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  • From: "Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] policy docs, developer lists, jargon, oh my
  • Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 14:15:14 +0200

That's what's bothering me actually;
first, I always thought of a guru as Eric pasted it below, and I am not
even close to being that skilled
second, guru doesn't sound very d&d as it been said too.
So I'd like it if section maintainers could have a less pedantic, albeit
still magical rank; anything in the lines of mage, sorcerer. wizard
would do...
Oh and a new one that could be used somewhere: alchemist ?

Cheers,
Mathieu.

On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 10:35:06PM -0700, Eric Sandall wrote:
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> Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> > On May 06, Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> <snip>
> >> 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 would work as well. I believe 'guru' comes from UNIX philosophy:
> n. [UNIX] An expert. Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of
> being a knowledge resource for others. Less often, used (with a
> qualifier) for other experts on other systems, as in `VMS guru'. See
> source of all good bits.
>
> - -sandalle
>
> [0] http://www.clueless.com/jargon3.0.0/guru.html
>
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