Timeline for What does it mean for a spell component to be consumed?
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| Jul 29, 2021 at 1:28 | history | edited | Darth Pseudonym | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 21:50 | history | edited | GcL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 21:38 | history | edited | GcL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 21:29 | history | edited | GcL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 14:17 | history | edited | Darth Pseudonym | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 14:12 | comment | added | Darth Pseudonym | For what it's worth, I would not trust wiktionary to give you an accurate metric of which meaning is more common than the others. Even professional dictionaries commonly disagree on which definition is #1 vs #2 and so on, but in my experience, it's much worse on wiktionary. Still, if the text intended 'consumed' to mean something like 'sucked out the magical essence, leaving the physical form untouched' it would need to be explicitly clear about that, because that's not what that word means. | |
| Jul 28, 2021 at 14:03 | comment | added | Darth Pseudonym | Apart from a lifetime of speaking english? Well, according to Merriam-Webster, meaning #1 is "to do away with completely; destroy". merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume The meaning you noted on wiktionary of 'use up', in the sense of consuming coal or gasoline, is basically the same meaning -- it's totally destroyed by the act of burning it. | |
| Jul 28, 2021 at 13:56 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | Do you have a source for " The ordinary meaning of 'consumed' (when not talking about food) is 'completely destroyed' ", because when I have gone looking (see the question) the first meaning is not 'completely destroyed'. Otherwise I agree with your answer from a game point of view. | |
| Jul 28, 2021 at 13:46 | history | answered | Darth Pseudonym | CC BY-SA 4.0 |