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Let's look at boulders!
"rock" icon by Bakunetsu Kaito from Noun Project (CCBY3.0)
According to Cain (2022)
> x boulder (@ Landslide)
A boulder the shape of an enormous egg has come to rest at the foot of the mountain. Peering around its edges, you realize it’s blocking the entrance to a cavern beyond.
You also detect streaks and flecks of iron ore shot throughout the great rock.
Advent Door (2020)
> x erratic boulder (@ A Collapsing Corner)
The mass of granite stands amid the piles of bricks, as if it had just finished smashing its way into the room. It shows no hint of movement just now -- but you're keeping an eye on it.
The Apprentice (2006)
> x boulders (@ Riverside)
There are several large boulders in the river. They look well polished by the stream of water.
Augmented Fourth (2000)
> x boulder (@ Overlook)
The boulder sits atop a pile of rubble against the north ridge.
Baluthar (2003)
> x boulder (@ Forest)
The boulder is grey, rough and round, and is only a little less than six feet tall.
Birmingham IV (2018)
> x boulder (@ In a field of hay)
An enormous stone, the size of a small elephant. It is a very unusual blue-green. On the surface of the boulder, ancient hands have carved the same mysterious pattern, over and over again - a cup shaped central depression, surrounded by numerous concentric rings, crossed by a single straight line leading to the centre. [if human, add:] Much more recently, someone has painted across one side of the stone, using a bright red pigment and very large, shaky letters, the word "byha".
The Colour Pink (2005)
> x boulder (@ The boulder, at the base of a hill)
The large boulder is the most distinctive feature of this location, sitting in the centre of the three diverging parts of the path. There do not appear to be many other rocks around, so you are not sure why the boulder is here. You don't think it is a natural occurrence, but who put it here? [if has sword, add:] There is a sword hilt sticking out of the boulder.
> x boulder (@ The tunnel, west end)
This large chunk of rock came from the roof of the tunnel, but you have no idea why it fell down. Maybe the tunnel was not very well made. The chunk is fairly round and could roll.
Cragne Manor (2018)
> x boulder (@ The Old Well)
A jagged gray boulder leans here among the trees, coming to about your waist. It would be largely unremarkable but for the fact that it is straddled by the twisted old oak. A ghostly patch of quartzite graces one corner of it.
Dessert Island Adventure (2022)
> x boulder (@ Shortbread Desert)
On closer inspection, what you thought was a boulder is actually a giant smoutebol about two meters in diameter!
Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)
> x boulders (@ The Count's Lair)
The boulders have been carved out of foam rubber and spray painted grey.
Eunice (2018)
> x boulders (@ Rocky Field)
Heavy and oblong with weathered surfaces, they have been here a long time.
Everybody Loves a Parade (1997)
> x monstrous boulder (@ Tremendous Boulder)
The jagged hunk of rock is over fifteen feet across and twenty feet tall. It has a brute presence that draws your attention and invades your consciousness. If you stare too long, the brown and gray afterimage of this King of Boulders imprints itself upon your mind for days. If it had legs, it would leap tall buildings in a single bound. If it were an actor, it would be Robert De Niro. If it were a boulder, it would be fifteen feet across and twenty feet tall.
For A Change (1999)
> x boulder (@ Before the Cube)
Twice your height, the boulder buries itself in the dirt.
Got Toast? (2000)
> x boulder (@ Luminous Salt Beds)
The boulder blocks the cavern entrance/exit to the north.
In a Manor of Speaking (2012)
> x boulder (@ Metal Concert)
It looks as heavy as the music sounds.
In a Tomb with a Donkey (2023)
> x boulder (@ Crumbling Room)
Lazy Gods of Earth (2002)
> x boulders (@ Mountain Base)
A few big boulders are scattered about. None of them looks light enough to carry.
Learning to Cross (1998)
> x boulders (@ South of the Road)
These boulders protrude from the road surface every so often. The ruts seem to swerve around them.
The Lost Islands of Alabaz (2011)
> x boulder (@ Avalanche Site)
The boulder is nearly as big as you are, and looks very heavy. A narrow crack runs up one side of it.
Mental Entertainment (2019)
> x boulders (@ High Pass)
Big rocks.
Mingsheng (2004)
> x boulder (@ 宁静的湖 (zhu4 jing4 de hu2) Serene lake)
Other than the peculiar visual effect caused by the reflection, the boulder looks smooth and quite ordinary. It would be too small for you to sit on.
Moonbase (2002)
> x boulders (@ crater floor)
These boulders are very irregular in shape. It's amazing what the blast of a meteor will do to plain old rock.
> x boulder (@ crater wall)
The boulders are huge. Aren't you glad you don't have to move them?
Narcissi (2020)
> x boulder (@ Shady Grove)
The Quest of the Golden Banana (2004)
> x boulder (@ Large Cave)
The huge boulder is blocking the exit to the west; there seems to be a small crack in it.
The Song of the Mockingbird (2021)
> x boulder (@ Arroyo)
It's an oblong boulder. It stands about chest-high to you, and it's maybe six feet long. It's pockmarked with fresh bullet scars.
Spellbreaker (1985)
> examine boulders (@ Cliff Top)
> examine boulder (@ Boulder)
> examine boulder (@ Plain)
This is a rather large boulder with a flat bottom. Something prevents it from touching the ground, as it moves about quite nimbly, watching you with lovely green eyes.
> examine brown boulder (@ Plain)
This rock looks just like the other, except that it has brown eyes.
Stuff of Legend (2020)
> x boulder (@ Stream Bank)
That is one nasty looking boulder. Better be careful exploring the stream. If you slipped and fell, that sharp edge looks like it could break you open.
Too Much Exercise (2006)
> x boulders (@ The valley)
The boulders are above the cave entrance.
Tryst of Fate (1995)
> x boulders (@ Clearing)
The large granite boulders form a near-perfect ring around the clearing. A path runs west between two of the larger specimens.
Underground (2019)
> x boulder (@ Bottom of pit)
A big boulder. The boulder is quite big. it may have followed you down here on your descent.
The Untold Story (2019)
> x boulder (@ The Mysterious Forest; Bear's Den)
It's just a big boring rock.
The Xylophoniad (2016)
> x boulder (@ Sisyphus' cell)
A large, rougly spherical dark grey rock.
Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles! (2008)
> x boulders (@ Moraine)
Enormous chunks of rock deposited here by the glacier.
> x boulders (@ Meadow)
The meadow is dotted with smallish boulders, no doubt rubble dropped by a glacier.
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