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Tuesday, 17 August, 2004 by Dion Nicolaas
                    
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#    A little cloudI wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
        [ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, by William Wordsworth ]

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Thunder claps! It starts to rain!
@ "Huh? Rain in the dungeon? What's that for?" 
                    
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Some of your potions dilute! Your scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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DollarD August 17, 2004 01:59
First comment: 17 August, 2004 4 comments written
Your blessed +5 long sword rusts! Your cloakCloaks are the universal outer garb of everyone who is not a
Barbarian. It is hard to see why. They are open in front
and require you at most times to use one hand to hold them
shut. On horseback they leave the shirt-sleeved arms and
most of the torso exposed to wind and Weather. The OMTs
[ Official Management Terms ] for Cloaks well express their
difficulties. They are constantly _swirling and dripping_
and becoming _heavy with water_ in rainy Weather, _entangling
with trees_ or _swords_, or needing to be _pulled close
around her/his shivering body_. This seems to suggest they
are less than practical for anyone on an arduous Tour.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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CHristopher August 17, 2004 05:30
First comment: 17 August, 2004 4 comments written
YOu feel refreshed! Your movement are now unencumbered! :-)
Foetus August 17, 2004 14:43
First comment: 17 August, 2004 1 comments written
Your cloths get wet. You feel burden (until you dry up)
Blackadder August 17, 2004 16:58
First comment: 17 August, 2004 1 comments written
And I wondered why they bought umbrella for 1500.
Robert Barber, Hamuchan Knight December 31, 2005 23:57
First comment: 31 December, 2005 17 comments written
Just polymorph into a waterDay after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere
Nor any drop to drink.
        [ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
         Coleridge ]

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universe. There are four known forms of elementals: air, fire,
water, and earth. Some mystics have postulated the necessity
for a fifth type, the spirit elemental, but none have ever
been encountered, at least on this plane of existence.

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Fathead April 6, 2006 00:59
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
I agree with Mr Barber.
Grognor April 7, 2007 01:27
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Funny.
HK June 5, 2007 23:10
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
Yeah.
Kohkelxon January 10, 2008 18:37
First comment: 8 January, 2008 52 comments written
No rating because I didn't get this... Thunder claps?? And why did it blank the scrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

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Zarquil October 4, 2008 06:41
First comment: 26 September, 2008 54 comments written
That could be useful when I'm carrying a bunch of junk potions, but I always dread losing unidentified scrolls.
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