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Norfenstein

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« on: April 20, 2001, 09:48:00 pm »
I think it's about time the community started churning out some creative names for the droids, which currently are only known by their level and type. They probably would've been called relatively uncreative things like "stinger", "stalker", etc., so maybe we could help out by thinking up neat sounding names that actually convey what the class is really supposed to be. Maybe mythical creatures or neologisms from appropriate words would good.
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Carcinogen

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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2001, 10:19:00 pm »
I'm not good with names. I'm glad you brought this to attention.

Overlord... Lurker... thats all that comes up w/o much thought.
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2001, 06:09:00 pm »
Alright, I was hoping some others would post first, but here are some of my ideas:

Artificer - For a builder
Custodian - It means "caretaker" so it'd be a cool name for a powerful defensive droid
Marauder - offensive droid
Sentinel - defender
Overseer - top droid
Dragoon - something fast
Gladiator - something strong
Myrmidon - something lowly
Hive Mother

Names of mythical beasts
Chimera
Minotaur
Griffin
Manticore
Harpy - Flight?
Golem - defensive
Spectre - stealthy
Wyvern
Wight
Ogre
Basilisk
Kobold
Hydra

Demon Variants
Cacodemon
Fiend
Daeva
Barghest
Garou
Manito
Lemure

Nasty stuff from D&D
Dretch
Quasit
Bebilith
Vrock
Hezrou
Glabrezu
Nalfeshnee
Marilith
Balor
Osyluth
Kyton
Barbazu
Hamatula
Cornugon
Gelugon

Maybe something practical can be derived from one of these (but if any are used as is, you might want to first look up their actual meaning). Scientific inscetoid names might be good for starts too.
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DarkStorm

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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2001, 08:05:00 pm »
*DarkStorm's been compiling a small list since the beginning of last week*
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2001, 02:45:00 am »
Name some droid "Custodian" and I'll be happy :smile:.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2001, 09:30:00 pm »
ahh names thats nice i have a essay on the hirarcy of some of the fallen angels mentiond in the bible and sutch drop a line here if you whant them
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2001, 12:16:00 am »
If they're cool names go for it.

But I'm not naming a droid 'Michael'
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2001, 05:14:00 am »
Yea, "Mikey" would be better...er, mebbe as a nick name :razz:
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Veda

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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2001, 08:34:00 pm »
Janitor droid. Mop + bucket combo attack.
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2001, 09:03:00 pm »
It means caretaker dammit! And he can kick you ass!
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Carcinogen

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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2001, 10:20:00 pm »
Arioch

Ohh yess..
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2001, 02:42:00 am »
Mortedenada - It means, "Death from nothing". Would be for a fast droid.

Lentamorte - This would be for a droid that used a poison, or acid, or somethig like that. "Slow death."
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DarkStorm

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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2001, 05:01:00 am »
Great ideas Cybernetsam.  Those are the types of names I really push for to be used.
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2001, 03:03:00 am »
dentesdoaço - "Teeth of Steel."
Essequemtrazamorteeadestruiçãoatodo - "The one who brings death and destruction to all." This one may have to be shortened. Up to you.
Lamerondeun - "Round Blade One." Probably for one which carries the sawblade, or sawblade launcher.

[ This Message was edited by: Cybernetsam on 2001-04-25 19:06 ]
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2001, 03:12:00 am »
What are those from?
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2001, 01:03:00 pm »
Foreign languages :smile:
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2001, 09:03:00 pm »
Obviously...
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2001, 02:17:00 am »
Babblefish. Yeah, I cheated. They sound like cool names though, don't they?
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« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2001, 01:20:00 pm »
You people are really screwed up. But I mean that in a good way. No, really I do. Yeah...
Anyway, names... how about Query? It would have to be an annoying, whiny little bastard. OK, maybe not. Just a thought... =)
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« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2001, 04:37:00 am »
Ever see the "custodian" droid in Aeon Flux?
I mention this 'cause it was really, really cool - it would crawl inside a person's body (through their belly button - much like the "bug" in the matrix) to correct their behavior, effectivly becoming their concious.

Neat.
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2001, 10:34:00 pm »
See? See? I'm not crazy!
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« Reply #21 on: May 14, 2001, 08:03:00 am »
just call the biggest meanest offensive variation a Tarresque and Ill be happy

Although naming them would make the learning curve of the mod steeper, simply refering to them by a simple code generated from their path down the tech tree would be easier,


like OOD for a offense  -> offense  -> defence tree variant

or COO for construction -> offense ....

although giving the extremes/most populor (sp?) variaties names wouldnt hurt much.
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #22 on: May 14, 2001, 10:30:00 pm »
My party (Which included me, a shifter, and two warrior friends) kicked the Tarrasqe's ass. We where around level 15 at the time.
My character almost died though. He spent three months recovering.
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2001, 10:02:00 pm »
The Tarrasque had about 70 hit dice...
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2001, 11:36:00 pm »
Yeah, he's a tough bastard. 300hp. Immune to all missiles and non-magic weapons.
Still beat him up though. Couldn't kill him, becasue we didn't have a wish, but we kept him busy long enough for the town to be evacuated.
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« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2001, 11:51:00 pm »
D&D?
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Norfenstein

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« Reply #26 on: May 16, 2001, 11:26:00 pm »
2nd edition. I think 3rd edition kinda dumbed him down (And didn't have Tony DiTerlizzi's illustration...)
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Cybernetsam

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« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2001, 12:07:00 am »
Have you seen teh 3rd edition books? There are a lot of pictures that help explain things that others have a hard time grasping, like flanks for example. Havn't had a good reading through it though, because I don't play anymore and I don't wanna spend the 20 bucks.
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Sandy

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« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2001, 04:00:00 pm »
What about things like
"Lunch-Box" Big ass droid
"Drawing-pin" one of those small fast droids
"Pie-Maker" Constructor

"Can crusher" Some strong human
Would be different ... and quite amusing
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Carcinogen

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« Reply #29 on: May 17, 2001, 10:52:00 pm »
Huh?

Ok, I just infested a body as a pie-maker!. Yay! I can upgrade to a lunchbox! Or, maybe I'll choose the Can-Crusher!

...put down... the bong... :smile:
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