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Dennis
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 Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 01:30:35
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"Drain"? Doesn't that sound awe-inspiring? It's indicative of one of the greatest spells they created. For scholars, scribes, and historians I think that works fine. But for the Neths, hmmm, I don't think so. So far the apt name that the Netherese might have used to refer to the phaerimm is tangle.
...Or maybe an asininity of phaerimm. Lunacy sounds fitting, too. |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 17:17:30
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Not to belabor the point, but I’m wondering if the Phaerimm’s breezy, susurrus-like voices might have influenced the terminology? Any ideas on what that would entail? A hurricane of Phaerimm? A storm of Phaerimm? A gust of Phaerimm?
I do like “drain” and “tangle” still.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 18:10:41
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Originally posted by Mr_Miscellany
Not to belabor the point, but I’m wondering if the Phaerimm’s breezy, susurrus-like voices might have influenced the terminology? Any ideas on what that would entail? A hurricane of Phaerimm? A storm of Phaerimm? A gust of Phaerimm?
I do like “drain” and “tangle” still.
I like tangle, myself, though I'm thinking it's the best term offered thus far, and still not the ideal term.
If you want to go with something inspired by their voices, how about a whisper of phaerimm or a chant of phaerimm? |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 19:02:41
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| Susurration and sibilation. |
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The Simbul
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 07 Jan 2011 : 06:43:37
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According to Lost Empires of Faerûn (p187-189) the terminology for groups of Phaerimm are:
Clutch: 2-5 (hatchlings, juveniles, and young adults)
Hive: 3-6 (adults, mature adults, elders, and revered elders) plus 2-8 offspring
Prior editions of the game listed them as "solitary" under organization, but then somewhat contradicted themselves by claiming they like to live near their own kind under habitat/society.
In Return of the Archwizards terms like SpellGather and WarGather are used, but they seemed to be more of a term used among the Phaerimm themselves (in their own 'undecipherable' language), and of specific military divisions of the group in question, rather than a term that would be used in general or by humanoid adversaries. |
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 07 Jan 2011 : 15:54:09
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| What about 'nihil' for Phaerimm? As an alternate terminology, with respect to what the Simbul pointed out above. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 17:28:11
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| Hive sounds so insectile. I favor the suggestions by fellow scribes. And I think 'dread' fits them perfectly. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 19:14:07
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other than hive-clutch, I've seen ''enclave of'' used
insect-terms works for my Realms where they have a future similar to the Great Race of Yith |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 19:55:25
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| I think "enclave of" was used in RotA. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 15:39:22
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| Though sci-fi-ish, a quantum of phaerimm sounds good, too. |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Mar 2011 : 23:16:33
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As it relates to Crawling Claws, Monsters of Faerûn lists the number appearing as solitary, group or "applause".
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 01:41:21
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Perhaps A Scribble of Scribes is fitting? |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 02:07:46
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| CR's suggestion of an "argument of scribes" is also fitting, though perhaps better suited to sages. Alas, we have only one Sage so we cannot address the plural form. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 02:57:03
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Originally posted by Arik
Alas, we have only one Sage so we cannot address the plural form.
Thank Lurue for that! Two Sages -- or, more specifically, their two never-ending to-do lists -- would surely rip a hole in the fabric of time and space! |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 03:23:02
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Arik
Alas, we have only one Sage so we cannot address the plural form.
Thank Lurue for that! Two Sages -- or, more specifically, their two never-ending to-do lists -- would surely rip a hole in the fabric of time and space!
Well they'd think it was a good idea, scribble a few notes on how to go about ripping a hole into the fabric of space and time.....get distracted.....forget all about their plans
And and .........voila! Were all still safe and sound! |
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"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 04:07:58
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| I cannot speak for the Lady K, though I suspect she wouldn't be satisfied with an argument of Sages. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 07:10:57
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| How about 'brood'? |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 15:10:58
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A shudder of sharn (for more than 3) or a glisten of sharn (for less than 4). :)
My own fictional world to be launched soon uses fun terms of venery as well; three to five ogres is a risk; a threat is 3+ risks, and a menace is 5+ threats.
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Alystra Illianniis
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 17:22:02
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
A shudder of sharn (for more than 3) or a glisten of sharn (for less than 4). :)
My own fictional world to be launched soon uses fun terms of venery as well; three to five ogres is a risk; a threat is 3+ risks, and a menace is 5+ threats.
Count me intrigued; I have always been a fan of your work. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Mar 2011 : 18:50:35
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Originally posted by Arik
I cannot speak for the Lady K, though I suspect she wouldn't be satisfied with an argument of Sages.
As if he doesn't already argue with himself often? |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 02:57:02
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A shudder of sharn indeed sounds fitting. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 04:50:02
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A pestilence of Phaerimm.  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 05:29:33
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A gallimaufry of scribes. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:03:39
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| A plethora of piñatas. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:17:25
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Originally posted by Dennis
A gallimaufry of scribes.
A Grognard of Sages. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:30:58
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| A grumble of grognards. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:35:35
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Originally posted by Markustay
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Originally posted by Dennis
A gallimaufry of scribes.
A Grognard of Sages.
I'd rather have an obduracy of sages, since they're the most obdurate beings in the multiverse. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 06:45:05
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| That's not an adjective I'd have chosen. The Sage we know is far too tolerant and easily distracted to be suitably obdurate; as any conversational musings about muses or musics or mutants will readily demonstrate. |
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