So here's a fun little toy I found via a link on my buddy's blog. It takes a text input (a name) and puts it through mathemagraphical transmogrifications to turn it into some sort of fantastic weapon. For example, I type 'Thrazar' and got this:
A katzbalger is obviously a blade of some sort but I had to look it up on the Wikipedia to find out more.
A Return to the Stars
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After a veeeeerrrryyyy long, and mostly unplanned, hiatus, Stuart and I got
together to play more Stargrave in recent days. It was good! It was also a
bit ...
Damn...
ReplyDeleteyour name ranks an Attack of 18!
(Word verify of blathri - obviously the plural of blatherus)
It's totally phasic that katzbalger a) looks so much like the gladius sword of the EC weapon list, and b)is usually translated as "cat-gutter."
ReplyDeleteDarnit Jeff, my next post was going to be the T&T stats for a Katzbalger. Love the weapon and its figure of 8 hilt.
ReplyDeleteAnother one:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nerdcore.de/wp/2009/04/24/kirk-leia-big-love/
It's not real, but funny.
Given the leveling-up requirements for the Warrior Class in EC, that's really darned helpful :)
ReplyDeleteMan... I just ran my daughter's full first name through...
ReplyDeleteKatana... attack level 39!
I may have to be nicer to her... =P
- Dave
Kudos to you, Jeff!
ReplyDeleteWhen you said "mathemagraphical transmogrifications" I thought you were just being cute. Turns out, it´s the most precise description of what happens!
This is going to be my favorite net-toy for a while, I think --
ReplyDeleteI don't get to have a nice stabbity sword, though. Alas.