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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8070853" data-attributes="member: 29398">In the crew I run with.Every time I say something like &quot;Priests&quot; with the intent of including all Clerics regardless of gender, someone will yell out &quot;and Priestesses!&quot; Or if I say &quot;Gods&quot; when meaning all divine beings, someone will say &quot;and Goddesses!&quot;.And yes, Witch is very much gendered in some meanings but not all.&nbsp; Depending on situation and-or context, Warlock or Wizard is the male equivalent. (blame my Pagan background...)If I were ever to have Warlord as a class name it'd be a matter of minutes before someone asked &quot;What about the Warladies?&quot;.Cavalier works as well, but how does one immediately know the class has a religious aspect to it?&nbsp; Abesnt that, I'd have just left it at 'Knight'.Skald isn't gendered (that I know of! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) but it is tied to a specific culture: Norse.&nbsp; Same problem as the name 'Druid' has; it's tied to a single culture.&nbsp; Simpler to have a name without such ties if possible.Binder might work for Warlock.&nbsp; I was trying to think of something to highlight the pact aspect - maybe Pact-Bound? - but couldn't come up with anything that worked.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8070853, member: 29398"] In the crew I run with. Every time I say something like "Priests" with the intent of including all Clerics regardless of gender, someone will yell out "and Priestesses!" Or if I say "Gods" when meaning all divine beings, someone will say "and Goddesses!". And yes, Witch is very much gendered in some meanings but not all. Depending on situation and-or context, Warlock or Wizard is the male equivalent. (blame my Pagan background...) If I were ever to have Warlord as a class name it'd be a matter of minutes before someone asked "What about the Warladies?". Cavalier works as well, but how does one immediately know the class has a religious aspect to it? Abesnt that, I'd have just left it at 'Knight'. Skald isn't gendered (that I know of! :) ) but it is tied to a specific culture: Norse. Same problem as the name 'Druid' has; it's tied to a single culture. Simpler to have a name without such ties if possible. Binder might work for Warlock. I was trying to think of something to highlight the pact aspect - maybe Pact-Bound? - but couldn't come up with anything that worked. [/QUOTE]

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