List of spells, reagents req., potions and objects
breyerii:
Tabula=tablet; rasa=erased
Romans used to write incising on wooden tablets covered with a layer of wax, which were erased for re-use with razor-like instruments for later use. From there the locution.
Gastfyr:
Quote from: kutto on 2008 September 01, 22:22:30
Quote from: Millie on 2008 September 01, 20:41:02
At the risk of looking like a geek, they pinched tabula rasa off a Buffy episode, in which Willow removes all of her friends memories. Spork me now. I'm a Buffy fan. Say, does this make it offensive to Wiccans? Willow was a wiccan, right?
Or maybe Buffy took it from the Latin "tabula rasa" which means blank slate.
I think the Buffy reference is pretty obvious and pretty intentional. Considreing thier other Harry Potthead type Latin spell names, this one could have easily been "Obliviatus" or, more likely, "Memorus deletus". Of course it's Latin, but the point here is that it's real Latin.
rufio:
Quote from: Gastfyr on 2008 October 04, 04:34:10
Quote from: kutto on 2008 September 01, 22:22:30
Quote from: Millie on 2008 September 01, 20:41:02
At the risk of looking like a geek, they pinched tabula rasa off a Buffy episode, in which Willow removes all of her friends memories. Spork me now. I'm a Buffy fan. Say, does this make it offensive to Wiccans? Willow was a wiccan, right?
Or maybe Buffy took it from the Latin "tabula rasa" which means blank slate.
I think the Buffy reference is pretty obvious and pretty intentional. Considreing thier other Harry Potthead type Latin spell names, this one could have easily been "Obliviatus" or, more likely, "Memorus deletus". Of course it's Latin, but the point here is that it's real Latin.
Tabula Rasa is more than just a Buffy reference. In fact, the Buffy reference undoubtedly came later.
Faizah:
Quote from: rufio on 2008 October 05, 01:06:29
Quote from: Gastfyr on 2008 October 04, 04:34:10
Quote from: kutto on 2008 September 01, 22:22:30
Quote from: Millie on 2008 September 01, 20:41:02
At the risk of looking like a geek, they pinched tabula rasa off a Buffy episode, in which Willow removes all of her friends memories. Spork me now. I'm a Buffy fan. Say, does this make it offensive to Wiccans? Willow was a wiccan, right?
Or maybe Buffy took it from the Latin "tabula rasa" which means blank slate.
I think the Buffy reference is pretty obvious and pretty intentional. Considreing thier other Harry Potthead type Latin spell names, this one could have easily been "Obliviatus" or, more likely, "Memorus deletus". Of course it's Latin, but the point here is that it's real Latin.
Tabula Rasa is more than just a Buffy reference. In fact, the Buffy reference undoubtedly came later.
Yes, but remember, the BBS sheep are EAxis' target audience, the only ones who'll put up with the game fresh out of the box, SecuRom and bugs included. Which reference would they infer from Tabula Rasa? (Also, I'm reasonably convinced that that's the reason for the other 'Harry Potter' style spell names. Well, it's a toss-up between that and EAxis laziness, but, gee, they'd never do a half-arsed job, right? Ha!)
Mirelly:
Open Office will open all MS Office documents. Doesn't anyone believe in Open Source any more?
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