Shemeska's Planescape Storyhour (Updated 29 Jan 2014)

[Toras]

Naw, as I remember it, Shemmy was quoting Crowley. That was one of many quotes from deverse sources like the Bible, Stalin, and Crowley.

 

[Shemeska]

I was quoting Crowley since I'm fairly familiar with him. Besides, it fits the 'loth ethos so very well. But now I know where he was probably pulling that from originally.

 

[Ashy]

IMC, there's an arcanoloth named Crowley... Crowleian'crucius, actually...but he goes by Crowley. My players hated him!

 

[Gez]

Looking around the web for Crowley, yes, indeed he himself quoted good old Rabelais.
http://tim.maroney.org/CrowleyIntro/Do_What_Thou_Wilt.html
http://www.gaiaguys.net/Crowley-biography.htm

The latter link features an English version of the excerpt I quoted, except it's numbered Chapter 57 rather than Chapter 55.

 

[Ryltar]

This update rocketh mightily. Yessir.

 

[demiurge1138]

There's a 'loth named Crowley? That's pretty cool.

And yes, that was an awesome update. I especially like the description of the baernoloth's outstretched arms and the dust giving it the air of a puppeteer. Creepy...

Demiurge out.

 

[Clueless]

He wasn't expecting anyone at the table - save maybe me - to get the reference. Instead he read it out loud and there was this... silence... as everyone gave him the hairy eyeball.

 

[Hellraider]

Traslation

By "stone well" -W, I think he meant a stone well without water, but what`s the +O? Oxygen? Oxymoron? Oh my god, run the hell away? Ozone? Ozzie? Ombligo? Olor a podrido? Or "Open plot hook"?

 

[demiurge1138]

According to Milori's Dabus-Common Phrasebook, "Well-W+O" is Rebus-speak for "hello". It's phonetic.

Demiurge out.

 

[Gez]

Oh, the dabu. I forgot about him and was wondering what hellraider was talking about.

Using Well-W is more friendly than using hell, even if hell+o would have been graphically more exact.