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Saigonnus
Dark Lord
You forgot the camembert crook!
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Banten
Shadow Lord
No, no the Crook was curdled by the Camembert Camorista last week. These Fromage Felons are out of control.
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Incanus
Shadow Lord
Since I have nothing to say today, I won't say it. That is, other than to say that I'm not saying anything. Of course, since there wasn't anything to say in the first place, I suppose I didn't have to bother saying there was nothing to say. But now that I'm actually saying something about saying nothing, it's a little too late, say what you will.
Now I'm confused--what was I saying?
Now I'm confused--what was I saying?
Tom
Istari
@Banten, that was the most perfect response to my post possible.
Brian Scott Allen
Dark Lord
I think y'all have been sharing Banten's "eucalyptus" a bit too much.
Banten
Shadow Lord
You're just assuming that because I'm Dutch and a Koala aren't you?
...I mean it's true, but still.
DragonOfTheAerie
Istari
How does one learn to throw knives...?
Saigonnus
Dark Lord
Buy some good, well balanced knives and start practicing?? There may be schools for such things but I cannot think of any at the moment.
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There are youtube videos. It's not too hard. Apparently the difficulty is in figuring out how many times it rotates before it hits so you know the right angle to throw from. But you've got to have the right knife. And throwing knives aren't really very good in a real combat situation.
Back in the day, I picked up a couple knives, selected a tree in the yard with plenty of open ground behind and alongside it, and started throwing. I put most of an hour a day into that for a few weeks, on and off. Judging the rotation thing is tough - also depends on how hard you throw (velocity). Just hitting the dang tree (1.5 feet thick) from a distance of 20-25 feet is tough. A lot of the time it'll hit blade or hilt first. Do that too often with a regular knife and the handle will loosen, come apart.
DragonOfTheAerie
Istari
The finding knives to throw part might be the hard part...
Thomas Laszlo
Mystagogue
Contemplating writing some "analytical essays" as a worldbuilding feature?
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NaNoWriMo WIP!
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NaNoWriMo WIP!
FifthView
Dark Lord
Sounds great! You could end up with something like the excerpts F. Herbert used at the head of his chapters in Dune. Even if you don't use them in the book, they could help for sorting the logic behind the world, the connections between things from multiple perspectives (philosophical, cultural, scientific, theological....)
Tom
Istari
Go for it! That's a really awesome worldbuilding exercise--plus it's fun!
I wrote something similar for Southerner a little while ago. They were called The Letters of Terma Dithonso, and they were framed as a series of letters written by a merchant of one of the southern nations, telling his family about the lives and customs of the people he encounters on his first trading venture in the Northern Isles. I had a blast writing them, and they helped me get a clearer picture of how the different cultures interact in Southerner.
Man, I should dig those out sometime...
This sounds great, actually. I'm in the process of marinating on something similar for my Magi Moons series. Working on book 2 now, but I would really like some additional material to place on my website and also use as mailing list freebies. It's also a good way of further developing your world and shall we say like, super duper fun?
@ Tom: sounds like something for your portfolio, eh?
Tom
Istari
You know, if I manage to find them and edit them a bit, I would definitely put them in my portfolio! Only problem is, they're in hard copy form, probably in a notebook somewhere...I remodeled my room this summer, so nothing is where it's supposed to be.