What are magickers called?

Started by Fnord, June 10, 2006, 05:31:47 PM

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June 10, 2006, 05:31:47 PM
Is it cool to get a little pool of names to call magickers by? Has this already been done? I mean, how would a character in the world refer to a magicker?

I've heard gemmer in the south, shaman by tribals, and witch in the north. If this is considered IC, sorry in advance.
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June 10, 2006, 05:38:24 PM #1
Any dirty little name that I can think of that has the same context of some of the ones you have already named is game in my book.
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June 10, 2006, 05:41:00 PM #2
Just off the top of my head:

Finger-wiggler
Defiler
Abomination
Scumbag
Dirtface
Loserhead
Dodobrain
Hey you

Those should do.
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June 10, 2006, 05:41:43 PM #3
You forgot victim.
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June 10, 2006, 05:46:51 PM #4
Abomination - very negative, mostly in Tuluk.
Finger-wiggler or wiggler - negative, used anywhere.
Witch - negative (also used to refer to templars of the opposing city-state).
Mage - 'technical' name for an elementalist, neutral and used everyone.
Elementalist - technical name, not often used in Tuluk.
Gemmer - generally neutral, only refers to a gemmed elementalist.  Rare in Tuluk.
Gifted/Empowered/Talented - positive form, virtually never used.

Sometimes a mage can be described using a more specific form:
Wet/dusty/windy/scalding/dark/buzzing/evil wiggler - all negative, of course.

And sometimes a superior mage will call an inferior mage in a similar form (most often if they channel the same element):
Droplet/Oasis/[Little] River - Vivaduan
Pebble/Stone/[Little] Boulder - Rukkian
Gust/Breeze/[Little] Gale - Whiran
Kindle/Flame/[Little] Blaze - Krathi
Shade/Shadow/[Little] Darkness - Drovian
Spark/Jolt/[Little] Lightning - Elkran
Die/Die/[Die more] Die - Nilazi

This last thing is more for nicknames, just like people IRL might call a young kid 'squirt'.  It's not extremely popular, but I've seen it once and it was pretty cool so why not?
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June 10, 2006, 05:47:48 PM #5
I happen to be a fan of the old-fashioned 'magician' instead of mage.
June 10, 2006, 06:26:04 PM #6
Don't forget Whiran, Drovian, Krathi... those are all perfectly acceptable, neutral terms.
You could also speak of elementalists as "touching" or "being connected" to an element, to give something a slightly positive spin.
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June 10, 2006, 06:31:23 PM #7
Don't forget "tainted".
June 10, 2006, 08:14:04 PM #8
and cursed.
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June 10, 2006, 08:51:28 PM #9
I played a tribal that ran into quiet a few magickers and he refered to them as callers, thought it was pretty appropriate. Earth Caller, Wind caller, Sun caller.. what not. *shrugs* Just another idea.
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June 11, 2006, 12:06:10 AM #10
"Freak" and "Gemmed Freak"  :wink:
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June 11, 2006, 12:13:44 AM #11
I had a character who had a number of names for gemmers, among them leashed, collared, slaves, and pets.
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June 11, 2006, 12:18:24 AM #12
A favourite of mine is "Templar's pet" (in a negative manner of course) for anyone not of Tuluk or tribal descent. It may or may not be accurate. But ignorance and assumptions are fun ;)
June 11, 2006, 12:21:34 AM #13
Walking orgasm machines.
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June 11, 2006, 12:23:07 AM #14
The ladies love a stone mage.  Baby.
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June 11, 2006, 02:34:59 AM #15
Quote from: "LauraMars"The ladies love a stone mage.  Baby.

Ruk male, meet vividuan female. Enjoy. Ugh, I'm derailing my own thread!
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June 11, 2006, 02:48:12 AM #16
My southerners tend to call them all gemmers, whether they're gemmed or not. After all - an ungemmed elementalist is just one that the templarate hasn't caught and collared yet.
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June 11, 2006, 03:22:16 AM #17
Magicker is just fine for me.
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June 11, 2006, 03:31:56 AM #18
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Quote from: "LauraMars"The ladies love a stone mage.  Baby.

Ruk male, meet vividuan female. Enjoy. Ugh, I'm derailing my own thread!

Wussies.

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June 11, 2006, 04:49:01 AM #19
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Quote from: "Fnord"
Quote from: "LauraMars"The ladies love a stone mage.  Baby.

Ruk male, meet vividuan female. Enjoy. Ugh, I'm derailing my own thread!

Wussies.

You haven't done nothin' 'til you've done an Elkran.

Sounds . . . energetic.  Like sexing up the Energizer Bunny.


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June 11, 2006, 05:11:54 AM #20
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Sounds . . . energetic.  Like sexing up the Energizer Bunny.


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Not really.  While the the Energizer Bunny keeps going and going, Elkrans are just a spark and a fizzle.
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June 11, 2006, 07:16:14 AM #21
No way.. Elkrans, my favourites are well known for recharging both parties to keep on several times in one MUDsex session.

By the way... <element>-bound, linked to <element>, demi-demon (I used once, believing their mothers were raped by demons in their dreams so these demi-demons are given birth) may also be used.
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June 11, 2006, 01:54:31 PM #22
Quote from: "Larrath"Droplet - Vivaduan
Pebble - Rukkian

:lol:

I can just picture some annoyed elder telling a novice to "shut your mouth until you learn some wisdom,you droplet of a water mage!"
June 11, 2006, 02:39:09 PM #23
Good thread to archive?
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June 11, 2006, 06:43:53 PM #24
"Magicker" is a great term that's pretty universal and understood.
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June 11, 2006, 07:20:19 PM #25
Quote from: "Fnord"Good thread to archive?

Third time I've seen it since January.
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