tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post4050842818756083876..comments2024-03-01T11:52:44.729-05:00Comments on Bat in the Attic: Prophecy and the skill of the player.Robert Conleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-62410416931771555832010-07-02T21:09:07.145-04:002010-07-02T21:09:07.145-04:00The idea here was to inject a element of the playe...The idea here was to inject a element of the players actively doing something. If it was back in the day likely I would take a foreign langauge dictionary and translate it word for word and grammar be damned.Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-48917915873564683972010-07-02T16:14:16.422-04:002010-07-02T16:14:16.422-04:00I think "Google Translate would be an awesome...I think "Google Translate would be an awesome 2nd level cleric spell ;)dfvsdvsdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571021554165156986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-14864125816882833592010-07-01T14:40:46.129-04:002010-07-01T14:40:46.129-04:00And very interesting gibberish it is, but not very...And very interesting gibberish it is, but not very helpful to post at length if you're not also going to post a translation for your readers. (As most of us probably do not read "ancient elven.")<br /><br />One question though, did you ask the players how their characters "Google translated it"? Not aware that was a standard clerical spell...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-30928591571426739462010-06-29T10:06:24.513-04:002010-06-29T10:06:24.513-04:00I used Finnish instead of the correct Baltic versi...I used Finnish instead of the correct Baltic version and the result gave only a few legible words ("cannabis" for "kannab"!). <br /><br />I guess Heraldry is necessary to interpret some of the animals?Phersvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962408594713963134noreply@blogger.com