Minor Discworld concepts - Source

This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh. An anorankh is a pseudo-mystical symbol, consisting of an ankh wearing an anorak. It stems from a discussion on alt.fan.pratchett, a newsgroup for fans of British author Terry Pratchett, creator of the highly popular Discworld series of humorous fantasy novels. One user mistakenly ...

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• Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh
• Minor Discworld concepts - Source
• Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime
• Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic
• Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley
• Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars
• Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu
• Minor Discworld concepts - Devices
• Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes
• Minor Discworld concepts - Axles
• Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar
• Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology
• Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers
• Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee
• Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian
• Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon
• Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger
• Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine
• Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum
• Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant
• Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld
• Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble
• Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops
• Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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An anorankh is a pseudo-mystical symbol, consisting of an ankh wearing an anorak. It stems from a discussion on alt.fan.pratchett, a newsgroup for fans of British author Terry Pratchett, creator of the highly popular Discworld series of humorous fantasy novels. One user mistakenly used the word "anorak" to refer to the ancient Egyptian symbol of life, the "ankh". A series of puns ensued which was eventually joined by Pratchett himself, who commissioned the first Holy Anorankh from Clarecraft, the company responsible for creating the s ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Both quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle have appeared in the Discworld in some form or another; however, neither concept even remotely resembles their counterparts from Earth. The Uncertainty Principle seems to be simply a "scientific" or "professional" way of saying "I don't know"; Death uses it in The Fifth Elephant as an excuse to appear when people are possibly going to die, apparently in addition to their actual deaths, even though he himself isn't clear what it is. All attempts to explain it outright, ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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In addition to the more common annual plants, biennial plants and perennial plants, Discworld harbors a small number of re-annual plants. These are plants which, due to a rare 4-dimensional twist in their genetic structure, flower and grow before their seed germinates. This is usually only possible in areas with considerable amounts of background magic. Farmers who grow re-annual plants are usually very careful about dates of sowing, lest they cause devastating temporal paradoxes (such as dying of starvation because the food one lived off mo ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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The eighth color of the spectrum. Most people have cones and rods in their eyes to help them see, but according to the books wizards also have octagons, which allow them to see the color of magic. To non-wizards, octarine either appears as black or is invisible. It is described as being like a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple (Note that in conventional human colour vision, green is not discernible as green when added ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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An alcoholic beverage drunk in very small cups some months apart (or served to strangers in pint mugs, as a sort of initiation test). It was first introduced in Mort which tells us: "A lot of stories are told about scumble, and how it is made out on the damp marshes, according to ancient recipes passed down rather unsteadily from father to son. It's not true about the rats, or the snakes' heads, or the lead shot. The one about the dead sheep is a complete fabrication. We can lay to rest all the variants of the one about the trouser button. But the one about not letting it ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A number of Discworld labour-saving devices exist which function by trapping small imps. The most notable is the iconograph, but others include watches (The Colour of Magic, Reaper Man, Thief of Time), food processors (Nanny Ogg's Cookbook), razors (Thud!) and personal organisers (Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Truth, Thud!). The imps in these devices seem not to mind their jobs, although they get sarcastic if overworked or asked to do things outside their purview. ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Also known as Tabernae Vagrantes. One of these was encountered by some members of the Band With Rocks In during the events described in Soul Music, while they were trying to replace a ruined musical instrument. They were there able to buy the guitar which brought the Band fame (or which caused all the trouble, depending on your point of view). When two members of the Band came back to try to get more information about the guitar they were wholly unsuccessful, but after leaving, the presence of a faded '1' on the guitar caused ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A book (which also features in Good Omens by Pratchett and Neil Gaiman). Its name comes from a mixture of "Necronomicon" and "telecom". Since the "Necronomicon" is sometimes referred to as "The Book of Dead Names" or "The Book of The Dead", "Necrotelecomnicon" could be translated as as "The Book of Dead Telephone Numbers" or simply "Phonebook of the Dead". The book is also known as the Liber ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Roundworld is the Discworld term for both planet Earth and the "real" universe itself. From a Discworld point of view it exists in a glass sphere at Unseen University, where it is taken care of by Rincewind. It was created by Hex to use up a huge excess of magic, created after the wizards split the thaum. The key point of Roundworld, however, is that it doesn't contain any magic. The wizards are fascinated, however, by the fact it does seem to have rules of its own. Roundworld is the ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A variation of Dog Latin. Based on the name, it presumably originates from the Sto Plains town of Sto Lat, although it is often referred to as the "Old Language of Ankh-Morpork". Pratchett describes it as "very bad doggy Latin." It is most often seen in the mottoes of the noble families, civic organisations and Guilds of Ankh-Morpork. The classic example is the motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch; "Fabricati Diem, Pvnc". This is complete nonsense in Latin, but looks like it means "Make my Day, Punk" (see Dirty Harry), although Se ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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The inhospitable Koom Valley was home to an ancient battle between dwarfs and trolls that both species came to use as an excuse for their mutual enmity. It was said to be the only known battle in which both sides ambushed the other, and acted as inspiration for the development of the game of Thud. Later engagements have led to a total of sixteen battles of Koom Valley (seventeen counting a "fracas" in Vilinus Pass), only three of which took place in the valley itself. This is in part due to the battle being a convenient patch for rips ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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On the Discworld, where magic has more in common with particle physics than Houdini, high-level background magic is what happens where a very powerful spell hits, creating a myriad of sub-astral particles that severely distort local reality. Building a house, or even walking into a region where this has happened is extremely dangerous. If you prefer to remain the same species, shape or level of sanity, stay out of these places. Low-level background magic simply refers to the stan ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A rare type of crime, or rather, the opposite of crime. An anti-crime, as defined in Reaper Man, must: ... be done in such a way that it causes outrage and/or humiliation to the victim. Merely giving someone something is not enough. Examples of this type include breaking-and-decorating, proffering-with-intent, and whitemailing (for example threatening to reveal a mobster's donations to charity). Even on the Discworld, or more likely, especially o ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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According to The Discworld Companion, they started out as an intelligence-gathering organisation, connected to the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. When Lord Winder was Patrician of Ankh-Morpork they became a secret police organisation, noted for torture and holding without charge. This was destroyed during the events of Night Watch. Recently Commander Sir Samuel Vimes has given the name to the plain clothes division of the restructured Watch, presumably as a dark reminder of why it shouldn't be given too much power. The name 'Cable Street Particulars' seems to have been inspire ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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An almost unknown form of martial art, Deja fu is best described as "the feeling that you have been kicked in the head this way before." In Deja fu, the practitioner travels in time as well as space. He can go back in time and hit his opponent with a series of punches. From the opponent's point of view, the practitioner is standing motionless in front of him, but he feels the effects from the past attacks. Also, the practitioner can put parts of his opponent's body out of time with respect to the rest of the opponent, making attacks ineffective, preventing the o ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A number of Discworld labour-saving devices exist which function by trapping small imps. The most notable is the iconograph, but others include watches (The Colour of Magic,Reaper Man, Thief of Time), food processors (Nanny Ogg's Cookbook), razors (Thud!) and personal organisers (Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Truth, Thud!). The imps in these devices seem not to mind their jobs, although they get sarcastic if overworked or asked to do things outside their purview. ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Devices have so far only appeared in Thud!. Spelt with a capital D, and with enough reverence that it can be heard in speech, 'Device' is the collective term for a variety of artifacts of unknown origin, but with many purposes, all of them of great power and value -"worth mining through a mountain of granite for". Most cubes so far discovered are owned by dwarves, but all were created long before dwarf civilisation. Devices are apparently indestructible, but apparently it is possible to cause them to deactivate permanently. The types described are Cubes and Axles, though an 'Average bar' is mentioned in passing.

Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A strong, nearly magical coffee, brewed in Klatch and drunk only by the initiated in very small cups. Not only does it sober you up, it sends you to the other side of sobriety. This state is referred to as knurd, which dispels the soft pink cushions of sobriety and lets you see the world for what it is. In Klatch it is drunk with Orakh (a very violent alcohol made by mixing scorpion venom and cactus sap and leaving it to ferment in the sun for several weeks) to counteract its effects. After a few screams, a lie down and a stiff dr ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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