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5 years ago  ::  Apr 23, 2008 - 10:29PM #21
Eldritch_Lord
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 23, 2008 - 10:58PM #22
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I designed a new beastie. Same link. :D
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 25, 2008 - 11:16PM #23
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 27, 2008 - 1:45AM #24
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looks good.

but leaves me to wonder what if wotc decided to call the new aasimar empyreal?
a mask everyone has at least two of, one they wear in public and another they wear in private.....
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 27, 2008 - 3:18AM #25
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I'd be freaked, for one thing!
But, if they want to use any part of the offering, I won't say no, that's for sure.

Bel
Originally Posted by WotC_RichBaker
In related news, I'm afraid I'm going to have to confiscate your 3.5 rulebooks, and force you to convert to the new edition. Where do you live?
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 27, 2008 - 6:53AM #26
bobthedog
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Belorin wrote:

I'd be freaked, for one thing!
But, if they want to use any part of the offering, I won't say no, that's for sure.

Bel


Specially if you consider that everything in these forums is WotC property.

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5 years ago  ::  Apr 27, 2008 - 7:31AM #27
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And just think, Belorin--if WotC uses it, you can claim that you came up with it first, and everyone here will back you up. You might not get a blurb in the book, but you'll be famous here. Maybe. Sort of.
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 27, 2008 - 12:11PM #28
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I appreciate the support , but it's highly unlikely. But let me thank you El especially for your excellent thread and wiz for the format May they sticky it soon.

Bel
Originally Posted by WotC_RichBaker
In related news, I'm afraid I'm going to have to confiscate your 3.5 rulebooks, and force you to convert to the new edition. Where do you live?
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5 years ago  ::  Apr 28, 2008 - 11:45AM #29
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sfdragon wrote:

looks good.

but leaves me to wonder what if wotc decided to call the new aasimar empyreal?


If I recall correctly, they used the name Aasnimar in the upcoming MM - likely only a kludge to keep people from snickering over Aasimar. Frankly, I prefer Empyreal to either of them.

I also hate the word Tiefling. Sounds so ... weenie. That and whenever my wife hears it, she says, "You're playing a what?! hahahahaha!"

I digress.

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5 years ago  ::  Apr 28, 2008 - 1:32PM #30
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Deadwor1d]I also hate the word Tiefling. Sounds so ... weenie. That and whenever my wife hears it, she says, "You're playing a what?! hahahahaha!"


Au contraire:

I also hate the word Tiefling. Sounds so ... weenie. That and whenever my wife hears it, she says, "You're playing a what?! hahahahaha!"[/quote]
Au contraire:

Wikipedia]"Tiefling" was coined by Wolfgang Baur, when original Planescape designer David "Zeb" Cook asked for a Germanic-sounding word for humans with fiendish blood. Baur derived the name from teufel, or "Devil" in German. The direct translation of tiefling, however, would be "deepling," since tief means "deep." A closer derivation from teufel would be teufling.


So teif is deep, teufel is devil, and the portmanteau "tiefel" would thus suggest a "Devil from the deeps," or a devil from Hell. Taking into account that (A) all devils come from the Hells in the D&D cosmology and (B) "ling" is a suffix meaning a minor or smaller version of the noun preceding it while implying a causal link (ducklings come from ducks, e.g.), tiefling is the perfect word for a D&D creature descended from or created by devils.

This has been your etymological service announcement for the wrote:

"Tiefling" was coined by Wolfgang Baur, when original Planescape designer David "Zeb" Cook asked for a Germanic-sounding word for humans with fiendish blood. Baur derived the name from teufel, or "Devil" in German. The direct translation of tiefling, however, would be "deepling," since tief means "deep." A closer derivation from teufel would be teufling.[/quote]
So teif is deep, teufel is devil, and the portmanteau "tiefel" would thus suggest a "Devil from the deeps," or a devil from Hell. Taking into account that (A) all devils come from the Hells in the D&D cosmology and (B) "ling" is a suffix meaning a minor or smaller version of the noun preceding it while implying a causal link (ducklings come from ducks, e.g.), tiefling is the perfect word for a D&D creature descended from or created by devils.

This has been your etymological service announcement for the day. :D

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