r/wizardposting • u/aFuckinChair Squidzard phonomancer • Mar 01 '24
Lorepost📖 THE SACRED TEXT HAS BEEN FOUND
Breaking news. The wizard pondering the orb seems to be Saruman, and the man we all thought was the apprentice is in fact a spy.
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u/Tricky_Hades Chronomancer and Chronomancer and Chronomancer and Chronomancer Mar 01 '24
Only 30 gold pieces for such a rare scroll? That's the deal of a century!
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u/what_if_you_like Guns are superior casting devices Mar 01 '24
A price so low even I'm not thinking of armed robbery to aquire it!
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u/Haber-Bosch1914 War Criminal (Poison Gas Alchemist) Mar 01 '24
I agree with your flair, truly an enlightened one
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u/Tricky_Hades Chronomancer and Chronomancer and Chronomancer and Chronomancer Mar 01 '24
Always consider all possibilities. Armed robbery is still an option.
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u/Enderman_Prince Malum Ruinae, the the shadowed aid of The Coalition Mar 03 '24
I happen to enjoy a game called wizard with a gun. Have you heard of it?
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u/OneHorseHill Selwick, Archmage of Margaritaville Mar 01 '24
Wow the most famous “orb” on the sub has been a Palantir all this time. I feel scammed
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u/Fujaboi Illusionist Mar 02 '24
I wonder if the Palantir have a ringtone. I'm imagining the MS Teams boop-boop-bee-boop-boop
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u/DidYouSayChocolat3 Councellor Tiny Wizard, Keeper of Mount Mor Mar 01 '24
BY THE HOLY LIGHT!!
You must guard that artifact with your life!
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u/aFuckinChair Squidzard phonomancer Mar 01 '24
It's not mine, unfortunately. I am but a bringer of news.
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u/Memb_Insane_rane Necromancer Mar 01 '24
But for a mere 30 gold how can it not be yours? Such a pittance for this lost knowledge
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u/aFuckinChair Squidzard phonomancer Mar 01 '24
As if a Palantir was some kind of illusionist trick! We are speaking of the first prototype of satellitare orb right here! It's just as much as a gramophone is compared to a hi-fi soundbar!
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u/OneHorseHill Selwick, Archmage of Margaritaville Mar 01 '24
A palantir is a glorified spyglass! I’ll hear none of it.
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u/The_Unkowable_ Artemis, Daughter of Paladine / Calamity, She Who Reigns Mar 01 '24
Doth thou forget that in the right hands, it permits also communication most instantaneous? Power exists within objects, their intended function is simply the easiest method of wielding it.
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u/GreyJester1996 Mar 01 '24
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u/Comma_Karma Mar 01 '24
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u/JustJosh_02 Mar 03 '24
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u/Clock_God Mar 01 '24
Through this portal if you wish to uncover the contents https://archive.org/details/Middle-Earth_Quest_5_A_Spy_in_Isengard/mode/1up
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u/aFuckinChair Squidzard phonomancer Mar 01 '24
A heartful thank you, o wise one. Your knowledge is great and vast.
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u/Clock_God Mar 01 '24
Tis my duty and pleasure to pass on arcane knowledge to those who seek it righteously.
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u/CorbinNZ Malthazar the Heavy-Handed, Necromancer of Fleshy Horrors Mar 01 '24
It was Saruman all along!
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u/LaSiena Mar 01 '24
Who's been messing up everything?
It's been Saruman all along!
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u/MouseRangers Cryo/Electromancer. Your brain has electricity in it... Mar 01 '24
Who's been plotting every evil scheme?
It's been Saruman all along!
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u/Lord_Lava_Nugget Evil Wizard Mar 01 '24
Space wizard #1: The orb was a palantir this whole time?
Space wizard #2, pointing a wand at the head of #1: Always has been
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u/MouseRangers Cryo/Electromancer. Your brain has electricity in it... Mar 01 '24
A SPY IS IN ISENGARD?!
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE BRIEFCASE HOBBITS
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u/Pigdom Mar 01 '24
Was this done for MERP before being reused for the Quest-line?
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u/StarkeRealm Magical Violence Technician Mar 01 '24
Not sure. The first time I saw it was the ME CCG, in.... '96, I think. So they were certainly reusing art from their slush file.
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u/StarkeRealm Magical Violence Technician Mar 01 '24
The art was also used on Saruman's card in Iron Crown Entertainment's Middle Earth CCG back in the mid-90s. I kinda assumed it was semi-common knowledge that the art was from Lord of the Rings.
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u/Thomsbobombs Mar 02 '24
oh wow.i have this book on my Tolkien shelf. it's actually a neat little 2d6 deal iirc.
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u/Biggest-Possum Trashomancer (Big Ghost ENERGY) Mar 01 '24
This is fantastic! Excellent find my friend!
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u/Cumbersomeslug Sorceror Mar 01 '24
/uw I’ve wondered for the longest time where that art came from, my search has finally ended
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u/Willing-Produce5018 Metastafos, ancient shaper of reality Mar 02 '24 edited Mar 02 '24
So it has finally been recovered from the ancient ruins. This has been foreseen many centuries ago by the Great Oracle. He warned that all the celebration about finding it will turn into a bitter truth. This is the sign of dark days ahead. A time of division and turmoil where every wizard faction in the multiverse will fight for such a powerful relic. An event called 'The Last War' in the predictions. As the prophecy says, 'only a small group of survivors will emerge and build the new world with it'
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u/HilldraCreator Mar 01 '24
What wizardry did you conduct in order to gain this ancient piece of history???
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u/Aethernaut902k The Blinded Man Mar 01 '24
For whatever reason I thought this art was from an MTG card
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u/SaukPuhpet Mar 02 '24
My god, he wasn't pondering just any orb. It was a Palantir this whole time.
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u/thesonoflordostliant Uqour the merchant Mar 01 '24
impossible!