Weird Vahnatai
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, August 26 2005 13:36
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1. How do they spin those disks so far with their spindly little arms? 2. What does a pregnant Vahnatai look like? Or do they lay eggs? Or crystals? 3. How does one stitch mold into a cloak? 4. For a race that's so "superior," they sure have a lot of hatred to spread. 5. I have a theory. The Vahnatai alphabet goes something like this: a - crystal b - crystal c - crystal soul d - soul crystal e - crystal f - crystal g - crystal h - fine crystal i - crystal j - piercing crystal k - "Death to Empire! Death to Humans! Crystals are great!" l - crystal m - crystal n - unshackling crystal o - crystal p - endless razordisks for adventurers to pickup and sell for infinite gold q - crystal r - quickfire s - crystal t - mold u - is v - yummy w - Chitrach x - legacy y - power z - crystal 6. Aren't the Vahnatai getting tired of those waveblades yet? 7. With all the time they've spent around humans, you'd think a few Vahnatai language professors would be able to talk human talk pretty clearly by now! 8. WHAT'S WITH ALL THE FREAKIN' CRYSTALS!!!??? [ Friday, August 26, 2005 13:36: Message edited by: Chief Spider watching The Simpsons ] -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, August 26 2005 13:47
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Hm... I'm sensing a lot of random energy and unresolved anger in that post... I also sense it was written under the heavy influence of caffeine. On topic, I suppose it makes perfect sense to the Vahnatai themselves, so who are we to judge? And if there's anyone who would know about them, I think it's Drakefyre. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:04
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I wasn't angry, and I haven't had any caffine today. It was partly a humor post, and I REALLY wanted to see what someone would visualize a pregnant Vahnatai as! Speaking of which... I know it would probably be very similar to human practice, but, how do they... um... like... you know... on those flimsy little hammocks? Is it... like... easy? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:10
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quote:Vahnatai arms have evolved into sophisticated throwing devices, capable of launching flat metal objects at rapid velocity. This is used not only to launch razordisks at their enemies, but also to staple posters to bulletin boards. quote:[censored] quote:Do you really want to know? quote:How would you feel of you were awakened by some fools stumbling around in your bedroom, looking for "magic crystals that let you see things that aren't there"? quote:Actually, Vahnatai alphabet contains 459 characters, most of which are invisible to lesser species. That's a good thing, because seeing some of these characters without proper training and awareness would instantly teleport the reader into a cursed sub-dimension to be forever tormented by his inner demons. quote:Waveblades are a unique cultural symbol whose understanding is beyond our pithiful minds. Some, however, argue that waveblades are used simply to intimidate the enemies, who will think "if these guys can fight using that, they must be really tough". quote:With all the time we've spent around dogs, you'd think human professors would be able to talk dog pretty clearly by now. quote:See answer to question 6. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:23
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Nice try with the dog, except that dogs aren't sentient beings that have their own language. I also don't see why humans can't take up learning Novah either (eksept that their lang gwage is stupiderer and hard to figer out). And I'm not satisfied with the "crystals are like waveblades" answer. There is something deeper, and I wish someone with great authority would answer it... JEFF VOGEL, I SUMMON THEE!!! *cricket* Finally, I can and WILL discover what a pregnant Vahnatai looks like. I already have some theories based on what I just thought of right now. I'll draw some up! First, I'll need to distinguish between a male and female Vahnatai. To the Vahnatai women's dressing room! -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:45
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A pregnant Kate Moss might approximate a pregnant vahnatai. *this message sponsored by [211th letter of the alphabet]* -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:48
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Okay, I just drew up two ideas. I'm going to make photocopies and send them in to Spiderweb Software to see what they think. I'll ask them to post them so you guys can see. They will give you nightmares. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Friday, August 26 2005 16:35
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First of all - read this website in its entirety: Vahnatai Week. Next: quote:Vahnatai are surprisingly strong - they are stronger than humans and Nephilim. Also, razordisks are like shuriken. quote:They have a live birth much like humans, and their loose flowy robes do a great job hiding their bellies. That said, no human has ever observed a pregnant Vahnatai. quote:Very carefully. quote:Not so. Only half of one clan of Vahnatai are rageaholics. Remember people like Bon-Ihrno? They're the norm. quote:See website. quote:No. After all, they can be enchanted and used to get into difficult-to-open pickle jars. quote:Many can, but word order and syntax are confusing to them. quote:See website. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, August 26 2005 19:43
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I've seen that site before... before I even came to these boards, a few years ago, I found that site and the Vahnatai language. I have a copy of some of the language copy and pasted into a file. How did you find out so much about the Vahnatai language, anyway? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 19:59
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Detailed notes on the game, educated guesswork and just plain making stuff up. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, August 26 2005 21:02
