The canonical direct damage spell. (in General)


Abit April 29 2006 11:08 PM EDT

The canonical direct damage spell. Damage is spread equally among its targets; if less than 5 targets are present, damage is correspondingly greater.
A mistake I noticed on the train > spell and skill descriptions page

BlueWolf April 29 2006 11:28 PM EDT

i don't get it.......

Abit April 29 2006 11:31 PM EDT

A mistake I noticed on the train > spell and skill descriptions page

Unless I am wrong the word is supposed to be conical, and not to mention the grammar of the sentence.

bartjan April 30 2006 2:54 AM EDT

canonical
(Historically, "according to religious law")
1. <mathematics> A standard way of writing a formula. Two formulas such as 9 + x and x + 9 are said to be equivalent because they mean the same thing, but the second one is in "canonical form" because it is written in the usual way, with the highest power of x first. Usually there are fixed rules you can use to decide whether something is in canonical form. Things in canonical form are easier to compare.
2. <jargon> The usual or standard state or manner of something. The term acquired this meaning in computer-science culture largely through its prominence in {Alonzo Church}'s work in computation theory and {mathematical logic} (see {Knights of the Lambda-Calculus}).
conical
adj : relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" [syn: {conic}, {conelike}, {cone-shaped}]

QBBast [Hidden Agenda] April 30 2006 3:20 AM EDT

It is correct, as is.

Abit April 30 2006 3:51 AM EDT

Rast post I suppose. I did try dictionary.com.

Sorry to have been mistaken.

/me mumbles something about Bartjan and his making up words.

*wink*
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