Talk:The Haiku Dungeon

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1. (cur) (last) 10:52, 3 Oct 2005 Club (add haiku challenge 4, remove hermit (fixed challenge 3 separately))
2. (cur) (last) 10:36, 23 Aug 2005 Club (Adventure summary and page mismatch)
3. (cur) (last) 23:12, 20 Aug 2005 Gymnosophist m (Update Haiku Dungeon 2 choices)
4. (cur) (last) 23:03, 20 Aug 2005 Gymnosophist m (Update image for Haiku Dungeon 2)
5. (cur) (last) 22:59, 20 Aug 2005 Gymnosophist m (Reorder Haiku Dungeon 1/2/3 adventures

Man, nobody paid attention to my hermit request. Had to do it myself with data from my own ascentions. Guess the Haiku Challenge is just too dull for people.

--Club 11:56, 3 Oct 2005 (MDT)

The Haiku Dungeon revamp that came out today just about changes the whole dungeon. I'm not too good at making Wiki pages, but I can adventure for the information. The dungeon now has monsters instead. The entire adventure is in haikus (attack, meat drop, familiar activity, stat gains). There appear to be some new items as well. I have a hefty list of what I've found saved. --Firiona 20:54, 29 August 2008 (CDT)

Page Organization

The obsolete adventures should either be below the notes or moved to their own page, now. Doesn't make much sense to have to go past the entire obsolete adventure list to see how this area works. Opinions? --[TechSmurf][T][C] 22:49, 29 August 2008 (CDT)

• We'll see how big it gets ;). But seriously, there are haiku for like everything, pickpocket, criticals, multiple different ones for item drops, prob even naval ring zooming!, so a separate page like "The Haiku Dungeon Haiku" or something of a giant chart with their equivalents may be necessary. --JRSiebz (☎|§|‡) 23:39, 29 August 2008 (CDT)
• And people should use existing monster page templates as they are now, such as monster description, item/meat drops etc. That way, eventually a haiku variable (like "haiku=y" or form="haiku" (just in case in the future comes limerick too - heh!)) may be added to those templates to generate in haiku instead of standard form, and randomize choose of haiku if they are multiple ones, such as for item drops. --JRSiebz (☎|§|‡) 23:44, 29 August 2008 (CDT)
• Also different meat drop haiku seem to be selected based on the number of syllables in the amount of meat dropped, prob for items and their names too. Examples: 45 -> 3, 37 -> 4. --JRSiebz (☎|§|‡) 00:02, 30 August 2008 (CDT)
• I think the familiar, hit, critical, meat gain, stat gain, ect. messages are the same in every adventure. How could you put that in? --Hippie Smoke

Haikus.

Initiative

You jump at your foe / and strike before it's ready. / Nice and sportsmanlike.

Before it sees you, / you're already attacking. / You're sneaky like that.

You leap at your foe, / throwing caution to the wind, / and get the first strike.

Weapon Attacks

Ripples in a pond / a flowing crimson river / blood drips from your foe

Learn self-reliance / calculate your own damage / math is hard, young one.

Wow, did you see that? / Did you count the damage done? / Well, neither did I.

A sweet summer breeze / Wafts around you as you strike / # times.

Your brutal attack / deals # damage / to your hapless foe.

Flocks of cranes in flight / fleeing the scene where you caused / pain beyond measure

Combat Items

You sling an item / like a mighty summer storm / dealing 1 damage.

You whip out a thing / no, not that thing, you pervert. / It deals 1 damage.

53 damage / that's a lot of mayhem dealt / go, combat items!

The Big Book of Pirate Insults (nondamage effect item)

First time use has a second message: I don't hear so well. / Did your foe ask for more pain? / I'll assume they did.

