Sickened condition

[Draugin]

Hi, this is a translation problem and I need your help to know the correct meaning of the sickened condition.

In my opinion, characters become sickened only in a few cases such as from stench or some other disgusting effects, and the term could be translated as "disgusted".

The current translation in Italian is infermo (completely ill, invalid, infirm) but I don't think that's correct because it's too generic and simply erroneous. Glossary definition is an important part of d20 system so I need your help to resolve this little problem.
Tell me if I'm right or I'm not (and don't be merciful ).

Thank you,

 

[Kemrain]

Hi, this is a translation problem and I need your help to know the correct meaning of the sickened condition.

In my opinion, characters become sickened only in a few cases such as from stench or some other disgusting effects, and the term could be translated as "disgusted".

The current translation in Italian is infermo (completely ill, invalid, infirm) but I don't think that's correct because it's too generic and simply erroneous. Glossary definition is an important part of d20 system so I need your help to resolve this little problem.
Tell me if I'm right or I'm not (and don't be merciful ).

Thank you,

I think it's more like nausieated. Queezy. Pukey. the Glossery states:

Mildly ill. The character takes a -2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.

- Kemrain the Sickened.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

ammalato or nauseabondo perhaps?

AR

Edit: or ripuganzza?

 

[Draugin]

ammalato or nauseabondo perhaps?

No, I don't think they're ok.
Ammalato means "ill" and it's not too different from "diseased" in Italian, so it would add only confusion wheter "diseased" character are also "sickened" or not.
Nauseabondo is an active term that means "which causes sickness/disgust".

Edit: or ripuganzza?

Ripugnanza is truly good by core meaning but it is only a noun (there is no adjective with the same meaning). And it is a little active (Ripugnanza reminds more a thing that is disgusting than a character who is disgusted).

My main problem was the true meaning of sickened by game designers' point of view - d20 language is a "technical" language and every word assume only some aspects of the original word (such as "activate" or "step").
I think that I will have no problem in finding a word in Italian (I hope at least) when I have a clear idea of what the game designers had in mind.
Anyway, thank you!

 

[Draugin]

I think it's more like nausieated. Queezy. Pukey.

Ok thanks. That's what I thought.
Anyone thinking that this is wrong?

 

[Alchemist]

Ok thanks. That's what I thought.
Anyone thinking that this is wrong?

Nope, those are good synonyms for the sickened condition, both in real life and in the game.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Ok thanks. That's what I thought.
Anyone thinking that this is wrong?

Perfect.

 

[FrankTrollman]

The implication is that you are weakened because you are not at current optimal health. It doesn't have to be specifically nausea (which is gastro-intestinal, and is in any case a seperate condition) - it could be from muscular poisoning, or long-term immobility, or whatever.

The key point is that you are temporarily unhealthy, and because of that you have a diffiulty doing things.

-Frank

 

[the Jester]

While nausea could be a symptom of this condition, I think that it's deliberately vague enough to cover a lot of different types of sickness- from nausea to high fever. The glossary, in the English version, describes it as "mildly ill."

After all, there's already a nauseated condition, so it must be something other than simply that. But I don't think that it affects you when you're diseased or something like that.

 

[Draugin]

Ok thanks to you all guys!
After what I've read, I think I'll stick with the current translation even if it's too strong for my tastes, but it is generic also - and Frank Trollman and the Jester pointed out that sickened is a generic condition.

Great help!
Goodbye