Fluff
Fluff is a substance found in many places on the Disc. It its pure form, it comes in balls of various sizes and colours, but there are also various other fluffy items.
Gufnorkians can carry balls of fluff or other fluffy items for a ritual bonus. They get a smaller ritual bonus for being in a room with sufficient fluffy items on the floor.
Fluffy things can also be placed on Gufnork's low altar, which (while consuming them) provides some healing and can change your alignment slightly.
It is also the name of the "happy" in game bulletin board 'fluff'.
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Balls of fluff
A ball of fluff can be referred to as a "fluff", or a "ball". In the plural, they are "fluffs", "balls", or "fluves".
Sizes and divisibility
They come in the following sizes:
Size | Weight | Approximate misc.area bonus range to summon with Summon Fluff[1] |
---|---|---|
tiny | 35 g | |
small | 70 g | |
sizeable | 105 g | 155 and under |
large | 140 g | 155 - 272 |
huge | 175 g | 266 - 409 |
enormous | ? g | 541 |
gigantic | ? g | |
colossal | ? g | |
monstrous | ? g | |
gargantuan | ? g - ? g |
Balls larger than 1/9 lb can be cut with a knife, resulting in smaller pieces. Pieces are at least 1/9 lb, so there's a limit to how many pieces you can cut a fluff into. Doing this results in, for example, "a third of a huge ball of coral red fluff", and not a smaller ball.
Balls larger than 1/9 lb can also be eaten, reducing them by one size category (balls that are 1/9 lb can also be eaten--this makes them disappear).
Pieces of fluves, as well as small fluves gotten by eating larger fluves, retain properties such as consecration, wards, and remembered places.
Sources
- Performing the Summon Fluff ritual will give you a ball of fluff, the size of which is skill-dependent.
- Naefela of Gufnork will sometimes perform this ritual when a player enters the room, either giving it to or throwing it at them.
- Playing the large organ at Gufnork's cathedral can reward you with a ball of fluff, the size of which probably depends on your musical skills. If you're not skilled enough, you might get something else.
- You can also find small fluves by searching the fluff in the Gufnork passage room. They are the same colour and flavour as the fluff the passage room is covered in.
Uses
Fluves can be:
- Eaten (each of the dozens of colours tastes different).
- Burned in Sek's fire pit in Djelibeybi for a slight alignment change.
- Used as a towel.
- Thrown at people (a non-aggressive act that is not pk-checked).
- Used for Gufnork's unique ritual modifiers
- Putting fluffs (from the ritual Summon Fluff) on Gufnork's low altar either makes you more good (up to about 5 degrees good, it appears) or moves you towards Gufnork's ideal alignment. It also replenishes some of your health. This probably works for all fluffy things, not just fluffs.
Since fluves created with Summon Fluff come pre-consecrated to your deity, they can also be convenient objects to Remember Place with.
Flavours
Fluff Colour | Flavour |
---|---|
almond | almonds |
amber | sticky |
antique white | old lace, with just a hint of arsenic |
apple white | sour apple |
aquamarine | fish |
aubergine | eggplant |
autumn leaf | tastes like a forest floor |
azure | mountain fresh |
beige | how bland |
birch | sap |
black | tastes like death |
black and white | panda |
blood red | bloody |
blue | berries |
bone white | dust |
bourbon gold | Genuan |
bright crimson | habanero |
bright orange | cheese |
bright red | tomato |
brown | chocolate |
burgundy | red wine |
burnt cream | creme brule |
burnt orange | ashes |
buttercup yellow | butterflies |
buttery yellow | popcorn |
cabbage-coloured | tastes of boiled cabbage |
cardinal red | feathers |
carrot orange | carrot |
charcoal | dusty |
chartreuse | very, very minty |
cinnamon | cinnamon and spice |
cloudy white | little fluffy clouds |
cobalt | tastes metallic |
cochineal | bloody |
coral red | salty |
corn yellow | buttery |
cornflower | moon dragon |
cream | white chocolate |
creamy orange | squash |
crimson | chilies |
crystal white | salt crystals |
curry yellow | Klatchian |
earthy brown | loam |
fawn | deer |
frosty blue | icy |
ghost white | etheral |
gold | expensive. And slightly sticky |
goldenrod | honeysuckle |
grass green | grass |
green | lime |
grey | mouldy |
grey-brown | mashed potatoes |
hot pink | bright |
ice blue | cold |
indigo | mulberry |
innocent white | purity |
jade | Agatean |
lacy white | spun sugar |
lavender | lavender |
lemon | lemon |
lilac | blueberry |
magenta | flower petals |
marmalade | orange marmalade |
mauve | grape |
moss green | sphagnum |
ochre | dirt |
off-white | lard |
olive | olive |
orange | orange |
orchid | delicate |
oxblood | tastes of beef |
pale pink | cherry blossoms |
