You realize that a wagonmancer would be someone who divines the future by means of wagons, right?
Sorry, just tired of this "whatever-mancy" stuff when "-mancy" means "divination".
/autism
Yes, the Greek root "-mancy" originally meant for divination, but the English language has hijacked the root and all associated words to describe any form of specialized magic, a use found within this very game as Necromancers act to use the dead, not divine information from them. For that matter, the last time I heard the Greek use of "-mancy" was in the book Neuromancer, and that was made decades ago. Additionally, the insistence of the use of Greek definitions shows a poor grasp of the English language, where (for example) the words Necromancy, Pyromancy, and etcetera have been redefined to reflect their popular usage.
Also, wagonurgy sounds moronic.
/also an autist
Insisting that people actually use shit correctly is not "a poor grasp of the English language", it's asking them to actually think for a fucking second about the words they're using. English is my native language if you're doubtful.
I'd prefer to call it "Wagoncraft", anyway. Anglish FTW.
It's a poor grasp of the English language because you're clinging to outmoded definitions as if they were the absolute. Despite the root in Greek, the word (and I'm going to use this for all examples out of simplicity's sake), "necromancer," has become divorced from its point of origin in the same way the word, "philosopher," has.
English, as a language, has no governing body unlike languages such as German or French, so all words are defined by popular usage and public opinion. Again, as evidenced by the use of the word, "necromancer," in game to refer to one who raises the dead as minions, along with enough usage in popular media with the same definition (as opposed to the original Greek definition), we may conclude that the word, "necromancer," is popularly defined as, "a magic user who harnesses the dead."
Just as the word, "philosopher," no longer refers to anyone who calls themselves a, "lover of knowledge," but instead has become the domain of those interested in the nonphysical realms of thought such as ethics and logic, the word, "necromancer," has had its meaning displaced from, "one who divines information by communing with the dead," to instead apply to any magic user who interact with the dead in ways different from making them.
Note: Typed at the same time as Yazman, but still posting. Thanks man!
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