The description of the feat "Varisian tattoo" mentions a couple of Varisian words:
Abjuration (avidais)
Conjuration (idolis)
Enchantment (carnasia)
Evocation (ragario)
Illusion (vangloris)
Necromancy (voratalo)
Transmutation (avaria)
Some of these words were (more or less) obviously derived from the Latin names of the cardinal sins, which are associated with the mentioned schools of magic:
vangloris <-> vanagloria (vanity)
avaria <-> avaritia (avarice/greed)
Others have suggestive word stems:
carnasia <-> carnal
ragario <-> rage
idolis <-> idle(?)
avidais <-> invidia(?)
voratalo <-> voracious(?)
Now, my actual question(s): are there other known Varisian words?
Is there a list of Varisian words, the developers might share with us?
Have you considered going on line and looking up a Romany English Dictionary or Translators?
Have you considered going on line and looking up a Romany English Dictionary or Translators?
Yes I did that. Unfortunately, I either get the wrong dictionaries (can't find the above words there) or the languages simply don't match. I think the developers just made the words up in an interesting fashion. If you can provide me with a link to a working one, I'd be very grateful.
My hope was that in some other works, like the adventure paths journals, more expressions like the above could be found.To add more flavor to a character that speaks a certain languages or has a certain cultural background, I like to incorporate bits of that language into his speech, if possible.
However, rather than making up words on my own it would be nice to just be able to point other players to some generally available resources.
For instance, there are great compilations of Varisian like sayings here on this forum.