... I know my ability to participate via typing is limited to short exchanges punctuated with the odd essay now and then. I guess my method is to post a...
In the fantasy setting I'm working on, there are 3 levels of "special" beings in the service of a deity. A demigod is a minor deity in their own right. An...
... Deacon, perhaps? Minister? Alternatively, the "normal" priests could be called priests, and the "divine wizards" called something else -- prophet or...
... The other possibility, besides immersion, is doing it analytically or intuitively from "outside" the character's head. A written-out version of the...
... Anointed One, Cleric, Chosen, High Priest, Speaker, Minister (might better be used for the non-mystic sorts), Exalted One, Revered One, Reverend, Custos,...
... Have you looked at voice-to-text software such as Dragon Naturally Speaking? ... No, sorry. Unsupported claims to world-shaking epiphanies sound more like ...
... I have also thought that such software needed as much correction as my very imperfect typing. Perhaps its better now though. I have a copy I may try...
Kiz, I've always liked the term "catalyst", from the Darksword series by Weiss and Hickman. Speaking of which, I recently found a copy of their "RPG" in a used...
Well, in the Catholic, you often had those who was not into being a full priest, but did have a calling to help them and their community. The Lay or Low Order....
Lay/Low order might be like if you was a normal person, but you had a calling, some education and served in the local church, such as the one who helped set...
... I'm not recommending it, just suggesting it as a possibility. The last time I explored such programs was about ten years ago, so I'm afraid my experience...
I would keep those therms, and make the "everyday priests" monks. Monks get elevated to Priests. Or perhaps you could use the term "High Priest." To:...
Frank Sronce wrote: [...] ... I'm not sure I have any ideas, but are you looking for a word used by the characters within the setting (obviously translated...
Typed this up, but didn't have time to send it out before. From: "Benjamin Grant" <benn@...> ... I'm still digesting it. It seems interesting, but I...
Ascetic! You could always go Cleric. Or go ahead and modify the word to Clerk. Maybe Chaplain or Parson. or make them simply Sisters and Brothers. To:...
... This would be in-setting. It could even be a made-up word for wizards who serve a deity. Thanks for the various suggestions, folks... while I'm still...
... is the definition of an RPG. ... players play a role. It's not a Role Playing Game In Which Characters Learn and Grow as Individuals. RPGIWCLAGAI is hard...
This goes out to Torben and any other probability mavens out there. It should also be noted that I am not just looking for the answer, but for the method to...
... Note: the fact that I have been "campaigning" for Capes' exclusion from the category of RPGs and inclusion into a the new category of Story Telling Games...
I am going to try an experiment, and not only try to put out a somewhat revised model, but to do it in a way to encourage short and fast back and forth...
Could use a little work - but I can live with it. To me the difference between storytelling and RPG is all shades of grey, from improvisation all the way to...
Thanks for the reply. Speaking for only myself, btw, the drive to create mods and my own rulesets comes from trying to make the game "feel" more "realistic" or...
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I have not been a big fan of D&D for the last 25 years or so, so I haven't been aware of a problem with it concerning Ability generation. I look online and I...
Brother Father Grandfather are sometimes used for more than genetic connection. Brother can be like a monk? Father = head of an order, an abby or like. Also...
Introduction to me and my dark mission: I am Mark Argyle, supreme overlord of GhazPORK Industrial, an incredibly small and slightly deranged entertainment...
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