tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post7229645264449091774..comments2024-03-28T03:23:34.498-05:00Comments on Save Versus<br> All Wands: 1e Tunnels & Trolls, Part 3: A Digression on Spell NamesOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-51727462950452938372020-04-22T23:17:51.032-05:002020-04-22T23:17:51.032-05:00I saw the T&T spell names as the street names ...I saw the T&T spell names as the street names vs D&D academic names. Kinda like drug names. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347000617770383987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-2767415034895338622017-04-10T19:39:55.838-05:002017-04-10T19:39:55.838-05:00It's a British thing.It's a British thing. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896185264568048652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-53708450618846546492017-04-10T09:50:24.917-05:002017-04-10T09:50:24.917-05:00Here's why I like T&T's spell names: i...Here's why I like T&T's spell names: it's what the magic user would actually be saying. Big fighter hurt? "Poor baby," says the M-U with a smirk knowing that the brut won't knock him out for the disrespect because he's actually getting healed. KingofElflandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725335915535937373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-52920614485407124192017-04-10T09:06:10.450-05:002017-04-10T09:06:10.450-05:00The spell names set a certain tone that you may no...The spell names set a certain tone that you may not want for your game. You can change them of course; the UK Corgi reprint changed the low-level spell names (on the fairly sound assumption that no one would ever make it to the higher levels of play due to the insane numbers of experience points required) as did I when I played the game a little further down the track.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762441126018732123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-14285243978646595702017-04-09T18:02:07.822-05:002017-04-09T18:02:07.822-05:00Ten minutes of work, every time you buy a suppleme...Ten minutes of work, every time you buy a supplement or new edition? That's rough. :)<br /><br />But I do know what you mean. It shouldn't matter but it does. As you say, it is a quandary.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-20250870945547719512017-04-09T17:56:02.177-05:002017-04-09T17:56:02.177-05:00The biggest objection to your suggestion that one ...The biggest objection to your suggestion that one simply change the spell names to what one prefers, is that is *never stops*. Every future module and expansion will of course use the original name, so you are constantly required to continue to translate, over and over. Ugh. It's a quandary.pious agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043616958654007026noreply@blogger.com