...How long did it take you to realize this was a pun?
I am rather embarrassed to admit that I only just now got it while on my way to the bathroom a few minutes ago. And I've been reading since before the first Parson's Klog...
On a scale from one to ten, how obvious was it to you?
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Say it out loud a few times. If that doesn't help:
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Wand of Fireball
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The only thing worse than an empty signature is one that has nothing at all to say. One that simply yammers on with little or no point; quietly, subtly draining away seconds of your life.
The worst are the ones that look like they have a point. Multiple paragraph monstrosities that you're sure will have some sort of satisfying conclusion. Some sort of goal, to show that your reading was not in vain.
I see "Fire Bough" every time I see her last name though. So the association with boughs and wands is pretty obvious. Fire is associated with magicians.
Basically, it's a vaguely mystical sounding name. I hesitate to read into her name's significance any further than that.
I am rather embarrassed to admit that I only just now got it while on my way to the bathroom a few minutes ago. And I've been reading since before the first Parson's Klog...
Just today? Wow.
...O' course, I had it spoilered to me while browsing places like TV Tropes and Erfworld wiki...
Who wants to bet Wanda's recruiting cost was something like 22500 Schmuckers?
I see "Fire Bough" every time I see her last name though. So the association with boughs and wands is pretty obvious. Fire is associated with magicians.
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I think her name is supposed to be a pun on "wand of fireball" pronounced with somme kind of american accent.
This is how the second part is pronounced. Accents don't really enter into it.
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The only thing worse than an empty signature is one that has nothing at all to say. One that simply yammers on with little or no point; quietly, subtly draining away seconds of your life.
The worst are the ones that look like they have a point. Multiple paragraph monstrosities that you're sure will have some sort of satisfying conclusion. Some sort of goal, to show that your reading was not in vain.
I see "Fire Bough" every time I see her last name though. So the association with boughs and wands is pretty obvious. Fire is associated with magicians.
Basically, it's a vaguely mystical sounding name. I hesitate to read into her name's significance any further than that.
Really? Because so much in Erfworld is exactly this kind of pun. With names like the Barbarian named "jillions of muscles" and the prince named "handsome", I think it's not a stretch at all to have the mage named "wand of fireball".
I could be wrong here, since I don't have my source books at hand, but I think he's talking about the list price for a Wand of Fireballs from the 3.5e DMG.
I could be wrong here, since I don't have my source books at hand, but I think he's talking about the list price for a Wand of Fireballs from the 3.5e DMG.
It does match the price for a 10th level Wand of Fireball. I can only assume that's what he means.
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Really? Because so much in Erfworld is exactly this kind of pun. With names like the Barbarian named "jillions of muscles" and the prince named "handsome", I think it's not a stretch at all to have the mage named "wand of fireball".
The other prince is named "awesome-er." And they'll soon all be hers.
Really? Because so much in Erfworld is exactly this kind of pun. With names like the Barbarian named "jillions of muscles" and the prince named "handsome", I think it's not a stretch at all to have the mage named "wand of fireball".
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Wow, I totally didn't catch Stanley's, Wanda's or Jillian's pun. Although, I always pronounced Jillian's last name as Za-moo-sells
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There can be no resurrection of 3.5. But the SRD is the phylactery of 3.5 and it's kind of eternal for that.
I caught on to them all except Jillian and Wanda's.
- Pronounced Zamussels "Zah-MOOS-ells." The closest I could get was "lots of moose."
- The lack of 'Ls' at the end of Firebaugh meant that it didn't sound at all like fireball to me.
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