What would be names for elemental wizards that keep it consistent with the others? Like for instance you have pyromancers and necromancers, both of which have names that originate from greek words. However, when it comes to other stuff like wizards that specialize in electricity, instead something like "electromancer" is used, rather than the more accurate descriptor of brontomancer. Can this be applied to other such elements? Say for instance one that controls water or air or trees or something.
>>98369956Kinda like the idea of Aethermancer for air even though aether and air are different concepts.
>>98369956I feel like there should be a movement away from the -mancer naming convention if for no more reason than how stupid it sounds to append something to it.Then again, you run into the problem of a generic name you can apply to a kitchen sink setting and something that is setting specific if that is ever a concern.
>>98369956>mage
>>98369956"electromancer" is valid and consistent with the theme. Electricity comes from the greek word ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron).>>98369968Aeromancer from the greek word αέρας( aēr) and mancer from the greek word μάντης(oracle).
>>98370054>page
>>98369956Generally a phrase that ends in “o” like necrOmancer sounds best in all occasions to me.I still haven’t found a word to name a wizard ending in “mancer” that can be the opposite of a necromancer.>Wizard101 meme picI still play that. I don’t want to know how old my oldest account is now that I ditched for a clean slate restart because autism.But man there’s good high fantasy stuff from that game to take from as inspiration.I think w101 may be why I love magic floating islands and block game only intensified it.
>>98370918>a phrase that ends in “o”>the opposite of a necromancerThis one breaks your preferred pattern. Greek ζωή zoe, pronounced like the girl's name still used today, means life, the animating principle of life. The combining form is zoe- as in zoemancer.Don't use zoo-. Aside from the pain of hearing people pronounce that as one syllable, zoo- comes from zoion meaning animal, not life in general.Don't use bio-. Bio- refers to the history or events of a man's life. It's use in biology to mean the study of all living things is very modern and biomancer sounds bad.
>>98369979>how stupid it sounds to append something to it.mancernecro You're right appending does sound stupid. prepend anon
>>98369956Vivimancer is one I use for life but I don't know if that's valid linguistically and don't look things up.
>>98369956>>98369979In real life, the -mancy suffixes were for divination methods, so "pyromancy" is divination by fire, smoke-reading and whatnot, "cartomancy" is fortune telling with decks of cards, and so on. Necromancy used to refer to the act of communing with the dead rather than death magic in general.If you want to use greek etymology, the -kinesis suffix is an option, which works pretty well for what -mancer tends to be used for. Pyrokinesis = magical control over fire, necrokinesis = control over the dead, etc.
>>98371231ElectrokinesisZoekinesisWould magical control over funk be Funkinesis or Funkkinesis?
>>98369956I'm a fan of thaumaturge, which originates from greek and means "wonder worker"
>>98369979The -mancer thing has picked up connotation of being "a type of wizardy shit" and it's really hard to get people to stop using it now. I really wish we could stop it, though.
>>98371231For some reason "kinesis" really only gets used as part of psionic and mind stuff or when the setting is in space and has space magic
>>98369956It can be applied, but I hardly see the point.The names and terms of what's featured in my games are just abstract translations for the benefit of English-speaking players; none of the characters in-world speak English, because English doesn't even exist.But anyone else's mileage could vary in that regard anyway. Could anyone tell me why it matters for playing a given game; I'm legitimately curious, not trying to be antagonistic.
>>98370918>Generally a phrase that ends in “o” like necrOmancer sounds best in all occasions to me.AnemoCryoDendroElectroGeoHydroPyro
>>98369956>FirePyromancer>IceCryomancer>WaterHydromancer>AirAeromancer>SoundPhonomancer>ElectricityElectromancer>AcidAcetomancer>PoisonToximancer>Psychic energyPsychomancer>Earth/StoneGeomancer>Blood mageHemomancer>EnchanterCarmomancer>AbjurerTegeremancer>ConjurerConiuromancer>IllusionLuzomancer>General EvokerDeomancer>DivinationPreomancer>TransmutationNeomancer>BladesingerBladomancer>ScribeScribamancer>WarBelomancer>GravityTractomancer>TimeChronomancer>SpaceAstromancer>LifeBiomancer>DeathNecromancer>The DivineTheomancer>The infernalInframancer>MachinesTechnomancerThat covers just about everything I think.
>>98371264Due to the nature of Funk itself, the magical control of Funk must necessarily be Funkentelechy.
>>98369956Traditional games?
>>98369979>>98371231You could also use -urge and -urgy like in theurgy or metallurgy which just means "the working of _________"
>>98370275>cage
>>98375426How would that work? Pyrourgy? Thermurgy? Necrourge?
