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Computer science terms that sound like fantasy RPG abilities

I’ll start:

  • Firewall
  • Virtual Memory
  • Single source of truth
  • Lossless Compression (this one sounds really powerful for some reason)

Your turn

Hard mode: Try not to include closer to domain-specific things like javascript library names

  • xtrapoletariat@beehaw.org
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    • Brute Force Attack
    • Markov Chain
    • Singular Matrix
    • Pow
    • map
    • bind
    • variable name (thief’s favorite)
    • Ballmer Peak
    • Fourier Transformation (2nd level: FFT)
    • Gaussian Elimination
    • Double
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      Variable name - 7th level wizard spell.

      For the next 24hours; nothing about the targets identity may be discovered by magical or mundane means. Anyone inquiring about the target has a plausible and consistent story placed in their mind instead; it doesn’t matter what the target tells them or what they see.

      Someone with the Truesight ability; will know that there is magical concealment active, but will be unable to discern any details about the target.