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A reminder, which I think is in the guide but I keep finding it anyway... it's not a +1 Longsword, it's a Longsword +1. Personal pet peeve perhaps, but that's how it was done "back in the day."
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Actually it's not, I'll make a note to add it. I also didn't have anything in that section to bold and capitalize treasure items, I'll update that as well.
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r10 has been uploaded, clarifying treasure and title names.
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What is the preferred style wanted for measurements (feet) vs (')?
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The words "feet" and "inches" are always preferred over the marks ' and "; those who live in areas that are properly metric may not be familiar with these largely American marks, and they are also sometimes hard to see in print. The ' is used for movement, as it is traditional and not generally subject to misunderstanding, but I'd prefer to see the actual words used for ranges, areas, etc.
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r11 uploaded with a "Distance and Range" section added.
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Solomoriah wrote: Sun Dec 09, 2018 9:20 pm For the record, I hate dashes of all types. I'm often amazed that the people who tell me that two spaces after final punctuation is "wrong" because it's "ugly" still use dashes... I find them VERY ugly.
what-,-do-you-have-hyphen-phobia-or something? And-calling-them-ugly...---So-much-hate!
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The monster/NPC stat line example seems to have an extra "l" for Morale.

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Good catch 8-) re-uploaded r11 w/ that corrected (not enough to warrant new release number)
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