Have you played D&D in a foreign language?
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Li Shenron
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Zappo said:"Vuolsi cosi' cola' dove si puote cio' che si vuole, e piu' non dimandare..."
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"Thus is wanted there, where what is wanted can be, and don't ask any more..."
Virgilio, Dante's tout through Baator, told this to a baatezu who didn't want clueless Dante to pass to the next layer.
Mine is a quick translation, if it isn't clear, it basically means "God decided it, so pike it berk!".
(Thus is proved that Planescape is high literature).
Thank you Zappo for the literary support
Although, the quote was not meant to glorify Planescape, but rather to spot that Dante in 1300ad already was a DM, and used to let his players know that whatever he rules, it is... 
Li Shenron
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Xael said:LMAO!
But yeah, we're in the friggin' north.
I seriously think I should open a poll someday to check who of us ENWorlders lives in Finland, we seem very many...
D&D in Dutch
The way we play D&D is a kind of Anglo-dutch. A lot of words in english can be perfectly translated to Dutch. But the use of english in our D&D games seem to fit the mood of fantasy gaming better than Dutch. For example in 'perfect' dutch.
De vechter met de maliencolder valt de aardmannen aan met zijn magisch flammend zwaard, terwijl de tovernaar een vuurbal werpt op de trol.
In english
The Fighter with the chainmail attacks the orcs with his magic flaming sword, while the wizard casts a fireball at the troll.
In Anglo-dutch
De fighter met de chainmail valt de orks aan met zijn magic flaming sword, terwijl de wizard een fireball cast op de trol.
But hey, we are famous for our ability to incorporate words from other languages. A lot of my friends did not know that chainmail was translated to maliencolder in dutch. They knew what a chainmail was.....but not a maliencolder.
The way we play D&D is a kind of Anglo-dutch. A lot of words in english can be perfectly translated to Dutch. But the use of english in our D&D games seem to fit the mood of fantasy gaming better than Dutch. For example in 'perfect' dutch.
De vechter met de maliencolder valt de aardmannen aan met zijn magisch flammend zwaard, terwijl de tovernaar een vuurbal werpt op de trol.
In english
The Fighter with the chainmail attacks the orcs with his magic flaming sword, while the wizard casts a fireball at the troll.
In Anglo-dutch
De fighter met de chainmail valt de orks aan met zijn magic flaming sword, terwijl de wizard een fireball cast op de trol.
But hey, we are famous for our ability to incorporate words from other languages. A lot of my friends did not know that chainmail was translated to maliencolder in dutch. They knew what a chainmail was.....but not a maliencolder.
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