D&D 3E/3.5 Scientific names

[abe ray]

And don't forget gnomus Sapian!


Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[abe ray]

For gully dwarfs how about homo stinkus digius & for pixsy dragons how about Draco minimus?

Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You don't need homo in the gnome scientific names- gnomus happens to be the actual Latin from which we get gnome, and thus is the counterpart for homo which means man or human.

Pixie dragons would be Draco feia.

 

[abe ray]

Orcs-homo orcus?


Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Again, "homo" refers to humans, which orcs aren't. Just keep thinking "No homo!", but in a Latinate way.

How about a nod back to old-school "piggish" depictions of Orcs, and call them Phacochoerus (the genus name for warthogs) sapiens?

Or if you want them to be a member of the goblin species, Cobalus (goblin) Phacochoerus, making them the "warthog-like goblins".

 

[abe ray]

Sorry, Latin isn't my mother toungue so I tend to think homo when I think of huminoids, by the way did you know about the "hobbit" people found in new Zeland?


Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[abe ray]

Halfling-minimus nonmagicus sapian?


Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sorry, Latin isn't my mother toungue so I tend to think homo when I think of huminoids, by the way did you know about the "hobbit" people found in new Zeland?

Latin isn't mine either- I'm not quite THAT old!

And yes, I heard of them. Looked them up, and didn't see anything we could use here.

Hmmmm...

Standard halflings/Hobbits: Brevisidae Pilosiped (short, hairy footed)
Kender: Brevisidae Cleptarius (short, thieving)*




* some academicians disagree, and consider kender to be a species of gnome, and call them Gnomus Cleptarius

 

[abe ray]

What do you think of my scientific name for gully dwarves?


Sent from my iPhone using EN World

 

[abe ray]

What do you think of my scientific name for gully dwarves?


Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app