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Darkstarr's Release 9 Impressions + Release 10 Plan

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Aug 27, 2014.

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  1. Malchor2

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    If there is a great desire to continue with the -mancy forms, here are my recommendations.

    AIR: aeromancy
    WATER: hydromancy
    CHAOS: acosmomancy or anastrophomancy
    DEATH: thanotomancy (preferable to necromancy, which would imply the use of dead things rather than the power of death itself)
    FIRE: pyromancy
    SUN: heliomancy
    MOON: selenomancy
    LIFE: zoömancy or biomancy
    EARTH: geomancy (could be spelled geamancy, gæomancy or gæamancy as well)
    FOCUS: sophromancy (discipline, self-discipline. The -mancy suffix not needed here, perhaps?)

    However, if there is a desire to make arcane(ish) (Old) English-based terms (as is somewhat the linguistic standard in New Britannia), then perhaps the following or some variation thereof could be used:

    AIR: windcraft or lyftcreaft
    WATER: waetercraft, or thyrstcraft
    CHAOS: dwolmacraft, or styrcraft or stircraft or stirrcraft
    DEATH: deathcraft, or cwellcraft
    FIRE: fyrrcraft, or æledcraft
    SUN: sigelcraft, or sunncraft, or suncraft
    MOON: moncraft or mooncraft
    LIFE: lifcraft, or cweccraft, or quickcraft
    EARTH: eorthcraft, eorthencraft, eardcraft, grundcraft, stanncraft
    FOCUS: modcraft or moodcraft
    If the suffix -craft is not liked, then there are other possibilities, including -dry, -galdry, -galdory, etc., which are other Old English magic words.
     
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    I was just thinking of this. The suffix means the technique of working with. Also I like Malchor2's old english terms ^^^
    Therefore, by your powers combined! :

    AIR: Lyftallurgy
    WATER: Tempestry
    CHAOS: Starrgaldry (isn't it obvious?! :D)
    DEATH: Cwellurgy
    FIRE: Fyrrcraft
    SUN: Sigeldry
    MOON: Lunallurgy
    LIFE: Thaumaturgy
    EARTH: Eorthencraft
    FOCUS: Sophromancy
     
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    Why are people worried about Earth culture? We are from earth and are there summoned by the Oracle so it stands to reason we are not the first. Also maybe Earth got its name from them?
     
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    It is against the rules for players, much like using bright neon colors in your in game Hearldry is against the rules for players also.

    Captain Jack is still going for a Wizard Of Oz like tornado that took a Gyro shop and dropped it in the middle of Novia.
     
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  5. Duke Gréagóir

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    I like Astromancy for the moon spells name. To honor Richard's space exploration.
     
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    Where is the chaos school?
     
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    CHAOS: Starrgaldry (isn't it obvious?! :D)
     
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    Besides -mancy and -urgy, there's also -magy.
     
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  9. Isaiah

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    There is also -ador and -adora in Spanish, like organizador (“organizer”)

    Then there is the -er in English, like conjurer.

    EDIT: For some reason I like the simple -er best, but that's me.
     
  10. Miracle Dragon

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    My first step to deciding on good names for these magic schools, was to think of words that most closely relate to their power/skills.
    In the process of coming up with names, I've assigned what I consider the major powers of these Magic schools, based on the skills revealed to us so far.

    I really like the idea of separating magic into two distinct branches, Druidic and Mystic. I have assigned magics within a branch, a similar suffix:

    Druidic elemental magic skills relate quite well to the 4 seasons! Fire=summer, Water=winter, Earth=spring, Air=Autumn.


