Alright WotC, fess up...who came up with "Emerald Frost"?

[YourSwordIsMine]

Fire: Red
Cold: Blue
Acid: Green
Lightning: White
Sonic: Grey
Force: Purple

Ah... Sonic should be brown...

 

[wgreen]

Ah... Sonic should be brown...

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

-Will

 

[Remathilis]

I prefer Red (fire/magma) and Blue (water/ice), Green (wind/flora), Yellow (earth/lightning), White (light/cosmos), and Black (darkness/gravity).

Twinkie to anyone who gets the reference

 

[F4NBOY]

Ah... Sonic should be brown...

Granted.

 

[blargney the second]

I prefer Red (fire/magma) and Blue (water/ice), Green (wind/flora), Yellow (earth/lightning), White (light/cosmos), and Black (darkness/gravity).

Twinkie to anyone who gets the reference

Spirit of Mana for the Twinkie!

 

[Baduin]

Some names of groups and associations (all from fantasy and SF books - bonus points for guessing the sources):

Blue Anemone Philosophical Association
Locust Clan
High City Mohocks
Yellow Paper Men
Fifth of September
Feverfew Anschluss
The Order of Seekers for Truth and Penitence
Septentrions
Group of Seventeen
Eclectics
Venefices
Fine Discriminators
Wind Lords
Vencedors
Blue Men
Green Men
Green Legion of Valdaran the Just
Dominies of Breakness
The Historical Institute
Hylemorphic Brotherhood
The Consult
The Mandate (Gnostic School)
The Scarlet Spires (Anagogic School)
The Imperial Saik (Anagogic School)
The Instrumentality of Mankind
Invariants
Silver-Gray Manorial School
Red School
Synergistic School
The Eleemosynary Composition
The Harmonious Composition
The Bellipotent Composition
The College of Hortators
The Ennead

 

[AffableVagrant]

This image basically summarizes how I feel about these new names.

 

[Masquerade]

I prefer Red (fire/magma) and Blue (water/ice), Green (wind/flora), Yellow (earth/lightning), White (light/cosmos), and Black (darkness/gravity).

Twinkie to anyone who gets the reference

Sounds like Chrono Cross to me.

 

[blargney the second]

This image basically summarizes how I feel about these new names.

You can tell it's dubbed because their lips aren't moving in synch with the words.

 

[Wormwood]

This image basically summarizes how I feel about these new names.

Really?

That's what I thought of back in 1980 when I cracked open my 1e PHB and saw all that "Master of the East Wind", "Grand Master of Flowers" stuff.

On the other hand, "Iron Sigil" "Serpent Eye" and "Golden Wyvern" appear to belong to a more generic western-themed fantasy tradition.