Certified Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Cancer said: Because it is easier to do but harder to detect, reverse embezzlement is usually accomplished via adding small, high-value items (gems, artwork, magic items) instead of coin. Or, perhaps, surreptitious substitution, e.g., swap in platinum, swap out silver. The two metals look very similar. May have to use this idea. The Bank of Holding maintains personal pocket dimensions for your fiscal needs. No need to fear the dreaded breath weapon. We are FDIC insured, that's Fire Dragon and Incorporeal Creature insurance. So come on down to the Bank of Holding and start your account today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Hmm. If you do it with fissile metal, you could get the hoard to melt down, maybe. Precious metal corium. Now there's a concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, Cancer said: Hmm. If you do it with fissile metal, you could get the hoard to melt down, maybe. Precious metal corium. Now there's a concept. One of my favorite spells is Magic Fissile. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Do everyone a favor and never, ever go to visit ITER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 If on the other hand you want to do yourself a favour, unplug the jukebox. That music's lost its taste so try another flavour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 On 9/27/2020 at 1:00 PM, Lord Liaden said: Probably painted by an afficionado of Pornhub. Thanks. Right up until you said that, I was thinking the old sepia-toned boxing photos, where everyone had their arms held wierd and no one was guarding their face...... Now I have to go stick things deep enough in my sinuses to make the pictures you gave me go away.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: In some of my past fantasy games, I used a naturally-occurring alloy of platinum as my mithril-analogue. (Not my own original idea.) Wait, I thought mithril was aluminium. And aluminium was extremely valuable until technology had advanced enough to separate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christougher Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, Pariah said: Wait, I thought mithril was aluminium. And aluminium was extremely valuable until technology had advanced enough to separate it. Wait, I thought mithril was titanium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, Christougher said: Wait, I thought mithril was titanium... I think a cave troll could skewer a hobbit through a light, fine mesh of titanium. But I haven't tried it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Titanium is more powerful than you think. Observe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 I'm pretty confident mithril was intended by Tolkien to be a completely fictional/mythic material, like orichalcum or adamant. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Though the idea of positing that orcs emit particle radiation, and elven steel is not-quite-transparent to that radiation so that the orc radiation induces noticeable Cerenkov radiation in elven steel, is an amusing concept. mattingly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 It wouldn't even have to be particles, just electromagnetic waves at the appropriate wavelength to induce fluorescence in the elven steel. It's a little harder to explain EM radiation than particle, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Ockham's Spoon, Lord Liaden and wcw43921 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 And it all comes back to Pornhub again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mattingly Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 15 hours ago, Starlord said: One of my favorite spells is Magic Fissile. I've always been partial to Tunnels & Trolls mind control spell Yassa Massa. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Certified 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, mattingly said: I've always been partial to Tunnels & Trolls mind control spell Yassa Massa. Yeah, I highly doubt that would make it into print nowadays, nor should it. Ockham's Spoon and Cygnia 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: I agree with you on Wasps aka Yellowjackets. But the cycling season is still on with the Spring classics still to run and the Giro D'Italia and Vuelta both starting in October due to Coronavirus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Cycling events on their own courses (or temporarily closed-to-traffic public roads for short-duration events) are not a pest. Bicycle commuters with their disdain for traffic laws anything except the conservation of their own momentum are pests, and the onset of perennially wet weather is cause for rejoicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 I don't mind the races. It's the commuters riding dead center of the lane at 5:00 a. M. Without so much as a reflector, who constantly switch between pedestrian rules and road rules, all the while maintaining a self-righteousness that defies the fragility of their situation. One of the many blessings of cooler weather is the thinning of the hazard they represent to themselves and everyone else. Cancer, bigbywolfe and Lee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Ditto to the last 2 posts. Not to mention the 'amateur' cyclists, whose body and bike are outfitted like they are in they competing in the Tour de France, riding down the center of an old country back road refusing to move over.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Bike lanes are your friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: Bike lanes are your friends! As long as the @#!%%$*&@ drivers keep their %%$(##$% cars out of them! I can't believe how many people use the line of the bike lane as a guide for their vehicle. Ockham's Spoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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