Really nice write up.
As a side note, I'm not bothered at all about "gamist speex" in my games.
First, It's ALWAYS been done, since I play, in a way or the other.
Second, I can well expect for seasoned adventurers to develop a "field jargon" in order to be more effective. Real life soldiers do it all the time, so I expect our fantasy equivalents to do the same.
For lack of a better term we always used to call "minions" as "gnags", or maybe "red shirts". I think "brutes" or "artillery" isn't that out of flavour, after all.
P.S.
Where's that "Retourn of the Burning Plague" it's been talked of? I'd really like to give it a try.
As a side note, I'm not bothered at all about "gamist speex" in my games.
First, It's ALWAYS been done, since I play, in a way or the other.
Second, I can well expect for seasoned adventurers to develop a "field jargon" in order to be more effective. Real life soldiers do it all the time, so I expect our fantasy equivalents to do the same.
For lack of a better term we always used to call "minions" as "gnags", or maybe "red shirts". I think "brutes" or "artillery" isn't that out of flavour, after all.
P.S.
Where's that "Retourn of the Burning Plague" it's been talked of? I'd really like to give it a try.