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silva
post May 7 2012, 06:20 PM
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Hi folks,

I need a hand in figuring out (or creating from scratch) in-setting terms for the game existing ones. Im doing a little Shadowrun hack for the game Apocalypse World, and would like to keep the vibe and style of this last one. For those who dont know AW, please take a look in this char sheet here: front, back ( more specifically the "moves" part, and how those are called).

So here is my question: what do you think the terms below would be called (or most commongly be known) for the in-setting hermetic traditions practicioners ?

Essence
Initiation
Invisibilty
Levitate
Barrier
Control Emotion
Mind Probe
Sleep
etc.

I thought about calling it by greek or latin terms. So for eg: (in Latin) "Invisibilty" would be "Evanescere", Mind Probe would be "Dic Mihi!" (Talk to me!) and and Control Emotion would be "Amore regge Senza legge" and Initiation would be "Son of Hermes" or some exoteric crap like that.

The same goes for shamanic practitioners - how would they call the below terms ?

Essence
Inititation
Summon Spirit
Astral perception
Astral projection
Astral Plane
Heal
etc

(I thought about some indian terms, but I dont know anything about it )

And for concluding: Come on guys, let your creative mojo flow! Give any me cool names you want! ("Wiremasters Shake u Body 3000" for Wired Reflexes ? XD ) or indicate some cool fonts to inspire me!

Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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- silva   In-setting terms for meta-game terms   May 7 2012, 06:20 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Before the fun, I just wanna say that most everyon...   May 7 2012, 07:02 PM
|- - silva   Hehe, nice tip. I have my 2nd edition Mage around ...   May 7 2012, 08:33 PM
|- - Darksong   QUOTE (silva @ May 7 2012, 02:33 PM) EDIT...   May 7 2012, 10:01 PM
|- - Blade   QUOTE (silva @ May 7 2012, 10:33 PM) EDIT...   May 9 2012, 09:34 AM
- - CrystalBlue   Essence: --Hemetic: Mana and Astral Capacity Coeff...   May 7 2012, 07:13 PM
- - _Pax._   QUOTE (silva @ May 7 2012, 01:20 PM) So h...   May 7 2012, 08:08 PM
- - Darksong   when in doubt, borrow heavily from Mage: the Ascen...   May 7 2012, 08:19 PM
|- - VykosDarkSoul   QUOTE (Darksong @ May 7 2012, 03:19 PM) w...   May 7 2012, 08:57 PM
- - VykosDarkSoul   I dont know, in my mind most of these terms are wh...   May 7 2012, 08:56 PM
- - Zibik   I can't come up with a quote right off but did...   May 7 2012, 09:13 PM
- - Dakka Dakka   I like having my hermetics using (milli)thaums as ...   May 7 2012, 09:35 PM
- - Sengir   Remember that old magic books like The Grimoire we...   May 8 2012, 03:43 PM
|- - silva   QUOTE (Sengir @ May 8 2012, 12:43 PM) Rem...   May 8 2012, 05:16 PM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (silva @ May 8 2012, 06:16 PM) And ...   May 9 2012, 10:21 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Still, people understand 'katana', 'Ma...   May 8 2012, 05:21 PM
- - _Pax._   Or for a more real-world example: I use AVG; othe...   May 8 2012, 05:51 PM
- - silva   But software using has nothing to do with beliefs,...   May 8 2012, 07:14 PM
|- - Eratosthenes   QUOTE (silva @ May 8 2012, 03:14 PM) But ...   May 9 2012, 11:30 PM
- - Jhaiisiin   To be fair, if you want to compare the "name...   May 8 2012, 10:37 PM
- - Jhaiisiin   SR has always portrayed the "hermetic traditi...   May 9 2012, 11:13 AM
- - Yerameyahu   I hope that was the point I conveyed from the begi...   May 10 2012, 12:00 AM
- - silva   Thnks for the input so far, guys. Continuing thi...   May 15 2012, 12:46 AM
- - Dakka Dakka   No proverbs, but maybe the Slang Glossary will hel...   May 15 2012, 05:52 AM
- - silva   Thats awesome, Dakka. Thanks!   May 15 2012, 04:48 PM
- - Neko Asakami   Two proverbs I've seen around here are "D...   May 16 2012, 12:23 AM
- - Sir_Psycho   "What does a six thousand year old dragon do?...   May 16 2012, 07:30 PM


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