pale yellow | onions |
peach | peach |
pine green | pine |
pink | candyfloss |
puce | garlic |
pumpkin | pumpkin. Tastes like a candle was burnt in it, too |
purple | licorice |
purple-black | anise and fennel |
raspberry | raspberries |
red | strawberry |
reddish-brown | damp leaves |
robin's egg blue | uncooked egg |
rose | petals. Ow, and a thorn |
ruby | cherry |
rust | dwarf |
saffron | very very orange |
salmon | tastes of fish |
sandalwood | sandalwood and patchouli flavoured |
sandy | cat fur |
sangria | fruity, with overtones of red wine |
scarlet | apple |
sea green | pelagic |
seamstress pink | tastes indescribable |
silt brown | Morporkian |
silver | mercurial |
snowy | ice-cold |
straw | straw |
sunset red | misty |
tan | caramel |
tangerine | sweet |
tea green | almost makes you want a cuppa |
teal | salty |
thistle green | spiky |
turquoise | minty fresh |
ultramarine | tastes exotic |
violet | violet |
white | ice cream |
winter white | fresh-fallen snow |
yellow | pineapple |
Other fluffy things
There are a variety of other things which, while not pure fluff, are nevertheless fluffy.
Item | Weight | Source (Kefka's) | Wearable? | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
blue fluffy blanket with fluffy bunnies on This is the cutest, most adorable blanket you've ever seen. It's made out of soft fluffy baby-blue wool, and embroidered into it are gorgeous little fluffy white bunny rabbits. Looking at it makes you want to be a kid again, so you could cuddle it without feeling silly. | &&&&&&+500 5/9 | [1] | No | |
fluffy <colour> embroidered chiton This is a fluffy chiton in a <shade> <colour> <material>. It is embroidered with a simple pattern of <pattern> along its trim. It's worn without an overfold but belted at the waist and pinned at both shoulders with simple clasps. It reaches to the knees, making it a very practical piece of clothing to work in. | &&&&&+1200 1 3/9 | [2] | Yes | |
fluffy bathing suit This garment resembles a shoulder-to-knee sack made of violet faux fur. When dry, it is snuggly and cuddly. When wet, it will make the wearer look like a drowned and oddly shaven violet vermine. | &&&&&&+200 2/9 | [3] | Yes | |
fluffy beauty bag This is a lovely, off-white beauty bag decorated with red rosebuds and green leaves. It is made of some sort of fluffy material. Around the top of the bag is a zipper, and the lid has got a short handle attached in the middle. It has also got a longer shoulder strap. The fluffy beauty bag has one main pocket and two side pockets. | &&&&&+1500 1 6/9 | [4] | Yes (bag) | Container |
fluffy black bathrobe Long and definitely black, this fluffy bathrobe covers from neck to the floor and ties at the waist with a narrow belt. Lined with black silk and embroidered with the Assassins' Guild Coat of Arms, this really is a superior bathrobe. Inside each sleeve is a knife or dagger sheathe. | &&&&&+1000 1 1/9 | [5] | Yes | Sheathes knives |
fluffy blue sofa This sofa has been constructed from some sort of fluffy material. It seems to have the exact colour and texture of navel lint. There must be some sort of structure underneath to support the weight of any sitters, but it is impossible to see with the vast quantities of fluff atop it. | ? | [6] | No | Furniture; has chats when sat on, etc. |
fluffy bracelet The copper this thick bracelet is made out of is almost obscured by the thick layer of white fluff that entwines around it. Various etchings have been carved into the copper, but due to the abundance of fluff, they are too difficult to make out. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [7] | yes (bracelet) | |
fluffy bunny tail A bright pink fluffy bunny tail with a little string to fasten it around your waist. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [8] | Yes | |
fluffy cloak This is a nice, thick Hublandish fluffy cloak that can be wrapped around the body like a robe. "Fluffy" isn't entirely accurate since it's made from the wool of the sturdy Hubland sheep, but at least it looks fluffy. | &&&&&+4500 5 | [9] | Yes | armour |
fluffy crinoline This is a voluminous underskirt, a thick mass of starched white linen, designed to make a skirt stand out to a properly impressive degree. | &&&&&&+500 5/9 | [10] | yes (skirt) | |
fluffy headband This is the kind of large warm fluffy headband worn by the wild barbarian heroes from the hub. While wearing this you have no doubt you could defeat impossible odds, gather enough treasure to buy the Disc and become famous throughout the land. | &&&&&&+500 5/9 | [11] | yes | |
fluffy helmet This is a strange helmet. It has a fluffy headband as a brim that runs around the main body which is made of steel with a sharp spike on top. | &&&&&+4000 4 4/9 | [12] | yes | armour |
