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*In one of this weapon's hit messages, "Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string?" paraphrases a line from the song "One White Duck" by [[Wikipedia:Jethro Tull|Jethro Tull]]. | *In one of this weapon's hit messages, "Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string?" paraphrases a line from the song "One White Duck" by [[Wikipedia:Jethro Tull|Jethro Tull]]. | ||
*Another hit message reads "You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" which is a reference to Warner Bros. [[Wikipedia:Robin Hood Daffy|Robin Hood Daffy]] | *Another hit message reads "You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" which is a reference to Warner Bros. [[Wikipedia:Robin Hood Daffy|Robin Hood Daffy]] | ||
*The "head-bonking" is possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]] book [[Wikipedia:Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]], in which the Queen of Lancre attacks a vampire with a "push-and-go wooden duck." | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 22:10, 21 December 2006
duck-on-a-string
Designed for pulling behind you on cold, snowy days, these little duck suckers are the toy of choice for orphans and the underprivileged. It's hard enough to do some serious head-bonking, and if you drag it behind you, it's liable to get snagged on all sorts of interesting things.
Type: weapon (1-handed flail)
Power: 100
Muscle Required: 35
Selling Price: 111 Meat.Melee Damage +5
+5% Item Drops from Monsters
(In-game plural: ducks-on-strings)
Recipe
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1 length of string | 2 googly eyes | 2 wooden blocks | 2 toy wheels |
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duck-on-a-string | |||
Messages
You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust! <It> takes X damage. WHAMMO! WHAM! WHACK!
You flail at <it> with your duck-on-a-string, hitting for X damage. Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string? BONK! BAM! BAM!
You flail wildly with your duck-on-a-string. The string wraps around <it> and the duck bonks <it> in the nose. BIFF! BOINK! BAM!
You shout, "DUCK!" and smack <it> with the duck-on-a-string. You both enjoy a good laugh, as <it> takes X damage. SMACK! POW! WHAMMO!
You smack <it> with your duck-on-a-string. <It> quacks up for X damage. WHAM! SMACK! BOINK!
References
- In one of this weapon's hit messages, "Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string?" paraphrases a line from the song "One White Duck" by Jethro Tull.
- Another hit message reads "You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" which is a reference to Warner Bros. Robin Hood Daffy
- The "head-bonking" is possibly a reference to the Discworld book Carpe Jugulum, in which the Queen of Lancre attacks a vampire with a "push-and-go wooden duck."
See Also
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