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I need some help with how this works... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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rogue_lettuce
06-30-06, 09:57 AM I was reading through the AEG 3.0 book "Feats," and came across a feat called Spell Turning. If I was an illiterate character/race, and I took this feat, would the illiteracy override it or not? :P

</poor humour>
kelvinaw273
06-30-06, 11:12 AM If literacy is not required or is not implied to be required (for example by stating you must have learned a wizard spell) in the feat description then literate or not would have no effect, one would assume.
rogue_lettuce
06-30-06, 12:00 PM Too subtle?

The feat is:

"Spell Turning
You always spell the word 'turning' correctly"

I know it's copyright, but they REALLY won't complain, cmon, it's a JOKE! :)
Dei
06-30-06, 03:58 PM *giggle* :P
kelvinaw273
07-01-06, 03:17 AM Too subtle?

The feat is:

"Spell Turning
You always spell the word 'turning' correctly"

I know it's copyright, but they REALLY won't complain, cmon, it's a JOKE! :)

Whimpers in pain and takes 1d4 Int and Wis damage from backlash ... that was BAD. Really, really bad. So bad it is in a world of badness on its own, in the badsville bad town of bad planet in bad galaxy.

Some things are so bad they are good, but that went through that threshhold and back into bad again, only now so dire and abysmal that it can inflict damage on the unwary.
SpanishElf
07-01-06, 04:26 AM I'd say you can spell "turning" correctly you just would not know what you were writing meant unless someone had already told you. ;)
rogue_lettuce
07-01-06, 06:03 AM I'd say you can spell "turning" correctly you just would not know what you were writing meant unless someone had already told you. ;)
Hmmm interesting interpretation. Surely one would have to understand the word to technically be able to spell it? Maybe it means you know what letters go in what order, but can't write it becase you don't know what the characters look like?

PS: I did say it was poor humour. :P
kelvinaw273
07-01-06, 08:02 AM PS: I did say it was poor humour. :P

You did NOT say that it was dire, unspeakably bad humour that shoul d not even be called humour at all save in attempt to put a spin on an inane play on words. "Poor" is inadequate to sum up the state the plumbs new depths of linguistic double-meanings that this is.
rogue_lettuce
07-01-06, 03:02 PM I meant it was humour for people of low-income families, and we all know they're not the smartest, right?

Bah. more puns...

Two puns = pun pun?
Bah.. and another. :(
Pangeon
07-02-06, 01:36 AM Wat is wit dis feet sell turnin i donts geet it. ;)
Shaggy_Shaggs
07-02-06, 01:47 AM Horrible "joke", but I'll bite.
Hmmm interesting interpretation. Surely one would have to understand the word to technically be able to spell it? Maybe it means you know what letters go in what order, but can't write it becase you don't know what the characters look like?
The character may have learned the appearance of the whole word by rote, and the sequence of letter sounds the same way.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
rogue_lettuce 06-30-06, 09:57 AM	I was reading through the AEG 3.0 book "Feats," and came across a feat called Spell Turning. If I was an illiterate character/race, and I took this feat, would the illiteracy override it or not? :P </poor humour>
kelvinaw273 06-30-06, 11:12 AM	If literacy is not required or is not implied to be required (for example by stating you must have learned a wizard spell) in the feat description then literate or not would have no effect, one would assume.
rogue_lettuce 06-30-06, 12:00 PM	Too subtle? The feat is: "Spell Turning You always spell the word 'turning' correctly" I know it's copyright, but they REALLY won't complain, cmon, it's a JOKE! :)
Dei 06-30-06, 03:58 PM	giggle :P
kelvinaw273 07-01-06, 03:17 AM	Too subtle? The feat is: "Spell Turning You always spell the word 'turning' correctly" I know it's copyright, but they REALLY won't complain, cmon, it's a JOKE! :) Whimpers in pain and takes 1d4 Int and Wis damage from backlash ... that was BAD. Really, really bad. So bad it is in a world of badness on its own, in the badsville bad town of bad planet in bad galaxy. Some things are so bad they are good, but that went through that threshhold and back into bad again, only now so dire and abysmal that it can inflict damage on the unwary.
SpanishElf 07-01-06, 04:26 AM	I'd say you can spell "turning" correctly you just would not know what you were writing meant unless someone had already told you. ;)
rogue_lettuce 07-01-06, 06:03 AM	I'd say you can spell "turning" correctly you just would not know what you were writing meant unless someone had already told you. ;) Hmmm interesting interpretation. Surely one would have to understand the word to technically be able to spell it? Maybe it means you know what letters go in what order, but can't write it becase you don't know what the characters look like? PS: I did say it was poor humour. :P
kelvinaw273 07-01-06, 08:02 AM	PS: I did say it was poor humour. :P You did NOT say that it was dire, unspeakably bad humour that shoul d not even be called humour at all save in attempt to put a spin on an inane play on words. "Poor" is inadequate to sum up the state the plumbs new depths of linguistic double-meanings that this is.
rogue_lettuce 07-01-06, 03:02 PM	I meant it was humour for people of low-income families, and we all know they're not the smartest, right? Bah. more puns... Two puns = pun pun? Bah.. and another. :(
Pangeon 07-02-06, 01:36 AM	Wat is wit dis feet sell turnin i donts geet it. ;)
Shaggy_Shaggs 07-02-06, 01:47 AM	Horrible "joke", but I'll bite. Hmmm interesting interpretation. Surely one would have to understand the word to technically be able to spell it? Maybe it means you know what letters go in what order, but can't write it becase you don't know what the characters look like? The character may have learned the appearance of the whole word by rote, and the sequence of letter sounds the same way.