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Offline Philliph

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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #45 on: September 24, 2009, 02:49:55 PM »
I believe Kami is God.

i'm not exactly sure though. Correct me if you can!! Mwuahahahahaaa

Vampires...If i find something not already said i'll come back to this thread with purpose.
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #46 on: September 24, 2009, 04:31:12 PM »
Kami can be translated as god but most scholars in the field dont agree with that as it more means just a spirit or a natural force as opposed to a diety
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #47 on: September 24, 2009, 05:01:19 PM »
Quote from: HellsBells on September 24, 2009, 04:31:12 PM
Kami can be translated as god but most scholars in the field dont agree with that as it more means just a spirit or a natural force as opposed to a diety

Quote from: HellsBells on September 24, 2009, 04:31:12 PM
Quantum Materiae Materietur Marmota Monax Si Marmota Monax Materiam Possit Materiari?

Hmm, i'm only going by what i have learned from my friends. They're lucky enough to afford rossetta stone and they know a little japanese and the dead latin language.

And what does the Quantum Materiae....Thing mean? Its intriguing.
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #48 on: September 24, 2009, 05:04:33 PM »
blegh well it can be either a god or a natural force, either really.

hehe "Quantum Materiae Materietur Marmota Monax Si Marmota Monax Materiam Possit Materiari" means "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" in latin  ;D
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #49 on: September 26, 2009, 08:34:06 PM »
Quote from: HellsBells on September 24, 2009, 05:04:33 PM
hehe "Quantum Materiae Materietur Marmota Monax Si Marmota Monax Materiam Possit Materiari" means "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" in latin  ;D

HAHA! Thats amazing!!

o i wish i could have thought of that. lol. all i have are some quotes.
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #50 on: September 27, 2009, 02:31:10 AM »
wizard, shaman, thaumaturge, all names for the same thing.

Oh, and the Druids of legend are nothing like those so named in D & D, and heaven save me from those writers who can't divorce themselves from this game system.
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #51 on: September 30, 2009, 08:25:00 PM »
Quote from: HellsBells on September 24, 2009, 05:04:33 PM


hehe "Quantum Materiae Materietur Marmota Monax Si Marmota Monax Materiam Possit Materiari" means "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" in latin  ;D

wow

(pulls chin up from floor and wipes away residual drool)

why do vampires have to be the tough guys?  what about the vampires that are the steve buschemi equivalent? the ones that hide from mortals, prey only on the very weak, gather like pack animalswhen attacking only to fold faster than superman on laundry day?

wait, nuts, thats a good idea...  watch this space.
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Re: Some Fantasy Standards
« Reply #52 on: September 30, 2009, 08:48:13 PM »
City of Ashes (I think that's the first one. I get the titles mixed up) by Cassandra Clark has her vamps hole up in packs hiding from mortals. Out of fear of particular 'humans' and werewolves and other nasties, not general mortals. But the principal is the same.
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