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Vahnatai don't become pregnant. They bud. However, genders are more than just cosmetic. You see, males only produce left sides and females only produce right sides. A pair of opposite genders can work together to make one whole vahnatai, although the process isn't pretty and involves many crystals. As for your suggestion of the flimsy hammocks (futons!), don't think that budding doesn't involve that. It does. The process involves more crystals, though, and some mold. Waveblades are very Freudian. Enough said. So are crystals, come to think of it. Crystals are more than just shiny: they are translucent and multifaceted. Why wouldn't vahnatai like all the crystals they can get? Oh, and if you die, you can maybe end up as a crystal if you're lucky, so there could also be some wishful thinking involved. With all the time humans have spent around humans, you'd think that we'd all speak each other's languages. Hmm. —Alorael, who finds Spider's question absurd. Of course a vahnatai would know vahnatai language even if he is really, really young. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 11:06
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quote:umm.. thay... ummm... its?.... -------------------- If Skribbane dosn't kill me, canisters will. "You suck." - TM Posts: 156 | Registered: Wednesday, May 11 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 13:09
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Well said, Grape Slime. Well said. [ Saturday, August 27, 2005 14:17: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 14:27
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What I meant to ask was it was possible for them to do... that thing where a mommy Vahnatai and a daddy Vahnatai come together to... satisfy their "urges"... if it was possible to do with the little space they have on the little "beds" that look like saw horses with yellow spider webs spun between them. :confused: And if what Penultimatum said was correct and they really "bud" and don't get pregnant, how do the Vahnatai have any real fun? :P -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 15:46
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Humans can do it in single beds - so can Vahnatai. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 16:56
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You obviously didn't read all of the complexities of the budding process. It can be very enjoyable when enough crystals are involved. —Alorael, who feels little need or inclination to continue this line of reasoning, thank you very much. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 29 2005 10:40
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I didn't see anything about budding. Where is it? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 29 2005 15:22
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http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=001735#000010 quote:Note that all of this is made up. We're generally an incredibly poor source of straight, canonical answers to questions like this, but then, you weren't expecting any, were you? :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 29 2005 23:30
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So, if green, blue, and red Geneforge crystals are used instead of Avernum ones, will the result be a servile rather than a vahnatai? -------------------- ~Note : The professional newbie's advice should not be taken seriously, or at all.~ LINKAGE Posts: 364 | Registered: Saturday, January 17 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 09:03
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I just don't get it. And with what I've heard and the bit I AM able to understand, I hope I never do. :confused: I think I'll make up some Vahnatai stuff of my own! I'll be called "Doctor Vahnatai," and everyone will come to me for all their questions about Vahnatai with totally clever, made-up answers, even though I don't particularly like them. For example, do you know who REALLY made the crystals that Vahnatai love so much? The slimes! That's right, before Rentar Ihrono "created" (kidnapped) her own, some slimes would freeze themselves into crystals just before they died! I discovered this during field work, and exclaimed, "That's astounding, simply astounding!" :D -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 09:15
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My website has the "real-est" answers available - Jeff himself said so. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 14:56
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Doesn't mean I can't make up extra! Here's another one: Do you know how today's Vahnatai are so thin? It's because they obey the teachings of the Crystal Souls so much, and the Crystal Souls, having become bored after so many millenia, decided to teach an entire race the philosophy of anorexea... :eek: -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 19:05
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Don't be silly. It's because the vahnatai revere the Crystal Souls and try to emulate them in their wisdom and, well, other things. Rocks don't eat. Therefore vahnatai try not to eat either. It's a vicious cycle of negative body image. Carbon is okay! —Alorael, who is ready to found VASE: Vahnatai Against Stupid Eating. Among other benefits, it promises to open the role of Rentar-Ihrno to other actresses than the esteemed Ms. Flockhart. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 02:32
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I want to bud a Gold Vahnati, to beat the Black Vahnati. -------------------- A Sucaran Child is standing here. You say, "hello" The small child looks at Preserver Aldous wide-eyed and awed. Posts: 269 | Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 03:08
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Vah. Nah. Tai. Honestly, the only word that has been misspelled more often is Slithzerikai. :P -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |