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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4877964" data-attributes="member: 65637">While I'm not sure your examples are the best, I think 2e had some rather cool names for the settings.Take Dark Sun.&nbsp; Compare Wilden - a name that was universally &quot;Wat.&nbsp; Seriously?&nbsp; Wilden?&quot; with Thrikreen - alien and insectoid sounding, without being stupidly over the top.&nbsp; And it's a huge improvement over the adjectivenouns of 4e.&nbsp; Look at the planes.&nbsp; You have The Grey, The Black, and The Hollow.&nbsp; Simple, easy, and damn threatening sounding.&nbsp; Do you want to mess with something that's simply called &quot;The Black&quot; given the chance?&nbsp; How many people would be eagre to venture into &quot;The Hollow?&quot;Now we have the Shadowfell.&nbsp; Penny Arcade said it better then I could.<a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/20/" target="_blank">Penny Arcade! - In Search Of A Robust Cosmology</a>I think 4e naming conventions really, really need to be taken behind the barn.&nbsp; Adjectivenoun (or adjectiveprofession for non-monsters!) is one of the dumbest naming conventions ever.&nbsp; Nor does it stop there; no longer do we have elven mithril chainmail or adamantine plate.&nbsp; Make way for &quot;Darkleaf Armor: Darkleaves from the gravetrees of the Shadowfell give this armor its protective properties.&quot;I'm going to type that out again just we can bask in how utterly horrible that was.Darkleaf Armor: Darkleaves from the gravetrees of the Shadowfell give this armor its protective properties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4877964, member: 65637"] While I'm not sure your examples are the best, I think 2e had some rather cool names for the settings. Take Dark Sun. Compare Wilden - a name that was universally "Wat. Seriously? Wilden?" with Thrikreen - alien and insectoid sounding, without being stupidly over the top. And it's a huge improvement over the adjectivenouns of 4e. Look at the planes. You have The Grey, The Black, and The Hollow. Simple, easy, and damn threatening sounding. Do you want to mess with something that's simply called "The Black" given the chance? How many people would be eagre to venture into "The Hollow?" Now we have the Shadowfell. Penny Arcade said it better then I could. [url=http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/20/]Penny Arcade! - In Search Of A Robust Cosmology[/url] I think 4e naming conventions really, [B]really[/B] need to be taken behind the barn. Adjectivenoun ([I]or[/I] adjectiveprofession for non-monsters!) is one of the dumbest naming conventions ever. Nor does it stop there; no longer do we have elven mithril chainmail or adamantine plate. Make way for "Darkleaf Armor: Darkleaves from the gravetrees of the Shadowfell give this armor its protective properties." I'm going to type that out again just we can bask in how utterly [B]horrible[/B] that was. [I]Darkleaf Armor: Darkleaves from the gravetrees of the Shadowfell give this armor its protective properties.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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