Depends on where you're looking. For example, for the sea elf race, it clearly says "You have proficiency with the spear, trident, light crossbow, and net." Dwarven combat training lists "battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer." Wizard proficiencies lists "light crossbows." The weapons table uses the inverted listing to group all weapons together in that table. Inverted usage is only used where it helps to convey information.
Depends on where you're looking. For example, for the sea elf race, it clearly says "You have proficiency with the spear, trident, light crossbow, and net." Dwarven combat training lists "battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer." Wizard proficiencies lists "light crossbows." The weapons table uses the inverted listing to group all weapons together in that table. Inverted usage is only used where it helps to convey information.
True, but whenever things in a list do use commas, the list should separate individual items with semicolons for clarity. That’s, like, 5th or 6th grade grammar class stuff.
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Yes, that’s how it’s presented in the book. If you can show me one official example of a filled out character sheet displaying such deplorably incorrect punctuation then that argument might hold the slightest shred of legitimacy. The RAW for punctuation in the English language is that items in a list generally get separated by commas. However, we all know that “specific beats general,” and whenever those listed items themselves include commas, then the list should use semicolons to separate those items.
(I cannot spell in English* for shit. The only reason I passed English class from 1st-8th grades was because my As in grammar balanced against my Ds in spelling so my overall grade was a consistent C+.)
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Gorram English, the language that lurks in dark alleyways to mug other languages for irregular words. 🙄 Italian and Spanish are much simpler, everything is spelled exactly how it sounds. If you can pronounce a word then you know exactly how it’s spelled, double consonants and all, because it’s pronounced just like it’s spelled. But not English, that would be too effing easy. I have to look at my weather app every damned time I need to spell either weather or whether because someone thought that the concept of homonyms was a good idea. It’s a good thing whoever it was is dead because otherwise they would have a scathing commentary coming at the very least, and possibly a pop in the nose too.
Would it be possible to change the separator in the list format under Proficiencies & Languages from comma to semicolon, please?
It's a minor thing, but would make "crossbow, hand" for example less confusing.
Instead of
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I would probably use the middle dot • instead as a separator.
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Anything *but* a comma ;)
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Definitely.
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That's fine in the compendium, could you change it in the character sheet?
I really think it would be an improvement :)
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Depends on where you're looking. For example, for the sea elf race, it clearly says "You have proficiency with the spear, trident, light crossbow, and net." Dwarven combat training lists "battleaxe, handaxe, light hammer, and warhammer." Wizard proficiencies lists "light crossbows." The weapons table uses the inverted listing to group all weapons together in that table. Inverted usage is only used where it helps to convey information.
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True, but whenever things in a list do use commas, the list should separate individual items with semicolons for clarity. That’s, like, 5th or 6th grade grammar class stuff.
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Yes, that’s how it’s presented in the book. If you can show me one official example of a filled out character sheet displaying such deplorably incorrect punctuation then that argument might hold the slightest shred of legitimacy. The RAW for punctuation in the English language is that items in a list generally get separated by commas. However, we all know that “specific beats general,” and whenever those listed items themselves include commas, then the list should use semicolons to separate those items.
(I cannot spell in English* for shit. The only reason I passed English class from 1st-8th grades was because my As in grammar balanced against my Ds in spelling so my overall grade was a consistent C+.)
*
Gorram English, the language that lurks in dark alleyways to mug other languages for irregular words. 🙄 Italian and Spanish are much simpler, everything is spelled exactly how it sounds. If you can pronounce a word then you know exactly how it’s spelled, double consonants and all, because it’s pronounced just like it’s spelled. But not English, that would be too effing easy. I have to look at my weather app every damned time I need to spell either weather or whether because someone thought that the concept of homonyms was a good idea. It’s a good thing whoever it was is dead because otherwise they would have a scathing commentary coming at the very least, and possibly a pop in the nose too.
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