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Thread: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
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2014-05-10, 03:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
Well, they're both small blue humanoids, so it was the first thought that went through my mind when I learned about xvarts.
Anyway, what I'm really interested in is who invented them and, especially, where did the name come from? Was it a random coinage, derived from some obscure word, or a word from another language? Or perhaps something else like an acronym or portmanteau?
PS This probably goes in one of the D&D specific subforums, but I wasn't sure which one. Moderator feel free to move it (as if you really needed my permission for that).Curated Thread: Gazetteer of the Stick
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2014-05-10, 04:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
The first thing that popped up when I Googled it.
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2014-05-10, 04:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Curated Thread: Gazetteer of the Stick
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2014-05-10, 08:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
The xvart, created by Cricky Hitchcock, first appeared as the "svart" in White Dwarf #9 (October 1978).We are not standing on the shoulders of giants, but on very tall tower of other dwarves.
Spriggan's Den Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying
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2014-05-10, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
Which in turn is probably related to the term swarthy, at least, etymologically speaking.
Some literal mutant Smurfs with, in the original story, black skin are part of a story that has startling resemblance to your typical modern zombie story, even though it's much older than Night of the Living Dead.
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2014-05-10, 09:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
Yes, svart is the germanic root for black. English as always an exception.
We are not standing on the shoulders of giants, but on very tall tower of other dwarves.
Spriggan's Den Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying
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2014-05-10, 10:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-10, 07:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
Next time I run D&D I think I'm gonna have a Xvart village lead by the venerable Papa Xvart who's constantly trying to capture and eat a local wizard and his familiar.
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2014-05-10, 08:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Xvarts: mutant smurfs?
Curated Thread: Gazetteer of the Stick