tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post8903983591865111526..comments2024-02-28T05:14:52.166-04:00Comments on A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: Needs more extinct critters.taicharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-66374295193614422482009-04-13T15:11:00.000-03:002009-04-13T15:11:00.000-03:00Eberron has fantasy names for a bunch of dinosaurs...Eberron has fantasy names for a bunch of dinosaurs; there's a list in the core Eberron book, and a bigger list in the MM3. (Dinosaurs are a big deal in Eberron: halflings ride them.)<BR/><BR/>And naming stuff is <I>hard,</I> especially if it's a name the PCs are going to use a lot. I definitely appreciate the ability to easily look up/copy names in Trollsmyth's game; in my Traveller game, there'sNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-3636761196393900712009-04-13T13:33:00.000-03:002009-04-13T13:33:00.000-03:00Why unfortunately, if the name makes sense in your...<I>Why unfortunately, if the name makes sense in your campaign?</I><BR/><BR/>The name isn't very sticky. Luckily, I'm playing online, so it's easy to have the name stored in the clipboard if I'll need it a lot. But it's easy to misspell. ;ptrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-62115707046679389922009-04-13T13:29:00.000-03:002009-04-13T13:29:00.000-03:00@trollsmyth:I call smilodons sabre-toothed tigers,...@trollsmyth:<BR/><BR/><I>I call smilodons sabre-toothed tigers, since it's something everyone will recognize and it's a cool name to boot.</I><BR/><BR/>Fair enough ;3<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Unfortunately, I've named the phousrhacids "kimimutsch". "Terror birds" just sounds silly in my ears. I created "kimimutsch" by slamming together some Mayan words, as Mayan is the model for the lizard folk tongue, taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-43357610395347304322009-04-13T13:21:00.000-03:002009-04-13T13:21:00.000-03:00Trollsmyth speaks truth. Sabre-tooth tiger and suc...Trollsmyth speaks truth. Sabre-tooth tiger and such like are much better than the Greek-based real-world dinosaur names (most of which are clumsily named after geographical locations or the people who discovered them).noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-10467782183364465832009-04-13T12:42:00.000-03:002009-04-13T12:42:00.000-03:00What do you call the phorusrhacids and smilodons, ...<I>What do you call the phorusrhacids and smilodons, by the by --?</I><BR/><BR/>I call smilodons sabre-toothed tigers, since it's something everyone will recognize and it's a cool name to boot. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I've named the phousrhacids "kimimutsch". "Terror birds" just sounds silly in my ears. I created "kimimutsch" by slamming together some Mayan words, as Mayan is the model for trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-90245541923752447732009-04-13T10:12:00.000-03:002009-04-13T10:12:00.000-03:00@Chris:I've used Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs ...@Chris:<BR/><BR/><I>I've used Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs for oddball creatures since about 199*.</I><BR/><BR/>I do rather like that one, though his <I>After Man</I> appeals to me more; but for the time being I'm thinking of writing up real beasties. Just very dead ones ;3<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>The BBC's excellent "Walking With Dinosaurs/Beasts/Monsters" series are good source too.</I><BR/><BR/>taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-88092908320334395942009-04-13T10:06:00.000-03:002009-04-13T10:06:00.000-03:00I've used Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs for odd...I've used Dougal Dixon's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Dinosaurs:_An_Alternative_Evolution" REL="nofollow">The New Dinosaurs</A> for oddball creatures since about 199*.<BR/><BR/>The BBC's excellent "Walking With Dinosaurs/<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_with_Beasts" REL="nofollow">Beasts</A>/Monsters" series are good source too.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-67935124189930678572009-04-13T08:58:00.000-03:002009-04-13T08:58:00.000-03:00@trollsmyth:And while you're at it, can you give t...@trollsmyth:<BR/><BR/><I>And while you're at it, can you give them better names. Yes, I know, those are the proper names, but they don't fit the setting at all.</I><BR/><BR/>The critter posted here as the (admittedly aerial and not aquatic) <A HREF="http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.com/2009/03/monster-macal.html" REL="nofollow">macal</A> -- more properly known as an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-51374573020812194102009-04-13T05:47:00.000-03:002009-04-13T05:47:00.000-03:004e calls dinosaurs drakes. They give them stupid n...4e calls dinosaurs drakes. They give them stupid names though like rage drake and guard drake...Nopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743719179352388875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-74093863759325387032009-04-13T05:11:00.000-03:002009-04-13T05:11:00.000-03:00And while you're at it, can you give them better n...And while you're at it, can you give them better names. Yes, I know, those are the proper names, but they don't fit the setting at all. <BR/><BR/>But any and all of these would be <I>perfect</I> for my games. I already have phorusrhacids and smilodons.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.com