Health gain: Your wounds fly away / on a refreshing spring breeze. / You gain 8 hit points. --Tamergrue 01:09, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

There are no navel ring messages. There is no message when you quickly fly away, nor when you zoom out of the way. I have not seen any unique navel ring post-combat messages either. They STILL happen, but you simply don't see them. --Jonzay 09:00, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

Popper:

Your burps taste like pride, / 'cause that's what you just swallowed, / as you ran away.--Hippie Smoke

I removed the messages that I added to Haiku Dungeon combat for better organization. The old version of this page is here. By the way, weapon attack messages seem generic --Raijinili 12:55, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

Bleh, I saved as a minor edit. Sorry, it happened when I had to verify that I

wasn't a robot. --Raijinili 12:56, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

Combat Skills

Successful

You act skillfully / and in acting skillfully / accomplish something.

Pickpocketing

You acquire something / at a serious discount / with your deft fingers.

Unsuccessful

Y'know that... uh... thing? / That thing you just tried to do? / Well, it didn't work.

Your attempt failed / If at first you don't succeed, / maybe just give up?

Critical hit

That was quite a hit! / True, palpable, CRITICAL! / (Constructively so.)

Fumble

A gentle spring breeze / is wafted by your weapon / as it hits the floor.

You trip and autumn / which is a lot like falling / only it hurts more.

Getting injured

Birds can fly away / avoiding # damage. / You are not a bird.

Bamboo leaves rustle, / your blood falls like gentle rain. / You lose # hp.

Familiar attacks

Your girlfriend was wrong:/ Your pet hits for # damage./ Size doesn't matter.

Before you can blink/ Your familiar swiftly throws/ # punches.

Friends with benefits:/ your pet hits for # damage./ Wha'd you think I meant?

Your familiar strikes/ a blow that deals # damage./ Cherry blossoms fall.

Lotus blossoms bloom/ your pet hits # times/ handy little guy.

# damage/ that's how hard your pet just hit./ Such great loyalty!

Tranquil summer breeze/ # blows from your pet/ rain down on your foe.

Familiar action

While you're not looking,/ your familiar does something./ Wonder what it was.

Aw, that was so cute!/ I wish you had just seen what/ your buddy just did.

Your familiar strikes/ just like a tiny ninja/ (you missed what it did).

Mysterious friend/ what did your familiar do?/ Meditate on that.

Your familiar acts,/ but you don't see what it does./ I'm sure it was cute.

Victory

Your foe hits the floor / like a bag full of wet sand. / It looks like you've won!

With your final blow, / you deliver the smackdown. / Sweet, sweet victory.

You did your best, friend. / Losers whine about their best / but you're no loser!

You're victorious, / so your name must be Victor. / To you go the spoils.

Know what time it is? / Time for a victory dance! / A winner is you!

Post-Combat Familiar Messages

Substats

Victory is yours!/ Your familiar broadly grins/ filling you with hope.

Your familiar smiles,/ you feel a big surge of pride./ You take a quick bow.

You take a breather./ Your familiar smiles at you./ High-five, little friend!

Your familiar grins/ smiles are lousy umbrellas/ but good for the soul.

Sanguine, serene smile/ Life is better than it seems/ thank you, familiar.

Meat

When the dust settles / your familiar blinks at you / but forgets one eye.

Winking familiar / more Meat for you from this fight. / Coincidence? No.

Your familiar winks, / making you feel wealthier. / The Meat helps, too.

You wish you had Meat. / Your familiar blinks one eye. / Oo, wish for ponies.

Your familiar winks / Meat don't grow on trees, you know / it's there on the ground.

Items

Dancing familiar / looks ridiculous, it's true / but you find more stuff.

After the battle, / your familiar dances 'round, / helping you find stuff.

Your comrade dances, / helping you find stuff... somehow? / We don't make the rules.

Lotus blossoms bloom / Your familiar busts a move. / Hey, look, items!

Like a bumblebee / your familiar does a dance / pointing out more loot.

Healing

Your wounds fly away/ on a refreshing spring breeze./ You gain # hit points.

When 7 hit points/ are restored to your body,/ you make an "ahhhhhhhh" sound.

If there's a better place to put these, let me know.--Firiona 13:59, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

Meat gain

On the nearby ground/ you can see # Meat./ Score! You pick it up.

# Meat/ does not grow on trees, you know./ It lies on the ground.

The harvest moon glows / you can see # Meat, / ripe for the picking.

