[DF] A Brief Question

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

I'm beginning to think that I should have spelled that "Lurve" in the manuscript. It's what I've ended up doing in every discussion of the design decisions involved.

So, seemingly you prefer a humorous approach to the subject. At least in this post!

I didn't know that word until now.

Main Entry: lurve
Part of Speech: n, v
Definition: romantic infatuation; love; also written lerve
Etymology: humorous mispronunciation of 'love'
Usage: colloquial

[ClayDowling]

You want good solid historical examples check out the Festival of Dionysus (with a little madness thrown in for good measure), and the cult of Aphrodite at Korinthos.

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by demonsbane

So, seemingly you prefer a humorous approach to the subject.

Ahem. We're talking about Dungeon Fantasy here. The series in which "munchkin" is a standard term for a player or PC, all barbarians have Gigantism, and the section on psionics begins "Cheesy psi powers are a hack-and-slash tradition!".

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by demonsbane

Main Entry: lurve
Part of Speech: n, v
Definition: romantic infatuation; love; also written lerve
Etymology: humorous mispronunciation of 'love'
Usage: colloquial

Incidentally, that definition misses out the most important feature; a word written thus should always be pronounced as if being spoken by a '70s soul singer with a good bass voice and a flashy stage costume. Always.

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

Incidentally, that definition misses out the most important feature; a word written thus should always be pronounced as if being spoken by a '70s soul singer with a good bass voice and a flashy stage costume. Always.

I think that's beyond my capabilities...

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by tg_ambro

When will the next of the DF line appear for sale in e23?

Today! DF 7: Clerics. It's just released and looks cool.

[tg_ambro]

Yes it is! So far it has been amazingingly cool!

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by ClayDowling

You want good solid historical examples check out the Festival of Dionysus (with a little madness thrown in for good measure), and the cult of Aphrodite at Korinthos.

Dionysus was... more than "a little madness". Complete frothing fratboy frenzied mob drunkeness at times, even, although probably not quite as much as the critics liked to accuse and they probably didn't actually eat people and conduct human sacrifice. The football hooligans would probably have been devotees of Dionysus at the time - no matter what the other cultists thought about it, really.

"He was also known as the Liberator (Eleutherios), freeing one from one's normal self, by madness, ecstasy, or wine."

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by tg_ambro

Yes it is! So far it has been amazingingly cool!

BTW, here are two threads speaking about this new release: [DF] Clerics and Dungeon Fantasy 7: Attack of the Healbots. There will be more, sure, but right now I'm aware of these.

[hoshisabi]

BTW, here are two threads speaking about this new release

Yeh, I didn't do a proper search before I posted. I wanted to make sure people saw that it was available. Yet another really good DF book.

I'm looking forward to more, but at this point I feel kind of like I did back when I started playing 3.x of "that other game" and they released "Sword and Fist." "Oh no, now I can't wait until they release the books for the OTHER classes."