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==References== | ==References== | ||
* The | * The Necrotelecomnicon is a shared joke appearing in the works of Terry Pratchett (''[[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'') and Neil Gaiman. It is meant to literally translate as "The Phonebook of the Dead." Similarly, ''Liber Paginarum Fulvarum'' is "The Book of Yellow Pages." Those are in turn references to the fictional author [[Wikipedia:Abdul Alhazred|Abdul Alhazred]]'s ("the mad Arab") ''[[Wikipedia:Necronomicon|Necronomicon]]'' from H.P. Lovecraft's writings. | ||
* Al Aksandir Garambel and Wa'tz'ynn are referencing Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, the inventors of the telephone. Bell spoke the first sentence ever to be transmitted by telephone, which was, incidentally, "Mr Watson - come here - I want to see you." (i.e., a summons) | *Al Aksandir Garambel and Wa'tz'ynn are referencing [[Wikipedia:Alexander Graham Bell|Alexander Graham Bell]] and [[Wikipedia:Thomas A. Watson|Thomas A. Watson]], the inventors of the telephone. Bell spoke the first sentence ever to be transmitted by telephone, which was, incidentally, "Mr Watson - come here - I want to see you." (i.e., a summons). | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 02:15, 11 April 2008
Necrotelicomnicon
The Necrotelicomnicon (also known in Latin as the Liber Paginum Fulvarum) is a book dedicated to contacting all manner of horrifying demons and other otherworldly denizens of darkness. Legend has it that the mad Arab Al Aksandir Garambel wrote it after he was driven insane by his very first summoning, a terrifying entity known only as Wa'tz'ynn.
Type: off-hand item
Selling Price: 2000 Meat.Spell Damage +10
All Spells Cast Are Spooky
NOTE: This item only works for Pastamancer Spells.
(In-game plural: copies of the Necrotelicomnicon)
Drop Location
References
- The Necrotelecomnicon is a shared joke appearing in the works of Terry Pratchett (Discworld) and Neil Gaiman. It is meant to literally translate as "The Phonebook of the Dead." Similarly, Liber Paginarum Fulvarum is "The Book of Yellow Pages." Those are in turn references to the fictional author Abdul Alhazred's ("the mad Arab") Necronomicon from H.P. Lovecraft's writings.
- Al Aksandir Garambel and Wa'tz'ynn are referencing Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson, the inventors of the telephone. Bell spoke the first sentence ever to be transmitted by telephone, which was, incidentally, "Mr Watson - come here - I want to see you." (i.e., a summons).
See Also
Collection
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