What's with Monte Cook's obsession over iron?

[Umbran]

You start dropping anvils on people, and this place will start looking like Bugs Bunny cartoon right quick.

"It's Mark season!"
"Diaglo season!"
"Mark season!"
"Diaglo season!"
"Diaglo season!"
"Mark season!"

Blam!

 

[Mark]

Anvil, eh? Wadda they made out of...?

 

[Impeesa]

Blame Otto von Bismarck.

One of exactly two things that I remember from Social Studies 9 (well, from the course material - I also remember mapping out dungeons for Friday night's game ) - Bismarck's blood and iron, and "Don't get stabbed in the bathtub."

--Impeesa--

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Maybe Monte wants to say "iron for simplicity in names"

 

[Remathilis]

He's trying to keep his iron-clad reputation.

Ok, I'll stop.

 

[der_kluge]

Look at all the Malhavoc book with Eldritch or "Fane" in the title. Ugh!

 

[Ottergame]

"The Iron Fane" and "Eldritch von Bismark".

 

[VirgilCaine]

I was just perusing the Monte Cook "design diary" page and couldn't help but notice his preoccupation with iron: Iron Lore, Book of Iron Might, the Ironborn, Vitamin/Iron Supplements, Ironing Laundry ...

Does anyone know if perhaps he has stock in an iron production company or something?

It's a small penis thing.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Don't they work with Bruce Cordell anymore? As far as I can tell, that man is a thesaurus.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Fane? It was like one book no?