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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8254672" data-attributes="member: 16814">These are fine.&nbsp; Savage can be a verb.I disagree, largely because the action definitions are different things.&nbsp; When you're communing (presumably) you're getting in touch with the situation/person/entity.&nbsp; When you weave, you're actively invoking things to change things with magic.&nbsp; I think these words are smuggling in some concepts that I don't think necessarily apply to this endeavor.&nbsp; And, while that's a reasonable thing to look for, I also think you cannot restrict yourself from perfectly good ideas because they're used differently in another game.I like verb words better.&nbsp; Consort works more for me than Rapport does.&nbsp; I think an important bit for actions should be to use the action word in a sentence to say you're doing that thing.&nbsp; &quot;I'm consorting with,&quot; works as a clear action word, while &quot;I'm establishing a rapport with&quot; requires coming up with an additional verb to make the same statement.Yes, but this isn't DW, or that's my apprehension, so if you're going to achieve the same thing -- I know stuff so I can figure out stuff -- then it seems better suited as an action you do rather than a thing you think.&nbsp; I &quot;apply&quot; my lore to the situation, I don't &quot;consult&quot; myself and learn anything -- if I'm consulting myself I've already learned it.&nbsp; This treads a little to close to asking what my character knows rather than can my character apply what they know to this situation.&nbsp; YMMV.Again, I really think that the actions will work better if they're verbs and the explanations describe an actual action.&nbsp; This flows, and gets to the immediacy of how these are going to be used in play.&nbsp; Sometimes, form influences function.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8254672, member: 16814"] These are fine. Savage can be a verb. I disagree, largely because the action definitions are different things. When you're communing (presumably) you're getting in touch with the situation/person/entity. When you weave, you're actively invoking things to change things with magic. I think these words are smuggling in some concepts that I don't think necessarily apply to this endeavor. And, while that's a reasonable thing to look for, I also think you cannot restrict yourself from perfectly good ideas because they're used differently in another game. I like verb words better. Consort works more for me than Rapport does. I think an important bit for actions should be to use the action word in a sentence to say you're doing that thing. "I'm consorting with," works as a clear action word, while "I'm establishing a rapport with" requires coming up with an additional verb to make the same statement. Yes, but this isn't DW, or that's my apprehension, so if you're going to achieve the same thing -- I know stuff so I can figure out stuff -- then it seems better suited as an action you do rather than a thing you think. I "apply" my lore to the situation, I don't "consult" myself and learn anything -- if I'm consulting myself I've already learned it. This treads a little to close to asking what my character knows rather than can my character apply what they know to this situation. YMMV. Again, I really think that the actions will work better if they're verbs and the explanations describe an actual action. This flows, and gets to the immediacy of how these are going to be used in play. Sometimes, form influences function. [/QUOTE]

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