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[–] misterundercoat 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It means "hole problems" for the rest of your days!

[–] Brickhead92 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or extremely altered biology, if you're an Ito fan.

[–] LowtierComputer 1 points 9 months ago

Nrrrr nrrrr

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Thaumaturge. You mean a "wizzard" or sorcerer?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes, this. Magic, wizardry, witchcraft, sorcery, spellworking and maybe... enchantment. : )

[–] samus12345 5 points 9 months ago
[–] Dasus 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA is referring to Sourcery, a novel by the late, great, sir Terry Pratchett.

GNU TERRY PRATCHETT

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A mage or a warlock?

[–] TheTetrapod 9 points 9 months ago

Heeeemomancer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"incunabulum"

Oh, my heart 🥰

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

same root as incubate. Originally it's a book bound in such as way as to look like an antique crib with straps to hold the baby in, but it has come to mean books printed between 1450 and 1500.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 6 points 9 months ago

These are becoming one of my favorite regular posts here!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Suddenly chthonic companions makes sense, thank you hades!

[–] Alk 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Isn't thaumaturge a specific kind of magician separate from others?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Most modern fantasy worldbuilders just grabbed the next synonym off the pile whenever they needed to subcategorize magic users further.
Q: what's the difference between a wizard and a sorcerer?
A: Depends on how Hasbro's lawyers are feeling today.

[–] Dasus 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In which context?

The words literally just mean "miracle worker"

[–] samus12345 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus 3 points 9 months ago

Quite literally, aye

[–] umbraroze 3 points 9 months ago

Not really. Or maybe it depends.

Reminds me of the fact that a lot of the terminology for magic is extremely coloured by how it's used in fantasy fiction and it might not be consistent with other fictional works, let alone how the words were/are used by magic practitioners. Fantasy authors have the benefit of just making the rules up.

(Perhaps most notable example is the term "witch" - pop culture defines that as female magic practitioners, but historically it was more of a gender neutral term in a lot of places. You know, kind of like the word "witchcraft" doesn't have gender connotations as such.)

[–] quinkin 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Turd Ferguson

[–] xylogx 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] feedum_sneedson 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"in the chthonic silence"

what book was that, can't remember

[–] sagrotan 2 points 9 months ago

"Internecion" - massacre, "kobold" - goblin, "azathotian" - demonic chaotic (mostly something to do with flutes, don't ask), "Veitstanz" - insane dancing mania