D&D General Jaquaying the dungeon - a term to avoid

[Charlaquin]

"Make it rhizomatic" or "rhizomize", I suppose? I like the idea of it being an adjective over a verb, as a quality a dungeon may or may not possess.

It’s intentionally a verb, because the term refers to the process of making a dungeon like one of Jaquays’s.

 

[ersatzphil]

It’s intentionally a verb, because the term refers to the process of making a dungeon like one of Jaquays’s.

Hrm - I'm open to being convinced, but I'm not sure I see that it needs to be: just because JA made Jaquays name into a verb doesn't mean we need to. Why is a verb preferable over an adjective that means "this dungeon is in the style of Jennell Jaquays"?

 

[Charlaquin]

Hrm - I'm open to being convinced, but I'm not sure I see that it needs to be: just because JA made Jaquays name into a verb doesn't mean we need to. Why is a verb preferable over an adjective that means "this dungeon is in the style of Jennell Jaquays"?

I mean, the term we’re discussing replacing was a verb, and it was chosen as a verb specifically to put a word to the process of taking a dungeon and using certain design elements common to Jaquays’ dungeons in order to make it less linear and more of a challenge to navigate in play. If you want a noun to refer to dungeons which have such features, that’s fine, but it wouldn’t be a replacement for the term in question, it would just be a different word that refers to a similar thing. Which, is fine, it’s just not what we were discussing. Also, like, I would think simply “nonlinear” would be perfectly sufficient for that purpose anyway.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

You can verb any word you want to in English. This is looking for a solution to a problem that probably hasn't existed since the Saxons set foot in Kent.

 

[Lanefan]

I’m still partial to “thraciafying,” since it still honors her contribution to the art of dungeon design, and also clearly communicates “making a dungeon more like the Caverns of Thracia.”

I think - and earnestly hope! - that would soon enough get shortened to "thracing".

 

[Charlaquin]

I think - and earnestly hope! - that would soon enough get shortened to "thracing".

Oh, I like that!

 

[Charlaquin]

You can verb any word you want to in English. This is looking for a solution to a problem that probably hasn't existed since the Saxons set foot in Kent.

The problem isn’t “can we verb it?” It’s “what word should we be verbing?”

 

[Lanefan]

To toss another hat into the ring, I personally like the idea of rhizomatic dungeons vs arborescent ones.

Arborescent just appears to be another word for dendritic; the only difference being one is used when describing trees and the other when describing river systems.

 

[ersatzphil]

Arborescent just appears to be another word for dendritic; the only difference being one is used when describing trees and the other when describing river systems.

I think that's right; they're mutual synonyms. I only use arborescent because it's the term Deleuze and Guattari used.

 

[ersatzphil]

You can verb any word you want to in English. This is looking for a solution to a problem that probably hasn't existed since the Saxons set foot in Kent.