Wilden Name Poll! -- Forked Thread: PH3 Playtest Race: Wilden

[rounser]

I wouldn't get your hopes too high. There were polls to change the name "warlord" to something else, too.

 

[CubeKnight]

I like Sylvans myself. I just get the "nature spirit" vibe from the name.

 

[rounser]

A wose by any other name would smell as sweet, you know.

 

[Dausuul]

I wouldn't get your hopes too high. There were polls to change the name "warlord" to something else, too.

Yeah, but as I recall, none of the other options got much traction. Here we have both "killoren" and "woodwose" pulling well ahead.

 

[lutecius]

I would have picked Arborean but I don't really care, the concept isn't that compelling to begin with.
A made-up name would only reinforce its artificiality.
Sylvan is too generic and I see woses as hairy wild men.

I wouldn't get your hopes too high. There were polls to change the name "warlord" to something else, too.

Maybe polls won't work but mocking and whining about "golden wyvern" and "emerald frost" did.

 

[Klaus]

Lesidhe (lay-shee) could be another choice.

They are spirits of the forest who always appear to be made of foliage, who protect the woods.


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We already have that name: LeShay, from the Epic Handbook.

 

[Tectuktitlay]

We already have that name: LeShay, from the Epic Handbook.

First of all, that critter is absolutely nothing like the lesidhe in lore, which are fey spirits who specifically look like foliage, i.e. they appear very plantlike, and are generally shy, non-violent pranksters. As opposed to immortal albino elves concerned greatly with etiquette and formality (just about the exact opposite of shy, reclusive pranksters). It was merely another suggestion for a name, pulled straight out of real mythological lore (as much of D&D is), whereas the LeShay have quite literally nothing in common with said mythology save the word "fey".

Second, it is neither pronounced nor spelled the same (lay-shee vs leh-shay), meaning no confusion between lesidhe and LeShay.

Third, this is a race related to 4E, not 3.5.

So, umm...

 

[Korgoth]

Warwoses... Splinterwood Warwoses.

This.

 

[Klaus]

First of all, that critter is absolutely nothing like the lesidhe in lore, which are fey spirits who specifically look like foliage, i.e. they appear very plantlike, and are generally shy, non-violent pranksters. As opposed to immortal albino elves concerned greatly with etiquette and formality (just about the exact opposite of shy, reclusive pranksters). It was merely another suggestion for a name, pulled straight out of real mythological lore (as much of D&D is), whereas the LeShay have quite literally nothing in common with said mythology save the word "fey".

Second, it is neither pronounced nor spelled the same (lay-shee vs leh-shay), meaning no confusion between lesidhe and LeShay.

Third, this is a race related to 4E, not 3.5.

So, umm...

Hey, I'm not shooting down the name or anything. If we tie it to the Feywild, then a "sidhe"-based name is certainly in order!

 

[lutecius]

First of all, that critter is absolutely nothing like the lesidhe in lore, which are fey spirits who specifically look like foliage, i.e. they appear very plantlike, and are generally shy, non-violent pranksters. As opposed to immortal albino elves concerned greatly with etiquette and formality (just about the exact opposite of shy, reclusive pranksters). It was merely another suggestion for a name, pulled straight out of real mythological lore (as much of D&D is), whereas the LeShay have quite literally nothing in common with said mythology save the word "fey".

I wonder where you get this spelling from. I know of the slavic leshy (leh-shee) or lesovik, who is a shapechanging woodland spirit with tree-like characteristics (mossy beard and foliage for hair, similar to some depictions of trolls). "Lesidhe" suggests something related to the celtic sidhe but I've never heard of it in celtic lore.