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<blockquote data-quote="GMSkarka" data-source="post: 2371422" data-attributes="member: 763">I would have the elves name their ships after famous elves from the past (like we name ships after retired Admirals, ex-Presidents, etc.).&nbsp;&nbsp; So their ships should have elven names that have no meaning to the PCs.&nbsp; It's just a name.&nbsp; Malinear.&nbsp;&nbsp; Annech.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lifwen.The hobgoblins would name their ships &quot;butch&quot;-sounding phrases, meant to bestow the qualities of that phrase upon the ship itself:&nbsp; Wave Cleaver, Swift Storm, etc....but in their own language, naturally.Make the orcs utilitarian.&nbsp; Every ship is named the same thing: the orc word for &quot;ship.&quot;The orc/hobgoblin vessels would probably be based on the design of viking longboats, since they use them for the same sort of jobs...I don't see them developing sailing technology to the point where 16th-17th century style multi-deck, multi-mast ships would ever be developed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMSkarka, post: 2371422, member: 763"] I would have the elves name their ships after famous elves from the past (like we name ships after retired Admirals, ex-Presidents, etc.). So their ships should have elven names that have no meaning to the PCs. It's just a name. [i]Malinear. Annech. Lifwen[/i]. The hobgoblins would name their ships "butch"-sounding phrases, meant to bestow the qualities of that phrase upon the ship itself: Wave Cleaver, Swift Storm, etc....but in their own language, naturally. Make the orcs utilitarian. Every ship is named the same thing: the orc word for "ship." The orc/hobgoblin vessels would probably be based on the design of viking longboats, since they use them for the same sort of jobs...I don't see them developing sailing technology to the point where 16th-17th century style multi-deck, multi-mast ships would ever be developed. [/QUOTE]

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