arcanum \ar-KAY-nuhm\, noun;
plural arcana \-nuh\:
1. A secret; a mystery.
2. Specialized or mysterious knowledge, language, or information that is not accessible to the average person (generally used in the plural).
Arcanum is from the Latin, from arcanus "closed, secret," from arca, "chest, box," from arcere, "to shut in."
This reminded me of playing D&D . . . remember the Unearthed Arcana manual from TSR? I haven't played in very nearly two years and I've been missing it lately. Not so much the game play as the sitting around and BS-ing. That was always fun.
Although, now that I'm thinking about it, I do wonder who the elf in the woodpile is and what his claim to fame could be. I also wonder who Garth's other siblings are and why the only sister is so much worse than the any of the brothers. And poor Rannith . . . did he ever get his act together? And Jake and the Dragon Lady . . . did they ever . . . well, reproduce?
Well, heck and darn. I miss playing D&D.
2 comments:
so call the DM and see what he is up to
Neh, that would be the easy thing to do. ;D
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