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1*41208Sbostic	Hack & Quest data file - version 1.0.3
2*41208Sbostic@	human (or you)
3*41208Sbostic-	a wall
4*41208Sbostic|	a wall
5*41208Sbostic+	a door
6*41208Sbostic.	the floor of a room
7*41208Sbostic 	a dark part of a room
8*41208Sbostic#	a corridor
9*41208Sbostic}	water filled area
10*41208Sbostic<	the staircase to the previous level
11*41208Sbostic>	the staircase to the next level
12*41208Sbostic^	a trap
13*41208Sbostic$	a pile, pot or chest of gold
14*41208Sbostic%%      a piece of food
15*41208Sbostic!	a potion
16*41208Sbostic*	a gem
17*41208Sbostic?	a scroll
18*41208Sbostic=	a ring
19*41208Sbostic/	a wand
20*41208Sbostic[	a suit of armor
21*41208Sbostic)	a weapon
22*41208Sbostic(	a useful item (camera, key, rope etc.)
23*41208Sbostic0	an iron ball
24*41208Sbostic_	an iron chain
25*41208Sbostic`	an enormous rock
26*41208Sbostic"	an amulet
27*41208Sbostic,	a trapper
28*41208Sbostic:	a chameleon
29*41208Sbostic;	a giant eel
30*41208Sbostic'	a lurker above
31*41208Sbostic&	a demon
32*41208SbosticA	a giant ant
33*41208SbosticB	a giant bat
34*41208SbosticC	a centaur;
35*41208Sbostic	Of all the monsters put together by  the  Greek  imagination
36*41208Sbostic	the  Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
37*41208Sbostic	Despite a strong streak  of  sensuality  in  their  make-up,
38*41208Sbostic	their  normal  behaviour  was  moral, and they took a kindly
39*41208Sbostic	thought of man's welfare. The attempted outrage of Nessos on
40*41208Sbostic	Deianeira,  and  that  of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the
41*41208Sbostic	Lapith women, are more than offset  by  the  hospitality  of
42*41208Sbostic	Pholos  and  by  the  wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet,
43*41208Sbostic	lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles.  Further,  the  Cen-
44*41208Sbostic	taurs  were  peculiar in that their nature, which united the
45*41208Sbostic	body of a horse with the trunk and head of a  man,  involved
46*41208Sbostic	an  unthinkable  duplication  of  vital organs and important
47*41208Sbostic	members. So grotesque a combination seems  almost  un-Greek.
48*41208Sbostic	These  strange  creatures were said to live in the caves and
49*41208Sbostic	clefts of the mountains, myths associating  them  especially
50*41208Sbostic	with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
51*41208Sbostic	               [Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271]
52*41208SbosticD	a dragon;
53*41208Sbostic	In the West the dragon was the natural  enemy  of  man.  Although
54*41208Sbostic	preferring to live in bleak and desolate regions, whenever it was
55*41208Sbostic	seen among men it left in its wake a  trail  of  destruction  and
56*41208Sbostic	disease. Yet any attempt to slay this beast was a perilous under-
57*41208Sbostic	taking. For the dragon's assailant had to contend not  only  with
58*41208Sbostic	clouds  of  sulphurous fumes pouring from its fire-breathing nos-
59*41208Sbostic	trils, but also with the thrashings of its tail, the most  deadly
60*41208Sbostic	part of its serpent-like body.
61*41208Sbostic	[From: Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library)]
62*41208SbosticE	a floating eye
63*41208SbosticF	a freezing sphere
64*41208SbosticG	a gnome;
65*41208Sbostic	... And then a gnome came by, carrying a bundle, an old fellow
66*41208Sbostic	three times as large as an imp and wearing clothes of a sort,
67*41208Sbostic	especially a hat. And he was clearly just as frightened as the
68*41208Sbostic	imps though he could not go so fast. Ramon Alonzo saw that there
69*41208Sbostic	must be some great trouble that was vexing magical things; and,
70*41208Sbostic	since gnomes speak the language of men, and will answer if spoken
71*41208Sbostic	to gently, he raised his hat, and asked of the gnome his name.
72*41208Sbostic	The gnome did not stop his hasty shuffle a moment as he answered
73*41208Sbostic	'Alaraba' and grabbed the rim of his hat but forgot to doff it.
74*41208Sbostic	'What is the trouble, Alaraba?' said Ramon Alonzo.
75*41208Sbostic	'White magic. Run!' said the gnome ...
76*41208Sbostic			[From: The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany.]
77*41208SbosticH	a hobgoblin;
78*41208Sbostic	Hobgoblin. Used by the  Puritans  and  in  later  times  for
79*41208Sbostic	wicked  goblin  spirits,  as in Bunyan's 'Hobgoblin nor foul
80*41208Sbostic	friend', but its more correct use is for the friendly  spir-
81*41208Sbostic	its  of  the brownie type.  In 'A midsummer night's dream' a
82*41208Sbostic	fairy says to Shakespeare's Puck:
83*41208Sbostic	        Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
84*41208Sbostic	        You do their work, and they shall have good luck:
85*41208Sbostic	        Are you not he?
