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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 3931677" data-attributes="member: 1106">IMO, &quot;mythologically resonant&quot; far outtrumps &quot;historically accurate&quot;.&nbsp; History is full of lame stuff, ignoble stuff, silly ideas that failed, and the posturing of the powerful and tasteless.It's also broad enough that if you look long enough at history, you can probably justify anything.&nbsp; (That said, mythology is full of lame stuff too - but they're generally not the &quot;resonant&quot; bits.)And, let's face it - stuff which was tough and powerful-sounding in the middle ages might be cheesey and overblown to a modern audience.&nbsp; Enter the Goldern Wyverns.They just need to shorten it a bit.&nbsp; Gold magic, or a Gold Adept.&nbsp; Add Silver, Bronze, and a bunch of other metal names and you've got a better solution.&nbsp; Or colours.&nbsp; Didn't WOTC have one heck of a big success with something related to coloured magic already?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 3931677, member: 1106"] IMO, "mythologically resonant" far outtrumps "historically accurate". History is full of lame stuff, ignoble stuff, silly ideas that failed, and the posturing of the powerful and tasteless. It's also broad enough that if you look long enough at history, you can probably justify anything. (That said, mythology is full of lame stuff too - but they're generally not the "resonant" bits.) And, let's face it - stuff which was tough and powerful-sounding in the middle ages might be cheesey and overblown to a modern audience. Enter the Goldern Wyverns. They just need to shorten it a bit. Gold magic, or a Gold Adept. Add Silver, Bronze, and a bunch of other metal names and you've got a better solution. Or colours. Didn't WOTC have one heck of a big success with something related to coloured magic already? [/QUOTE]

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