You find # Meat/ just lying there on the ground./ Wow! What are the odds!?

You find # Meat,/ and decide you will keep it./ Capitalism!

If meat grows on trees,/ then it must be autumn now:/ you gain # meat.

Item drop

You find an item./ A ___, in fact./ A looter is you!

A ___/ is now yours for the taking./ As such, you take it.

___/ was once your foe's, is now yours./ Beaters-up, keepers.

Near you on the ground/ is a ___./ You hork it and jet.

Can't get what you want,/ unless it's a ___/ Serendipity!

Loot falls like spring rain,/ keen eyes spy a ___/ Yoink! Now it is yours.

Substat gain

Muscle

You're feeling stronger, / having gained # Beefiness. / Mighty mighty you.

You work up a sweat, / gain # muscle from the fight. / Sweet! Now go shower.

Gentle reeds must bend / but you're mightier than that. / You gain # muscle.

Biceps, triceps, abs, / combat's quite a workout, huh? / You gain 2 muscle.

Myst

Nothing up your sleeve / # magic in your brainpan. / Abracadabra.

You gain # magic. / Pull a rabbit from a hat? / Nah, that's too cliche.

Delicious magic / Your hungry brain scarfs it down. / Yum! It tastes like #!

Stars wheel above you. / Ancient wisdom fills your brain. / You gain # magic!

Relax post-combat / contemplate the infinite / gain 7 wisdom.

Moxie

Extend both your thumbs. / Who just got # more Moxie? / You assert: this guy!

Tranquil zen gardens / look uptight next to your cool / you get # more Smarm.

A refreshing pond / Is still not as cool as you / you gain # Moxie.

Like a winter breeze, / keeping your cool in battle, / you gain # Chutzpah.

I figure this doesn't happen as common as it should so here's a message for familiar weight gain: From the exercise/your familiar puts on weight./But it's all muscle. --TheBoyd 14:47, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

DB problem?

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I get that error when I try to look at any of the changes from the last day or so, and also when I try to look at the current page. Anyone know what happened?

Thanks. Prefect 07:40, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

I have this error,

It's kind of annoying as

you can't view the page.

Seriously though, it's a problem. --Jonzay 09:00, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

• I fixed this as best I knew how-- went back to the earliest revision before it was broken. --[TechSmurf][T][C] 09:34, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

Monsters

From near the shadows slinks this amateur ninja. A half-assassin.

A slacker in black, he dropped out of ninja school. He's deadly... sort of.`

Blur of teeth and claws. Who just caught the scent of blood? Ferocious bugbear.

A fiendish bugbear lurches at you, brandishing big teeth and small arms.

This room is the home of an ancient insane monk, and you're trespassing.

Venerable monk, as old as he is insane and, like, twice as mean.

This 10 by 10 room is exactly the right size: gelatinous cube.

A huge gleaming cube the length and height of the hall squishes toward you.

When couplets go bad there's always someone to blame: Knob Goblin poseur

This Knob Goblin teen thinks he's a gangsta poet. In fact, he's neither.

Semirare

There is none, as with the old version. Figured I'd check that to get it out of the way.--Svinvisible 12:10, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

There's also no clover adventure. Cheesedude 13:33, 30 August 2008 (CDT)

The August Revamp / Disabled by the Dungeon / Various Fun Things

Things that don't work in the new Haiku Dungeon. I'm in HC, so I only have a few to test.

• the clown hammer does not squeak
• the defective skull does not speak

--Club (#66669) (Talk) 13:57, 2 September 2008 (CDT)

Encounter Rates

Better numbers now. Not as good as they could have been; haven't had enough time lately to spade every day. Combat-only rates are accurate to within about 4%. So the rates look to be about what we'd expect from a zone with 5 equally likely combats, where here the monks are actually a single monster with different descriptions (a la hobos). Noncombat rate is accurate to within 2.7%. --Flargen 19:15, 1 September 2008 (CDT)

Drop spading

My multi, Spaderguy are currently spading drop chances of the items. Please send him any numbers you've gathered.