86*41208Sbostic	and obviously Puck would not wish to be called  a  hobgoblin
87*41208Sbostic	if that was an ill-omened word.
88*41208Sbostic	Hobgoblins are on the whole, good-humoured and ready  to  be
89*41208Sbostic	helpful,  but fond of practical joking, and like most of the
90*41208Sbostic	fairies rather nasty people to annoy. Boggarts hover on  the
91*41208Sbostic	verge of hobgoblindom.  Bogles are just over the edge.
92*41208Sbostic	One Hob mentioned by Henderson, was Hob Headless who haunted
93*41208Sbostic	the  road  between Hurworth and Neasham, but could not cross
94*41208Sbostic	the little river Kent, which flowed into the  Tess.  He  was
95*41208Sbostic	exorcised  and  laid under a large stone by the roadside for
96*41208Sbostic	ninety-nine years and a day. If anyone was so unwary  as  to
97*41208Sbostic	sit  on  that stone, he would be unable to quit it for ever.
98*41208Sbostic	The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may  soon  be
99*41208Sbostic	heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
100*41208Sbostic	               [Katharine Briggs, A  dictionary  of Fairies]
101*41208SbosticI	an invisible stalker
102*41208SbosticJ	a jackal
103*41208SbosticK	a kobold
104*41208SbosticL	a leprechaun;
105*41208Sbostic	The Irish Leprechaun is the Faeries' shoemaker and is  known
106*41208Sbostic	under  various  names  in different parts of Ireland: Cluri-
107*41208Sbostic	caune in Cork, Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lu-
108*41208Sbostic	rigadaun  in  Tipperary.  Although he works for the Faeries,
109*41208Sbostic	the Leprechaun is not of the same species. He is small,  has
110*41208Sbostic	dark  skin  and wears strange clothes.  His nature has some-
111*41208Sbostic	thing of the manic-depressive about it: first  he  is  quite
112*41208Sbostic	happy,  whistling merrily as he nails a sole on to a shoe; a
113*41208Sbostic	few minutes later, he is sullen and  morose,  drunk  on  his
114*41208Sbostic	home-made  heather ale. The Leprechaun's two great loves are
115*41208Sbostic	tobacco and whiskey, and he is a first-rate con-man,  impos-
116*41208Sbostic	sible  to  out-fox.  No  one, no matter how clever, has ever
117*41208Sbostic	managed to cheat him out of his hidden pot of  gold  or  his
118*41208Sbostic	magic  shilling. At the last minute he always thinks of some
119*41208Sbostic	way to divert his captor's attention  and  vanishes  in  the
120*41208Sbostic	twinkling  of  an eye.
121*41208Sbostic	                  [From: A Field Guide to the Little People
122*41208Sbostic	                     by  Nancy Arrowsmith & George Moorse. ]
123*41208SbosticM	a mimic
124*41208SbosticN	a nymph
125*41208SbosticO	an orc
126*41208SbosticP	a purple worm
127*41208SbosticQ	a quasit
128*41208SbosticR	a rust monster
129*41208SbosticS	a snake
130*41208SbosticT	a troll
131*41208SbosticU	an umber hulk
132*41208SbosticV	a vampire
133*41208SbosticW	a wraith
134*41208SbosticX	a xorn
135*41208SbosticY	a yeti
136*41208SbosticZ	a zombie
137*41208Sbostica	an acid blob
138*41208Sbosticb	a giant beetle
139*41208Sbosticc	a cockatrice;
140*41208Sbostic	Once in a great while, when the positions of the  stars  are
141*41208Sbostic	just  right, a seven-year-old rooster will lay an egg. Then,
142*41208Sbostic	along will come a snake, to coil around the egg, or a  toad,
143*41208Sbostic	to  squat  upon  the  egg, keeping it warm and helping it to
144*41208Sbostic	hatch. When it hatches, out comes a creature  called  basil-
145*41208Sbostic	isk, or cockatrice, the most deadly of all creatures. A sin-
146*41208Sbostic	gle glance from its yellow, piercing toad's eyes  will  kill
147*41208Sbostic	both  man  and beast. Its power of destruction is said to be
148*41208Sbostic	so great that sometimes simply to hear its  hiss  can  prove
149*41208Sbostic	fatal.  Its breath is so venomenous that it causes all vege-
150*41208Sbostic	tation to wither.
