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|name=Vinlands' End hiking boots | |name=Vinlands' End hiking boots | ||
|plural= | |plural=Vinlands' End hiking boots | ||
|image=Vinlands-end-hiking-boots.gif | |image=Vinlands-end-hiking-boots.gif | ||
|desc=Part of the Erik the Red line of outdoors gear, these biking hoots ... er, hiking boots ... are generally only available through mail-order and internet shopping. | |desc=Part of the Erik the Red line of outdoors gear, these biking hoots ... er, hiking boots ... are generally only available through mail-order and internet shopping. | ||
The misplaced apostrophe in the company's name is an interesting story. Apparently the founder was under the mistaken impression that there used to be two separate Vinlands, back in the day. This misconception was later cleared up, but it was too late to change company marketing. To this day the owner continues to blame his mistake on a skraeling. | The misplaced apostrophe in the company's name is an interesting story. Apparently the founder was under the mistaken impression that there used to be two separate Vinlands, back in the day. This misconception was later cleared up, but it was too late to change company marketing. To this day the owner continues to blame his mistake on a skraeling. | ||
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|obtain={{weld|byzantium|chip loafers|Vinlands' End hiking boots}} | |obtain={{weld|byzantium|chip loafers|Vinlands' End hiking boots}} | ||
|autosell=105 | |autosell=105 | ||
|weldable= | |weldable=yes | ||
|ench={{modifier|intellect|+5%}} | |||
|ench={{modifier|intellect|+ | {{modifier|dodge|+20}} | ||
{{modifier|dodge|+ | |uses={{canbewelded|boogaloo boots|vindaloo boots}}}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Refers to the clothing retailer {{wikipedia|Lands' End}}, the name of which is based on a typographical error which was too expensive to correct. | * Refers to the clothing retailer {{wikipedia|Lands' End}}, the name of which is based on a typographical error which was too expensive to correct. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:58, 20 June 2010
Vinlands' End hiking boots
Plural: Vinlands' End hiking boots
Part of the Erik the Red line of outdoors gear, these biking hoots ... er, hiking boots ... are generally only available through mail-order and internet shopping.
The misplaced apostrophe in the company's name is an interesting story. Apparently the founder was under the mistaken impression that there used to be two separate Vinlands, back in the day. This misconception was later cleared up, but it was too late to change company marketing. To this day the owner continues to blame his mistake on a skraeling.
Boots
Power: 17
Level Required: 16
Autosell value: 105
{{#vardefine:consumable|no}}{{#vardefine:consumable|{{#var:consumable}}}}Can be welded
+5% Intellect
+20 dodging ability
How Obtained
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byzantium | chip loafers |
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Vinlands' End hiking boots | |
Other Uses
- Can be welded with boogaloo boots to make vindaloo boots.
References
- Refers to the clothing retailer Lands' End, the name of which is based on a typographical error which was too expensive to correct.
- Refers to Vinland, the name given by ancient Norsemen to an area of North America.
- Vinland is mainly known from the Saga of Erik the Red.
- Skræling is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the indigenous people of Vinland.