doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
So, recently I made a second version of my homebrew swordmage, which I've attached.
I like it so far, it's got good bones, especially for a rewrite that I did in a single 5-hour hyper-focus session.
The concept is a mystic or esoteric warrior whose defense is partly magical and partly a matter of analysis or awareness of their surroundings, who bonds a ritual weapon or makes themselves a weapon, reaching beyond what a mundane warrior can do. It's a rewrite both of the swordmage and the monk, using elements of both to solve eachother's problems.
But what the hell should I call it?
I've got a few words I really would love to conjugate into something useful as a proper noun.
Ritual knives of western hermetic mysticism: atheme, athame, artavo, artavus, arthana, artanus, arthany or arthame
Magic of enchanting items, or just a cool word for magic, or a word for dwarf magic: Dweomer, dweomercraeft, or the noun dweomerlak, maybe dweomerlock?
Central to the class, and referring to protection, as in "under the aegis of"; aegis.
My goal is to find a solid single word name. Failing that, might as well stick with swordmage.
Thoughts? Further suggestions?
I like it so far, it's got good bones, especially for a rewrite that I did in a single 5-hour hyper-focus session.
The concept is a mystic or esoteric warrior whose defense is partly magical and partly a matter of analysis or awareness of their surroundings, who bonds a ritual weapon or makes themselves a weapon, reaching beyond what a mundane warrior can do. It's a rewrite both of the swordmage and the monk, using elements of both to solve eachother's problems.
But what the hell should I call it?
I've got a few words I really would love to conjugate into something useful as a proper noun.
Ritual knives of western hermetic mysticism: atheme, athame, artavo, artavus, arthana, artanus, arthany or arthame
Magic of enchanting items, or just a cool word for magic, or a word for dwarf magic: Dweomer, dweomercraeft, or the noun dweomerlak, maybe dweomerlock?
Central to the class, and referring to protection, as in "under the aegis of"; aegis.
My goal is to find a solid single word name. Failing that, might as well stick with swordmage.
Thoughts? Further suggestions?