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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 04 Apr 2012 : 03:02:11
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Steve, if that's the worst you had to endure then you got off pretty lucky, my DMs and players are relentlessly punny. I suppose some of the most prominent names in the game have anagrammed, punned, or downright dull name inspirations and minor homages ... Mordenkainen = Minion Drake? Elminster = Ed's Minister? Krashos Morueme = Grandmaster George, etc. The names in Netheril are really no better or worse than any other, being based off old bands doesn't really change Netheril in any way, at least Slade didn't name the Pun-Pun Scrolls.
I did ask Eric to use an anagram - something simple like Karsosh would have been better ... 
He was on a tear in DDGttU however - it's probably got more in jokes than any other product I'm aware of.
-- George Krashos
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 04 Apr 2012 : 03:08:04
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| Krashos is actually a fine name for an evil dragon. An anagram like Karsosh or Kargosh would just read like bad Klingon to me ... but then, I am probably biased. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 06 Apr 2012 : 05:22:11
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There's 'good' Klingon? 
@LK - Gary did it, as Jorkens points out, back when it was just a humble little game between friends, which grew much bigger, but the names stuck. It was part of the game's original charm.
When I was a GH DM, I was a 'punny' DM - the worst of a bad lot. Once, during a session, the radio was playing and the song came on, "Ain't no woman like the one I got...", which one of my brother-in-laws friends was singing to (badly), and I instantly came up with the monster "the one-eyed gott". It was a rather ugly hag (resembling a small cyclops with a canine-like snout), but it would use illusions to lure men to their doom (she mated with them and then ate them... yeah, yeah, I know... save the corny jokes). She usually dropped the illusion at the finale of the sexual act, just to enjoy the look of horror on the victims face (and just before she starting eating that same face).
After the impromptu session and encounter, those guys forevermore sung that song, "There ain't no woman like the one-eyed gott..." (which is precisely how the bad rendition by the player sounded to me).
Actually, that was probably one of my better ideas. I had far, far worse - my GH campaign read like a bad Xanth novel.
And now that I am thinking back, my co-DM and I (we took turns) based a LOT of adventures on songs, and I still occasionally get ideas from one. I guess I should cut Slade some slack. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Apr 2012 : 17:28:40
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-There is only one Kang, and he is a conqueror!
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Originally posted by Markustay
@LK - Gary did it, as Jorkens points out, back when it was just a humble little game between friends, which grew much bigger, but the names stuck. It was part of the game's original charm.
-I then blame the people who continued to add montage after montage, then. I mean, one or three are fine, not eight or nine. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 31 May 2012 : 07:07:50
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I wonder, though, why some don't have translations at all, and simply retained their Loross names, like Sakkors and Jockteleg. The latter should have been called Quantoul's Enclave. [Could Quantoul's popularity (lesser than most archwizards whose enclaves are known by their names, e.g. Karsus and Ioulaum) have to do with it?]
-That is probably simply a metagame shift in naming conventions. The Netheril box set pretty much only uses the "translations", while sources that have been written since- especially in 3e- have gone back and forth between the two (when applicable).
Or simply a writer's preference.
In Lords of Darkness, the name used to refer to the City of Shade is Thultanthar. While in Troy and Paul's novels, it's usually (or only?) Shade Enclave.
How many remember Xinlenal and Eileanar? Most people refer to them as Ioulaum's Enclave and Karsus' Enclave, respectively. |
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Edited by - Dennis on 31 May 2012 07:08:15 |
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Origin of names from Netheril Arcane Age boxed set
