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|descid=9784793
[[Image:paradox-naught.gif|center]]
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|itemid=161
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|name=Paradox Naught
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|plural=Paradox Naughts
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|image=paradox-naught.gif
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|desc=This is a hand-sized loop of wood-grained metal, shaped like the numeral zero. It represents the sum of all divisions by zero, multiplied by the time it takes Achilles to pass a hare. Seated at the conflux of a perpetual observer and an impossibly improbable probability device, this zero's paradox harms those who wish to harm and helps those who desire to help. But boy does it mess with your mind!
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|type=Talisman
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|nomem=yes
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|weldable=yes
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|obtain=Use a [[deterministic coin]] while having an [[oculum felis]] equipped.
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|ench={{modifier|back|6}}
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{{modifier|hpregen|+3}}
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{{modifier|intellect|-15%}}
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|uses={{canbewelded|Schrodinger's Box|Futility Belt}}
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==Notes==
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* Can be created once per retcon.
  
This is a hand-sized loop of wood-grained metal, shaped like the numeral zero. It represents the sum of all divisions by zero, multiplied by the time it takes Achilles to pass a hare. Seated at the conflux of a perpetual observer and an impossibly improbable probability device, this zero's paradox harms those who wish to harm and helps those who desire to help. But boy does it mess with your mind!
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==References==
 
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*Zero's paradox and Achilles passing a hare are references to [[Wikipedia:Zeno's paradoxes|Zeno's Paradoxes]].  This paradox has to do with halving distances to cross something, and is stated in a number of forms, including one in which Achilles races a hare.
'''Talisman'''<br>
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*Possibly wordplay intended to rhyme with Milton's [[Wikipedia:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost]].
'''Item cannot be traded or sold'''<br>
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*An "impossibly improbable probability device" appeared in the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" as the [[Wikipedia:Infinite Improbability Drive|Infinite Improbability Drive]].
'''Item cannot be auto-sold'''<br>
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[[Category:Color]]
 
 
'''Attacker takes 6 damage'''<br>
 
'''+3 HP per turn'''<br>
 
'''-15% Intellect'''<br>
 
 
 
=How to Obtain=
 
Use a [[deterministic coin]] while you have an [[oculum felis]] equipped
 
 
 
=Obtain Message=
 
You flip the deterministic coin. It soars high into the air. Suddenly you feel a strange vibration coming from the oculum felis in your hand. It grows warm, and a bright golden beam shoots out into the night and spears the deterministic coin. The light seems to hold the coin aloft, and a pulsing, ringing sound fills the night air. The oculum felis pulses with one last brilliant flash, so bright you can't see for a moment. When your vision returns, the deterministic coin is gone, but something else is floating in its place.<br>
 
You got an item: '''Paradox Naught'''
 
 
 
=References=
 
Zero's paradox and Achilles passing a hare are references to Zeno's paradox.  This paradox has to do with halving distances to cross something, and is stated in a number of forms, including one in which Achilles races a hare.
 
[[Category:Talismans]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:12, 25 December 2014

Item Number: 161
Description ID: 9784793
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Paradox-naught.gif

Paradox Naught
Plural: Paradox Naughts
This is a hand-sized loop of wood-grained metal, shaped like the numeral zero. It represents the sum of all divisions by zero, multiplied by the time it takes Achilles to pass a hare. Seated at the conflux of a perpetual observer and an impossibly improbable probability device, this zero's paradox harms those who wish to harm and helps those who desire to help. But boy does it mess with your mind!

Talisman
Item cannot traded, sold, or placed in a memento display
Can be welded

Attacker takes 6 damage
+3 HP per turn
-15% Intellect



How Obtained

Use a deterministic coin while having an oculum felis equipped.

Other Uses

Notes

  • Can be created once per retcon.

References

  • Zero's paradox and Achilles passing a hare are references to Zeno's Paradoxes. This paradox has to do with halving distances to cross something, and is stated in a number of forms, including one in which Achilles races a hare.
  • Possibly wordplay intended to rhyme with Milton's Paradise Lost.
  • An "impossibly improbable probability device" appeared in the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" as the Infinite Improbability Drive.