############################################################ # Outsourced monster speech. # # insult.txt contains the messages imps and demons apply in # Crawl to insult players. # # For an explanation of how to read insult.txt and how to # add new messages, see monster_speech.txt in the docs # directory. ############################################################ %%%% imp_taunt @run_or_give_up@, thou @generic_insult@! %%%% run_or_give_up w:6 @run_away@ w:1 @give_up@ %%%% demon_taunt w:1 @run_away@, thou @generic_insult@! w:2 @give_up@, thou @generic_insult@! w:3 @demon_taunt_special@ %%%% demon_taunt_special Thy @body_or_spiritual_part@ shall be my @meal@! @give_up@, thou tasty @meal@! @run_away@ @whilst_thou_can@! I @will_or_shall@ @feast_or_devour@ thy @body_or_spiritual_part@! %%%% # capitalised "flee" verbs run_away Away with thee Back with thee Begone Bolt Crawl home Decamp Escape Flee Fly Get thee gone Get thee hence Give up Go and return not Leave Quit Remove thy stench Return whence thou came Run away Scamper away Scamper hence Scamper home Slither away Slither hence Slither home Take thy face hence Turn tail %%%% # capitalised synonyms for "give up" give_up Abandon hope Accept thy failure Accept thy fall Accept thy doom Admit defeat Beg for mercy Capitulate Despair Despond Disclaim thyself Embrace submission Embrace thy dedition Embrace thy doom Embrace thy failure Embrace thy fall Face thy fugue Face thy requiem Flounder Give in Give up Kneel Quail Quit Surrender Succumb Submit Tremble Relinquish hope Taste defeat %%%% whilst_thou_can whilst thou can whilst thou may whilst thou are able if wit thou hast whilst thy luck holds before doom catcheth thee lest death find thee whilst thou art whole # screen vs. this for undead? whilst life thou hast %%%% body_or_spiritual_part w:3 @important_body_part@ w:1 @important_spiritual_part@ %%%% will_or_shall will shall %%%% feast_or_devour feast on devour %%%% important_body_part head brain heart viscera eyes lungs liver throat neck skull spine %%%% important_spiritual_part soul spirit inner light hope faith will heart mind sanity fortitude life force %%%% meal meal breakfast lunch dinner supper repast snack victuals refection junket luncheon snackling curdle snacklet mouthful %%%% ####################################################### # generic insults consist of three random parts ####################################################### generic_insult @insult_adjective1@ @insult_adjective2@ @insult_noun@ %%%% ############################################################### # adjective1, usually short and/or consisting of one word only ############################################################### insult_adjective1 w:5 @species_insult_adj1@ @insult general adj1@ %%%% insult general adj1 artless baffled bawdy beslubbering bootless bumbling canting churlish cockered clouted craven currish dankish dissembling droning ducking errant fawning feckless feeble fobbing foppish froward frothy fulsome gleeking goatish gorbellied grime-gilt horrid hateful impertinent infectious jarring loggerheaded lumpish mammering mangled mewling odious paunchy pribbling puking puny qualling quaking rank pandering pecksniffian plume-plucked pottle-deep pox-marked reeling-ripe rough-hewn simpering spongy surly tottering twisted unctious unhinged unmuzzled vain venomed villainous warped wayward weedy worthless yeasty %%%% ########################################################## # adjective1, Elf special ########################################################## insult elf adj1 weakly sickly frail delicate fragile brittle tender mooning painted lily-hearted dandy featherweight flimsy rootless spindly puny shaky prissy %%%% ########################################################## # adjective1, Ghoul special ########################################################## insult ghoul adj1 # being old and mouldy mildewed mouldy musty stale long-expired # falling apart worm-eaten moth-eaten corroded leprous cankerous decaying decomposing deteriorating infectious diseased wasted rotting stinking putrescent foul-smelling foetid gangrenous foul-breathed %%%% ############################################################### # adjective2, usually longer and consisting of two words ############################################################### insult_adjective2 w:5 @species_insult_adj2@ @insult general adj2@ %%%% insult general adj2 base-court bat-fowling beef-witted beetle-headed boil-brained clapper-clawed clay-brained common-kissing crook-pated dismal-dreaming ditch-delivered dizzy-eyed doghearted dread-bolted earth-vexing elf-skinned fat-kidneyed fen-sucked flap-mouthed fly-bitten folly-fallen fool-born full-gorged guts-griping half-faced hasty-witted hedge-born hell-hated idle-headed ill-breeding ill-nurtured kobold-kissing knotty-pated limp-willed milk-livered miscreant moon-mazed motley-minded moldwarp