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I'm sure that was a heady discussion.

That's just one theory among a very large number. IMO, it's one of the more unlikely ones.

Ya know, when I first saw this thread, I thought to myself "I guess it is that kind of industry where the companies have to warn people if they're going to make a profit."

If he can put an end to the media Pope-Mania, he's got the first miracle at least. I hadn't thought about it before, but "John Paul" in Latin is "Little John."

All my gnomes are Gnostics.

Yeah, but this isn't one of them.

"An eye for an eye leave everyone with an eye." - Orc Proverb

I believe the way Jed says it is "a bit tetched."

Yeah, but people pronounce it "kee HOTE ee" "KEE oh tee" "kee HOTE ay" "KEE oh tay" etc., and with the derive-it-yourself approach the adjective comes out as "kee HOTT ik" (which I think is what Fusangite is using with "kee hot tick") "kee OTT ik" "kee HOTE ik" and "kee OTE ik". There just isn't...

I've probably heard it hundreds of times - from time to time people do attempt to say it like you do, but it's definitely perceived as substandard (like saying "nukuler" for nuclear). The problem with trying to enforce foreign phonology on derived English words is firstly that you say it wrong...

"Jurassic" is from the Jura (zhüra) mountains. Confucian/Confucius are from (in Mandarin) Kong-Fu Zi. Noachian is from Noah. The idea is that in the derivation you're forming an intermediate Latin root (which may (still) exist as in the case of Confucius or may not as in the case of Don...

Trust me on this - if you say "kee hot tick" people look at you like you just referred to a swimming pool as a "SEEment pond."

It's partly because it's a Latinized derivative. It's traditional to reduce the root to an Anglo-Latin pronunciation when you derive a Latinized adjective form, though the pattern is somewhat inconsistent. Another big factor is that it was coined in an era when Spanish pronunciation was not...

It's a good resource for SF/horror/fantasy markets. It's not so much concerned with style, though I think it has links to related sites (http://www.spicygreeniguana.com).

Since 1918? Strunk's a good guide for writing like an English professor in the Wilson administration.

I tend to agree. It might be fun to every once in a while have players vote on each other's alignment by secret ballot. :] Could be a reasonably effective way to judge a character's nature as played.

He's not playing CE so he won't have any restrictions on his actions. I guess it depends on the motivations of his crimes. If he just kills people for the heck of it, he's CE, whether or not he occasionally drops a silver piece in a beggar's cup. On the other hand, if he kills people for some...

WHurth

My refund went into an investment that spurred a gaming buying spree, and yeah, I'm going to be adding some allowances.

It's a very limited spell though - I doubt if it's quite capable of disguising a monstrous humanoid as a human.