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Located in [[The Dungeoneers' Association]] in [[the Big Mountains]]. Only appears when you have at least 45 (base, unbuffed) points in the main stat for your class.

{{statrec|As you near the sign, you start to get nervous. The nearer you get, the nervouser you get. Then you get nervous because you're not sure if "nervouser" is a word or not. After thinking about this for a few seconds, you turn around and leave.}}

Upon discovering [[The Secret of the Dungeons of Doom]], this location is replaced with [[The Dungeons of Doom]]. Trying to access the Enormous Greater-Than Sign location via the "Last Adventure" link then yields the message:
:This area should no longer be accessible to you.
==Combat Adventures==
{{combat|name=swarm of lowercase As}}
{{combat|name=lowercase B}}
{{combat|name=lowercase H}}
{{combat|name=lowercase K}}
{{combat|name=uppercase Q}}

==Non-Combat Adventures==
{{choice|name=Typographical Clutter|image=nethackfloor.gif
|choice1name=The left parenthesis|choice1=Acquire a [[left parenthesis]]
|choice2name=The lower-case L|choice2= Alternates between losing 30 [[meat]] and gaining 10-15 {{moxie}}, and gaining 500+5*[[Meat from Monsters|meat bonus]] (without familiar) meat and 10-15 {{moxie}}
|choice3name=The big apostrophe|choice3=Acquire a [[plus sign]], afterward, gain 10-15 {{muscle}}
|choice4name=The lower-case E|choice4=Gain 10-15 {{mysticality}} and up to 100 [[MP]]
|choice5name=The upper-case Q|choice5=Acquire 5 turns of [[Teleportitis]]}}

{{Choice|name=The Oracle Will See You Now|image=nhoracle.gif
|choice1name=Leave the Oracle|choice1=Nothing. (No adventure cost).
|choice2name=Pay for a minor consultation|choice2=Lose 100 Meat.
|choice3name=Pay for a major consultation|choice3=Lose 1,000 Meat, [[plus sign]] becomes usable.
|note1=You must have a [[plus sign]] and [[Teleportitis]] to receive this [[Combat_Frequency#Superlikely_Adventures|superlikely]] adventure.
|note2=Once you have paid for a major consultation, this becomes a [[Ascension#One-Time|one-time]] adventure.}}
{{Adventure|name=Elbereth? Who's Elbereth?|image=glyphs3.gif|tag=hobo}}

==Retired Adventures==
{{Adventure|name=No Contraction|stat=8 {{muscle}}|image=apostrophe.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=A big Q.|note1=Gives 5 turns of [[Teleportitis]].|image=upper_q.gif|note2=The odds of receiving this adventure double once the [[plus sign]] is received.}}

{{Adventure|name=Parenthetical Advisory|stat=7 {{moxie}}|image=left_paren.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=Hyp-mo-tized...|stat=8 {{mysticality}}|image=lower_e.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Asterisks.|stat=7 {{muscle}}|image=asterisks.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=A Non-Capital Crime|meat=<font color=red>-30</font>|stat=8 {{moxie}}|image=lower_l.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=Killer As.|stat=7 {{mysticality}}|note1=<font color=red>Lose</font> 7 HP|image=aswarm.gif}}

{{Adventure|name=Plus? Plus what?|drops=[[plus sign]]|image=nhroom.gif|tag=superone}}


==Notes==
*Attempting to adventure here without at least 45 base mainstat (via URL submission) results in the message:
:You shouldn't be here.
*Opening the Sign, and then losing enough base mainstat to put yourself below 45, will cause the Sign to disappear from [[The Dungeoneers' Association]] and be inaccessable as above.
**Your ''(de)buffed'' mainstat may be lower than 45 and still allow access (merely resulting in the recommendation message if it is below 44;) only your base mainstat is used to determine if the Sign exists for you.
*On March 18th, 2010 many adventures in this zone were retired and replaced with unidentified versions of [[The Dungeons of Doom]].

==References==
*Everything about this area is a reference to the computer game ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]''. It is a freeware game, available from the [http://www.nethack.org official website].
*The various [[wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII]] characters used to represent the monsters and dungeons reference the interface in ''[[wikipedia:NetHack|NetHack]]''.
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