Easter Eggs and Puns in DDO

[CThruTheEgo]

I don't think this one has been mentioned yet. I just noticed the golem in the Cannith Manufactury who guards the door to the Research Facility says "You have ten seconds to comply" and then "You have five seconds to comply," which are lines by ED-209 from Robocop.

[Vaerin]

don't know if it's been mentioned yet. but the monk disciples in front of the monk trainer in the marketplace are Ryutar and some form of Ken, aka - ryu and ken from street fighter

[dlsidhe]

Or more correctly, daughter of a builder. And I am amost sure that datter means daughter in one of Scandinavian languages. Norge maybe? Or Dannish.

Icelandic. The only living language that does not use any form of family name, only patronymics (and, in some cases, matronymics). Icelandic phone books are organized by first name, patronym, and occupation.

Korthos Island is...well...iced land.

If you click on all the guests in Partycrashers, you get some interesting conversations. Over near the bar there's a guy attempting to convince his very drunk wife to just go home, a warforged on the upper level complaining about discrimination ("I'm sure your friends' invitations just got lost in the mail..."), a monk telling a House K representative that exploring Korromor is a bad idea, three girls arguing over wearing the same dress, and a lot more just party chatter. My favorite is an ironic elvish member of the Twelve, who mentions how he left House Phiarlan to escape the plotting, secrecy, and intrigue...

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

Yes, I loved these dialogues, too ...

[Quetzacoala]

The specter Oglethorpe in the Caverns of Korromar shares his name with the founder of Georgia.

[Tenchi]

Lahar, the Epic Trader at the Twelve, is a term used for a combination of gray mud and lava flow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahar

[centuar1963]

there is a hireling named " arnal swarts".... if you dont see it, you were not meant to.....

[Qzipoun]

there is a hireling named " arnal swarts".... if you dont see it, you were not meant to.....

Arnold Schwarzenegger...

[Krelar]

there is a hireling named " arnal swarts".... if you dont see it, you were not meant to.....

You sir have a dirty mind! (And apparently so do I)

Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Try removing one letter from each word instead of adding letters...

[Qzipoun]

Try removing one letter from each word instead of adding letters...

Yes but given the fact that it's a barbarian hireling, that's clearly not the intent...

[DanteEnFuego]

Not sure of the connection yet...if any. Chronicle Reporter is named for a Biblical plant also used in Absinthe... Hyssop Wiki

[xoowak]

A couple I didn't see posted yet:

In the Flesh is the title of a Pink Floyd song.

The Time Foreman in the Rushmore challenges makes a Most Interesting Man in the World reference.

[SireUris]

- Klinsmann, a known German soccer/football player, sitting in a tavern

along with Cole and Henri (and a guy I don't know), enjoying an after game beverage in the Open Palm Inn in House J. 7 of 11 almost makes a soccer team...

[Truga]

in Rushmore's Mansion makes me feel quake old...

Yeah, those power-ups seriously need quake wavs to go with them.

[BoBach]

In front of the shrine behind the underwater part (near the ramps with the lightning traps) are the remaining corpses of Livingstone and his party.

Regards Bo
Btw: Livingstone was the famous african explorer in the 19th century

[Flavilandile]

I'm too lazy to check the whole thread.

It just jumped at my face monday that one of the kobold in Reaver's Refuge is called Edlin.

For those that never dealt with the prehistory of modern computing, edlin was the line editor included in MS-DOS.
Basicaly it's more or less the MS-DOS version of my great friends ed and sed ( who are the line editors of the various *nix flavor ).

[Purkilius]

Icelandic. The only living language that does not use any form of family name, only patronymics (and, in some cases, matronymics). Icelandic phone books are organized by first name, patronym, and occupation.

Korthos Island is...well...iced land.

I laughed when I saw that

Very true but it is pronounced dóttir for example Danielsdóttir and Kothos feels like home

[WarDestroyer]

"the Devil You Know" is Heaven & Hell's only album with it's name. It was the last album from Ronnie

[Soodo]

I didn't see Stand Your Ground mentioned yet. You have to protect Maxwell Statler and his brother Rance. I always assumed it to be a reference to an old country music group (The Statler Brothers).

[GrampaBill]

The end boss in the Lord Of Stone quest is named Kudgel, and what he's carrying could be considered quite a large cudgel (another name for a club).