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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 363693" data-attributes="member: 3887">I totally forgot about &quot;Terminus Est&quot; from the Book of the New Sun. And I named my very first AD&amp;D character Severian... Kicking of self commencing.How cool is a weapon whose name means &quot;The line that divides&quot; or &quot;The place of parting&quot; in Latin? --it does mean that, right? My one year of Latin in junior high isn't helping me right now. And though its incidental, the &quot;avern&quot; that Severian uses in the duel in book one is a fantastic creation. Essentially its an extraterrestrial plant with a stalk as heavy as mace and poisonous petals which can be broken off and thrown.My second choice would have to be good 'ole Stormbringer, followed by Corum's Eye of Rhynn and Hand of Kwll {sp?}.And then Iceflame and Blackwand from the Vlad Taltos series. I just think they're neat. Maybe its just the juxtaposition of the books Mike Hammer tough guy tone with silly epic fantasy names like 'Iceflame'. The Misenchanted Sword was a lot of fun. Stole the idea for a campaign in college when a friend and I created the dreaded &quot;Yat Sword&quot; --which was imprisoned in the Yat Rock in Loch Yat in Yatshire {I believe all real places in Wales, we were using a tour guide for names}. Among its many powers where mind-reading, but only if the wieder held it bewtween their teeth and hummed &quot;Getting to Know You&quot; from the Sound of Music.And the Wave Motion Gun blows the SDF-1's reflex cannon away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 363693, member: 3887"] I totally forgot about "Terminus Est" from the Book of the New Sun. And I named my very first AD&D character Severian... Kicking of self commencing. How cool is a weapon whose name means "The line that divides" or "The place of parting" in Latin? --it does mean that, right? My one year of Latin in junior high isn't helping me right now. And though its incidental, the "avern" that Severian uses in the duel in book one is a fantastic creation. Essentially its an extraterrestrial plant with a stalk as heavy as mace and poisonous petals which can be broken off and thrown. My second choice would have to be good 'ole Stormbringer, followed by Corum's Eye of Rhynn and Hand of Kwll {sp?}. And then Iceflame and Blackwand from the Vlad Taltos series. I just think they're neat. Maybe its just the juxtaposition of the books Mike Hammer tough guy tone with silly epic fantasy names like 'Iceflame'. The Misenchanted Sword was a lot of fun. Stole the idea for a campaign in college when a friend and I created the dreaded "Yat Sword" --which was imprisoned in the Yat Rock in Loch Yat in Yatshire {I believe all real places in Wales, we were using a tour guide for names}. Among its many powers where mind-reading, but only if the wieder held it bewtween their teeth and hummed "Getting to Know You" from the Sound of Music. And the Wave Motion Gun blows the SDF-1's reflex cannon away. [/QUOTE]

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