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Xorn vs Dorn - What's the difference?

xorn | dorn |

As nouns the difference between xorn and dorn

is that xorn is (fantasy) a fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth while dorn is fist.

xorn

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.
  • * 2002 , "David Damerell", Where are they come from?(SIC) ;)'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.development )
  • Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.
  • * 2007 , "bear", Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.angband )
  • Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn !
  • * 2010 , Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov (page 229)
  • That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn —an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.

    dorn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A British ray; the thornback.
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