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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8210873" data-attributes="member: 87792">This sounds like a petty critique, but I do not understand the names of your blights - and they seem like they are intended to be a big thing in your system if you list all four on the character sheet. The key point is none of them appear to me to have either associations or mouthfeel.If we take what feels as if they might have been inspiration we have the four Chaos gods from Warhammer. And just looking at the names tells me a lot about the associations of the four gods. The mouthfeel of Khorne is starting with the hard C - like Clang and the name itself is short and single-syllabled for a direct god. Nurgle meanwhile sounds like burble and is sort of glutinous for a Lord of Decay. The tz in &quot;Tzeentch&quot; on the other hand is a lightning zap followed by another break with the tch at the end; we've a tricksy god where things stop and change. And Slaanesh is softer, and all wide mouth sounds. And all of them are short names - Khorne is just a single syllable, while Nurgle and Slaanesh are two each. Tzeentch is stoppier and startier - but stands out because of it.Meanwhile I'm nowhere near as sure how to pronounce the names of your blights. None of them are anywhere near as short as Khorne; the simplest would appear to be Culghairm &quot;named so because of its association with disease, disgust, moral decay, pollution, and resignation.&quot; This would appear in domain to be pretty close to 'Nurgle' - but Nurgle is almost sloppy sounding - &quot;ur-ul&quot;. The sort of sound you make if you neither fully open nor fully close your mouth.&nbsp; Meanwhile the opening of Culghairm starts with a nice crisp 'C' - and then it continues with tongue movements almost like the decadent 'Slaneesh' with the requirement for a dextrous tongue, at the top of your mouth and the sound forward on the l and at the bottom on the a.And with &quot;Ice&quot;, &quot;Forest&quot;, &quot;Swamp&quot;, and &quot;Burning Wastes&quot; I'm not seeing the thematic breakdown and oppositions for all it feels very Warhammery.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 8210873, member: 87792"] This sounds like a petty critique, but I do not understand the names of your blights - and they seem like they are intended to be a big thing in your system if you list all four on the character sheet. The key point is none of them appear to me to have either associations or mouthfeel. If we take what feels as if they might have been inspiration we have the four Chaos gods from Warhammer. And just looking at the names tells me a lot about the associations of the four gods. The mouthfeel of Khorne is starting with the hard C - like Clang and the name itself is short and single-syllabled for a direct god. Nurgle meanwhile sounds like burble and is sort of glutinous for a Lord of Decay. The tz in "Tzeentch" on the other hand is a lightning zap followed by another break with the tch at the end; we've a tricksy god where things stop and change. And Slaanesh is softer, and all wide mouth sounds. And all of them are short names - Khorne is just a single syllable, while Nurgle and Slaanesh are two each. Tzeentch is stoppier and startier - but stands out because of it. Meanwhile I'm nowhere near as sure how to pronounce the names of your blights. None of them are anywhere near as short as Khorne; the simplest would appear to be Culghairm "named so because of its association with disease, disgust, moral decay, pollution, and resignation." This would appear in domain to be pretty close to 'Nurgle' - but Nurgle is almost sloppy sounding - "ur-ul". The sort of sound you make if you neither fully open nor fully close your mouth. Meanwhile the opening of Culghairm starts with a nice crisp 'C' - and then it continues with tongue movements almost like the decadent 'Slaneesh' with the requirement for a dextrous tongue, at the top of your mouth and the sound forward on the l and at the bottom on the a. And with "Ice", "Forest", "Swamp", and "Burning Wastes" I'm not seeing the thematic breakdown and oppositions for all it feels very Warhammery. [/QUOTE]

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