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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] policy docs, developer lists, jargon, oh my
  • Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 10:56:16 +0200

On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 12:18:49AM -0500, Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> On May 06, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> > Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:
> > > To pull a few of these threads into one...
[...]
> > I would propose the two following changes:
> >
> > > general dev lead dev
> > > ----------- --------
> > > generic : mage -> elder
> > >
> > > cauldron : wizard -> warlock
> > > grimoire : guru -> ??? sage?
> > archwizard
> > > sorcery : wizard -> warlock
> > > tome : ??? scribe? -> ??? bard?
> > sage
> >
> > Sage usually holds knowledge for others to reference/ask about, which
> > would fit more the Tome Team (documentation, website, forums, etc.) to
> > me. :)
>
> Yeah, makes sense, Jason what do you think?
>
> > Archwizard just sounds cool (and I wanted to use sage for Tome ;)).
> > <snip>
>
> I was going to suggest just 'arch' to keep it shorter and be less likely
> to confuse people with the similarity to 'wizard', but what about 'archon'
> instead (yes, it's more Greek and less D&D, but where in D&D did 'guru'
> come from anyway)? Arwed, do you have any thoughts?

archon sounds good to me.

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