# The NPC hands you

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 4, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647 "2015-10-04T19:28:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/1 "2015-10-04T19:28:40Z")

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**Author:** ![FoobyDude](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/foobydude/32/1373_2.png) [@FoobyDude](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FoobyDude)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/2 "2015-10-04T20:02:30Z")

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THEM DAMN TEENAGERS AND THEIR HANDING OFF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO STRANGERS I SWEAR THOSE KIDS THESE DAYS’LL BE THE END OF US YA HEAR THEY’LL KILL US ALL ONE DAY JUST GIVE THEM THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE AND IT’LL NEVER END.

to be more direct: god dammit.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/3 "2015-10-04T20:31:55Z")

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I just had a related horrifying thought.

Zombie scientists can shoot manhacks.

There are mininuke manhacks.

… God I hope they can’t…

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**Author:** ![ShinQuickMan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shinquickman/32/2516_2.png) [@ShinQuickMan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ShinQuickMan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/4 "2015-10-04T22:12:46Z")

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Well, the scientists don’t. But there is a particular undead mad bomber that just might…

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/5 "2015-10-05T18:42:44Z")

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and mininuke hacks are realy cheap to make

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**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/6 "2015-10-05T18:48:43Z")

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i wonder if the glitch involving getting a extra grenade/mininuke form disabling a friendly foohack still happens

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/7 "2016-09-08T23:24:28Z")

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What in the world is a foohack?

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**Author:** ![Tawarochir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Tawarochir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tawarochir)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/8 "2016-09-08T23:29:13Z")

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Man/grenade/mininuke/etc - hack. “Foo” is roguelike slang for “fill in the blanks” (IIRC it originated with “foocubus”, referring to succubi and incubi in NetHack.)

y u necro

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**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/9 "2016-09-08T23:54:03Z")

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> [@Tawarochir](#):
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> …y u necro

Why not?

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/10 "2016-09-08T23:57:02Z")

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[quote=“Tawarochir, post:8, topic:10647”]Man/grenade/mininuke/etc - hack. “Foo” is roguelike slang for “fill in the blanks” (IIRC it originated with “foocubus”, referring to succubi and incubi in NetHack.)

y u necro[/quote]  
Foo is older than that.

> **[Foobar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar)**
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> The terms foobar (/ˈfuːbɑːr/), or foo and others are used as placeholder names (also referred to as metasyntactic variables) in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables, functions, and commands whose exact identity is unimportant and serve only to demonstrate a concept. The etymology of foo is obscure. Its use in connection with bar is generally traced to the World War II military slang FUBAR, later bowdlerised to foobar. The...

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**Author:** ![Taberone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/taberone/32/515_2.png) [@Taberone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taberone)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/11 "2016-09-09T02:36:39Z")

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I’ve never had NPCs give me mininukes before. Why do I see references to NPCs giving you active mininukes on the wiki and the Tv Tropes page?

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**Author:** ![Zilenan91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Zilenan91](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zilenan91)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/12 "2016-09-09T03:00:51Z")

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NPCs used to hand you all kinds of lit explosives [http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8548952915\_50f2937c2a\_b.jpg](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8548952915_50f2937c2a_b.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/13 "2016-09-09T05:22:19Z")

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Add i miss that glitch already; having infinite mininukes was !fun!

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**Author:** ![TheWumpus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thewumpus/32/263_2.png) [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-npc-hands-you/10647/14 "2016-09-10T02:12:14Z")

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> [@Xfin](#):
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> Add i miss that glitch already; having infinite mininukes was !fun!\*

\*For between 3 and 10 turns.