tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064223212095299939.post4670240922571559067..comments2023-09-29T06:19:30.272-07:00Comments on Dave Noonan's Blog - Nnnooner!: The Blank of BlankingDavid Noonanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06534234306927507374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064223212095299939.post-44699245180663865612009-09-14T22:17:21.903-07:002009-09-14T22:17:21.903-07:00"Blanks of Blanking" also makes a great ..."Blanks of Blanking" also makes a great joke in the Reno 911 episode in which Patton Oswalt is playing an RPG (presumably D&D). He is wearing armor and runs away from the cops yelling "I'm wearing boots of escaping". <br /><br />My gaming group still says that when one of us moves his figure away from a fight on the battlemat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679377214172289586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064223212095299939.post-87302989920846767582009-09-08T09:43:14.513-07:002009-09-08T09:43:14.513-07:00Three Hearts and Three Lions is also responsible f...Three Hearts and Three Lions is also responsible for D&D gnomes.MonteCookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154073889172996244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064223212095299939.post-20345843429862568252009-09-08T04:05:36.487-07:002009-09-08T04:05:36.487-07:00No, "blanks of blanking" are much older ...No, "blanks of blanking" are much older than that. They occur as early as Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy book (1889), which includes:<br /><br />a Cap of Darkness<br />a Sword of Sharpness<br />the Sandals of Swiftness<br /><br />Earlier yet is Dianah Craik's Fairy Book, where Jack the Giant killer has the coat of darkness, the cap of knowledge, the shoes of swiftness, and the sword of sharpness.<br /><br />Ye Olde Sword of Sharpness is a very old magic item indeed, with a much longer pedigree than most items in the DMG.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07970996761287377911noreply@blogger.com