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It adds some flavor and style Isaac Send a noteboard - 18/07/2013 06:23:01 PM

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View original postI've had that same wonderful experience a time or two as well, I don't do writing but I did used to do a lot of DMing and I always liked to really flush out my world's and frankly amuse myself building them in much the same way I used to build characters I'd never play back when I played more than I DM'd. I always like to build my geography and noble houses and such I'd I get kicks picking some vaguely appropriate language to feed a descriptive word or phrase into as the family or city or regional name.


View original postI'm currently DMing a game based heavily on the height of the Roman empire, so many places, events, and people are named in Latin.


View original postWhich is amusing, as when when I named someone Magno Malum (essentially Big Bad Guy), and the players were completely oblivious.

Much of DMing, when it comes to worldbuilding, is wasted on players, but they notice some and it helps me at least keep track of things and often creates new plot ideas and the like.

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A question related to ancient Greek words Nate - 16/07/2013 09:58:53 PM 944 Views
Tom's your man for this one, I'd say, maybe Danny or Gabriel Isaac - 16/07/2013 10:50:49 PM 692 Views
It is for fiction, yes. Nate - 16/07/2013 11:12:04 PM 653 Views
Re: It is for fiction, yes. Isaac - 17/07/2013 01:17:19 AM 742 Views
Re: It is for fiction, yes. Stephen - 17/07/2013 10:34:36 AM 607 Views
Re: It is for fiction, yes. Isaac - 17/07/2013 11:48:43 AM 703 Views
That would bug the hell out of me. Nate - 17/07/2013 03:49:12 PM 686 Views
I'd bet few readers would notice or care though Isaac - 17/07/2013 05:26:12 PM 771 Views
Thanks. Nate - 18/07/2013 04:34:23 PM 634 Views
Language is a great way to set a game up. Raserei - 18/07/2013 05:55:49 PM 685 Views
It adds some flavor and style Isaac - 18/07/2013 06:23:01 PM 566 Views
50 = pentêkonta. Year = etos. Tim - 17/07/2013 12:00:09 AM 762 Views
Nice. Nate - 17/07/2013 12:06:59 AM 618 Views
"Fifty years old" is πεντηκονταετης or πεντηκοντουτης Tom - 18/07/2013 12:20:58 PM 556 Views
If I'm converting the letters correctly ... Nate - 18/07/2013 04:20:49 PM 627 Views
The answer is Pentakron... Raserei - 18/07/2013 06:02:11 PM 699 Views
Re: The answer is Pentakron... *NM* Raserei - 18/07/2013 06:02:34 PM 284 Views
If your goal is a common-use word I'd vote /pen tek/, it seems to be quick and comfortable. *NM* HyogaRott - 19/07/2013 04:11:44 PM 265 Views
pentēkontaeteiron, not pentēkontaeteron Tom - 19/07/2013 02:40:51 AM 614 Views
This is what I would go with. Granted, at some level it becomes an issue of transliteration. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/07/2013 10:13:23 AM 279 Views
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