Matija
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Jul 22, 2004 8:34:21 GMT
Post by Matija on Jul 22, 2004 8:34:21 GMT
The terrain of my large map is almost done, and before I embark on entering descriptions, I'd like your opinions.
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Jul 22, 2004 8:47:33 GMT
Post by sparrowhawk on Jul 22, 2004 8:47:33 GMT
I put other as I was not sure of the mix %. Basically, I think that LOM has it right, DDR very wrong.
Lord Blood in the PLains of Blood is one of the great moments in early LOM exploration. Equally, Lord Gard, Lord Ithrorn, Thimrath the Fey. They all work for me too.
I could never identify with the DDR crowd in the same way. They felt too impersonal, too, dare I say, token-generated!
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Jul 22, 2004 9:08:11 GMT
Post by Ringthane on Jul 22, 2004 9:08:11 GMT
My vote goes to the first option, but I am mentally sticking to "midnightlike" namesakes, you know, all the iths and orns and aths. Also clan evolutions, like Lor of the Moon, Harr Tormentor of Hope, Xaleth the Fey, stuff like that. And of course no burarg, kandrarg, burkand tronmorkorfininunielimandvaror nonsense like in DDR...
Update: the second option should be "underlying" as it is in LOM. The Keep of Gate Night, The Keep of Gate Noon, The Plains of Moonbeam, The Forest of Garroting Deep ;D ...
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Jul 22, 2004 9:08:56 GMT
Post by Matija on Jul 22, 2004 9:08:56 GMT
Perhaps, instead of giving percents, I should have written: - more fantasy names
- more factual names
Treat it as such in the hereafter.
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Jul 22, 2004 9:16:23 GMT
Post by sparrowhawk on Jul 22, 2004 9:16:23 GMT
The problem with all-fantasy names is that unless they are skewed towards real meanings (eg Gard reads as Guard to me, so I tend to think of him as a Warden, guardian of his people/lands), they can sound rather contrived. Unless you are a master of lingusitics such as Tolkien, but even there the dwarves in the hobbit did sound as though they had been named by particularly vindictive parents.
The lord of Morning, the lord of Dawn. When I first met these guys, I visualised the sun rising over their domains. Stirring stuff.
As Ringy says Kahudrarg/drane/mane/bing/bang/bong feels wooden.
He's also right though that the LOM fanstasy names feel right. I don't know why. Maybe because they are all so different from each other: Kumar, Marakith (my favourite, don't ask me why), Thrall, Korinel.
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Jul 22, 2004 9:20:19 GMT
Post by Ringthane on Jul 22, 2004 9:20:19 GMT
The axis of notevil: Shimeril, Mitharg, Blood. The four horsemen, CVBN. And Kor (the region). I can still see myself sipping gallons of tea and shuffling my feet while slipping Corleth over Gorgrath mountains to fetch Korinel before the goon legion dropped by for supper.
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Jul 22, 2004 9:25:47 GMT
Post by Matija on Jul 22, 2004 9:25:47 GMT
Unless you are a master of lingusitics such as Tolkien, but even there the dwarves in the hobbit did sound as though they had been named by particularly vindictive parents. Tolkien himself said that he regretted having taken those names from some icelandic sagas.
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Jul 22, 2004 9:36:44 GMT
Post by Ringthane on Jul 22, 2004 9:36:44 GMT
Who wants a CD with the Edda, sung in Icelandic and played with "original" instruments?
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Jul 22, 2004 9:42:51 GMT
Post by Natmus on Jul 22, 2004 9:42:51 GMT
I think those of us who have played D&D, AD&D or any other kind of fantasy roleplay where you had to come up with names for charaters know the agony of thinking up fantasy names, that sound like fantasy names, but still don't sound like Tolkien-clones. After all, fantasy characters can't be named Brian, Dennis or Frank, can they? (or Tom, Pisello! and Harry, or whatever normal names exist in your native language). So I think naming lords after their domains will work better than fantasy names, with a few simple fantasy names blended into the mix. www.behindthename.com/ can provide some good inspiration for finding real names from a totally different language that sound 'real' in a fantasy setting.
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Jul 22, 2004 9:58:32 GMT
Post by Ringthane on Jul 22, 2004 9:58:32 GMT
In any case, you have a 20-name sample in this beta team from which to work up... ;D
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Jul 22, 2004 11:14:13 GMT
Post by SkulkrinBait on Jul 22, 2004 11:14:13 GMT
In any case, you have a 20-name sample in this beta team from which to work up... ;D I like the sound of "The plains of SkulkrinBait" ;D
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Jul 22, 2004 11:31:40 GMT
Post by sparrowhawk on Jul 22, 2004 11:31:40 GMT
How about "The Ups and Downs of Natmus"? ;D
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Jul 22, 2004 11:35:02 GMT
Post by Matija on Jul 22, 2004 11:35:02 GMT
Ringthane's End comes to mind.
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Jul 22, 2004 11:40:09 GMT
Post by Ringthane on Jul 22, 2004 11:40:09 GMT
Between this bottle of water and a reply, I should have chosen the bottle ;D
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Jul 22, 2004 18:14:47 GMT
Post by merlin on Jul 22, 2004 18:14:47 GMT
I know it's generated names, but it's a good place to start... generate lots of names and pick out the few you like. The everchanging book of names ebon.pyorre.net/
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