Talk:Ogre-Slaying Knife

Is this a sword? I thought it was an Assassin's dagger? Not haveing seen one myself, though. --Eightyfour-onesevenfive 08:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This definitely qualifies as a joke / easter egg item. It's a reference to "Dead Alewives". In D&D, a dagger does 1d4 (1-4) damage, and this particular one is +9 against ogres. (Assassin daggers appear in inventory as a matched set, not individually, by the way.) 130.58 08:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

What the hell is an Ogre 212.158.245.101 09:36, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Should we find a link that explains the reference? I did a quick search, but the best sites for it online generally use "Summoner Geeks," which slaps a fancy video on top of everything, rather than just the audio by itself. Or would this be unnecessary? 130.58 11:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh wow that made me laugh so hard when I saw what it was XD ill post a link. actually I dont wanna break anything link: http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/8bitdnd.html


 * It's confirmed, I saw it in-game:
 * [[image:Ogre-Slaying_Knife.JPG]]
 * --Karlos 15:17, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Sword?
Someone should test whether damage using Wild Blow differs at 0 swordsmanship and 12 (or 16) on a devourer in Old Ascalon. -PanSola 07:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Where the reference comes from.
My edit explained:

There seems to be some confusion about this, still. It's from a rather obscure (as far as I'm aware) group called the "Dead Alewives" (an alewife is a kind of fish, IIRC). They did an audio parody of D&D way back in the last millenium, making fun of the 80s "D&D = Satanism" scares. There's more than one snippet, but the one linked to previously (which includes the iconic gamer phrases "I'm attacking the darkness" and "Okay, but if there's any girls there, I want to DO them!" as well as our knife reference) is the most famous one by far. This floated around for a while in geek circles. Now, also back in the last millenium, though much later, Volition took this audio track and put it into the credits of a CRPG called "Summoner", with various game characters being depicted playing D&D (moving and speaking along with the audio). This was then posted on the web and made the rounds once more (under the title "Summoner Geeks"). Now, sometimes in the last 1-2 years, some random people who were neither the original group nor the aforementioned game developers took that and made an "8-bit Theater" version. Given the wild popularity of "8-bit" and the recentness of this new reference (and the fact that the Summoner video has its own very specific name), this is why searching for "Dead Alewives" or the like will turn up lots of the "8-bit" video. This is not the original source in any way, and the "Dead Alewives" group never had anything to do with the "8-bit" fandom.

Check outside information before putting it into the wiki, folks, just like you check game info (I hope) before putting it into the wiki. ;)

130.58 07:14, 22 January 2006 (UTC)