151*41208Sbostic	There is, however, one  creature  which  can  withstand  the
152*41208Sbostic	basilisk's deadly gaze, and this is the weasel. No one knows
153*41208Sbostic	why this is so, but although the fierce weasel can slay  the
154*41208Sbostic	basilisk,  it will itself be killed in the struggle. Perhaps
155*41208Sbostic	the weasel knows the basilisk's fatal weakness: if  it  ever
156*41208Sbostic	sees  its own reflection in a mirror it will perish instant-
157*41208Sbostic	ly. But even a dead basilisk is dangerous, for  it  is  said
158*41208Sbostic	that merely touching its lifeless body can cause a person to
159*41208Sbostic	sicken and die.
160*41208Sbostic	    [From: Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun
161*41208Sbostic	           Library) and other sources. ]
162*41208Sbosticd	a dog
163*41208Sbostice	an ettin
164*41208Sbosticf	a fog cloud
165*41208Sbosticg	a gelatinous cube
166*41208Sbostich	a homunculus
167*41208Sbostici	an imp;
168*41208Sbostic	 ... imps ... little creatures of two feet high  that  could
169*41208Sbostic	gambol and jump prodigiously; ...
170*41208Sbostic			[From: The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany.]
171*41208Sbostic
172*41208Sbostic	An 'imp' is an off-shoot or cutting. Thus an 'ymp tree'  was
173*41208Sbostic	a grafted tree, or one grown from a cutting, not from seed.
174*41208Sbostic	'Imp' properly means a small devil, an off-shoot  of  Satan,
175*41208Sbostic	but  the distinction between goblins or bogles and imps from
176*41208Sbostic	hell is hard to make, and many in the  Celtic  countries  as
177*41208Sbostic	well as the English Puritans regarded all fairies as devils.
178*41208Sbostic	The fairies of tradition often hover  uneasily  between  the
179*41208Sbostic	ghostly and the diabolic state.
180*41208Sbostic	                 [Katharine Briggs, A dictionary of Fairies]
181*41208Sbosticj	a jaguar
182*41208Sbostick	a killer bee
183*41208Sbosticl	a leocrotta
184*41208Sbosticm	a minotaur
185*41208Sbosticn	a nurse
186*41208Sbostico	an owlbear
187*41208Sbosticp	a piercer
188*41208Sbosticq	a quivering blob
189*41208Sbosticr	a giant rat
190*41208Sbostics	a scorpion
191*41208Sbostict	a tengu;
192*41208Sbostic	The tengu was the  most  troublesome  creature  of  Japanese
193*41208Sbostic	legend.   Part  bird  and part man, with red beak for a nose
194*41208Sbostic	and flashing eyes, the tengu was notorious for  stirring  up
195*41208Sbostic	feuds  and  prolonging  enmity between families. Indeed, the
196*41208Sbostic	belligerent tengus were supposed to have  been  man's  first
197*41208Sbostic	instructors in the use of arms.
198*41208Sbostic	                    [From: Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon
199*41208Sbostic	                                 (The Leprechaun Library). ]
200*41208Sbosticu	a unicorn;
201*41208Sbostic	Men have always sought the elusive unicorn, for  the  single
202*41208Sbostic	twisted  horn  which projected from its forehead was thought
203*41208Sbostic	to be a powerful talisman. It was said that the unicorn  had
204*41208Sbostic	simply  to  dip  the tip of its horn in a muddy pool for the
205*41208Sbostic	water to become pure. Men also believed that to  drink  from
206*41208Sbostic	this horn was a protection against all sickness, and that if
207*41208Sbostic	the horn was ground to a powder it would act as an  antidote
208*41208Sbostic	to  all poisons. Less than 200 years ago in France, the horn
209*41208Sbostic	of a unicorn was used in a ceremony to test the  royal  food
210*41208Sbostic	for poison.
211*41208Sbostic	Although only the size of a small horse, the  unicorn  is  a
212*41208Sbostic	very  fierce  beast,  capable  of killing an elephant with a
213*41208Sbostic	single thrust from its horn.  Its  fleetness  of  foot  also
214*41208Sbostic	makes  this solitary creature difficult to capture. However,
215*41208Sbostic	it can be tamed and captured by a maiden. Made gentle by the
216*41208Sbostic	sight  of a virgin, the unicorn can be lured to lay its head
217*41208Sbostic	in her lap, and in this docile mood, the maiden  may  secure
218*41208Sbostic	it with a golden rope.
219*41208Sbostic	                    [From: Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon
220*41208Sbostic	                                 (The Leprechaun Library). ]
221*41208Sbosticv	a violet fungi
222*41208Sbosticw	a long worm;
223*41208Sbostic	From its teeth the crysknife can be manufactured.
224*41208Sbostic~	the tail of a long worm
225*41208Sbosticx	a xan;
226*41208Sbostic	The xan were animals sent to prick the legs of the Lords of Xibalba.
227*41208Sbosticy	a yellow light
228*41208Sbosticz	a zruty;
229*41208Sbostic	The zruty are wild and gigantic beings, living in the wildernesses
230*41208Sbostic	of the Tatra mountains.
231*41208Sbostic1	The wizard of Yendor
232*41208Sbostic2	The mail daemon
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