mumble-news nose-picking nut-hook onion-eyed pigeon-egg roguish rude-growing rump-fed ruttish saucy shard-borne sheep-biting sow-suckled spleeny spur-galled swag-bellied tardy-gaited tickle-brained toad-spotted toenail-biting unchin-snouted weather-bitten weevil-witted %%%% ########################################################## # adjective2, Dwarf special ########################################################## insult dwarf adj2 dirt-grubbing grit-sucking muck-plodding stone-broke pelf-dandling fault-botching gravel-groveling boodle-bothering cabbage-coddling rhino-raveling thigh-biting dirt-delving %%%% ########################################################## # adjective2, Kenku special ########################################################## insult kenku adj2 hollow-boned feather-brained beak-witted hen-pecked lightweight frail-limbed bird-brained featherweight pigeon-toed crow-beaked magpie-eyed mallardish %%%% ########################################################## # adjective2, Mummy special ########################################################## insult mummy adj2 # pertaining to dryness and flammability desiccated dried musty flammable inflammable ignitable combustible smouldering # pertaining to bandages shrink-wrapped crepe-taped duct-taped fraying hand-wound tightly wound high-strung straight-laced w:30 @insult undead adj2@ %%%% ########################################################## # adjective2, Vampire special ########################################################## insult vampire adj2 bat-flapping blood-sucking light-shying pallid sallow cream-faced whey-faced anaemic bloodless exsanguinous w:20 @insult undead adj2@ %%%% ########################################################## # adjective2, undead special ########################################################## insult undead adj2 deathlike lifeless undead corpse-like %%%% ############################################### # noun of the insult ############################################### insult_noun w:5 @species_insult_noun@ @insult general noun@ %%%% insult general noun apple-john baggage bandersnitch barnacle beggar bladder boar-pig bounder bugbear bum-bailey canker-blossom clack-dish clam clotpole coxcomb codpiece death-token dewberry dingleberry flap-bat flax-wench flirt-gill foot-licker fustilarian giglet gnoll-tail gudgeon guttersnipe haggard harpy hedge-pig hugger-mugger joithead lewdster lout maggot-pie malt-worm mammet measle mendicant minnow reeky mule nightsoil nobody nothing pigeon-egg pignut pimple pustule puttock pumpion ratsbane scavenger scut serf simpleton skainsmate slime mold snaffler snake-molt strumpet surfacer tinkerer tiddler urchin varlet vassal vulture wastrel wagtail whey-face wormtrail yak-dropping zombie-fodder %%%% ########################################################## # noun, small species special ########################################################## small_food snackling crunchlet half-meal supper-setting snacklet noshlet morsel mug-up bite-bait crunch-chow snack-pap grub mouthful half-pint %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Halfling special ########################################################## insult halfling noun w:100 @small_food@ footstool munchkin side-stool pudgelet groundling burrow-snipe hole-bolter low-roller runt peewee mimicus manikin hop-o-thumb knee-biter burrow-botch hole-pimple hovel-pustule %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Spriggan special ########################################################## insult spriggan noun w:100 @small_food@ rat-rider quarter-pint nissette fizzle-flop spell-botch feeblet weakling pinchbeck-pixie ankle-biter bootstain nano-nebbish sopling shrunken violet sissy-prig pussyfoot creepsneak %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Centaur special ########################################################## insult centaur noun crock donkey four-legs hack half-breed horse-flesh horse meat horsey face jade mule nag nightmare pony %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Minotaur special ########################################################## insult minotaur noun bovine briscut bull-brain cud-chewer calf-wit cretin cow cattle horn-beast meatloaf meatball mooer rump-roast veal walking sirloin %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Mummy special ########################################################## insult mummy noun dustbag linensack clothbag tombling mummylet shroud paper wrap roll of bandages bundle of gauze wound roll cotton waste wrapping tissue # susceptibility to fire pyre tinder %%%% ########################################################## # noun, Ghoul special ########################################################## insult ghoul noun flesh wound running sore wreck dirt collector dust catcher trash-dump rubbish heap garbage dump walking corpse corpse eater scavenger %%%%