[projectaon] Re: Residue of the 21votm errata
- From: Jonathan Blake <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:58:04 -0700
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/05/2009 22:11, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>>
>>> REMAINING
>>> ISSUES<http://www.projectaon.org/en/Errata/VoyageOfTheMoonstone>:
>>>
>>> (er) Grand Master Disciplines: "you are skilled in the use of
>>> one
>>> of the weapons listed in the Equipment section." Are you _really_ limited
>>> to
>>> Quarterstaff, Bow, Dagger, Sword, or Axe? [so: How should this be
>>> re-worded?]
>>
>> Should we add the list of weapons illustration to the Equipment
>> section under the "Equipment—How to use it... Weapons" section?
>
> It would work, but is it the most elegant solution to the problem? I suppose
> adding a sentence at the bottom of the How to Use/Weapons section that says
> something like, "A Kai Grand Master might find the following Weapons during
> his adventures." but worded better, and then the weapons.png illustration,
> could solve this issue. Maybe.
Or should we just put the weapons list in a footnote explaining the
oddity of the new rules and suggesting that the reader could feel good
about ignoring them? :)
>>> (er) 36, 105: master Kai -> Master Kai
>>
>> Doing some research turns up some inconsistency in how similar
>> salutations are capitalized in the books (cf. sire versus Sire). On
>> balance, they favor the uncapitalized version. I don't mind going with
>> that. Thoughts?
>
> If it said "mister Kai" we would capitalise it without question. If it is a
> titular for of address, I think it probably should be capitalised.
I see your point, though I'm not comfortable making a general rule
yet. I would like to handle each case separately. Unless any object,
let's go with Master Kai in this book.
> Should we go after sire vs. Sire?
>>> (er) 61: master journeyman -> Master [J]ourneyman
>>> (er) 61: journeyman -> Journeyman [jb] [so: Only these, or other
>>> occurrences of 'journeyman' as well?]
>>
>> It depends on whether the Journeyman refers to the rank or to the
>> occupation. Now that I think about it again, I think we can leave this
>> as-is.
>
> See above for master vs. Master. If Journeyman is being used as a title, it
> should probably be capitalised too. All other instances should probably not
> be capitalised; after all, if we substitute "carpenter" or "tailor" for
> "journeyman", we wouldn't capitalise those in such instances. I think?
Master Journeyman, but leave other occurrences of "journeyman" as-is.
Are we only waiting on these issues and perhaps a short comment period?
--
Jon
~~~~~~
Manage your subscription at http://www.freelists.org/list/projectaon
Other related posts: