What Fools These Mortals

What Fools These Mortals is a text adventure parody of NetHack. As a god, you respond to the prayers of your "chosen one" as he or she tries to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor for you. You need Python to run it.

Download the game from http://www.crummy.com/software/WhatFools/

Example session
Okay, I downloaded the game on a Unix machine.

$ ls WhatFools-1.0.tar.gz WhatFools-1.0.tar.gz $ '''tar -xvzf WhatFools-1.0 WhatFools-1.0/WhatFools.py WhatFools-1.0/TODO WhatFools-1.0/README WhatFools-1.0/CHANGELOG WhatFools-1.0/COPYING WhatFools-1.0/AUTHORS

It is extracted; let me run it...

$ cd WhatFools-1.0 $ ./WhatFools.py

I reach this screen:

What Fools These Mortals, Copyright 2003 By Leonard Richardson. See license for details. Shall I pick a deity for you? [ynq]

Okay, just press [y] and start.

It is written in your most sacred book: After the Creation, the cruel god Moloch rebelled against the authority of Marduk the Creator. Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor, and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time. You seek to possess the Amulet, and with it to gain deserved ascendance over the other gods. One young human, now a newly trained Aspirant, has been heralded from birth as your instrument. He is destined to recover the Amulet for you, or die in the attempt. His hour of destiny has come. May he go bravely with you! --More--

After pressing [space] to proceed to the game...

Hello, Shan Lai Ching, Lawful protector of Monks. Your chosen one has just entered the dungeon. ... Argh! Your chosen one just died! All the other gods laugh at you. --More-- Your chosen one scored 4662 points before dying. Your tithe of that is 466 points. $

What? My chosen one died without before the first prayer!

Okay, try another game...

Hello, Mercury, Lawful protector of Rangers. Your chosen one has just entered the dungeon. ... "Dear Mercury, I need your help." Sounds like she needs some help. Do you want to [i]gnore, [h]elp, or [s]mite her?

Already? I care not; let me press [s]...

Hells yeah! Make with the lightning! *CRAK* What the?!? Your chosen one just quit her quest! All the other gods laugh at you. --More-- Your chosen one scored 8873 points before quitting. Because she quit, you get none of that.

This game is too hard. How can I claim the Amulet if all of my adventurers are incomptent or cowardly?