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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6152210" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>Sorry, didn't mean to make it sound like you could only get details on chosen spells. I can give you details on anything you have questions for as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>hmmm. So the savage beast man with the soul of an artist...I'm sure that could work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah! So you did. Well...considering I'd never really thought of naming conventions for the grorn...or language, for that matter, other than using howls and barks and yips/yaps...I never actually considered anyone ever being able [or interested] in learning their language...since they usually just eat their captives sooner or later...The idea of them learning Common [or the tongues of other civilized races] was similarly never really fleshed out...</p><p></p><p>"Rust-Stalker" is as good a translation as any for a grorn name...Rust...for the predominant coloring of his coat [?]...and Stalker since I could see most of their names including their roles in the pack and/or fighting ability or something ferocious to invoke fear and respect from the others [-Stalker, -Hunter, -Render, -Biter, Three-Fang, Bloody-Claw, etc...]. Yeah. That works. </p><p></p><p>Also, [MENTION=53286]Lwaxy[/MENTION] , if you want to come up with a "contact" NPC for yourself, that's cool too (the mage or alchemist [who perhaps is secretly a necromancer?] you are acting as an errand-boy for...or just a merchant in town...prostitute, noble, whatever...But someone who you can have as a trusted/dependable <em>contact </em>vs. someone who you just know. i.e. Binder Fred has chosen this grorn thug from the gang in his background story as his contact...he also, obviously, knows Big John [the gang's leader] but he is not necessarily a "friend" or reliable as a contact. So we could work it that you <em>know</em> Rust-Stalker the grorn from your time with the sideshow...but maybe you didn't get along...or were just terrified of him...or weren't close/consider him a friend, just another captive/slave of this traveling circus...But you could still be acquainted to him and choose/create another NPC that you can rely upon as a contact.</p><p></p><p>Of course, we'll flesh out your character first, just something to consider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6152210, member: 92511"] Sorry, didn't mean to make it sound like you could only get details on chosen spells. I can give you details on anything you have questions for as well. hmmm. So the savage beast man with the soul of an artist...I'm sure that could work. Ah! So you did. Well...considering I'd never really thought of naming conventions for the grorn...or language, for that matter, other than using howls and barks and yips/yaps...I never actually considered anyone ever being able [or interested] in learning their language...since they usually just eat their captives sooner or later...The idea of them learning Common [or the tongues of other civilized races] was similarly never really fleshed out... "Rust-Stalker" is as good a translation as any for a grorn name...Rust...for the predominant coloring of his coat [?]...and Stalker since I could see most of their names including their roles in the pack and/or fighting ability or something ferocious to invoke fear and respect from the others [-Stalker, -Hunter, -Render, -Biter, Three-Fang, Bloody-Claw, etc...]. Yeah. That works. Also, [MENTION=53286]Lwaxy[/MENTION] , if you want to come up with a "contact" NPC for yourself, that's cool too (the mage or alchemist [who perhaps is secretly a necromancer?] you are acting as an errand-boy for...or just a merchant in town...prostitute, noble, whatever...But someone who you can have as a trusted/dependable [I]contact [/I]vs. someone who you just know. i.e. Binder Fred has chosen this grorn thug from the gang in his background story as his contact...he also, obviously, knows Big John [the gang's leader] but he is not necessarily a "friend" or reliable as a contact. So we could work it that you [I]know[/I] Rust-Stalker the grorn from your time with the sideshow...but maybe you didn't get along...or were just terrified of him...or weren't close/consider him a friend, just another captive/slave of this traveling circus...But you could still be acquainted to him and choose/create another NPC that you can rely upon as a contact. Of course, we'll flesh out your character first, just something to consider. [/QUOTE]
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