Five Gods Exiled — 10 of 191

Part 3 - Describing Terrain

A terrain-type has a list of adjectives called the appropriate terrain adjective list.

To describe terrain:

initialize terrain description lists;

repeat with temporary locale running through Blight rooms:

[say "Describing terrain in [temporary locale]. ";]

now the current terrain is a random terrain in the temporary locale;

let the temporary terrain-type be the terrain-type of the current terrain;

sort the appropriate terrain adjective list of the temporary terrain-type in random order;

now the terrain adjective of the current terrain is entry 1 of the appropriate terrain adjective list of the temporary terrain-type.

To initialize terrain description lists:

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of grass is {pale brown, brown, dying, dead, prickly, sparse, thick, jagged};

if the current humidity is arid:

add {dry, brittle} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of grass;

otherwise:

add {damp, slippery} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of grass;

if the current weather is raining:

add {rain-soaked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of grass;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {frozen} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of grass;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of moss is {pale brown, brown, dying, dead, prickly, thick, lichen-spotted};

if the current humidity is arid:

add {dry, brittle} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of moss;

otherwise:

add {damp, slippery} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of moss;

if the current weather is raining:

add {rain-soaked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of moss;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {frozen} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of moss;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of fallen leaves is {pale brown, brown, mildewed, molding, white-spotted};

if the current humidity is arid:

add {dry, brittle, rustling} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of fallen leaves;

otherwise:

add {damp, slippery} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of fallen leaves;

if the current weather is raining:

add {rain-soaked, rain-dampened} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of fallen leaves;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {frozen} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of fallen leaves;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of sand is {fine, coarse, pale, dark-hued, gritty};

if the current humidity is arid:

add {dry} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of sand;

if the current temperature is hot:

add {baked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of sand;

otherwise if the current weather is raining:

add {rain-soaked, damp} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of sand;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {caked, frozen} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of sand;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of mud is {gray, dark-hued, brown, dark brown, coarse, slippery, slick, nondescript};

if the current weather is raining:

add {oozing, wet, rain-soaked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of mud;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {frozen} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of mud;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of pebbles is {pale, pale gray, gray, dark gray, black, round, oval, oblong, smooth, water-smoothed, striped, spotted, irregularly shaped, hard};

if the current weather is raining:

add {glistening} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of pebbles;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of bare rock is {hard, jagged, irregular, smooth, dirt-encrusted, rough};

if the current humidity is precipitating:

add {slippery, damp} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of bare rock;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of bare earth is {gray, dark gray, brown, dark brown, black, barren, hard};

if the current humidity is arid:

add {dry} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of bare earth;

if the current temperature is hot:

add {baked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of bare earth;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush is {pale gray, dark gray, light gray, gray, oozing, wet, slippery, slick, chill, frigid};

if the current weather is raining:

add {rain-soaked} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush;

if the current temperature is temperate:

add {melting} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush;

if the current weather is raining:

add {rapidly melting} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush;

otherwise:

add {slowly melting} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush;

otherwise if the current weather is snowing:

add {freezing} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of slush;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of snow is {pale, pallid, dense, dirty, pale gray, light gray, dark gray, gray, chill, frigid};

if the current weather is sunny:

add {glistening, glinting, brilliant, shining, blindingly bright, painfully bright} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of snow;

now the appropriate terrain adjective list of ice is {translucent, pale, pallid, sharp};

if the current weather is sunny:

add {glistening, glinting, brilliant, shining, blindingly bright, painfully bright} to the appropriate terrain adjective list of ice.

Rule for printing the name of a terrain (called target terrain):

say "[terrain adjective of the target terrain] [terrain-type of the target terrain]".