creative, i like it. careful on the addendums though, the "this is not a toy!" thing is a tad overused, though generally amusing, yes.
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It feels like preventing people from using this to create disposable D-class personnel is the exact opposite of what the foundation would really do.
+1
Liked the idea in chat, like it even more here. Kudos.
I like the "This is not a toy!" bits for some articles, this one included. It seems like the kind of thing someone would totally use as a method of petty revenge.
This is an interesting idea, but the implementation is poor. I find the addenda particularly tonewrecking, with the overdetailed and awkwardly phrased instructions for use coming close second. Much as I hate to do it, because I really like this concept, I've downvoted this untill the writing is tightened up.
I came here to say the exact same stuff, but then I saw this post, and just figured that I'd second it.
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Did a bit of editing to tighten up my wording. Apologies. I may also add a description of a test case involving using SCP-141 to create a Foundation hearing and its disastrous aftereffects on all involved.
I like this, +1'd. I think it would be better to just have the book be poly-lingual, though, rather than having it only understand Latin unless the word doesn't exist in Latin, in which case the book is poly-lingual. That's just nonsensical. It would be more fitting as a criminal tool, anyway, if use of the book isn't just restricted to classicists.
I'm reminded of Magrat's wand in Witches Abroad: "it has a tendency to reset to pumpkins".
if the Foundation understood this properly, they could get it to work in other languages reliably. But every few weeks it switches back to Latin.
I'm sorry, this is too much of a legal Death Note for my taste. It's not that it's an unoriginal idea, it's rather that it's just a useful tool for accomplishing shady deeds more than it is a source of horror itself.
If you intend to keep this, I recommend that the book only work in Latin: you'll just have to do your best within the constraints of the language.
I do think it is a cool idea, indeed. Unfortunately, I want one, because I am an evil person… and I have studied Latin, the Roman Republic, and associated areas.
As a suggestion? Force it to all be in Latin, and squeeze modern concepts into something that you could explain to a citizen of the Roman Republic. That raises the bar of difficulty to just use it a bit higher, I think, and goes better with the theme. Not only that, but it would help people who were skilled practitioners, since you wouldn't need to work out how to explain a personal computer over and over again.
That would tend to give a sense of power to the habitual user as well. Nothing by the artifact itself, just by the old adage of Power Corrupts. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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