Dear WotC - You suck at names.

[Reaper Steve]

I previously posted that I've accepted Feywild. But after stewing on it a few more hours...I haven't.

I agree with you...call them Faerie and Shadow.

OK, after just reading in another thread that Gygax's Lejendary Earth has a plane called 'Phaeree' (yeesh!) I officially change my opinion (again.)

I'll take Feywild. I'd like something better, but can't offer a solution. And seeing how used and abused Faerie has become...I'll take Feywild for the originality.

 

[JeffB]

Gygaxian name-reversing is very much the type of activity children do. I remember doing it.

Typical naming styles for teenagers would be changing 'i' to 'y', or 'c' to 'k'. Like Bill & Ted's band, Wyld Stallyns. 1337speak is a similar idea.

Apostrophes, unpronounceable names (like Drizzt) and compound names where one of the words is 'death', 'blade', 'dark' or 'fire' look rather teenager-y to me. Or maybe they're just crap.

I guess my post hit a nerve with you :shrug: sorry if it bothers you. :\ I just find current WOTC naming conventions rather silly. I cannot say ALL Gygaxian style is great either, but in general, me likey.

I've no idea what you are referencing as to "1337 speak".

And FWIW, I never said I like the FR style names either..so not sure why you threw that comment in there? Other than to try and prove that your opinion is better than mine? :shrug:

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Wrongdale is awesome! Feywild is copyrightable. It's also just ill-chosen English. The word 'fey' has connotations of 'wild', 'spirits', 'untameable' and more. I do happen to like Shadowfell.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I do happen to like Shadowfell.

"Fell" is the new "Fane."

 

[Chris_Nightwing]

One wraith to hold the bulb, and a cleric to turn it.

Either it's a complete coincidence, or Noonan just stole your joke.

 

[Fifth Element]

I expect a lot of people are going to steal that joke. I plan on using it myself in my Saturday D&D session, if at all possible.

 

[Mouseferatu]

One wraith to hold the bulb, and a cleric to turn it.

I hate you.










Mostly because I didn't think of it first.

 

[Zaruthustran]

I don't mind the names, and think that local in-game cultures will come up with their own names for those places anyway.

Alternate names, just for fun:

Shadowfell
Deadlands
Twilight
The Pale
Veiled lands
Hushed lands


Feywild[/b}
The Root
Wildlands
Primordia
Essence of the World
Dawnlands

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Welcome to Felldale, formerly Fanedale.

 

[DonTadow]

It's not like they name stuff Bob and Steve. MOTG follows a story and thus the places need to be a bit more descriptive. If D and D places weren't generic enough, they wouldn't be useable in a campaign.