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Post by Kit on Feb 11, 2011 6:31:29 GMT
I need "of Rassillon" title for a depository of knowledge to be given to the Time Lord. The Time lord assumes it will be a book or scroll, but really, its a robot who will follow him around, observe everything and generally be underfoot. Think The Recorder in the old issues of Hercules in space.
Ideas?
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Post by monkeylite on Feb 11, 2011 8:00:36 GMT
How about the 'Staff of Rassilon?' They will assume it's a bit like the Rod of Rassilon, but it turns out to be a robot from the library staff, who follows them around going 'Shhhh!' all the time.
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Post by apseudo on Feb 11, 2011 8:37:17 GMT
Tome - It has a ring that lends itself to the Magician/Mythic Mad Scientist flavor "of Rassilon".
Folio - See Above
Almanac - Mostly because it's incongruous enough to make me laugh when I imagine a Time Lord saying it.
Library - Both for it's paper and programming versions.
Trove - Since knowledge in valuable?
Arsenal - Since knowledge can be dangerous. Admittedly, this loses some of your desired 'bookish' feel.
Watch out since "Record of Rassilon" pertains to the Great Vampires, while "Scrolls", "Law", and "Book" have artifacts attributed to them. That is, if you were looking to make something new.
On a not unrelated note, I thought the Matrix/APC Net was meant to be "Rassilon's" repository of all Time Lord knowledge. Now, I wouldn't doubt wily old Rassilon had something else for more personal use, so whatever floats your boat. However, we were told that each TARDIS reports back to the Matrix, that it holds the minds of all past Time Lords, and can predict future events fairly well, thus having some form of robot that was an extension, or agent, of the Matrix wouldn't be that odd, either. Just brainstorming.
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Post by Craig Oxbrow on Feb 11, 2011 15:45:29 GMT
For Biblical ominousness: The Word Of Rassilon.
The Codex of Rassilon.
The Register Of Rassilon. (Although that's a bit alliterative.)
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Post by Kit on Feb 11, 2011 16:56:30 GMT
Nice suggestions. This was a character concept that occurred to me last night. I wanted a character who would walk around and record and comment on everything, but not be action oriented. My last character ended up being too much the action hero. I'd built him thinking he'd have little to do in DW since we should be talking and running away. Instead, the GM ran a game in which the action types solved everything and the talkers did nothing. In an effort to help get the game on track, I decided to shelve my action guy and play a talker.
I started with the inspiration of the Recorder from Hercules and the "Ignore me!" robot from Venture Bros, thought of the embedded Bard in JourneyQuest and finally decided that it should be an ancient Time Lord artifact. A friend is referring to it as "Marvin, the paranoid bard-bot."
I think it will be fun.
i appreciate the naming ideas!
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Post by elbarre on Feb 11, 2011 18:29:06 GMT
The eye of rassilon
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Post by Kit on Feb 11, 2011 23:20:47 GMT
i do really like the Word of Rassillon and the Eye of Rassillon. The Eye leads to funny conversational bits like:
"I?"
"Eye."
and, of course, the requisite, "There is No Eye in Team" episode title :-)
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Post by Marnal on Feb 12, 2011 15:47:05 GMT
Here's what's already been taken.... The NOUN of Rassilon List The Time Scoop of Rassilon Bastards of Rassilon Pact of Rassilon (aka the Treaty of Rassilon) The Great Days of Rassilon The Equation of Rassilon (which allows travel in a Time Corridor) The Sash of Rassilon The Legacy of Rassilon (Regeneration) The Rod of Rassilon The Great Key of Rassilon The Key of Rassilon The Great Seal of Rassilon The Runes of Rassilon The Seven Strictures of Rassilon Rassilon's Red Wine Rassilon's Reformation The Bowships of Rassilon The Ring of Rassilon The Star of Rassilon (a crystal that was part of Rassilon's TARDIS) The Coronet of Rassilon The Record of Rassilon (which includes the Directive of Rassilon) Profane Virus of Rassilon The Black Scrolls of Rassilon The Scrolls of Rassilon The Triumphs of Rassilon The Rule of Rassilon The Game of Rassilon The Harp of Rassilon The Tomb of Rassilon (aka The Tower of Rassilon) The Loom of Rassilon's Mouse The Horns of Rassilon (aka the Sign of Rassilon) The Foxtrot of Rassilon Signet-Ring of Rassilon - Brian "The Storyteller" Swift "I was told by the producer that the guiding principle was to make the scripts complex enough to keep the Kids interested and simple enough for the Adults to understand!" -Douglas Adams on writing Doctor Who For Everything about the TARDIS check out www.whoniverse.net/tardis/For all things Gallifreyan check out www.curufea.com/rassilon/ |
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Post by korith on Feb 14, 2011 18:05:49 GMT
What about the Rassilon Imprimatur? (Yes, it breaks form, but it's still a Rassilon thing)
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Post by apseudo on Feb 15, 2011 11:20:43 GMT
Yes, there is also, The Book of the Old Time, which was written about Rassilon, and The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey, which was either written by or before Rassilon. The latter does depend on how you take Shada, though.
Anyway, that's getting us rather off topic. I very much like your character idea, not least of all because of the sources of inspiration.
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