Pathfinder 2E Paizo drops use of the word phylactery

[darjr]

Paizo has discontinued the use of the word "phylactery" in its Pathfinder publications due to the word's origins as an item used in real-world religious customs.

I wish there was a better name than “soul cage”

Pathfinder Drops Phylactery From In-Game Terminology

Paizo has discontinued the use of the word “phylactery” in its Pathfinder publications due to the word’s origins as an item used in real-world religious customs. In the most recent chapter of Strength of Thousands, Pathfinder 2E’s current Adventure Path, Paizo noted that it would use the phrase...

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[Morrus]

We used 'soul vessel' in Level Up.

 

[darjr]

We used 'soul vessel' in Level Up.

Nice! But I’m just not digging either term. I think the old one needs dropping from this use but dang I wish there was another that is usable.

 

[prabe]

Seems as though there's a tension between "wanting to use a real--preferably obscure--word" and "not wanting to use a word from a real culture." Good luck squaring that particular circle--I mean that genuinely: managing that while making it memorable for use in-game seems difficult.

 

[Retreater]

Wonder if they could've just made some fantasy jargon from random letters, explaining "this is how the liches themselves say it in their Necril language." That would be more evocative than putting together two common words that don't sound mysterious when used together. In fact, "Soul Cages" is the name of a Sting solo album.
This just feels like bland, generic stuff. Which I guess is what happens when design is made by committee.
My liches will create their own name.

 

[billd91]

They should just call it a reliquary since that what it holds - bit or relic of the lich.

 

[payn]

Wonder if they could've just made some fantasy jargon from random letters, explaining "this is how the liches themselves say it in their Necril language." That would be more evocative than putting together two common words that don't sound mysterious when used together. In fact, "Soul Cages" is the name of a Sting solo album.
This just feels like bland, generic stuff. Which I guess is what happens when design is made by committee.
My liches will create their own name.

My new lich soundtrack!

 

[prabe]

They should just call it a reliquary since that what it holds - bit or relic of the lich.

Presuming the dictionary definition of that as holding "sacred" relics doesn't bother someone else.

 

[billd91]

Not fond of soul cage either. Are they imprisoning their own soul? I suppose they're kind of keeping it from escaping to the afterlife. Soul vessel or even soul jar work better for me than soul cage.

 

[billd91]

Presuming the dictionary definition of that as holding "sacred" relics doesn't bother someone else.

It's a soul. Seems that if you believe in that kind of stuff, a soul is about as sacred as you can get.