Dear WotC - You suck at names.

[AdmundfortGeographer]

For some reason I have a reaction to "-fell" the same as I now do to "Fane of [blank]". I want to pound my head on the desk each time a new one comes along. I dunno why, but its not for the same reasons.

I just think "fane" has been overused.

With -fell, I'd be fine if shadowfell referred to a small location, if not a single site like a castle.I don't think it should be used for a massive geographic region(s) much less an entire plane. It's just not, umm, proper. (whatever that means)

 

[Charwoman Gene]

monkey

 

[EATherrian]

I think Feywild would be better as Feyweald. Has a better sound and looks neat. Of course that's just my opinion.

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

"Hail! I am Badgertooth Bladeblade the Hexblade, Redblade of the Emerald Frost bladeclan. I have called you all here with my Infinitysimal Summonhorn to the Ogredagger Inn of Greydale to discuss a dire threat to all of us who live here on Erdoerthicusican, this planet on which we all live. A vile eldritch villain, an Eladrin Oozemage by prestige trade and Archanomagemage by heritage, threatens to devour all of the Feyweld with his Shadowfart powered Achiles Oufertoffensphere!"

 

[Reaper Steve]

Shadowfart powered

I don't recall training anyone else...

 

[HeinorNY]

Who's the owner of Feywild and Shadowfell? Who created them? Are these names registered in the multiverse registry office? Is there a plaque in the entrance of Feywild:"WELCOME TO FEYWILD", or when you open a portal to shadowfell, does it appear on the top of it: "SHADOWFELL THIS WAY".

They are just how most of humans, and other native Common speakers, in the world call them. The elves probably have their own name in their own language that means something completelly different from "Feywild". The same with other races. The creatures that live in Feywild probably never called it that way.

I like the names a lot, I'm gonna use them, but it's cool to give more names to things like this. Maybe an old wizard in a far land calls Shadowfell by the name of "Spiritwalk". Maybe a tribe of elves call Feywild by the name of "Emerald Dream". Maybe a necromancer hires the party to enter the "Fountain of Souls" to gather souls for his next experiment.

Take a look at Elemental Chaos, they said it's also called Elemental tempest or maelstrom. The same may happen with all planes.
Are all the wizards in your game called "wizards"? All wizards call magic missiles by the name "magic missiles"?

 

[Felon]

WotC loves using portmanteaus, don't they?

 

[No Name]

They could follow the true path and accept no name as name.

 

[Mouseferatu]

WotC loves using portmanteaus, don't they?

I've seen this term thrown around a lot lately, but I'm afraid I don't know the definition in this context. 'splain, please?

 

[LoneWolf23]

Frankly, I like the new names. They sound evocative enough, and definetly indicate what people are in for when going there..

Feywild: Land of the Faeries, an untamed Wilderness filled with magical creatures.

Shadowfell: the Realm of darkness and unlife.

The Elemental Chaos: A savage, unending elemental storm.

The Astral Sea: an endless realm of souls and magical beings, dotted with Islands of conceptual reality.