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So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
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Mon, 1 May 2000 01:33:07 GMT
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And so I'm building this castle (c.f. some other thread here). And I have
some neat ideas come to me, and it pretty much gets determined that the
castle isn't owned by some lord or duke or knight-commander or whatnot,
but instead by a wizard.
No problem. I read plenty of fantasy, play swords-and-sorcery games. I
know what wizards keep in their laboratories, what they do in their
sanctum... heck, I know what's supposed to be found in the top of the
tower that scares you out onto the precipitous catwalk... everything.
Or so I thought. So I get the first level of the center keep/wizard's
tower built, and I figure I can either go on to the second level, which
I suspect I lack sufficient bricks to do (geez. ~50,000 bricks, and I
run out already?! [0] ), or I can furnish the interior. It's the ground
floor, so it should probably be a foyer and a place for recieving guests.
Well, if this castle were owned by a lord or a duke or a knight-commander,
that room would probably be lined with suits of armor bearing halberds and
have a big table in the center for feasting or planning at.
But that just doesn't sound right for a wizard. But it also seems dangerous
to line the room with the tools of a wizard's trade, too. I should save
that for the laboratory...
So what _does_ a wizard have in his living room?
[0] This can only mean one thing: I need more bricks. [1]
[1] And why won't Lego put grey bricks in their buckets/tubs?
-JDF
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J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) Hmm... I would suspect a wizard would have some nice, comfy chairs and nothing on the walls. After all, you don't want anyone poking thru his stuff... Maybe there's a humble kitchen next door, so he can give his guests some nice newt soup... (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
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| Perhaps a wall of ancient dusty tomes inscribed with strange runes. Or perhaps a statue of a bizarre creature. Or maybe a big fish tank! Dave J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:8eimsj$rnn$1@cc...ome.com... (...) dangerous (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
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| (...) J.D., I've done some extensive research on just that question[1], so I thought I'd share the results here in this august forum. The Red Fox: "A pair of comfortable chairs and a matching table, made by that charming fellow who used to live down (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
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| BOOKS!!!!!!! (screams the man who has an estimated 3,000 pounds [1.5 tons] of books in a storage shed...) Lots and lots of books! And scrolls! And maps! (Books are avaiable, IIRC, from the Fairy/Castle Belville sets, and of course map tiles are (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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