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03-25-2020, 08:14 AM | #1 |
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Names for Wizards based on Magical College
I'm just looking for ideas for a generic name you would call a mage who practices a given college of magic, for each of the colleges in GURPS Magic.
I have a very preliminary list of suggestions so far, and lot of blanks. Feel free to toss around additional suggestions. NOTE: I'll be editing the list as suggestions come in Air: Aeromancer, Aerurge, Aerurgist Animal: Beastmaster, Zourge (pronounced Zo-urge), Zourgist Body Control: Citalomancer, Physiomancer, Somaturge, Somaturgist, Communication and Empathy: Mesmerist, Psychomancer, Telepath Earth: Geomancer, Geurge, Geurgist Enchantment: Enchanter, Magewright Fire: Pyromancer, Pyrurge, Pyrurgist Food: Nutrimancer, Sefimancer Gate: Apportist, Gatekeeper, Telemancer, Teleurge, Teleurgist, Healing: Chiurge, Chiurgist, Healer, Vitamancer Illusion and Creation: Conjurer, Illusionist Knowledge: Diviner Light and Darkness: Luminurge, Luminurgist, Photomancer, Photourge, Photourgist, Shadowcaster Making and Breaking: Thaumoclast? Meta-Spells: Dweamercrafter, Magewright, Protypomancer, Thaumaturge, Thaumaturgist Mind Control: Mesmerist Movement: Kineticist Necromantic: Necromancer, Necrurge, Necrurgist Plant: Botanurge, Botanurgist, Florimancer, Herbomancer, Phytomancer, Protection and Warning: Abjurer Sound: Phonurge, Phonomancer, Sonomancer, Sonurge, Sonurgist, Soundwright Technological: Technomage Water: Hydromancer, Hydrurge, Hydrurgist (I shall miss the Aquamancer...) Weather: Weatherworker Last edited by Kallatari; 03-26-2020 at 10:10 AM. |
03-25-2020, 08:26 AM | #2 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
Mind control could Mesmerist. Body Control can be somamancer? Somancer? So-so-mancer?
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03-25-2020, 08:31 AM | #3 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
If you'd like linguistically rigorous names, you might consider the meanings of -mancy and -urgy, which come from Greek. -mancy has to do with divination (a necromancer is someone who speaks with and learns things about the dead), and -urgy is about doing work. This was addressed in an old post: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=28658
So divining things about air, earth, fire, and water would be aeromancy, geomancy, pyromancy, and hydromancy (not aqua-, that's Latin, not Greek), and their practitioners would be aeromancer, geomancer, pyromancer, and hydromancer. Creating, changing, and destroying these elements would be aerourgy, geourgy, pyrourgy, and hydrourgy (or maybe aerurgy, geurgy, pyrurgy, and hydrurgy; I'm not sure how the roots combine), and their practitioners would be aerourgist, geourgist, pyrourgist, and hydrourgist (or aerurgist, geurgist, pyrurgist, and hydrurgist). You can extend this to many of the other colleges too, if you know the Greek roots for those words. Necromancy is divination of spirits and the dead; necrourgy/necrurgy would be summoning, controlling, and destroying spirits and the dead. If you're sticking with English, a good word for weather spells is weatherworker. |
03-25-2020, 10:10 AM | #4 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
I'd go to Google translate and play around with words. By the way and off the top of my head, try Psychomancer, literally Soul Seer for Communication Empathy.
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03-25-2020, 10:12 AM | #5 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
Oh steal from Le Guin for the Weather college "Windkey".
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03-25-2020, 10:36 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
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So, while I understandand the nature of the "-ancy" being from a divination root, the names are still traditional in fantasy, like necromancer, so I left them on the list. If I ever decide to get more technical, then I will for sure keep that in mind. |
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03-25-2020, 10:44 AM | #7 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
If you're worried about corralling Ancient Greek and Latin separately (but, I mean, we all say "television" instead of "teletheatron" or "longevision"....) then a Plant mage would be a "phytomancer" rather than an "herbomancer." (Yes, I'm correcting myself.)
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03-25-2020, 04:25 PM | #8 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
Dunkeldore- water college
Mouldevort - food college Soaron- air college |
03-26-2020, 10:01 AM | #9 |
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12-15-2020, 03:08 PM | #10 |
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Re: Names for Wizards based on Magical College
Gastromancer or Gastrourgist might work for the food college. The former, in particular, has a nice ring to my ear (despite failing the etymology test).
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