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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2467788" data-attributes="member: 22622"><p>I'm with you on this. Renaming a word (even if it means the same thing in another translation) is wasted writing and research. My PCs have enough to worry about than me inventing new words for things when the first word works fine. Mana is pretty much the universal defination for magical energy. I can speak to videogame, anime, board game and rpgers and say mana and everyone knows what Im saying. If i'm trying to start a game with new players, unless the setting is about (the mana) then its no point in renaming the word. The only other case I could see renaming it is if you're going for another culture setting. </p><p></p><p>To say that using a word lacks creatitvy is silly. When you make anything creative, heck even a sentence, you always want to emphasize what is important. Heck, I can call it poppydooby but it means the same, but why go through the trouble if it serves no purpose for the game. </p><p></p><p>As someone said, its too late. WE've already put it in the dictionary and its apart of our culture and thats what it means in this culture. If you want to flavor up your game by renaming things knock yourself out. But don't critize dms because we don't run through the dictionary to rename common elements of thegame.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2467788, member: 22622"] I'm with you on this. Renaming a word (even if it means the same thing in another translation) is wasted writing and research. My PCs have enough to worry about than me inventing new words for things when the first word works fine. Mana is pretty much the universal defination for magical energy. I can speak to videogame, anime, board game and rpgers and say mana and everyone knows what Im saying. If i'm trying to start a game with new players, unless the setting is about (the mana) then its no point in renaming the word. The only other case I could see renaming it is if you're going for another culture setting. To say that using a word lacks creatitvy is silly. When you make anything creative, heck even a sentence, you always want to emphasize what is important. Heck, I can call it poppydooby but it means the same, but why go through the trouble if it serves no purpose for the game. As someone said, its too late. WE've already put it in the dictionary and its apart of our culture and thats what it means in this culture. If you want to flavor up your game by renaming things knock yourself out. But don't critize dms because we don't run through the dictionary to rename common elements of thegame. [/QUOTE]
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