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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3972525" data-attributes="member: 32536"><p>There is the ErfWorld reference, the use of the word Archon in Starcraft is quite similar (transcendent exalted being), the MMORPG Shadowbane calls all angelic beings Archons, etc. It is common enough that it can be used as the basis of a joke in a webcomic. Angelic creatures may not be the first thing someone thinks of when they hear the word "archon", but no one would think such a name is unusual or poorly fitting. Certainly, it is more common than using the word Archon to represent "elemental soldier". Also, you downplay the relevance to D&D too much. I am not getting into another argument concerning the validity of Gnosticism as a mythology in this thread.</p><p></p><p>What is this google search even supposed to prove?</p><p></p><p>I don't want to get into an argument over how big these groups happen to be. Neither of us has any real way of supporting such claims, so that kind of argument will go nowhere.</p><p></p><p>My lack of comprehension of the word "rejigger" aside...</p><p></p><p>Traction applies to more than just D&D. For example, if I wanted to make it so all dragons breathed only fire, color was mostly irrelevant, and dragons did not cast spells as they do in 3E D&D, I would probably only be changing dragons to match how they have traction in other places, not going against what traction they already have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 3972525, member: 32536"] There is the ErfWorld reference, the use of the word Archon in Starcraft is quite similar (transcendent exalted being), the MMORPG Shadowbane calls all angelic beings Archons, etc. It is common enough that it can be used as the basis of a joke in a webcomic. Angelic creatures may not be the first thing someone thinks of when they hear the word "archon", but no one would think such a name is unusual or poorly fitting. Certainly, it is more common than using the word Archon to represent "elemental soldier". Also, you downplay the relevance to D&D too much. I am not getting into another argument concerning the validity of Gnosticism as a mythology in this thread. What is this google search even supposed to prove? I don't want to get into an argument over how big these groups happen to be. Neither of us has any real way of supporting such claims, so that kind of argument will go nowhere. My lack of comprehension of the word "rejigger" aside... Traction applies to more than just D&D. For example, if I wanted to make it so all dragons breathed only fire, color was mostly irrelevant, and dragons did not cast spells as they do in 3E D&D, I would probably only be changing dragons to match how they have traction in other places, not going against what traction they already have. [/QUOTE]
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