296: SWORDS!!!

[EYE OF ZA]

How much of their 85,000 square foot warehouse do you think is occupied by lawyers who have to field calls from local law enforcement agencies

[Mr. Hunky Academia]

I want to point out that the steampunk skull sculpture has a name and an elaborate backstory

Voltaire M. Chemskul, Warden of the Vaporworks

His story is as follows: Undeniably brilliant but hopelessly mad, scientist/industrialist Volataire M. Chemskul spent his entire life toiling and tinkering amongst the blazing furnaces, steaming valves and grinding sprockets of his notorious alchemy lab - "the Vaporworks." Day after day he twisted dials, pulled levers and mixed various powders and potions - creating what? No one knew. Often he worked days on end without sleep, driven by a desperate fervor that went well beyond lunacy. Like a rabid dog he labored ceaselessly, locked inside the imposing gray walls of the Vaporworks - a veritable prison of his own design. Resting in the shadow of the Vaporworks is the tiny hamlet of Steamburg. For decades, the townspeople watched acrid steam clouds puff from the Vaporworks' towering smokestacks, yet no one ever witnessed a single soul enter or exit the hulking Vaporworks edifice. Unable to contain their curiosity and fearful suspicions any longer, the good citizens of Steamburg assembled a mob to investigate. When they finally infiltrated the Vaporworks' imposing frame, the party of inquisitors gasped in unified horror. Surely their eyes deceived them! For standing before them, beneath a giant, vapor-belching contraption comprised of gears, dials, vents and mazes of gleaming pipes, was none other than Volataire Chemskul - his skin and flesh conspicuously missing, yet still donning his signature gold goggles and gas mask. Following decades of exposure to hazardous vapor, Chemskul's soft tissue had indeed melted away, and his soot-stained gold gas mask and goggles had fused to his naked cranium. But Chemskul refused to submit to the reaper, and even in death his bony skeleton continues to toil away at the Steamburg Vaporworks, building a mystery that generation after generation of townspeople have yet to discern. Volataire has become a legend, with the fine people of Steamburg declaring him "Warden of the Vaporworks." Honor the legend while dressing up your home or office in a cool steampunk motif - bring home Volataire M. Chemskul today!

[Dr. Buttplug]

How much of their 85,000 square foot warehouse do you think is occupied by lawyers who have to field calls from local law enforcement agencies

One very sweaty 8x10 cubicle.

[Sherman Tank]

Petition to have BUDK use cargo shorts guy to model all their products.

Finally, a task worthy of change.org.

[Wrought]

Does anyone know what item level the loot Voltaire M. Chemskull drops is?

[Neal]

Every farm supply store has a section where you can buy veterinary supplies.

I learned that from Sam Perkins!

[ikaribattousai]

I remember when, back in elementary or middle school (mid to late nineties), there was this one weird kid I knew who always had and would flip through the physical BudK catalog, though back then there was less anime and more "sword from Highlander" or "Braveheart" and the thing the Klingons use to fight.

[cat_examiner]

Does anyone know what item level the loot Voltaire M. Chemskull drops is?

https://www.budk.com/Chakra-5080

[LINDA]

Compared to all the other nerds the fplus has covered, sword boys are downright charming

[I Liked That Joke]

I dunno, they seem a little too eager to use their sharp toys on human beings.

[Jimmyfranks]

This was a fun episode.

[chai tea latte]

[Sherman Tank]

Found this elsewhere, it seems relevant somehow.

[A Meat]

Found this elsewhere, it seems relevant somehow.

he's missing his tactical geta, those sneakers will get him laughed out of the gun-fu dojo

[Lumbermouth]

Watched Scooter fuck up that pumpkin, was not disappointed.