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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3634416" data-attributes="member: 22779">Doug FTW.Look, I cannot believe that people are arguing in favour of ambiguity.  That just blows my mind.  Let's take the term Magic Walmart.  It can be interpreted as follows:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As a single, large physical place where magic items can be bought an sold.  This is the literal definition. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A shorthand for easy trade in magic items.  Items can be bought and sold in any area large enough to support the trade and shopping is largely hand waved.  This is a fairly neutral connotation. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A shorthand phrase for elitist DM's to state how they are so much better than other DM's in that they keep their peon players from buying and selling magic items and retain the power inherent in the position of the DM.  Carries the additional meaning that anyone who does allow easy buying and selling of magic items is a poncy little git who should never DM. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A shorthand phrase, originally coined in edition war threads, used as a derogatory phrase to talk about player entitlement and DM disempowerment inherent in 3e.</li> </ul>Now, however one wants the phrase to be interpreted is irrelevant.  The phrase will be interpreted by the reader.  When RC asked if the phrase had any descriptive value, I said no.  He jumped on that to mean that I had said that the phrase couldn't be used to describe something.  That is mistaken.  You can use "Magic Wal-mart" to describe lots of things.  That's the problem.  It's too vague.  It's an internet neologism created by D&D players, so of course it is vague and imprecise.Doug MCCrae put it best above:'magic item trade'A perfectly accurate phrase that carries no baggage.  Completely neutral.  A DM could say, "Hey, I'm starting a new campaign.  In my new campaign, magic item trade will be restricted to items less than 1000 gp in value."  Poof, no connotation.  Direct, to the point and no one is going to see him as an elitist DM or as starting yet another edition war.Why are you guys arguing in favour of ambiguity?  So vehemently that you are now calling me a caveman and comparing me to the Thought Police?  Why does being ambiguous in your language mean so much to you?</blockquote>

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