Improve spelling of descriptions (thanks to 2008677).

Made the description of royal jelly (the item) the same as that for the 
monster. Note that the descriptions for the bazaars (flickering or not)
are evasive: I was unable to access them in /?f.


git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@6332 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573

5 files changed, 49 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/features.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/features.txt
index 56a0ff796e..9681f8837a 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/features.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/features.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,19 @@ A gate leading out of Pandemonium
 A gate leading to another region of Pandemonium
 %%%%
 A gate leading to the halls of Pandemonium
+
+Tales about successful loots of these netherworlds are rare. Even the strongest
+and most experienced characters can die there. On the other hand, these halls
+contain several runes and lots of valuable items. It is much easier to get in 
+than to get out.
 %%%%
 A gate to the Realm of Zot
+
+Zot is the final stage as its deepest level houses the infamous Orb of Zot.
+Both the Orb and this Realm have a fearsome and questionable reputation but
+one piece of information seems to be for certain: the monsters inhabiting 
+this area and protecting the orb are strong and strange -- some of them nowhere
+encountered but here.
 %%%%
 A gateway to a bazaar
 
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@ dungeon, there are others trying to make a living by traveling from place
 to place. Bazaars feature a number of different shops and often have better 
 stock than the sedentary ones, sometimes even at a bargain. 
 Once you hear the clinking of coins, be sure to hurry up and find the 
-impromptu marketplace before the carawan moves on!
+impromptu marketplace before the caravan moves on!
 
 Also be warned that their nomadic lifestyle has taught these sellers to 
 appropriate any items an adventurer might leave behind, and then leave 
@@ -69,6 +80,9 @@ A gateway out of this accursed place, shimmering and shifting in the
 impermanent landscape.
 %%%%
 A gateway to Gehenna
+
+You can feel the heat. Gehenna seems to be made out of nothing but flames, 
+lava and hellfire.
 %%%%
 A gateway to Hell
 
@@ -76,10 +90,16 @@ A gateway to Hell
    -Dante Alighieri, _Divina Commedia_, "L'Inferno", Canto III.  Circa 1315.
 %%%%
 A gateway to the Iron City of Dis
+
+Can you pass the test of iron?
 %%%%
 A gateway to the decaying netherworld of Tartarus
+
+This place seems to radiate negative energy.
 %%%%
 A gateway to the freezing wastes of Cocytus
+
+From the frost-bitten lands, a cold chill touches your soul.
 %%%%
 A glowing golden altar of the Shining One
 %%%%
@@ -242,15 +262,15 @@ A stone staircase leading up
 %%%%
 A stone wall
 
-A harder obstacle than rock walls.  Only the mightiest magic can shatter stone walls.
+A harder obstacle than rock walls. Only the mightiest magic can shatter stone walls.
 %%%%
 A translucent rock wall
 
-An unnaturally hard translucent rock wall
+An unnaturally hard translucent rock wall.
 %%%%
 A translucent stone wall
 
-A harder obstacle than rock walls.  Only the mightiest magic can shatter stone walls.  It has been imbued with arcane magics which render it translucent.
+A harder obstacle than rock walls. Only the mightiest magic can shatter stone walls. It has been imbued with arcane magics which render it translucent.
 %%%%
 A trap
 %%%%
@@ -289,13 +309,20 @@ A wooden door. You can close it by standing next to it and pressing 'C'.
 %%%%
 An orcish idol
 
-An idol of the orc god Beogh
+An idol of the orc god Beogh.
 %%%%
 An unnaturally hard rock wall
+
+You cannot affect this wall by any means.
 %%%%
 Floor
 %%%%
 Some deep water
+
+This water is as deep as it is dangerous. No sane traveller would try to set 
+foot into it, apart from those who fly or swim. Let it be a warning for you:
+many confused adventurers found their death at the depths, and an untimely
+end of levitation drowned even more hopeful trespassers.
 %%%%
 Some lava
 
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt
index cb89752dc7..5dc72ead33 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ankus
 
 What mahouts steer their elephants with. It basically resembles a 
 fireplace poker with a short, stout handle, and a bluntish spike and 
-hook for communicating one's desires through the pachyderm's  thick 
+hook for communicating one's desires through the pachyderm's thick 
 skin. Curiously enough, Ogres are famous for driving larger elephants.
 %%%%
 animal skin
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ Pound the orange rind well in a marble mortar, mix the sugar by degrees
 with them and beat all well together.  Put it into gallipots and tie
 it down so as properly to prevent the air getting to it."
     -Francis Collingwood, John Woollams, _The Universal
-    Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper. 1792.
+    Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper._ 1792.
 %%%%
 orb of zot
 
