Monte, what's up with the word "fane"?

[Derulbaskul]

An alternative etymology:

fane

\Fane\, n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.] A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]

Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. --Wordsworth.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

I'm just waiting for a designer to use the much cooler, adytum. My FR campaign has an old Myrkulite shrine known as the Adytum of the Skull (unsurprisingly, it's a giant skull).

Cheers
NPP

 

[Horacio]

For us, not native English speakers, reading Monte's works are a vocabulary exercise. At least me, I learn some words with each book...

 

[NiTessine]

For us, not native English speakers, reading Monte's works are a vocabulary exercise. At least me, I learn some words with each book...

That's nothing compared to Gary Gygax. I had to read Gord the Rogue with an English dictionary next to me...

 

[TheDayKnight]

I love the word Fane. There is something exotic and dark about it.

 

[Henry]

That's nothing compared to Gary Gygax. I had to read Gord the Rogue with an English dictionary next to me...

Let me guess.. Oxford English?

Gary is such as wordsmith it's like a field exercise. You can't go one page in the old 1st ed. DMG without tripping over a word that hasn't seen common use in 100 years.

God, I loved that book.

 

[Quickbeam]

I love the word Fane. There is something exotic and dark about it.

Well said. It's just a good word, as Monte noted. I also like lexicon, epiphany and asinine .

 

[Horacio]

Well, I know Gygax is harder, but after them, Monte.
Even Tolkien was easier than Gary

 

[Cyronax]

isn't there a fane in white plume mountain? I don't remember what it was called, but it definetely had fane in the name!

C.I.D.

 

[Sir Hawkeye]

I love the word Fane. There is something exotic and dark about it.

I'll agree, just so I can say I'm very pro-fane.