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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 3906813" data-attributes="member: 18549">I agree with the first point.&nbsp; I know everyone says &quot;but you can just change it!&quot;, but the problem is that if you change it the conversation will go like this:Player A: I use my Sweep Kick feat.Player B: Sweep Kick?&nbsp; Which one was that again?Player A: In the PHB it's called Azure Tragic HowitzerPlayer B: So why aren't we calling it that?Player A: Because no one could remember what it did, and it sounds stupid.&nbsp; Sweep kick describes the feat.Player B: But if I want to look it up, I need to remember that it's called Azure Tragic Howitzer, so we should just call it that.&nbsp; Exactly how many feats did we rename?Player A: All of them.Player B: Do we have a translation key?DM: I made an Excel file to translate.&nbsp; You just type in the new name here and it tells you the feat you're looking for, and vice versa.Player B: So, I need to use that to know what I'm supposed to write down on my character sheet, because we're not using the regular names for the feats.&nbsp; Plus I need to use it to translate if you mention any feat at all?DM: Yes.Player B: Did we rename anything besides feats?DM: Well, just talent trees, spell names, skills, magic items, monsters, two-thirds of the weapons, gnomes, and the various planes.Player B: Where is this lexicon?Player A: It's all on the wiki.Player B: So, in order to simply check to see that what I think something is called is actually what it is called, I have to look online?DM: Well, what do you want me to do?&nbsp; Publish a translation dictionary?Player B: We could just use the names from the PHB.&nbsp; We're going to be doing so anyway, as part of the process of looking them up.DM: I will move heaven and earth in order to avoid using the phrase &quot;Golden Wyvern&quot; in my game.&nbsp; And so will you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 3906813, member: 18549"] I agree with the first point. I know everyone says "but you can just change it!", but the problem is that if you change it the conversation will go like this: Player A: I use my Sweep Kick feat. Player B: Sweep Kick? Which one was that again? Player A: In the PHB it's called Azure Tragic Howitzer Player B: So why aren't we calling it that? Player A: Because no one could remember what it did, and it sounds stupid. Sweep kick describes the feat. Player B: But if I want to look it up, I need to remember that it's called Azure Tragic Howitzer, so we should just call it that. Exactly how many feats did we rename? Player A: All of them. Player B: Do we have a translation key? DM: I made an Excel file to translate. You just type in the new name here and it tells you the feat you're looking for, and vice versa. Player B: So, I need to use that to know what I'm supposed to write down on my character sheet, because we're not using the regular names for the feats. Plus I need to use it to translate if you mention any feat at all? DM: Yes. Player B: Did we rename anything besides feats? DM: Well, just talent trees, spell names, skills, magic items, monsters, two-thirds of the weapons, gnomes, and the various planes. Player B: Where is this lexicon? Player A: It's all on the wiki. Player B: So, in order to simply check to see that what I think something is called is actually what it is called, I have to look online? DM: Well, what do you want me to do? Publish a translation dictionary? Player B: We could just use the names from the PHB. We're going to be doing so anyway, as part of the process of looking them up. DM: I will move heaven and earth in order to avoid using the phrase "Golden Wyvern" in my game. And so will you. [/QUOTE]

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