    Druids: (Elementalists)
    = Earth -- Terramancy/a Terramancer -------------- Power of Spring --- (resiliency)
    = Water - Wizardry/a Wizard ------------------------ Power of Winter --- (consummation)
    = Air ----- Theurgy/a Theurge ------------------------ Power of Fall ------ (momentum)
    = Fire ---- Sorcery/a Sorcerer ------------------------- Power of Summer - (maturate)

    Mystics: (Augurs)
    = Sun ---- Auroric/an Auror --------------------------- Power of Light
    = Moon -- Cabalic/a Cabalist -------------------------- Power of Darkness
    = Life ---- Hermetic/a Hermetist ---------------------- Power of Purity
    = Death - Occultic/an Occultist ----------------------- Power of Blood

    Focus: --- The Arcane (an Archmage) ---------------- Power of Control
    Chaos: --- The Dark Arts (a Demagogue) ------------- Power of the Forbidden

    I really like this collection of names, they seem memorable group well and contrast well with each other, and were a lot of fun to come up with. I hope you like them too!
     
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    Ground fog as a graphical effect would be cool. In the morning, in special areas, in some dungeons...

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    Great.

    Long Live R10!!!
     
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    Will there be magic to create mist, fog and dispell mist or fog?
    To defend citys from invaders or just to create a nice wiz... Archmage dwelling effect.
    I also would like to be able as a archemage to create wonderous fireworks with beautiful colored shapes for yearly events in a town. Add some sound effects like roaring thunder or whistling wind.
    The idea is that i can learn with my archmage to build special events packages to use in our city and to sell to other locations. Or even better: gain reputation as archemage for creating the most impressive or spectacular fireworks.
    While thinking of festivals i would love to wizz up some colorfull fun to printscreen animals like chinese caterpillar danceing things. That would certainly get people to watch!
     
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    Earth/Air/Fire/Water - Druids dealing in Physical Magic (connections between a caster and those things they can touch)
    Life/Death/Sun/Moon - Thaumaturgists dealing in Ethereal Magic (connections between a caster and those things they cannot touch). Thaumaturgist means "worker of miracles".

    My problem with all the "-mancy" names is that as a suffix it means "divination by means of". Most of the effects we are getting from spells in the game are nothing to do with prediction. Technically we should be using -urgy (working of/use of), giving us "-urgist" as the suffix for "a worker of / a practitioner of". However for most of Greek stemmed words (pyro, hydro, etc) this makes for a horrible mouthful "pyrourgy/pyrourgist".

    I would suggest instead adding a nice easy English word "monger". Literally it means a trader or dealer in something. But figuratively someone who "deals in fire" has a nice ring to it! However it doesn't sound quite right for "Life", so I chose "Bio-master". The "-master" option could equally well work for other schools too. Perhaps "-master" for Life/Death/Sun/Moon and "-monger" for Earth/Air/Fire/Water.
    This would give us:

    Life: Biology - Biomaster
    Death: Necrology - Necromaster
    Sun: Heliology - Heliomaster
    Moon: Lunology - Lunomaster (it should be an "o" to join, as it's a greek stem word)

    Earth: Lithology - Lithomonger (litho- meaning rock or stone, which perhaps fits the spells better than "earth")
    Air: Aerology - Aeromonger
    Fire: Pyrology - Pyromonger
    Water: Hydrology - Hydromonger

    Focus: Order -> Adept - Other thoughts were Harmony, Stability, Meditation, or just leave it as called "Focus"
    Chaos: Chaos -> Rioter - Other thoughts were Frenzy, Disharmony, Anger or Hatred

    Also I'd give a big thumbs up to the old english names above with the "-craft" endings!
     
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    I like the spanish Caosador (user of chaos magic) , as in "Caosador DarkStarr".
     
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    Yup, they had too much ground fog in buildings as well during that time o_O I remember walking into my home and thinking it might actually be on fire :eek:
     
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    LOL :D
     
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    I like your terms with a little twistic. hehe

    Life: Biologic - Biomasteric
    Death: Necrologic - Necromasteric
    Sun: Heliologic - Heliomasteric
    Moon: Lunologic - Lunomasteric

    Earth: Lithologic - Lithomongeric
    Air: Aerologic - Aeromongeric
    Fire: Pyrologic - Pyromongeric
    Water: Hydrologic - Hydromongeric

    :eek:
     
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    what about he suffixes -ology, and -ologist? ;)
     
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