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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1364714" data-attributes="member: 2292">It's irritating if it's done badly.&nbsp; If I'm going to go to the trouble of changing the name, I'll also go to the trouble of changing the appearance and the society so the PC's don't feel like they're being short-changed.&nbsp; If the end result is to obvious then I have no problem writing it off as a failed attempt and calling it what it is.&nbsp; The Desert dwelling ogres covered with snake-skin and susceptable to cold are now refered to as snake-ogres, because it's inherantly obvious that that's all they are in the PC's eyes.&nbsp; Big, dumb, hard-hitting but ultimately just another ogre with a funny costume.I've played in games where elves and orcs where re-written with different names and socities, but still filled much the same function in the game.&nbsp; After the DM got pissed at our insistance at calling them elves and orcs rather than their &quot;proper&quot; names, we converted to refering to them as elf-analogue and orc-analogue.&nbsp; There wasn't enough work done to be bothered learning the new names and cultures, and it was irritating to have someone insist that it was necessary for the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arwink, post: 1364714, member: 2292"] It's irritating if it's done badly. If I'm going to go to the trouble of changing the name, I'll also go to the trouble of changing the appearance and the society so the PC's don't feel like they're being short-changed. If the end result is to obvious then I have no problem writing it off as a failed attempt and calling it what it is. The Desert dwelling ogres covered with snake-skin and susceptable to cold are now refered to as snake-ogres, because it's inherantly obvious that that's all they are in the PC's eyes. Big, dumb, hard-hitting but ultimately just another ogre with a funny costume. I've played in games where elves and orcs where re-written with different names and socities, but still filled much the same function in the game. After the DM got pissed at our insistance at calling them elves and orcs rather than their "proper" names, we converted to refering to them as elf-analogue and orc-analogue. There wasn't enough work done to be bothered learning the new names and cultures, and it was irritating to have someone insist that it was necessary for the game. [/QUOTE]

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