@@ -1173,8 +1173,8 @@ magic.
 %%%%
 ring of slaying
 
-This ring increases the hand-to-hand and missile combat skills of its
-wearer.
+This ring increases or decreases the hand-to-hand and missile combat 
+skills of its wearer.
 %%%%
 ring of strength
 
@@ -1248,8 +1248,9 @@ This rod contains spells designed to repel one's enemies.
 %%%%
 royal jelly
 
-A lump of the magical substance produced by giant bees to be fed to
-their queens.
+A particularly rich and golden gelatinous thing.
+% A lump of the magical substance produced by giant bees to be fed to
+% their queens.
 %%%%
 rune of zot
 
@@ -1564,7 +1565,7 @@ A humble raisin.
 for Bentham. It was a sort of orchard of vines and other trees, without
 order or apparent arrangement. From that garden Bentham sent specimens
 of the Sultana raisin to England which he believed to have been the first
-of that species which had ever reachedahis country."
+of that species which had ever reached his country."
     -John Bowring, _The Works of Jeremy Bentham_.  1839.  
 %%%%
 swamp dragon armour
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/monsters.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/monsters.txt
index d6f8d9f3ae..84d33ef884 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/monsters.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/monsters.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He
 started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying
 overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should
 come to pass."
-    -Apollodurus (apocryphal), Library and Epitome, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC.
+    -Apollodorus (apocryphal), Library and Epitome, 1.9.11. circa 150 BC.
     Sir James George Frazer, translator
 
 "A snake, with mottles rare,
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ to have a great aversion to children. As there is no point on which a parent
 feels more acutely than that of the maltreatment of his offspring, the feelings
 of the father and more particularly of his good dame, were daily, ay, and
 nightly, harrowed up by the malice of this malignant and invisible boggart."
-    -C.J.T., _Folk-lore and Legends: English.  1890.
+    -C.J.T., _Folk-lore and Legends: English_  1890.
 %%%%
 boring beetle
 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ A large, fat and very ugly pig.
 %%%%
 hound
 
-A fearsome hunting dog, lithe and alert.  Its master must be long gone, for it looks dissheveled, and has a lean and hungry look.
+A fearsome hunting dog, lithe and alert.  Its master must be long gone, for it looks dishevelled, and has a lean and hungry look.
 
 "A traveller, by the faithful hound,
 Half-buried in the snow was found,
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ A giant black scorpion, its body covered in thick armour plating, and its tail t
 %%%%
 shadow
 
-An wisp of unliving shadow, drifting on the edge of vision.
+A wisp of unliving shadow, drifting on the edge of vision.
 
 "Between the idea
  And the reality
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ You find yourself surprised that a worm should have teeth at all.
    Uprising, unveiling, affirm
  That the play is the tragedy, "Man,"
    And its hero, the Conqueror Worm."
-    -Edgar Allen Poe
+    -Edgar Allan Poe
 %%%%
 wraith
 
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/skills.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/skills.txt
index 90bded7081..d75263e085 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/skills.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/skills.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Spellcasting
 
 Now that you have the basic Spellcasting skill, you can learn and cast 
 spells, if you wish to. In addition, gaining another level in 
-Spellcasting will occasionally grant your more magic and "spell slots" 
+Spellcasting will occasionally grant you more magic and "spell slots" 
 to spend on new spells. Spellcasting skill and your intelligence are
 the only factors countering spell hunger.
 %%%%
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ spells of this school. Many spells belong to a combination of several
 schools, in which case the average skill in these schools will decide 
 on spellcasting success and power.
 
-Being skilled in Earth Magic makes Ice Magic harder to learn, and vice
+Being skilled in Earth Magic makes Air Magic harder to learn, and vice
 versa.
 %%%%
 Poison Magic
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/spells.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/spells.txt
index 7bb4ebccea..5313355c7e 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/spells.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/spells.txt
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ This spell throws a crackling sphere of destructive energy.
 %%%%
 Lee's Rapid Deconstruction
 
-This spells fragments a wall into an explosion of deadly shrapnel.  It can also be used directly on monsters made of wall-like substances.
+This spell fragments a wall into an explosion of deadly shrapnel.  It can also be used directly on monsters made of wall-like substances.
 %%%%
 Lehudib's Crystal Spear
 
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ This spell calls forth one of the greater demons of Pandemonium to serve the cas
 %%%%
 Summon Horrible Things
 
-This spell opens a gate to the Abyss and calls through one or more hideous abominations from that dreadful place.The powers who answer this invocation require of casters a portion of their intellect in exchange for this service.
+This spell opens a gate to the Abyss and calls through one or more hideous abominations from that dreadful place. The powers who answer this invocation require of casters a portion of their intellect in exchange for this service.
 %%%%
 Summon Ice Beast