>>98369979I completely agree! “mancy” is overused!
>>98371817I can think of a few more.>MetalMetalomancer>StoneLithomancer>PlantsPhytomancer>BeastsThereiomancer>ObfuscationCryptomancer>SleepOneiromancer>WeatherMeteomancer>Pure Power/ForceDynamancer
>>98375756>>Metal>>Metalomancer>not Ferromancer
>>98369956I think that a standardised naming scheme for wizards isn't really a good idea unless you're willing to expand on what it implies. That being, an implication of a common culture and administrative effort to standardise these names, which can be interesting if done right, but I don't think that "casual" terms like "-mancer" are suitable for such a scenario.If you are willing to work providing the necessary background for standardised titles, it'd be better to be more "formal" - A Magister of Lightning, a Magister of Flame, etc. In the same way that a lot of businesses call their handymen "technicians" now. HVAC Technician, Server Technician, Information Technology Technician... you get the point I hope.
>>98375506Pyrurgy or Thermurgy corresponding to pyrurge or thermurge respectivelyYou could also conlang them a bit to get Pyrurgeon and Thermurgeon similar to how we got the word Surgeon from the Greek cheirourgiosAs for the necromancer equivalent, we could have Necrurge or necrugeon
>>98376170>The Circle of Magisters is at odds with the Arch-Sorcerers for hiring non-licensed magisters to repair the city's warding circlesTo be honest, I don't see why anyone should enter into the Collegia Magisteria when Enchanters who enter the Schola Grammaticum Publicum come out with a lot more useful real world knowledge and are more readily employable. They'll wind up picking up everything a magister ought to know in their first 5 years on the job anyhow. Formal Magisterial training takes decades to complete, not to mention the burnout rate of Magisters-in-training who decide not to proceed with the Gauntlet and shift to career tracks outside of applied magic
>>98371817Nice list but I'd adjust your odd mixture of Greek/Greek and Latin/Greek to all Greek/Greek.>Geo-It's an interesting one because ge- means soil or dirt, as opposed to geo- which means the spinning ball of rock with a bit of water and gas, not dirt or stone. Gemancer would work as a combined form. Petro- for stone.Haimo- for blood, not Latin hemo- or haemo-.>BelomancerBello- needs double "l", also that's Latin, Greek is polemo-.>>Abjurer>TegeremancerAre you trying to derive a word from Latin tego?>>Divination>PreomancerDivination doesn't mean "know in advance". Mancomancer is better.>>Machines>TechnomancerTechno- means skill. Mechano- means machine.>>Gravity>TractomancerGravity means weight, not pull. I don't see why anyone using Latin would use tractor instead of the obvious form gravi-. Baro- is Greek for heavy.>>Space>AstromancerCosmo->>Life>BiomancerOnly if manipulating someone's personal history, otherwise zoe- as already given.>>Transmutation>NeomancerNeo- means new. Allo- or meta- or metabolo- for alter or change.>>The infernal>InframancerInfra- just means under or below. Cthon- or cthono- for underworld, basanisto- if meaning the tormentors said to live in infernal realms.>ConiuromancerI assume by this you're deriving from coniurare. That's a mistake because the important part was the summoning or the restricting action by magic part and it's big leap from oath-making to those.>BladomancerYou were falling asleep on the job. Blade isn't even Latin or Greek for which there are ample words meaning sword or a type of sword.>>98375756>>Stone>LithomancerPetro->>Weather>MeteomancerThe combining form would be meteoro- but kairo- which actually means weather would be better than just "high up".>>Obfuscation>CryptomancerKrypho->>98375790>>not FerromancerThat's right, not ferrum. Ferrum means iron not metal.>>98371626It doesn't. It's just for fun.
>>98376430>>>Stone>>Lithomancer>Petro-Petra are singular, individual rocks. A Lithomancer summons castles from bare stone. A Petromancer hurls boulders at people.
>>98371231>>98375426Necrourgy or fucking necrokinesis honestly sound way more metal than necromancy. I think I have seen thanaturgy before.
>>98371817>>98375756Nice, very nice. But let's see it separated for metis and techne.
>>98369956lifemancer
>>98371155I figured that would be the case. “Vitamancer” maybe as vitality maybe working?>>98371817Pretty good stuff anon.I’m surprised kings isle hasn’t tried to make Wizard101 tabletop games or a ttrpg. But then again I am not sure how those would work.
>>98369956Scoobmancer
>>98378108He's mastered the ways of cultivating the physical body, would Scooby be a Physiomancer or Somatomancer?
