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|name=metaphoric claws | |name=metaphoric claws | ||
|plural=metaphoric | |plural=metaphoric clauses | ||
|image=claws.gif | |image=claws.gif | ||
|desc=These claws are like a night at the opera--no, wait, that's a simile. Okay, so these claws are to combat what exasperation is to--ah, no, that's an analogy. Okay, so you've got a "malpractice show" or a "pitch alarms cow" or even a "cloaca with sperm"--but wait, those are anagrams. What the heck is a metaphor again? Metaphors are the paths to understanding? Wait, was that sentence a metaphor? That's pretty ironic, don't you think? | |desc=These claws are like a night at the opera--no, wait, that's a simile. Okay, so these claws are to combat what exasperation is to--ah, no, that's an analogy. Okay, so you've got a "malpractice show" or a "pitch alarms cow" or even a "cloaca with sperm"--but wait, those are anagrams. What the heck is a metaphor again? Metaphors are the paths to understanding? Wait, was that sentence a metaphor? That's pretty ironic, don't you think? | ||
|type=melee | |type=melee | ||
|weapontype=smallslash | |||
|power=45 | |power=45 | ||
|level=3 | |level=3 | ||
|obtain=[[The streets of downtown Twilight]] | |obtain=[[The streets of downtown Twilight]] | ||
:*[[cat burglar]] | :*[[cat burglar]] | ||
| | |autosell=45 | ||
| | |ench={{modifier|elementaldamage|psychic|+3}} | ||
}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* The end of the description hints at Alanis Morissette's song | * The end of the description hints at Alanis Morissette's song {{wikipedia|Ironic (song)|Ironic}}. The description itself might also refer to the {{Wikipedia|malapropism}} debate around that song. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:24, 19 October 2011
metaphoric claws
Plural: metaphoric clauses
These claws are like a night at the opera--no, wait, that's a simile. Okay, so these claws are to combat what exasperation is to--ah, no, that's an analogy. Okay, so you've got a "malpractice show" or a "pitch alarms cow" or even a "cloaca with sperm"--but wait, those are anagrams. What the heck is a metaphor again? Metaphors are the paths to understanding? Wait, was that sentence a metaphor? That's pretty ironic, don't you think?
Melee weapon (Slashing, small)
Power: 45
Level Required: 3
Autosell value: 45
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+3 psychic damage
How Obtained
The streets of downtown Twilight
References
- The end of the description hints at Alanis Morissette's song Ironic. The description itself might also refer to the malapropism debate around that song.