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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 5837067" data-attributes="member: 1231">What creature names just have to go for you? And what would you replace them with? Those are the two basic questions that I would like to address in this tread. We all know they exist. Even beyond the fact that the naming scheme of monsters in 4E was notorious, a lot of names just sounded bad in addition to be kind of silly.I think the the primary examples of this among the 4E races are &quot; shardmind &quot; and &quot; wilden &quot; . I am not a big fan of the name &quot; dragonborn &quot; either, but it is somewhat less problematic, and its survival would not be the end of the world.The name &quot; shardmind &quot; is just weird. Nevermind that in my opinion their entire backstory is entirely uncompelling and completely one-dimensional. Their only redeeming feature is probably their tripartite outlook, a model sort of cribbed from Eberron's changelings (the &quot; there can be only One &quot; angle is kind of funny at least). But the name. Really, Wizards of the Coast; Google Translate is your friend. If you are having trouble coming up with names, look for equivalent words from other languages to fuse into a beautiful whole. Use so many languages that only the ghost of John Paul II would understand all the references. Shardminds could be &quot; crystuque &quot; or &quot; kristuque &quot; or &quot; glastrite &quot; or &quot; isdyr &quot; or &quot; kyolang &quot; or &quot; anrotehk &quot; ... Okay, maybe some or those are better than others, but I am sure at least one is better than &quot; shardmind &quot; ( and &quot; shard mind &quot; in Latin turns out to be something like &quot; testa mentis &quot; , interestingly enough? ).&quot; Wilden &quot; , which does not really have a very nice ring to it either could also be easily replaced by a name based on a scientific name for plants (scientific names in turn being based on latin themseves). Based on this, my first instinct would be to rename the &quot; wilden &quot; into the &quot; phytanians &quot; or &quot; metaphetans &quot; . I know it would be their second name change, but they still need it. Dragonborn could easily be replaced by the name of other humanoid dragons from D&amp;D history, such as the Dray, which they themselves replaced.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 5837067, member: 1231"] What creature names just [I]have to go[/I] for you? And what would you replace them with? Those are the two basic questions that I would like to address in this tread. We all know they exist. Even beyond the fact that the naming scheme of monsters in 4E was [I]notorious[/I], a lot of names just [I]sounded bad[/I] in addition to be kind of silly. I think the the primary examples of this among the 4E races are " shardmind " and " wilden " . I am not a big fan of the name " dragonborn " either, but it is somewhat less problematic, and its survival would not be the end of the world. The name " shardmind " is just weird. Nevermind that in my opinion their entire backstory is entirely uncompelling and completely one-dimensional. Their only redeeming feature is probably their tripartite outlook, a model sort of cribbed from Eberron's changelings (the " there can be only One " angle is kind of funny at least). But the name. Really, Wizards of the Coast; [I]Google Translate is your friend[/I]. If you are having trouble coming up with names, look for equivalent words from other languages to fuse into a beautiful whole. Use so many languages that only the ghost of John Paul II would understand all the references. Shardminds could be " crystuque " or " kristuque " or " glastrite " or " isdyr " or " kyolang " or " anrotehk " ... Okay, maybe some or those are better than others, but I am sure at least one is better than " shardmind " ( and " shard mind " in Latin turns out to be something like " testa mentis " , interestingly enough? ). " Wilden " , which does not really have a very nice ring to it either could also be easily replaced by a name based on a scientific name for plants (scientific names in turn being based on latin themseves). Based on this, my first instinct would be to rename the " wilden " into the " phytanians " or " metaphetans " . I know it would be their second name change, but they still need it. Dragonborn could easily be replaced by the name of other humanoid dragons from D&D history, such as the Dray, which they themselves replaced. [/QUOTE]

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