 Fixing mages that are too powerful, Gaming direction, yes it's fluff |
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 Apr 24 2011, 07:58 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007  |
Yay, pity! My favourite! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Apr 24 2011, 08:00 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 09:51 PM)  You actually have Or'zet in the German books? O_O Not that I know. We were talking about the Orks from Warhammer 40K and their peculiar type of English/German.At least to me "Lootas & Burnaboyz" works but "Plünderaz & Brennaboyz" doesn't. |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:06 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Even I can see that doesn't work. And I have German 1.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:10 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
I'd argue that it doesn't work in English, either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Apr 24 2011, 08:11 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
Using bad grammar and/or some dialect was a good idea from GW but simply using similar letter replacements in German wasn't. Now that I think of it, giving Orks Bavarian accents may be funny.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:11 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 10:06 PM) Even I can see that doesn't work. And I have German 1. no, you're closer to 2. and there are MANY people with german 0 even over here in germany <.< |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:13 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Apr 24 2011, 09:11 PM) no, you're closer to 2. O_O Kein scheiss? |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:15 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 10:13 PM) O_O Kein scheiss? Nope, kein scheiss. |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:16 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 10:13 PM) O_O Kein scheiss? Now it may even be German(colloquial/vulgar) 1(+2) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Apr 24 2011, 08:18 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Ich bumse Blondinenwitze. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Give a British teenager ANY foreign language phrasebook and they will find all the dirty words in five minutes AND use it with relatively proper grammar.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:19 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
OK, that one was wrong.
Would be "i fuck blonde jokes" |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:20 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Stupid dictionary. Meant to be 'I screw dumb blondes'.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
Either way, derailing the thread suddenly became a lot more tasteful.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:24 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
And practical.
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Apr 24 2011, 08:28 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Everything is better with/in german!
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Apr 24 2011, 08:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Everything is better NOT in English!
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Apr 24 2011, 08:47 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 01:34 PM) Everything is better NOT in English! How about puns that only work in English? |
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Apr 24 2011, 08:55 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,717 Joined: 23-March 09 From: Weymouth, UK Member No.: 17,007 |
Those work. But for actual communication, it frequently fails me.
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Apr 24 2011, 09:46 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 03:34 PM) Everything is better NOT in English! Discworld? |
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Apr 24 2011, 09:52 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 24 2011, 11:46 PM) Discworld? 'The Translation is pretty good actually. |
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Apr 24 2011, 10:17 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...Naval Weapons (oops, that's a 3rd ed solution). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Apr 24 2011, 11:12 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
Honestly, increased anti-mage prejudice is a good idea if your notion is "I want a darker, grittier, more dystopian game." But it is a bad idea if you are using it to balance Magic. They still have the same supposedly overpowered abilities, but now they get in trouble every time they use them, or have random annoying or frustrating things happen to them. This doesn't balance the game - it makes the game less fun.
If you feel mages are too powerful, then there are lots of options in the game to make them less effective, or house rules if you want to go even further. Fluff solutions to a crunch problem are bad, though. It can come off as passive-agressive or spiteful, and it often is. |
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Apr 25 2011, 03:48 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 7,831 |
QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 24 2011, 12:02 PM) wearing mystic symbols openy is like wearing a pentagram in the 1980's. Wait, my Rush "2112" tee-shirt wasnt cool? You're only telling me now? |
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Apr 25 2011, 03:52 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (puke @ Apr 24 2011, 10:48 PM) Wait, my Rush "2112" tee-shirt wasnt cool? You're only telling me now? Personally, I'm still amazed it took decades for a video game to come out based on it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Apr 25 2011, 05:22 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 24 2011, 03:34 PM) Everything is better NOT in English! Nope ! Nazi Movies or WW II Movies with English Actors trying to speak German....:Hillarious (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) "Ihr boesen Schweinenhunden" With a derailing Dance Medicineman |
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