On Classes and Tropes

 Hello, and Be welcome.

There's a new Character Sheet, and we abandoned the word Class.

What were Classes before are now Tropes.

Tropes (Hýuthammenttum) are like "cliché", but a "cliché" is boring or uninteresting, while a Trope is a good definition to be used to understand a Story, like "hero" (hýu), "vilain" (seuter), to cite the most used, or "sidekick" (koreanna) for example, "bullying" (ukuyya) for a school concept, or "controller" (kimmpigleung) for a "necessarily evil" (ogh jar) concept.

Every Story has explanations in terms of Tropes, which are important and, hopefully, not a cliché.

The "Ostradka", or Spellcasters, are present in many forms.

But well, a School Story (Schmmachyer Meaki) needs more than just a bunch of magic words to become a good Story, then we need to find out who are the characters in the Story to tell ourselves what more is doing the hero (or heroes) to save the world.

Save the World is a need the characters will have to play.

Some players chose the Ideal for "Power" (Ofardet) and they become more like a "vilain" (seuter) than a "hero" (hýu) , or "antivilain" (seuterjala) when well played, so we need to clarify the way the characters will play their role in the Story to tell their Tropes.

So, one way to see Classes (To) is to assign them Tropes which can describe their roles, not only a Type of Character.

For example, a Healer -- Ommeltyr –– comes from the word "ommelu", or "cure". The word comes from the God of Cure and Disease, on the Condomblé, a student of "Cure" (Kurae), which would be the character's Ideal too.

Then, a healer is sort of a Shaman, and he/she is given the ability to Cure Other (Uttorikurae), some Masters with a realist view on the Story like to set Cure Other as a need so a character can cure another character –– we do the same with Potions, and they're restrict options in a more realistic Story (icchifeattumme Meaki).

But well, a "healer" (ommeltyr) is a very good Trope.

It's also used as a Concept, when "healer" means you can Cure Other, a character Advantage one needs to have to be able to cure another person or animal, or else some sort of being -- we do not use the concept of "creatures" in Enigma, because it would have the meaning of entering in combat with them, and at the same time, killing them -- the ultimate goal in Enigma is so to "save" that supernatural beings from the evil force of Corruption -- Combat can be used, when nothing would stop that being from trying to kill others, but the aim is not to finish 'em, only stop the killing, then save.

When the line between Classes and their relative Tropes is unclear, we chose the Trope.

A Trope can do the same as what a Class can do, with a better definition of your role in your Story, and it may change during the play so to become a more precise definition whenever your role changes.

So feel free to chose a Tag for your character, the internet is full of examples of these Tags when people describe a Story they like.

Remember in Enigma we are publishing the Story in our Blogs on the internet.

Thanks for all the work you are doing so we can read your Stories.

You can also create words for these Tags, and get the language published. We can't wait to read it all, when ready! We are going to have a great time reading the examples you give in your Blog.

We have a number of examples to give you, but wait.

Akkia is a "witch princess" (aratyna hymah, or origa), the language is a brand character in my Stories.

You can now play with the Tropes, and Bonuses.

Don't forget a Trope is like a Class, so you need to find the Bonuses given to your characters during the play.

Now, we're going to see more examples of this Blog's language, Akkia.

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Today's Examples – Täiyer Tayoes

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Né,... – Né,... – it also starts a sentence, may be used as a filler.

Kippee tuyer Szelung – Keep your silver – it indicates to keep: ah (to keep).

Szelung dul-a – This was silver (made), and it means it's valueable.

Szelung Mark dikkät, Kiaefer Kuga dil-a – If a word is silver, the silence is gold.

Kiaefer ògga –– There's gold (in it) –– used to say it must be done.

Shiodlae – Se you later, Farewell (informal, flýmma).

Utmerschlai – Se you again later, Farewell (formal, diyya).

Bekommte gut –– Feel yourself welcome –– to be used to welcome people.

Bekummel –– Worth it (sla – slang).

Iyi kommel –– Be welcome –– flýmma, to be used with those you know.

Monok Shi da ite!,... –– What a useful secret!,...

Amalasta odgo de,... –– I'm sorry, but...

Aytea go de wa,... –– I'm sorry, but... –– informal, flýmma.

Sar Yuga, Nuksi daka wa? –– Miss Yuga, what's your (phone) number? –– or use: (Tuyer) Sabbalannuksi daka?

Arrã, sata egga daka? –– Arrã, (that's it) isn't it?

Arrã, sameadi(a) (sa). –– Arrã, that's it (!).

Malammeth, saddai uta de wa. –– This is the way you thing it (again).

Sadde sui sata (wa). – Thing it to me.

Nuksimme dul-a. –– There were casualties. –– said of a catastrophe.

Flýdammeth Täi daka? –– What's the day of the party, festival/holyday?

Oulae ddamt Khatlaa dil-a. –– I'll note on my book.

Khatlaa dul-a. –– It's noted (factual).

Oulaeiyyala. –– I'll book it (hon).

Barch attou wa sata. –– He did (took part in doing) it.

Saoyer saemme. –– From that, into this –– it indicates a transformation.

Deolae de ite Okhioyer dil-a. –– To God what is God's.

Ottaka ute Utbrok biyer. –– Thank you for your help, or assistance.

Brok da ite sa. –– What a show!

Okhio Minna biyer. –– Grace (Thanks to) God.

Okhia ette ite obba hu wa. –– May the Goddess be with you.

Ottaka Atara biyer. –– Thanks by the Force (you give me), indicates relief.

Tsu ahu dil-a. –– Eulogy kept. –– indicates the use of the Admirative, and the eulogy is kept to be used later.

Tsu ahu dul-a. –– The prise was kept. –– the eulogy's being used now.

Sae de ute dil-a. –– This (here) can't be ignored.

Ellét te. –– Choose! (imperative).

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I hope the "tayo" (examples) may help you.

With time you're going to see through the examples a list of Words.

Like the difference between "Okhio" and "Okhia", for "God" and "Goddess", and the formal word "tsu", for "eulogy", or "prise". A number of Words are presented in the examples, together with other Words that give them the correct usage.

Words like "Atara", that is "Force" or "relief" together, are presented.

Don't forget the feminine is the universal, so the word is "Okhia" for every usage, but when it's the case in which you need to mark a male, you use the other option instead, "Okhio" is also known as "Kalliotyr", where "Kallio" means "The Creation" -- you're marking any God who can "create", and there's a number of them, meaning the number is not infinite -- the word "Kallio" indicates (with -l-io") that it happens "because" of something.

Note that there's always another way to say something.

Specially because of the Morphosyntactic Alignment change which rule the formality of Akkia, but there's always a more beautiful Wording you can use too, and you also can transform a Word into a more formal Word, as in "Oulaeiyyala", which uses the Honorable ending for the Probable tense so to make the Verb "to book" -- a more beautiful Word.

Don't forget when using Tropes that you need Ideals.

Usually, a Trope also gives ideas on the Ideals you have to chose.

That's like a domino, or a lego, you can just assign what's more logical, or (a) more deviant one (s), which may define best a character's motifs and beliefs and the way a player, and a Player, would interpret the character.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you're having a great time.

Feel free to post a reply if you have something to say or just want to get in touch.

Now wait for the next Posts to see more examples.

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