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Systems & Settings => Cyradon => Topic started by: Old Man on March 15, 2013, 01:02:55 PM
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Shouldn't Stoop be Swoop? Stoop is a nod or part of a house ...
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Do you have a page #?
MDC
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Do you have a page #?
MDC
PDF page 79 of the 2005 Cyradon Sourcebook (the Gryphon special ability) Stoop and Improved Stoop (has more wood... :) )
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See dictionary.com. Definition #5
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See dictionary.com. Definition #5
#5? lol. Why not the more intuitive Swoop ... Which is the synonym ...
For those interested -->
1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age.
3. (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.
4. to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him.
5. to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.
6. to submit; yield.
7. Obsolete . to come down from a height.
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The original author chose Stoop... it has been questioned before and his response was:
Stoop is a type of dive.
Refer to item #3 on the list on this page http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/raptors/adaptations.htm for an example.
The attack is truly a stoop.
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I do not know the author but I do know that there are a lot of smart scientific people on these boards and they tend to write in scientific terms. So if I was to guess I would guess the author was a Zoologist or a hawk officanaldo (sp?) and was just writing the info as they were taught it.
MDC
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But even my smart scientific players were baffled ... Anyhoo just an observation from a common man.
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Ah yes, Gryphons--they stoop to conquer. :)
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Ah yes, Gryphons--they stoop to conquer. :)
How many stoops could a Gryphon conquer, if a Gryphon could stoop to conquer stoops ...
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Great, you've stooped to nursery rhymes...
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At least it's not flying blue monkeys, there isn't anything they won't stoop to...