From: jwalz <jwalz>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:41:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Amazingly many players have never heard of kelp...
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Amazingly many players have never heard of kelp...
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@@ -997,6 +997,16 @@ doppelganger
 	count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why
 	then you're a dragonlord."
 		[ The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin ]
+*dragon*scale*
+	Stephen had argued, and the expert armorer had grudgingly
+	admitted, that dragonscale shield or armor, provided it proved
+	feasible to make at all, ought to offer some real, practical
+	advantages over any metal breastplate or shield -- gram for
+	gram of weight, such a defense would probably be a lot
+	tougher and more protective than any human smiths could
+	make of steel.
+		[ The Last Book of Swords: Shieldbreaker's Story,
+			by Fred Saberhagen ]
 *drum*
 	Many travelers have seen the drums of the great apes, and
 	some have heard the sounds of their beating and the noise of
@@ -2012,6 +2022,21 @@ katana
 	The katana is a long, single-edged samurai sword with a
 	slightly curved blade.  Its long handle is designed to allow
 	it to be wielded with either one or two hands.
+kelp*
+*frond
+	I noticed that all the plants were attached to the soil by
+	an almost imperceptible bond.  Devoid of roots, they seemed
+	not to require any nourishment from sand, soil, or pebble.
+	All they required was a point of support -- nothing else.
+	These plants are self-propagated, and their existence depends
+	entirely on the water that supports and nourishes them.
+	Most of them do not sprout leaves, but sprout blades of
+	various whimsical shapes, and their colors are limited to
+	pink, carmine, green, olive, fawn, and brown.  I had the
+	opportunity to observe once more -- not the dried specimens
+	I had studied on the _Nautilus_ -- but the fresh, living
+	specimens in their native setting.
+		[ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne ]
 ki-rin
 	The ki-rin is a strange-looking flying creature.  It has
 	scales, a mane like a lion, a tail, hooves, and a horn.  It