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desc=This is an ancient, aerodynamic spear, which someone made fairly recently in prehistoric times. It's one of those time travel wossnames -- paradoxes, yeah, that's it. Anyway, it's basically a stick with a tooth stuck to one end of it. If you have a wooly mammoth to slay, it's your best option.|
desc=This is an ancient, aerodynamic spear, which someone made fairly recently in prehistoric times. It's one of those time travel wossnames -- paradoxes, yeah, that's it. Anyway, it's basically a stick with a tooth stuck to one end of it. If you have a wooly mammoth to slay, it's your best option.|
type=ranged weapon (1-handed throwing spear)|
type=ranged weapon (1-handed spear)|
power=100|
power=100|
powertype=Damage|
stat=Moxie|
stat=Moxie|
statreq=35|
statreq=35|
autosell=25|
autosell=25|
enchantment=2x chance of Critical Hit<br /><br />NOTE: If you wear multiple items that increase Critical Hit chances, only the highest multiplier applies.}}
enchantment=+5% chance of Critical Hit}}


==Recipe==
==Recipe==
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{| class="recipe"
<TR STYLE="text-align: center;">
|- class="row1"
<TD style="background-color: #FFFFFF" width=32>ugh crimbo</TD>
! {{toolmaker}}
<TD>[[stick]]</TD>
| 1 [[stick]]
<TD>[[tooth]]</TD>
| 1 [[tooth]]
</TR>
|- class="row2"
<TR ALIGN=center style="background-color: #EEEEEE">
! {{equals}}
<TD STYLE="background-color: #FFFFFF">{{equals}}</TD>
| colspan="2" | [[prehistoric spear]]
<TD COLSPAN=2>[[prehistoric spear]]</TD>
|}
</TR></TABLE>
 
==Messages==
*''[[Player Hit Messages|Weapon-Specific Hit Messages]]'':
{{Hit Message|Eegah! Looks like you hit <it> for X damage with a well-tossed spear.}}
{{Hit Message|You shout, "tonga nala tonga!" and hurl your prehistoric spear at <it>. The spear spears <it> like Britney, doing X damage.}}
{{Hit Message|You throw your caveman spear at <it>, doing X damage. Let's hope no one unfreezes any caveman lawyers to sue you for that.}}
{{Hit Message|You throw your prehistoric spear at <it>, beating <its> ass back into the Pleistocene for X damage.}}
{{Hit Message|You throw your prehistoric spear at <it>, raising <its> spear factor by X points.}}


==References==
==References==
*The use of the word "wossnames" could refer to the Discworld book Faust, where one of the character's parrot had a habit of repeating it in place of other words.
*The use of the word "wossnames" could refer to Sandman #18, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in which the fairy Peaseblossom refers to his portrayal in Shakespeare's play, saying, "It's one of those wossnames -- travelogue?  Nah... Travesty.  That's it."  Neil Gaiman later referred to the use of the word "travelogue", which didn't exist in Shakespeare's time, as an anachronistic paradox suited to a fairy, who lives outside the timestream.
 
*The use of the word "wossnames" and the phrase "made quite recently in prehistoric times" could also be a reference to the ''Discworld'' novel ''The Last Continent'', in which Rincewind goes to an Australia-like land and has it explained to him by a talking kangaroo how everything there is ancient, but wasn't there the day before.
*The use of the word "wossnames" could also refer to Sandman #18, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which the fairy Peaseblossom refers to his portrayal in Shakespeare's play, saying, "It's one of those wossnames -- travelogue?  Nah... Travesty.  That's it."  Neil Gaiman later referred to the use of the word "travelogue," which didn't exist in Shakespeare's time, as an anachronistic paradox suited to a fairy, who lives outside the timestream.
*"Eegah!", from one of the hit messages, is a reference to the 1962 movie of the same name, ''[[Wikipedia:Eegah|Eegah!]]'', which starred Richard Kiel as a caveman.
*"Let's hope nobody unfreezes any caveman lawyers", from one of the hit messages, is a reference to the "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" sketch from ''[[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]''.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Collection==
==Collection==
<collection>prehistoric spear</collection>
<collection>2115</collection>


[[Category:Ranged Weapons]]
[[Category:Ranged Weapons]]
[[Category:1-Handed Weapons]]
[[Category:1-Handed Weapons]]
[[Category:Other Weapons]]
[[Category:Spears]]

Latest revision as of 20:10, 13 May 2013

prehistoric spear
prehistoric spear

This is an ancient, aerodynamic spear, which someone made fairly recently in prehistoric times. It's one of those time travel wossnames -- paradoxes, yeah, that's it. Anyway, it's basically a stick with a tooth stuck to one end of it. If you have a wooly mammoth to slay, it's your best option.

Type: ranged weapon (1-handed spear)
Damage: 10 - 20
Moxie Required: 35
Selling Price: 25 Meat.

+5% chance of Critical Hit


(In-game plural: prehistoric spears)
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Item number: 2115
Description ID: 766246873
View in-game: view
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Recipe

1 stick 1 tooth
prehistoric spear

Messages

Eegah! Looks like you hit <it> for X damage with a well-tossed spear. BAM! BONK! KERBLAM!
You shout, "tonga nala tonga!" and hurl your prehistoric spear at <it>. The spear spears <it> like Britney, doing X damage. SMACK! BOINK! WHAM!
You throw your caveman spear at <it>, doing X damage. Let's hope no one unfreezes any caveman lawyers to sue you for that. BAM! SMACK! POW!
You throw your prehistoric spear at <it>, beating <its> ass back into the Pleistocene for X damage. SPLAT! SPLAT! SOCKO!
You throw your prehistoric spear at <it>, raising <its> spear factor by X points. ZOT! POW! BONK!

References

  • The use of the word "wossnames" could refer to Sandman #18, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in which the fairy Peaseblossom refers to his portrayal in Shakespeare's play, saying, "It's one of those wossnames -- travelogue? Nah... Travesty. That's it." Neil Gaiman later referred to the use of the word "travelogue", which didn't exist in Shakespeare's time, as an anachronistic paradox suited to a fairy, who lives outside the timestream.
  • The use of the word "wossnames" and the phrase "made quite recently in prehistoric times" could also be a reference to the Discworld novel The Last Continent, in which Rincewind goes to an Australia-like land and has it explained to him by a talking kangaroo how everything there is ancient, but wasn't there the day before.
  • "Eegah!", from one of the hit messages, is a reference to the 1962 movie of the same name, Eegah!, which starred Richard Kiel as a caveman.
  • "Let's hope nobody unfreezes any caveman lawyers", from one of the hit messages, is a reference to the "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" sketch from Saturday Night Live.

See Also

Collection

  • 🥇: CinemaGuy1 (#1092187) - 7,103
  • 🥈: hagrid333 (#191797) - 4,452
  • 🥉: Pastahead (#486552) - 864
  • #4: hotdeth (#1722417) - 364
  • #5: JekCromium (#653298) - 305
  • #6: Skent (#1076753) - 304
  • #7: Badroxxx (#781737), KingDobbs (#108745) - 300
  • #9: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 251
  • #10: mule1 (#384558) - 250

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