Phat Loot Phriday: Tabard of Laos Flipor
by Mike Schramm 
Mar 30th 2007 at 7:18PM
When Blizzard introduced the Tabard of the Protector, it was pretty much a given that before long, we'd see more useful tabards coming in the game. And now, after the latest patch, players have unearthed this piece of phat loot.
Name: Tabard of Laos Flipor
Type: Tabard
Armor: NA
Abilities:
- It's a tabard with stats! +10 Strength, +10 Agility, +10 Stamina, +10 Intellect,, and +10 Spirit (kind of like The 1 Ring, but ten times better!)
- You may not think +10 is much of a bonus, but +10 Intellect means an extra 150 mana. And +10 Agility actually grants a whopping +20 Armor. Added up, these all mean a lot, and the fact that they're on a tabard makes them just icing on the cake.
- Laos Flipor, if you weren't already aware, is a little-known lore figure-- she used to be a jester in the Court of Lordaeron. She was known for telling bad jokes, and apparently she told one too many and got Arthas angry at her. Right after he murdered Dad in WC III, he offed her, too.
200 jokes later, a ? will pop up above the tabard vendor's head, and this baby is yours.
Getting Rid of It: It's BOP, but any vendor will give you 4 silver, 1 copper for it. Then again, at that price, you'd be a fool not to keep it!
Update: Pishnaa (thanks, this is awesome) has given us photographic proof! And if it's in a screenshot, it must be true.
Filed under: Items, Tricks, How-tos, Phat Loot Phriday
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
kuri Mar 30th 2007 8:10PM
A bit early for April Fools jokes.
http://www.wowhead.com/?search=Laos+Flipor
John Mar 30th 2007 7:58PM
why in the heck is this an alliance quest? The hord gets screwed again!
'doh...for the horde...doh
Johrlann Mar 30th 2007 8:02PM
Part of me really hates this time of year. Laos Flipor happens to be an anagram of "April Fools", and it appears WoW Insider decided to be a few days early on this.
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:02PM
will this go away any time?? cuz i cant play for like 2months, also i dont think yuo mentioned what the level requirements are?
if anyone can use it i really hope that it can still be picked up in 2 months, this would be very usefull to my 36lock. the int and sta is just amazing for a quest like this
steve Mar 30th 2007 8:05PM
just got mine
CiM Mar 30th 2007 8:07PM
Last I checked, it was still March 30th in America.
Mike Schramm Mar 30th 2007 8:05PM
It won't disappear, brian, and you have to be level 40 to wear it, sorry. Also Johrlann can't wear it, because he has no sense of humor :)
muffin_snarf Mar 30th 2007 8:09PM
Does this thing work with macros or do you have to spam it, I've been hitting my /silly macro with a maxed out amount of lines in it and nothing's happening with the stormwind lass.
Meliv Mar 30th 2007 8:09PM
Just did the quest with my level 1 guy, best piece of gear ever
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:20PM
thanks mike, and im OK about waiting till 40 to get this, i mean its stilla freakin tabard with stats!
is it epic? cuz yu know we all love the purple plums (that really should be trademarked by someone somewhere)
Mike Schramm Mar 30th 2007 8:19PM
Those truth-mongering jerks at WoW Wiki don't believe this is real!
http://www.wowwiki.com/Talk:Laos_Flipor
Maybe they need some more in-depth background story...
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:21PM
crap.. i messed it up, its professor plums aint it? well sry for double post =P
Dave Mar 30th 2007 8:23PM
March even has 31 days, so why in the world are you posting april fools jokes 2 days before it happens in the US and a day early even IF you're in Australia?
I mean really, you can log in on sunday and hit the publish button. :(
These things entirely lose all their funny power when you don't do it on a funny day.
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:28PM
o yea mike, i never meant if the item itselft will dissapear i meant to ask if the quest will dissapear?
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:31PM
sry for the double posting, but for number 1, how can you be stupid enought to ask why it isnt a horde quest... when a blood elf is wearing it in the picture?
Shat Mar 30th 2007 8:36PM
You guys are a day early :P
Outlander Mar 30th 2007 8:42PM
if this is supposed to be a joke I think it is highly inappropriate to use a forum like this to pull it in. we depend on this site to give accurate information and not misleading. I do have a sense of humor and in a different setting this could be funny but not on a newsy forum where we expect to be fed accurate information. try pulling this prank to guildies and noobs and it is funny but this is not the time or the place besides you are 2 days early and that's just lame.
Outlander Mar 30th 2007 8:44PM
seriously this makes me lose a lot of faith in this site and where i usually check it a couple of times a day i will probably not read here much anymore - just too disappointing to see such unprofessionalism and such a flippant attitude towards readers.
brian Mar 30th 2007 8:52PM
wow... its not real? hmmm fuck you lol. good joke.. aparantly yu got me...
Lighttech Mar 30th 2007 8:53PM
Dare I say it: WoW Insider, become an hero.