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==References== | ==References== | ||
*The Bill bec-de-bardiche glaive guisarme's name is a parody of the following polearms: [[wikipedia:Bill (weapon)|bill hook]], [[wikipedia:Bec de Corbin|bec de Corbin]], [[wikipedia:Bardiche|bardiche]], [[wikipedia:Glaive|glaive]] and the [[wikipedia:Guisarme|guisarme]]. | *The Bill bec-de-bardiche glaive guisarme's name is a parody of the following polearms: [[wikipedia:Bill (weapon)|bill hook]], [[wikipedia:Bec de Corbin|bec de Corbin]], [[wikipedia:Bardiche|bardiche]], [[wikipedia:Glaive|glaive]] and the [[wikipedia:Guisarme|guisarme]]. | ||
*An early edition of ''Dragon'' magazine had a lengthy article by [[wikipedia:Gary Gygax|Gary Gygax]] describing many kinds of pole weapons in considerable (read: tedious) detail. Since then, long lists of polearms and the people who make them have been the butt of jokes among some gamers. | *An early edition of ''Dragon'' magazine had a lengthy article by [[wikipedia:Gary Gygax|Gary Gygax]] (reprinted in ''Unearthed Arcana'' as an appendix) describing many kinds of pole weapons in considerable (read: tedious) detail. Since then, long lists of polearms and the people who make them have been the butt of jokes among some gamers. | ||
*[[wikipedia:Bell Biv DeVoe|Bell Biv DeVoe]], in the item's plural message, references the extremely succesful R&B group from the late 80s and early 90s. | *[[wikipedia:Bell Biv DeVoe|Bell Biv DeVoe]], in the item's plural message, references the extremely succesful R&B group from the late 80s and early 90s. | ||
*The item's description references a quote by [[wikipedia:Steve Martin|Steve Martin]]: "Boy, those French, they have a different word for everything!" | *The item's description references a quote by [[wikipedia:Steve Martin|Steve Martin]]: "Boy, those French, they have a different word for everything!" | ||
*The message about taunting <it> a second time is a reference to the French guard in ''[[Wikipedia:Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. | *The message about taunting <it> a second time is a reference to the French guard in ''[[Wikipedia:Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. | ||
*"Quels Dommages!" in the hit messages is a corruption of the French phrase ''quel dommage'' (literally "What Damage!"), idiomatically used to mean "What a pity." | *"Quels Dommages!" in the hit messages is a corruption of the French phrase ''quel dommage'' (literally "What Damage!"), idiomatically used to mean "What a pity." | ||
*An examination of the icon would suggest that this weapon is a hybrid of the halberd and partisan, neither of which are used in the weapon's name. | |||
==Collection== | ==Collection== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:15, 8 September 2013
bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme
This is a polearm from one of those countries where they have a different word for, like, everything. It's as unwieldy to wield as it is to pronounce, but hits harder than a bottle of Mad Train Wine.
Type: weapon (2-handed polearm?)
Damage: 15 - 30
Muscle Required: 60
Selling Price: 150 Meat.
(In-game plural: bel biv devoe glaives-guisarmes)
Obtained From
- Stores
- The Armory and Leggery (1,125 meat)
Messages
M'sieur, you heet with your bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme for X damage. Hoh hoh hoh. BONK! WHAM! BARF!
You hack with the pointy thing on the end of your bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme, then slash with the other pointy thing, for X damage. SPLAT! POW! BAM!
You hit with whatever that pointy thing is on the end of whatever this ridiculous weapon is, doing X damage. BIFF! BOINK! POW!
You hit with your bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme for X damage. Quels dommages! WHAM! BONK! SOCKO!
You smack <it> with the blunt end of your bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme for X damage. You then tell <it> to go away, or you shall taunt <it> a second time. BAM! KAPOW! ZOT!
Notes
- The addition of the question mark after "2-handed polearm" is intentional: the question mark shows up in the item description, probably because such a complicated, unwieldy weapon is not so easily categorized.
References
- The Bill bec-de-bardiche glaive guisarme's name is a parody of the following polearms: bill hook, bec de Corbin, bardiche, glaive and the guisarme.
- An early edition of Dragon magazine had a lengthy article by Gary Gygax (reprinted in Unearthed Arcana as an appendix) describing many kinds of pole weapons in considerable (read: tedious) detail. Since then, long lists of polearms and the people who make them have been the butt of jokes among some gamers.
- Bell Biv DeVoe, in the item's plural message, references the extremely succesful R&B group from the late 80s and early 90s.
- The item's description references a quote by Steve Martin: "Boy, those French, they have a different word for everything!"
- The message about taunting <it> a second time is a reference to the French guard in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- "Quels Dommages!" in the hit messages is a corruption of the French phrase quel dommage (literally "What Damage!"), idiomatically used to mean "What a pity."
- An examination of the icon would suggest that this weapon is a hybrid of the halberd and partisan, neither of which are used in the weapon's name.
Collection
- 🥇: Pastahead (#486552) - 901
- 🥈: Ranger Bill XX (#739339) - 500
- 🥉: Raullen (#289100) - 486
- #4: Some1 (#1445835) - 450
- #5: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 311
- #6: Prickle (#3200450) - 300
- #7: Artie Effham (#976900) - 275
- #8: Vkkhamul (#1565587) - 212
- #9: warbix (#19564) - 208
- #10: Kruncho (#2080238) - 157
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