Stop Combining Words in RPGs! - Let English prevail

[Remathilis]

This led us to creating in our game "thunderdeath furywheat," because in 4th edition, normal wheat just isn't awesome enough.

DUDE! Thunderdeath furywheat is so METAL!!!! \m/ \m/

 

[Piratecat]

Thunderdeath Furywheat will be my next halfling warbarbarian.

 

[Sigurd]

Don't forget War of the Burningsky!

Not a real quote of the inestimable RangerWickett. Hedoesn't needlessly concatenatewords somuch ashe pretends.

Sigurd

 

[Shadowslayer]

I may be just irritable today but I'm ticked at the stupid combined words the game seems to be filled with. eg Greataxe instead of Great Axe.

Actually, I feel your pain. Sure, its minor, but its still a bummer. I'd be happy if D&D could find a happy meduim between Gygax's use of language in 1e, and the language it currently uses.

On the other hand, in D&D terms, greataxe refers to a specific kind of axe. If you went the other way, any axe (hand axe, hatchet, war axe or whatever) that had a nice sharp blade, an ornate handle, a really good balance point, or just worked really well, could be considered a really great axe.

Greatdiscussion!

 

[rounser]

The WOTCspeak that gets me is "warmage". Obeying the rules of real english, my mind always interprets it as what you get when you lie down next to a fire.

 

[Inferno!]

I may be just irritable today but I'm ticked at the stupid combined words the game seems to be filled with. eg Greataxe instead of Great Axe.

I'll soak up a few arrows headed your way and agree with you.

 

[Hussar]

The WOTCspeak that gets me is "warmage". Obeying the rules of real english, my mind always interprets it as what you get when you lie down next to a fire.

Umm, no?

Obeying the rules of "real English", you ALWAYS split syllables between consonants and never afterwards. That word splits to either war MAGE or WAR mage, but never WARM age. You simply cannot start a syllable with a vowel sound in English.

((In case you think I'm wrong, even in words where you do have a syllable starting with a vowel, you add a consonant sound to the beginning. Otherwise, show me the "y" in "piano"))

 

[RefinedBean]

The WOTCspeak that gets me is "warmage". Obeying the rules of real english, my mind always interprets it as what you get when you lie down next to a fire.

...and now I can't stop thinkin' the same way.

Dang it, rounser. Dang it.

 

[Leif]

heywhydon'twesaveevenmorespaceandjustrunALLthewordstogether!!


Everybody CAN read that, right?

 

[RefinedBean]

((In case you think I'm wrong, even in words where you do have a syllable starting with a vowel, you add a consonant sound to the beginning. Otherwise, show me the "y" in "piano"))

Except for the first syllable of a word, of course.