D&D 3.x Scientific names
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You don't need homo in the gnome scientific names- gnomus happens to be the actual Latin from which we get gnome, and thus is the counterpart for homo which means man or human.
Pixie dragons would be Draco feia.
Pixie dragons would be Draco feia.
Again, "homo" refers to humans, which orcs aren't. Just keep thinking "No homo!", but in a Latinate way.
How about a nod back to old-school "piggish" depictions of Orcs, and call them Phacochoerus (the genus name for warthogs) sapiens?
Or if you want them to be a member of the goblin species, Cobalus (goblin) Phacochoerus, making them the "warthog-like goblins".
How about a nod back to old-school "piggish" depictions of Orcs, and call them Phacochoerus (the genus name for warthogs) sapiens?
Or if you want them to be a member of the goblin species, Cobalus (goblin) Phacochoerus, making them the "warthog-like goblins".
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Latin isn't mine either- I'm not quite THAT old!
And yes, I heard of them. Looked them up, and didn't see anything we could use here.
Hmmmm...
Standard halflings/Hobbits: Brevisidae Pilosiped (short, hairy footed)
Kender: Brevisidae Cleptarius (short, thieving)*
* some academicians disagree, and consider kender to be a species of gnome, and call them Gnomus Cleptarius
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What do you think of my scientific name for gully dwarves?
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