Given what started this whole discussion, I'm wondering if we can refer to Ryk generically as a jellyfish, or do we need to use the new politically correct term "sea jelly"?
For those not up on taxonomic weirdness, someone has decided that "fish" -- historically a common name for almost anything wet -- should only be permitted in the names of Osteoicthys, Chondroicthys, and a few weirdos, leaving the jellyfish, cuttlefish, shellfish, etc., all floundering around looking for new names. I find this bizarre since the whole point of common names is that they're the customary folk names, not approved by any official committe; if they were otherwise, they'd be scientific names -- and we'd have to address the author as Chironex fleckeri.
P.S. Fleck, er, I mean Ryk: How did you do the nuclear bomb with cantrips? I've never worked out a version that didn't require a Wall of Force spell.
Last edited by Worldwalker; 06-07-2010 at 02:01 PM.
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