, "Breche denn alles!" w:1 @The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Does a mist deceive me? Does a dream mock me? How anxious and pale... you've a-sudden become!" # This would need the ability to have conditionals based on branch. #w:1 #@The_weapon@ sings, in a mocking tenor, "Here is the Swamp: through the pale mist - what fiery sparks are flashing?" ############################################################################### # synonyms used above ############################################################################### %%%% _screams_ screams booms roars bellows howls yells shouts shrieks w:5 thunders w:3 clamours w:3 exclaims w:1 vociferates %%%% _screams_how_ w:120 like a @_beastly_adjective_@ @_beast_@ hysterically angrily w:60 @_loudly_@ %%%% _loudly_ loudly deafeningly ear-piercingly ear-splittingly %%%% _beastly_adjective_ hungry enraged raging furious irate %%%% _beast_ dragon frog lion bull beast w:1 beast of prey predator carnivore %%%% _strikes_up_what_ w:5 a slow and mournful tune a merry tune a merry melody a funeral march %%%% _kind_of_scales_ pentatonic chromatic diatonic %%%% _rhyme_word_ fountain of blood killing spree battlefield %%%% _song_theme_ battle and fame death and destruction the glory of death %%%% _musical_topic_ acoustics voice harmonics the history of music the theory of melody rhythms and time w:5 the counterpoint w:5 descant syncopation w:1 Aeolian mode %%%% #### "...looks @_exasperated_@." _exasperated_ exasperated bugged out unnerved irascibly nervous unruly truculent refractory recalcitrant %%%% #### "...turns @_crimson_@." _crimson_ crimson blood-red w:1 purple w:1 ensanguined w:1 violet %%%% _MISCREANTS_ MISCREANTS IMBECILES w:3 SCUM w:1 FILTH %%%% _PETS_ GUINEA PIGS CAVIES PUSSY CATS POODLES w:1 SPERM WHALES %%%% _corpses_ corpses w:1 tasty carcasses w:1 exquisite cadavers %%%% _body_part_ skin w:1 hairy skin carcass flesh %%%% _glorious_ glorious spanking noble exciting thrilling w:1 erotic w:1 moving ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # The MAJIN-BO likes to encourage its user. # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### %%%% majin-bo greeting Well, hello there. Aren't you a tasty little thing? We're going to have a lot of fun together. Let's make your enemies cower, shall we? w:1 You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours... and I'm one HELL of a backscratcher. %%%% majin-bo cast That's more like it. This should be good. Let me show you the power of Hell. Embrace the darkness. Isn't this worth a little damnation? I'll handle this. Now here's how it's done. Your soul is simply delicious. Has anyone ever told you how good your soul tastes? %%%% majin-bo cast weak You're beginning to bore me. My talents are wasted here. Why bother with such petty cantrips? A demon of Hell at your fingers, and you cast that... Now, try casting something FUN.