At 07:57 AM 8/21/99 +0000, you wrote:
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> Topics in today's digest:
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> 1. Some thoughts
> From: lukas@...
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>Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:36:51 -0700
> From: lukas@...
>Subject: Some thoughts
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>Last night's attempts resulted in no luck again. I think we're right with
>the metal shaft and rod combos but we're missing something. Here's a few
>of my thoughts thus far:
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>- Fletching strings or dwarven wire as a component seems unlikely.
>Although some items need things MADE by other trade skills (compass), I
>can't think of anything that requires you buy components from a different
>trade skill. Dwarven wire is for the Trueshot Bow quest (?) and takes a
>while to obtain - lots of travelling.
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>- Spiderling silk sounds like a good possibility. Watch out though, there
>is SPIDER silk, and SPIDERLING silk. The latter seems more likely as
>spiderlings are right in Steamfont and it would be very similar to how the
>lockpicks need a rat ear.
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>- Spriket? Assuming that the two books are all that exists of tinkering
>now, a spriket is the only item not used for any project. What is a
>spriket though? Not in the dictionary...
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>- Raw bamboo doesn't seem like a likely component. It is a bard
>instrument, also the pic of the collapsible pole shows it constructed of
>metal.
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>- A bottle as a possible component.
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>Luke
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If fishing poles are a part of the formula, it seems like you would use the
string from the pole. And yeah, what the hell is a spriket?
Rotgut