Search results

But it's a lazy defense. You know what I mean? It's "I can't be bothered to correct this so I'll just say it's because language evolves so we should all stop whining." Which case are you referring to? The White Wolf instance of "Justicar?" Because that should have been "Justiciar" right from...

I think you mean "Justiciar" may be "more correct." ;) Cheers, Cam

Are you kidding? That's been the biggest line of defense of letting people spell Justiciar without the I in both these threads. It's the "you can't stop the evolution of language" BS defense. It drives English teachers mad. I have to believe that on some level, people who are supporting the...

I pronounce it as "SHAD-ar KYE," because it comes from "shadow," I assume. I wonder how the WotC guys pronounce it? My friend Jim used to pronounce "melee" as "melly." My friend Kurt wins the prize, though. He pronounced "kobold" as "nobold," "charisma" and "chaotic" with the "ch" of "church,"...

It wasn't invented for RPGs. It was very likely supposed to be "Justiciar" but whoever first started to use it left the I out by accident. Who are we talking about, here? White Wolf? Renowned back in the day for their editorial masterwork, see page XX. Cheers, Cam

So you ARE on the "rouge," "villian," "loose" bandwagon then? Just so we're clear. Those have been spelled incorrectly or misused for decades by gamers. Should I get used to that, too? All I can see is a gigantic dodge in support of a dumb mistake at this point. Cheers, Cam

That's defeatist talk! Cheers, Cam

Ignorance is awesome! I think by this logic, we really should be accepting rouge, villian, pronouncing "Charisma" with the "ch" of "church," loosing things instead of losing them, and other mass-produced collective screwups that nobody bothers to check. But it's OK, because language evolves...

You are kidding me. :) Cheers, Cam

Because nobody here spells it that way. The two spellings were competing for each other at the same time after the metal was named, and it just so happens the US adopted the -um version rather than the British -ium. Regardless, incorrect spelling propagated by gamer geeks is not equivalent to a...

I'm a New Zealander. I say a lot of things in a funny way. But if I find out I've been pronouncing something completely wrong for years, and it's not an accent thing, I make an effort to correct it. ;) This isn't common usage. It's lazy gamer usage. If we keep this up, our game books will be...

Yes. The C is a sh sound, just like it is in "judicial" or "judicious." Cheers, Cam

Yup. But legions of Camarilla players sounded the J as if it was "broo-jah." And don't even ask about Tzimisce or however its spelled. Cheers, Cam

Correct. Now tell me how you pronounce "brujah." Cheers, Cam

"Justicar" isn't a word. It's a misspelling. To hear an audio of the pronunciation of Justiciar, go here. Cheers, Cam

My group and I stopped bothering with XP a couple of years ago, and now characters go up a level at appropriate points in the campaign (usually every other adventure). XP is a pain in the ass, to be honest, and none of the players expressed any great desire to have individual rewards as a DM...

In a perfect world, the 4e Dragonlance would benefit from all of the existing MWP "fluff" and thus not require a total repeat of the 18+ product list we published. It would be a way to use the 4e rules, which look pretty good to me, in a setting that's not lacking for published background...

I get the impression it's a little like how Rolemaster handled it. You only ever play the one class, but you can borrow powers and skills from other classes to take your particular character a little off-road, so to speak. So there won't be fighter/wizards or cleric/rangers, but there will be...

It does. It looks a million times better. Unless that horn has some role in combat, there's no reason for it to be there. Cyan Bloodbane had a horn on his snout, in the Clyde Caldwell artwork for the cover of DL10 Dragons of Dreams, but it didn't look like that. Cheers, Cam

It's certainly one option. However, I think the current era offers the most for new gamers, with less chance of feeling that they are walking in the footsteps of the novel characters, and a greater chance of incorporating 4e concepts. Cheers, Cam