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From: jona@clyde.UUCP (Jon Allingham)
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Subject: Re: On Crysknives and Fortunes (possible ** SPOILER **)
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 11:10:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 11:10:33 1985
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> ...
> One hack player complained that he was wielding a crysknife, then decided
> to put it away and wield something else, only to find when he later
> wielded it that he was now wielding merely a worm tooth. When I later
> hit the file of observed fortunes, I found the line:
> 
> *You will offend Shai-Hulud if you sheath a crysknife unblooded.
> 
> Shai-Hulud is the Arrakeen (Dune) name for the deified sandworm; thus, it
> is my guess that the fortune refers to wielding a crysknife and then
> unwielding it without first using it against a monster. This "offends
> Shai-Hulud", and the enchantment which makes a worm tooth into a crysknife
> is withdrawn by Shai-Hulud. Any verification on this?
> ...

Sounds bogus to me. I do know that dropping or throwing a crysknife will
cause it to change back to a worm tooth. Beware of Tins of Salmon.
-- 
Jon M. Allingham	(201)386-3466	AT&T Bell Laboratories-WH

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