[Scoop?] Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead, from WotC

[Tiberius]

Best not to worry about it. Bad Latin seems pretty common in games, and it's far easier to go with it than try to make it work.

Also, obviously someone's been taking levels in Dread Thread Necromancer.

 

[Mercule]

There's something delightfully ironic about this particular thread being brought back to life

Or, back to unlife, since it still smells funny.

 

[pawsplay]

Thread Necromancy!!! How appropriate is that?

Well played!

 

[Agamon]

Wow. Best first post EVAR!

 

[Gez]

Teh Funney!

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Thread Necromancy!!! How appropriate is that?

Even more appropriate that the second poster after the neacromancer is named GAAAHHH...

Has "BRAAAAINS" posted yet?

 

[Wayside]

Okay, I don't know if this is way too late. It's been several years, but I stumbled upon this, and had to respond, having taken four years of Latin, and owning the book. I don't believe it's a typo or mistranslation at all, and if my memory serves me correct, the book addresses it. Anyway, it's definitely the ablative case with an understood "a / ab" or "e / ex" preposition. This is very common in Latin poetry, and it translates as "From the Books of the Dead." I hope this helps some people, and I wish I had been a member of the forums during the time of the discussion.

You would want the adjective mortuus (albeit substantively used), not the noun mors (so libris mortuis, not libris mortis), but yeah, it's close enough that you could probably find something similar in an actual text were you inclined to look.

 

[Anti-Sean]

You would want the adjective mortuus (albeit substantively used), not the noun mors (so libris mortuis, not libris mortis), but yeah, it's close enough that you could probably find something similar in an actual text were you inclined to look.

Wayside has the right of it here, although shouldn't it be the genitive plural mortuorum to denote possession, rather than the ablative plural?

 

[Len]

Thanks guys for updating us on the changes to Latin grammar in the last 3 years.

 

[Kurashu]

I am posting in a legendary thread.

On a side note, I also own Libris Mortis. It's a great book. Between Libris Mortis, Heroes of Horror, and some homebrew stuff, undead and necromancy centered characters have received a boost all around. However, I wouldn't rate Libris Mortis' beauty factor higher than the Draconomic, which I just love to look at despite hardly using dragons in my game. Lords of Madness is alright too.

If I ever need to run an undead half-dragon Neogi, I'll have all the tools though.


However, I'm still waiting on "Der Wälzer riesigen Leute: The Book of Giants".