[projectaon] Re: 27v Errata

  • From: Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Project Aon List <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:53:58 -0700

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> (er)    235, 281:       mindblast -> Mindblast
> [jb: These don't seem to refer to a Kai Discipline but to a generic blast of
> mind energy (e.g. "You launch a mindblast at the angry sergeant..."). I
> can't find any other similar examples in the books. Instead, how about "mind
> blast" in order to prevent confusion?]
> [ik: There is a precedence concerning the generic use of "mindshield" (as
> opposed to the Kai Discipline of Mindshield). In 08tjoh:230 and in
> 12tmod:141, "mindshield" is used as description for a generic shield against
> mind energy. We have neither changed this to "mind shield" nor to
> "mind-shield". Consequently, I suggest to also leave "mindblast" as-is.]
> [jb: This a good point and I was about to agree with you,  but it made me
> look for other cases of "(a|your) [Mm]indblast" and there are only few
> cases, but they are all "Mindblast" except for these two. It makes me
> hesitate. Obviously Joe was OK with capitalizing in cases like this, so
> maybe we should capitalize them all just to be consistent. If we do, we may
> want to reconsider the two cases of uncapitalized "mindshield".]
>
> ...So we should capitalise Mindblast here, and Mindshield in 08tjoh:230 and
> 12tmod:141?

I don't like it much, but that seems to be in line with Joe's choices elsewhere.

--
Jon

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