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Post by Storm Dancer on May 2, 2004 12:39:45 GMT
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Post by Storm Dancer on May 2, 2004 13:18:15 GMT
While I'm in a facetious mood (and playing through the books while posting - how much do I love this site?!), has anyone else noticed certain similarities between the Noodnics and Jar Jar Binks?
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Post by The Wytch-King on May 2, 2004 22:52:41 GMT
Now that was spiteful. Poor Noodnics! ;D I'll bet they could have taught that abominable swamp lizard a few things about good English ... But I see youse point- argh. Caught it myself. Rats! The Wytch-King, loathing Jar Jar since 1805  |
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Post by Relenoir on May 3, 2004 3:05:05 GMT
First devolving into Jar-Jar speech, then referring to the proud (but greedy) Noodnics as common rats? How disturbing! As long as the Second Order of the Kai stay out of there with their Divination and Nexus Disciplines, it may last for a while. You never know how that machine is rigged. By the way, does anyone else agree that Gary Chalk may have forgotten to read the text before he drew the picture? The text says "attractive", but I'd describe the girl in the picture as otherwise. . .  |
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Post by AlbinoChocobo on May 3, 2004 8:25:06 GMT
Well, standard sommerlending Cartwheel rules state only that guessing the correct number wins 8x the bet.
However, our brave Lone Wolf unwittingly entered the casino on the very special 'down-on-luck, deprived-of-family-and-proper-last-name hero-to-be needs mucho cash' night.
Then again, there are those things they don't teach you in pathmanship classes ...
Anybody here managed to walk out this joint _without_ a full purse ??
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Post by outspaced on May 3, 2004 8:48:33 GMT
By the way, does anyone else agree that Gary Chalk may have forgotten to read the text before he drew the picture? The text says "attractive", but I'd describe the girl in the picture as otherwise. . . . . . which is why I like Brian Williams' work for Lone Wolf as much as I like Gary Chalk's. GC's medieval-style illustrations are definitely atmospheric, but often very ugly. Contrast GC's 'beautiful woman' in LW2 with BW's beautiful woman in LW18 (section 135 for the unabridged version) and its obvious that BW's cleaner, less grotesque line art can be equally compelling. That's why I never get into a discussion about which artist is best: they're both good, just at different things. |
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Post by The Tagazin Poodle on May 3, 2004 12:57:54 GMT
Of course, standards of beauty have changed over the years. The woman from the Canterbury Tales was supposed to be beautiful, but the description left something to be desired according to the "modern-day view".
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Post by Omega M. on May 3, 2004 14:06:51 GMT
You're right; betting 1 Gold Crown on a number is expected to win you (.1 * 8) + (.2 * 5) = .8 + 1 = 1.8 Gold Crowns. Is that correct?
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Post by AlbinoChocobo on May 3, 2004 14:32:50 GMT
Yup, screams hand-out at the top of its puny lungs.
Obviously meant for newcomers who have not yet hoarded dozens of crowns with their greedy little paws.
BTW, ever noticed how grand kai master Lone Wolf, heir to Sun Eagle, hero of the realm, herald of the just, protector of virginity, defender of his giant manhood, never seems to have enough money to buy himself a banana juice _and_ the straw to drink it.
(darn, failed my saving throw against bad movie quotes)
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Post by outspaced on May 3, 2004 14:55:14 GMT
Of course, standards of beauty have changed over the years. The woman from the Canterbury Tales was supposed to be beautiful, but the description left something to be desired according to the "modern-day view". But isn't much of the Canterbury Tales meant to be a satire? Meaning that the 'chivalrous knight' is truthfully nothing more than a bawling bully, and the maiden's beauty is described using the highest form of wit--sarcasm. Terry Jones (off Monty Python) actually wrote a book about the satirical nature of Chaucer's work (called Chaucer's Knight I think). |
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Post by The Tagazin Poodle on May 3, 2004 20:54:25 GMT
True, the concept of an honorable knight was supposed to be satire, but I'm not so sure about the standards of beauty. To be fair, it has been a few years since I read any of them (back in high school).
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Post by Dusk Fox on May 31, 2005 8:01:21 GMT
Yup, screams hand-out at the top of its puny lungs. Obviously meant for newcomers who have not yet hoarded dozens of crowns with their greedy little paws. BTW, ever noticed how grand kai master Lone Wolf, heir to Sun Eagle, hero of the realm, herald of the just, protector of virginity, defender of his giant manhood, never seems to have enough money to buy himself a banana juice _and_ the straw to drink it. (darn, failed my saving throw against bad movie quotes) Compared to Grey Star, he's bloody Fryearle Dunalde Trumpe. I swear, I was ready to start selling that silver-coifed little wizard out in the Shadakine streets in order to buy some Laumspur potions to heal his hemophiliac hide. |
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Post by HuntingWolf on May 31, 2005 14:00:41 GMT
[Obviously meant for newcomers who have not yet hoarded dozens of crowns with their greedy little paws.]
Plus, isn't there a way to keep all extra coins at the Monestary?
HW
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Post by andyr on May 31, 2005 18:02:48 GMT
Keeping coins and stuff at the Monastery...
yes, the text in the Equipment section indicates that you roll the number (plus 10 or 20) and *add* it to any money from previous books...
so LW is making an income (I guess from the Sommerlund Crown at first, later from Monastery's revenues). When he is abroad, the groups he is helping give them funding for the road (most of the time he's saving their hides). The only case I disallow this is in the transit from LW10 to LW11, for obvious reasons. So LW has probably plenty of Crowns (or the Kai does), getting an actual number to replenish your purse would be a sort of "loyalty bonus" to readers, like the Healing bonus carried over or Weaponskill.
But I don't think that during the Magnakai Quest (in books 7-11) you can keep (or access) anything at the Monastery... If you leave something with the Magi or with Banedon, it is unavailable till Book 12 (or 13, as you leave really fast at the beginning of 12).
Same thing would apply for the transit from book 17 to 18.
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Post by outspaced on Jun 1, 2005 8:44:32 GMT
Actually, according to Newsletter #7:
So you can leave items in safekeeping from books 7-10, but you can't feasibly access them again until Book 12 (if playing loosely) or Book 13 (if playing strictly).
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