I think the concept of "easter egg" and "pun" has escaped some of the participants in this thread. :P
I think the concept of "easter egg" and "pun" has escaped some of the participants in this thread. :P
You are responsible for your own DDO experience.
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Yeah, I think what we've actually done here is create a thread of easter eggs, puns and pop culture references. I get a kick out of this stuff so I say keep 'em coming.
Speaking of which, I saw another one last night. In VON4 some of the warforged chant "one of us... one of us..." which is probably a reference to the 1932 movie 'Freaks'.
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"The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves." Niccolò Machiavelli
Thelanis: Arbix Completionist (23rd Life), ArbySoul, ArbyBarb, ArbyPriest, Arbificer etc.
Nobody's mentioned the hirelings:
Byron Scoutsword: Iron Byron (golf club testing machine used by USGA) - inspired this post.
Grommisk Axehead (??? Grummish? can't place this one).
Frenzy: DDO reference
Rage: another DDO reference
Arnal Swarts: Lots of Arnold references in DDO. Hopefully inspired by Conan.
Club : Presumably the description "Do you have tickets to the club show?" is the joke
Alphar Fairwood: In light of Byron, I suspect a golf reference.
Brigita Hammersong: ??? Judging from the Vale, I suspect that these are obvious to the headbanger.
Anthem: Anthem is used a lot where bards are concerned. Since the Rush song is explicitly reference elsewhere...
Full Metal: Presumably full metal jacket. Hopefully he can break DR.
Veil (WF rogue): I thought Veil was an elf sorceress (VON3)?
On second thought, the first few hirelings seemed to be full of references, then they gave up. Can anybody place the rest?
A stretch? Meaning?
In LOTRO, Kipps Is in the quest "Crate and Barrel". Kipps is also in Kipps the Story of a Simple Soul, by H. G. Wells. "Old Kipps never beat his mat! Preferring to let sleeping dust lie."
"The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves." Niccolò Machiavelli
Thelanis: Arbix Completionist (23rd Life), ArbySoul, ArbyBarb, ArbyPriest, Arbificer etc.
See Under Eden's 2006 release of Veil of Twilight. Not "vale"...
Link to lyrics
Crimson dusk, eclipses, Banished princes...
"The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves." Niccolò Machiavelli
Thelanis: Arbix Completionist (23rd Life), ArbySoul, ArbyBarb, ArbyPriest, Arbificer etc.
Didn't see this either: the hireling vendor for level 14-16 in the markeplace is called Crimson Annja, a play on Red Sonja
Inquisitor Gnomon. we first see him telling us to slay what turns out to be innocent Sovereign Host people. then he turns up later in Lords of Dust.
if you say his name out loud (silent G like gnome), it sounds like no-mon. no man. he is no man. he's a rakshasa. well played Turbine. well played
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oh that's pretty good too. a multi-faceted easter egg.
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