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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 14, 2016 1:08:39 GMT
I was reading updates on the way into work this morning and I saw the name of the mount they plan on handing out from the winter telethon. Now, forget the fact that there are no mounts in SotA and they aren't even slated for this episode, so I've got no idea how you're going to ride it. Different story. But it struck me, as they called it an icemare, there seems to be a lack of imagination.
Icemare obviously comes from Nightmare, which is a first edition D&D monster. It is well established. To take every mount you create and base it off that though, seems a bit boring!
Come up with something new and then create lore around it or even better visa versa, lore and then object.
In two minutes I came up with a short list of five examples without duplicating the use of the derivatives.
A Snowtrotter
A Frozan Horse
An Icestang
An Arctistallion
A Chillsteed
Granted this is an overly simplified example, but should illustrate the ease in which someone could have come up with a list of about 20 of these to hand up the team to pick from. Guarantee they could have come up with something better than icemare...
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Post by dewderonomy on Jan 14, 2016 1:26:26 GMT
Lesser slime, slime, greater slime, slime lord, ancient slime...
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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 14, 2016 1:39:47 GMT
Skeleton, large skeleton, hardened skeleton.
That type of thing is for your typical "I don't want to think too much" type of gamer though. Colors and prefixes for difficulty, it is shameful though.
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Post by titsup on Jan 14, 2016 2:12:00 GMT
A Frony? A Snony? An Equice? Icetang?
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Post by Mordecai on Jan 14, 2016 2:13:04 GMT
Sage-Grouse, Greater Sage-Grouse, Legendary Sage-Grouse  |
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Post by dodgy on Jan 14, 2016 2:13:11 GMT
Lesser slime, slime, greater slime, slime lord, ancient slime...Jwilson, Insane Membrane |
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Post by Caliya on Jan 14, 2016 11:25:50 GMT
Corpion, nake, pider, keleton
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Post by dodgy on Jan 14, 2016 11:34:49 GMT
Corpion, nake, pider, keleton Dont forget Skellingtons |
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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 14, 2016 13:41:29 GMT
Corpion, nake, pider, keleton Yeah I dont know what it is, but dropping the S off the Scorpion really drives me nuts. Every time I see "Corpion" it is like a knife in the ear! |
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Post by fossil on Jan 14, 2016 14:47:28 GMT
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Post by dewderonomy on Jan 14, 2016 15:27:53 GMT
Corpion, nake, pider, keleton Yeah I dont know what it is, but dropping the S off the Scorpion really drives me nuts. Every time I see "Corpion" it is like a knife in the ear! Wait, that's not a thing, is it...? |
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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 14, 2016 15:41:04 GMT
Yeah I dont know what it is, but dropping the S off the Scorpion really drives me nuts. Every time I see "Corpion" it is like a knife in the ear! Wait, that's not a thing,  |
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Post by dewderonomy on Jan 14, 2016 15:51:16 GMT
Oh you gotta' be shitting me.
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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 14, 2016 15:57:06 GMT
That isn't photoshop, so, no shitting here!
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Post by fossil on Jan 14, 2016 18:00:50 GMT
Oh you gotta' be shitting me. You can tame them too! |
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Post by titsup on Jan 14, 2016 19:25:05 GMT
It's too early to judge. There may be perfectly legitimate lore reasons Outkabders brought with them the soothing tones of Jefferson Airplane but altered the spelling of common fauna.
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Post by Caliya on Jan 14, 2016 20:18:59 GMT
Oh you gotta' be shitting me. When AvatarAcid & I met up in the game, he was laughing at the name. I noticed it long ago and ignored it since there's nothing I can do about it. But who names a scorpion, corpion? Really? |
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Post by calico on Jan 14, 2016 20:31:06 GMT
Oh you gotta' be shitting me. When AvatarAcid & I met up in the game, he was laughing at the name. I noticed it long ago and ignored it since there's nothing I can do about it. But who names a scorpion, corpion? Really? This all came from a slurring of the scorpian name by Chris in one of their hangouts...so they thought it would be funny to put it in game. Ha Ha...ha? |
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Post by titsup on Jan 15, 2016 0:20:44 GMT
Is no aspect of this game derived from some sad joke?
Thanks though calico, this at least explains its origin.
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Post by Membrane_on_Vacation on Jan 15, 2016 0:44:06 GMT
Thanks though calico, this at least explains its origin. Yeah at least we know now, I was thinking the same thing. The brain can rest a little better. |
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