Q: What other things could include clock work mechanisms into their construction except clocks(of course) and various toys? Aron Would an orange be too bad a...
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Imandos
Imandos@...
Apr 29, 1998 6:38 am
Jesus responded "I have been using a descendant of Feanor that is grandson of Celebrimor (the guy who helped Sauron make the nine and the seven). This...
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Justin Morgan-Davies
justin@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:20 am
... Certainly navigational aids and devices designed to study and mimic the moving of celestial bodies. I would envisage that many common Dwarven mechanisms in...
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Justin Morgan-Davies
justin@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:34 am
... I fully agree. The Dwarves may have been the initial inventors but I'm sure that the Hobbits would have taken the technology on-board, expanded, refined...
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Martin Matre
marmatre@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:46 am
... I don't think it really matter who a characters great grandfather, unless it's royal bood all the way. I mean, of course it matter if the line has only...
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Garriss, James
jgarriss@...
Apr 29, 1998 11:53 am
... Well, this is a start. But I'm really looking for something very detailed. I appreciate your idea here, which isn't bad. If anyone has something that's...
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Garriss, James
jgarriss@...
Apr 29, 1998 11:53 am
... Ok, folks, it's not necessary to reply to the list. A direct reply to Chris would be better. Chris Seeman <CHRIS1224@...> thanks, James Garriss ...
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Aron Lindbergh
m-36029@...
Apr 29, 1998 3:00 pm
... Celestial? I don't have a clue what you mean there, and i have used me dictionary. Babbage? I don't get the point! What if there were a dwarf named Hûrin...
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Thomas Morwinsky
tmorwinsky@...
Apr 29, 1998 3:00 pm
Hello James, ... If you search for something really sophisticated, I would advise you to take a look at the already mentioned Harnmaster system. Its combat ...
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Garriss, James
jgarriss@...
Apr 29, 1998 3:26 pm
... Thanks for the suggestion. But would it be worth it to go out and spend $20 (or whatever) just for the Hit Location chart? Probably not. Any kind soul...
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Daniel M Myers
dmyers1@...
Apr 29, 1998 3:38 pm
To whom it may concern, I believe that MERP is a wonderful system. Much better than the complex and time tiring system of RM. It is a shame however that MERP...
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Lowell R. Matthews
lrm@...
Apr 29, 1998 3:50 pm
Greetings! ... Aaaaarrgh! TRAPS!!! Some of the best clockworks go into traps. Elevators and dumbwaiters. Astronomical maps like the one in _Dark Crystal_. ...
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bellal@...
Apr 29, 1998 4:19 pm
... Celestial? I don't have a clue what you mean there, and i have used me dictionary. I know exactly what he means, I just can't remember the right word...
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bellal@...
Apr 29, 1998 4:30 pm
... Pesonally, I like to think the most common types of magic in ME would be those things made by the elves which, although they are never "enchanted" by their...
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Sascha Jirousek
sjirous@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:18 pm
... Yes: "And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf (FotR II, to Saruman the White in the Orthanc) "Faithless is...
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Nathaniel Rushton
kaeden@...
Apr 30, 1998 8:33 am
Christopher Eloranta wrote, In the beginning of "The Hobbit," (in the "concerning hobbits" preface) there is a passage stating that hobbits wanted nothing to...
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Sascha Jirousek
sjirous@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:20 pm
... Hm, I never thought about that, I always thought that crossbows were known (and used) in NW-ME, but I can't cite anything. Does anyone else know if...
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Aron Lindbergh
m-36029@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:39 pm
... Time: Late 3rd age So, what you're saying is that Boromir and Denethor were near-illiterate? I don't think it fits that the Gondorians would have "fallen...
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Aron Lindbergh
m-36029@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:39 pm
... Yeah, I'd like a qoute on that to! Aron ________________________________________________________________________________ Aron Lindbergh - Sorcerer of words...
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JASON W VESTER
vester@...
Apr 29, 1998 9:55 pm
My favorite is Bilbo's line in Hobbit, when his nasty headcold is interefering with the many congratulations lauded on his head. He says, "Thag you vedy buch."...
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Christopher Eloranta
cleloran@...
Apr 30, 1998 12:10 am
... In the beginning of "The Hobbit," (in the "concerning hobbits" preface) there is a passage stating that hobbits wanted nothing to do with any machinery...
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Christopher Eloranta
cleloran@...
Apr 30, 1998 12:19 am
... There is evidence that the literacy level of the Gondorians had diminished: Gandalf found some of Isildur's history on a scroll in Denethor's records, and...
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CHRIS1224
CHRIS1224@...
Apr 30, 1998 2:03 am
Hi folks, I've got a trivia question for all the die-hard MERP completists out there. On page 97 of _Creatures of Middle-earth_ (2nd ed), the dragon...
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rolfe@...
Apr 30, 1998 3:04 am
... Chris, No exact reference, but I remember having seen this a while back and thought (from the context) that Fo. meant "Forodwaith" a reference to the ...
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gmitchell@...
Apr 30, 1998 3:29 am
... dictionary. ... An Ironic title don't you think :) Celestial: [adjective] of the sky or heavenly bodies. He was refering (I think) to a clockwork model of...
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CHRIS1224
CHRIS1224@...
Apr 30, 1998 3:30 am
Hi Rolfe, ... (from the context) that Fo. meant "Forodwaith" a reference to the Lossoth. Looks to be just a typo that wasnt fixed. Do you recall off hand...
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Thomas Morwinsky
tmorwinsky@...
Apr 30, 1998 7:08 am
Hello All, one thing could be made to make ME magic both more compatible with Tolkien and giving solid guidelines for magic use: You could use a more or less...
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Nathaniel Rushton
kaeden@...
Apr 30, 1998 8:21 am
... Aron Lindberg wrote: Yeah, I'd like a quote on that to! I hope you all can read this (I'm not sure what my mail system is doing at the moment (of course if...
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Nathaniel Rushton
kaeden@...
Apr 30, 1998 9:49 am
Rolemaster (RMCIII) had a hit location table, (This was part of a fast combat system). 1d 20 Roll Body Area[PARA] 1-3 Head 4 Neck 5-8 Upper Torso 9-11 Belly 12...
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Johan Svahn
jsv@...
Apr 30, 1998 11:25 am
... This is what struck me too. But "Forodwaith" is not synonymous to "Lossoth". "Forodwaith" (S. Folk of the Northern Lands) is a much broader group - it...
