Fell Taints Name Poll!! -- [forked thread]

[Keefe the Thief]

I voted option 1. Rage about naming conventions in D&D is so 2008. Wake me when they call a major NPC Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter or Roaky Swerked.

 

[chitzk0i]

Tainted Fellspawn.

There's nothing wrong with taint as a verb or adjective. But as a noun? Really no.

Cheers,
Cam

This. I've heard far too much conversation about "shoots of taint" for the current name to work for me.

 

[Agamon]

The regionality of the slang for taint extends this far north, at least. I admit, I saw the name and thought, "Say what? Alrighty, then...."

Hopefully they don't choose to rename purple worms, it could get downright embarrassing.

 

[doctorhook]

In the U.S. "taint" is used as slang for the perineum (and if you don't want to look up that word, let's just say it is a part of the body covered by underwear, I can't draw a map to it without making this grandma unfriendly). Of course, that is just 'slang' so it might be slightly more regional within the US rather tan all of the US. And, of course, the word taint is a valid word on its own with its own meaning.

So I think it has different reactions here (in the US) than there in the UK (where your location lists you as being from).

Hmm... I've never heard that one, but that doesn't mean you're not correct. Here in Alberta, "taint" is just a word that never gets used; we sometimes use the word "gooch" for that slang meaning of "taint" though.

FWIW, I think Fell Taints is a fine name. It doesn't mean anything offensive to me, unlike the name "Fell Gooches".

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If its clean enough for Merriam-Webster, I figure its grandma friendly- it is, after all, a proper term for human anatomy.

perineum - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

And y'all are still too serious for a thread marked "Humor."

To a Southerner such as myself, the name "Fell Taint" conjures up images of someone needing a diaper change.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Cosmic Tapeworms?

Arcane Cancer?