This section is dedicated to Tasslehoff Bur--well, really, all kenders...and their wonderful talent of "the taunt."
Taunting is--well....I'll just let Margaret Weis explain it.
Besides being quite casual in respect to other people's property, kenders have another unendearing characteristic
known as the "taunt." All kenders possess this talent to a greater or lesser degree. It is how their diminutive race has managed
to thrive and survive in a world of knights and warriors, trolls and hobgoblins. The taunt is the ability to insult an enemy
and work him into such a fever pitch of rage that he loses his head and begins fighting wildly and erratically.
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Such insults as "foul knight" and "elven scum" lacked imagination, Tas felt. He decided to show these people exactly
how much range and scope for variety were available in the Common language. Tasslehoff's insults were masterpieces of creativity
and ingenuity. Unfortunately, they also tended to be extremely personal and occasionally rather crude, delivered with an air
of charming innocence.
Those two exerpts were..."kendered" from Dragons of Winter Night (Vol. 2 of the Dragonlance Chronicles). This is my collection
of Tasslehoff's and every other kender's taunts that I've happen to trip over.
