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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

It means "hole problems" for the rest of your days!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or extremely altered biology, if you're an Ito fan.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nrrrr nrrrr

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Thaumaturge. You mean a "wizzard" or sorcerer?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, this. Magic, wizardry, witchcraft, sorcery, spellworking and maybe... enchantment. : )

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA is referring to Sourcery, a novel by the late, great, sir Terry Pratchett.

GNU TERRY PRATCHETT

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A mage or a warlock?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Heeeemomancer

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

"incunabulum"

Oh, my heart 🥰

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

same root as incubate. Originally it's a book bound in such as way as to look like an antique crib with straps to hold the baby in, but it has come to mean books printed between 1450 and 1500.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

These are becoming one of my favorite regular posts here!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Suddenly chthonic companions makes sense, thank you hades!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't thaumaturge a specific kind of magician separate from others?

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Most modern fantasy worldbuilders just grabbed the next synonym off the pile whenever they needed to subcategorize magic users further.
Q: what's the difference between a wizard and a sorcerer?
A: Depends on how Hasbro's lawyers are feeling today.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

In which context?

The words literally just mean "miracle worker"

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Quite literally, aye

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not really. Or maybe it depends.

Reminds me of the fact that a lot of the terminology for magic is extremely coloured by how it's used in fantasy fiction and it might not be consistent with other fictional works, let alone how the words were/are used by magic practitioners. Fantasy authors have the benefit of just making the rules up.

(Perhaps most notable example is the term "witch" - pop culture defines that as female magic practitioners, but historically it was more of a gender neutral term in a lot of places. You know, kind of like the word "witchcraft" doesn't have gender connotations as such.)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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Turd Ferguson

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"in the chthonic silence"

what book was that, can't remember

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Internecion" - massacre, "kobold" - goblin, "azathotian" - demonic chaotic (mostly something to do with flutes, don't ask), "Veitstanz" - insane dancing mania

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