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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vox" data-source="post: 1631684" data-attributes="member: 2690">game termsI guess I have been trolled but I agree with SKR that when a game product  is functioning as a technical manual and describing a game concept it should be precise in its terminology. Writers shouldn't use game-defined terms to mean something other than those meanings if they are writing rules text. This is different than text which is dialogue or narrative, where a term's normal sense would take precedent.Compare:"Jonath wished that he had never struck the noble, as he was now in serious trouble."This makes perfect sense and I don't think it contradicts what SKR has said. It certainly doesn't seem problematic to me.----------------"I will grant you anything you wish," said the sorceror to the party.This statement wouldn't be clear to the players but that is okay; people aren't always easy to understand. The party may be confused about whether the sorceror will cast a 9th level spell ("Wish") for them or if he is agreeing to grant them any service which he can reasonably perform. Again that's okay because the character is being unclear, rather than the writer.--------------------In this encounter the characters will meet a sorceror who will agree to grant them any wish he can. This is an example of the sort of sloppy writing that matches the "enchant" example. In this sort of behind-the-scenes writing "wish" should use it's meaning as a game term. If the writer means to use "wish" as a synonym for "desire" or "request" then he should use one of those terms instead. In for-the-DM text "wish" and other game-defined terms should only use their game-defined meanings. English is versatile enough to produce an alternative word that doesn't have a game definition.In short, it just seems like sloppy word choice to me.</blockquote>

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