From b96ec97e86115806b7dc601c90a4d1fd897c2588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: backwardsEric Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:45:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Removed "a" or "an" in combination with "mail" or "armor" to match normal English usage. --- lib/file/rumors.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/file/rumors.txt b/lib/file/rumors.txt index c4fc2ac3..2c906ed7 100644 --- a/lib/file/rumors.txt +++ b/lib/file/rumors.txt @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ There are Black Market stores hidden deep in the dungeon, with COOL stuff! Have you ever seen a Rod of Havoc inscribed {BFG9000}? What a pity, you cannot read it! You will encounter a dark, tall stranger... -A Mithril mail will not rust. -An Adamantite mail will not rust. -A Rusty Chain Mail cannot rust any further. +Mithril mail will not rust. +Adamantite mail will not rust. +Rusty Chain Mail cannot rust any further. If you are a mage, you will NOT want to find Raal's Tome of Destruction! You won't want to find Raal's Tome of Destruction! You won't want to find Raal's Tome of Destruction, unless you are a mage. @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ There are no guarantees in life, but it's smarter to take fewer chances. Artsi is not susceptible to sorcery, ideal warrior! If ever get him in melee. It's a crying shame, but 30000's the highest you'll ever sell an item for. There is a shopkeeper who may pay 50000 gold for an item. -Is it really true that a good chain armour once rusted can't be restored? +Is it really true that good chain armour once rusted can't be restored? Never thought about that daylight might be not just an illumination? Stone Skin is valuable as diamonds: even the tougher foes will miss you. You WILL need some means to prevent to be teleported to and fro unwanted. -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117) From 3bc0ae9a961ec1aa81f4b80f7afb27e7092095c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: backwardsEric Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:48:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Added missing apostrophe for possesive. --- lib/file/rumors.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/file/rumors.txt b/lib/file/rumors.txt index 2c906ed7..5443cd0c 100644 --- a/lib/file/rumors.txt +++ b/lib/file/rumors.txt @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Have a rest and a rumor in the inn over some comfortable pitchers of beer. The stakes are far too high for a weak bluff, so watch the scores? Be not like the others. Proceed carefully, cover yourself at all times. You wouldn't want to fool with the Trumps! Aren't they of Doom quality? -Smeagols removal is high on your list of things that needed knowing or doing? +Smeagol's removal is high on your list of things that needed knowing or doing? Matter of recollection: find the inn and nurse some rumors for a while. Served you right: 3 quarters dead. Wasn't it purely a result of your arrogance? Confident - Cocky - Lazy - Dead. The Old Man's mantra, and a serious good one. -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117) From e3ce485f4b8a58f25abcc879d2139136d8d4ca32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: backwardsEric Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:49:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] The normal idiom is "in the long run" rather than "on the long run". --- lib/file/rumors.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/file/rumors.txt b/lib/file/rumors.txt index 5443cd0c..5d351dff 100644 --- a/lib/file/rumors.txt +++ b/lib/file/rumors.txt @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Morgoth is the very brink where hope and despair are akin. Give little heed to the wreck and slaughter that will lay around the pits. Accidents? what accidents? Mighty were your fallen ancestors. Fortune has betrayed you but for the momentum. Confidence! -On the long run - IF you're survivor - winds of fortune will not wreck you. +In the long run - IF you're survivor - winds of fortune will not wreck you. As a spell-striking egghead you'd need convincing offensive powers! Once no Recall is left the way up will seem never ending to you. The simple scheme ended in failure. That demon called lots of companions. -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117) From fed8167846d95dd16ce6e90f614fe0f9c432ab4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: backwardsEric Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:50:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Fixed usage error: heroes is plural want "hero's" for the singular possessive. --- lib/file/rumors.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/file/rumors.txt b/lib/file/rumors.txt index 5d351dff..dde8cf90 100644 --- a/lib/file/rumors.txt +++ b/lib/file/rumors.txt @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Zelazny said: "Sometimes it's damned hard to tell the dancer from the dance." If it's not quite visible if you caught a gear curse look it up by Ctrl-C. Any lesser titan will not just summon a monster but several combos of them. Robin Hood nowadays leads a wretched existence as a trapper and master thief. -Too many different Zephyrs are the heroes death. IF caught on open ground. +Too many different Zephyrs are the hero's death. IF caught on open ground. If you ever confront a Hru have a Teleport Other at hand! Any Hru will rage, spreading earthquake and ruin. Only Shudde is worse. You cannot escape a Hru just by blinking. Your life will be shattered! -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117) From 9a3ea611b41be546c612a9ab0586449f55e44881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: backwardsEric Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:51:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Corrected typo in "invulnerability". --- lib/file/rumors.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/file/rumors.txt b/lib/file/rumors.txt index dde8cf90..7bcaeb8d 100644 --- a/lib/file/rumors.txt +++ b/lib/file/rumors.txt @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ It's deciding which things are crucial that separates the wise from others. Invulnerability is impenetrable. Invulnerability may be penetrated by evil creatures. Resistance to nether will guard against invulnerability-penetration. -Creatures of good alignment are not deterred by invlnerability. +Creatures of good alignment are not deterred by invulnerability. Being clocked backwards is just a terrible irony of fate. Time is a weird attack - not even sustained stats will save you. Stumble on a death mold: another unsettling occurrence in an unsettling world. -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)