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Eukara Vox -> Issue 42 - Excerpt from "The Traveler's Guide to Lore" (Genoclysm) (5/4/2009 15:48:16)
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Excerpt from "The Traveler's Guide to Lore"
by Genoclysm
The backpack is likely the most valuable resource on Lore, yet at the same time it is one of the most plentiful. It can serve as a makeshift pillow, a wallet, a place to hide from things that will not consider the possibility of someone hiding in a backpack,* a counter-weight for catapults,** smuggling orcs through elf territory, smuggling elves through orc territory, smuggling drakels through bigot territory, smuggling Hans past Artix when freaky illusions occur, and smuggling trobbles past Captain Rhubarb.***
Sadly it does not work for smuggling rare specialty coins past Valencia, orbs past megalomaniacs, or Mogloween candy past moglins. They just KNOW. It can also be used for general luggage purposes, but that is not as fun as the other things. Most of these things are able to be done due to the extreme storage capacity all backpacks appear to possess.****
It is also useful for intimidation. Monsters quake at the sight adventurer with a backpack, for they know that said adventurer is sure to have with them a variety of tools of violence with which to harm the monster in the most painful of ways. Along with these pointy and/or blunt and/or sharp and/or shiny weapons are usually pointy and/or blunt and/or sharp and/or shiny armors as well that are sure to have monsters break their delicate claws/fangs/whatnot on.
Potions are generally included as well, but they tend to be so diluted that their effect has diminished considerably in recent years. Backpacks also have the great boon of never wearing, tearing, or getting dirty. (Have you ever seen a dirty backpack on Lore? No, you haven't. So there.)
* Most Zards, for one small example.
** Remove the featherweight spell that all backpacks on Lore seem to have at just the right moment...
*** This has not been tested as the author did not want to take that risk. If you want to test it against Captain Rhubarb, you do so at your own risk.
**** While it has not been proven, it is thought that each of them contains its own small dimensional portal in which to hide things until needed.
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