Item:Platinum clockwork potato
- This item is incomplete, which means that while it is not a stub, it still lacks certain data or information.
- Item Type
- Please see Category:Incomplete items for more items that need updating.
| platinum clockwork potato | |
|---|---|
| Look: | A mess of little gears, levers, handles, dials and knobs stuck haphazardly onto a potato-shaped wooden frame, the clockwork potato looks like the product of a Gnomish nightmare. The perpetual odor of naphtha wafts from the contraption. Amid the confusing gears and levers is a small plaque engraved with the phase "I AM A POTATO" in bold letters.
|
| Weight: | 20 stones |
| Metal: | Unknown |
| Appraised Cost: | 11,101 Kronars8,880.8 Lirums <br />8,010.482 Dokoras <br />11.101 LTBpoints <br />11.101 Tickets <br />11.101 Scrips <br /> |
| Properties: | |
| Dimensions: | 3 length x 2 width x 2 height |
| Sources: | Source is Hollow Eve Festival 406/Auction |
Playing Potato
The actions presented to the person with the hot potato vary. You will generally be presented with two choices (RAISE, PINCH, KICK, THROW, DROP, ETC). Success chances seem to vary widely.
The potato may set you on fire when you lose, which may result in death and wounds all over. It is possible to lose and still live.
Timer
The potato has unlimited uses (unlike the one-timers sold at the festival), but there is a timer between uses.
Auctioneer's Notes
[21:47] Auctioneer Cesiro asks, "Did anyone play hot potato?"
[21:47] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "This one is special!"
[21:47] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "It lasts forever!"
[21:48] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "And gives the winner random prizes!"
[21:48] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "Basically, you get people to play hot potato with you. They join the game and you all toss the potato around. Whoever has it when the timer runs out...uhm...loses!"
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro says, "It doesn't always kill you."
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "Then the rest of the players toss....until there's one person left!"
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "And they win!"
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "Plus, it's a potato! Made of platinum!"
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro says, "It does still blow up though. But you might get lucky and not die."
[21:49] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "Who knows? The next war could very well be settled by such a fine item!"
[21:50] Auctioneer Cesiro says, "I do believe it will bond to the owner, since it relies on passing it around to work."
[21:51] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "I can see it now!"
[21:51] Auctioneer Cesiro exclaims, "Raenilar exclaims to Morgane, "I challenge you to a game of hot potato!"