fluffy lip stud Set upon a narrow bar of steel is a tiny ball of the whitest, softest most snuggleable fluff imaginable. If only it wasn't so tiny, it would be wonderful to just roll around in. You will have to settle for wearing it on your face instead. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [13] | Yes | |
fluffy pink towel This pink towel is made from a particularly fluffy type of flannel. It looks so warm and comfortable you just want to wrap yourself up in it and snuggle for a while. | &&&&&+2000 2 2/9 | [14] | Yes (towel) | |
fluffy silver necklace A long thin chain of delicately wrought silver holds a large fluffy pendant. The pendant seems to be composed of multicoloured strands of fluff that twine around each other, impossible to separate. | &&&&&&+200 2/9 | [15] | Yes (necklace) | |
old fluffy spatula This is an old, old spatula; you can tell by the distinctive fluffy handle. The very old spatula handles were made out of fur seal, for added comfort when turning over stuff on the stove. This one has a nice white baby fur seal handle with a simply stunning cast iron base and bit leading up to the handle. | &&&&&+2500 2 7/9 | [16] | No | |
pair of black fluffy bed socks Thickly knitted and comfortingly soft, these fluffy black bed socks are just the thing for keeping one's toes happy. They would be perfect to wear while snuggled in bed, catching up on some late night reading. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [17] | Yes (feet) | |
pair of fluffy bathing trunks Made of ersatz ecru fur with green stripes, wearing these trunks will make it appear that some odd critter is attacking your midsection. | &&&&&&+200 2/9 | [18] | Yes | |
pair of fluffy bunny ears A bright pink pair of fluffy bunny ears. These were stolen by the bearer after a prolonged bout of drinking. The whole story has passed into myth and legend. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [19] | Yes | |
pair of fluffy cat ears This is a pair of fluffy feline ears, covered in soft-looking fur. They look rather interesting, nearly alive. Perhaps you can slip them on for size? | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [20] | Yes | |
pair of fluffy pink boots Crafted from the fluffiest pink wool imaginable, this pair of boots seems to have been designed to give the impression that the wearer's feet are encased in two balls of candyfloss. | &&&&&&+600 6/9 | Naefela | Yes (feet) | |
pair of pink fluffy handcuffs At each end of the three pewter coloured links, is a handcuff engulfed in bright pink lamb's wool. These handcuffs would be the perfect start of a tantalising rendezvous, if only you could find someone willing to be handcuffed. | &&&&&&+400 4/9 | [21] | Yes | |
pink fluffy earring This is a rather cute pink, fluffy earring, the kind you would expect to find down the back of a seamstress' bed. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [22] | Yes (earring) | |
pink fluffy purse This purse goes into overdrive with the fluff. It has room inside for quite a lot of money, although it is a tad too fluffy to be reduced to such a mundane existence. It was handmade by the Sto Lat wallet merchants for your money's pleasure. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [23] | No | Container |
pink fluffy wallet This wallet goes into overdrive with the fluff. It has room inside for quite a lot of money, although it is a tad too fluffy to be reduced to such a mundane existence. It was handmade by the Sto Lat wallet merchants for your money's pleasure. | &&&&&&+100 1/9 | [24] | No | Container |
set of fluffy earmuffs These fluffy earmuffs are dyed in shades of lurid green, pink, blue and orange - the perfect accessory to... well, maybe not the perfect accessory but they sure will keep your ears warm, if you were to wear them that is. | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | [25] | Yes | |
soft fluffy ball This is an extremely fluffy white ball, made of something so quintessentially fluffy that it radiates fluffiness into its surroundings. It is so fluffy that it won't even bounce, but it does seem to be eminently huggable. There is a hole through the centre, suggesting that it could be worn over your wrist. | &&&&&&+300 3/9 | [26] | Yes (bracelet) | Gufnorkian holy symbol |
soft fluffy kitten towel This is a big fluffy white towel with a picture of an innocent-looking kitten with a pink bow tied around its neck. Surrounding the kitten is a halo of yellow, enveloping it as it bats at a ball of string. If only you had a soft fluffy kitten sweatshirt to match. | &&&&&+2500 2 7/9 | [27] | Yes (towel) |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Depending on other modifiers; the lowest bonus listed may only be possible with positive modifiers such as being at a high altar, while the highest bonus may be with negative modifiers.