10-25-2019, 11:48 AM | #11 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
The term I hear used a lot is just 'taur, IE Jaguartaur, fauntaur, Rhinotaur. The fish version is Mer', Mercat, merrabbit, merrhino. Half-snakes always seem to be called Naga no matter what the 'top half' is.
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10-26-2019, 04:43 PM | #12 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
I second the use of "Chimera" or "Chimeric" for this concept. If your setting uses that term for a single creature, though, "tauric", though etymologically incorrect, may be useful. Especially if your players come from That Other Game....
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10-27-2019, 03:45 AM | #13 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
Centauroid describes a 6 limbed criiter or device with 4 locomotor lims and two manipulative ones.
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10-27-2019, 09:51 AM | #14 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
I'd say 4 or more lower limbs, for Dwayne Johnson's Scorpion King, spider centaurs and such.
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10-29-2019, 12:51 PM | #15 | |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
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10-29-2019, 01:40 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
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However, looking into your claim did cause me to come across another useful term (which I previously came across in the Monster Musume manga of all places, but didn't give it much thought) - liminal. It may be of use to me here, although I may want to use it elsewhere in the setting, as I'm lacking a good term ("demi-human" seems a bit off, as many aren't humanoid at all) for monsters who are able to survive outside of a dungeon. So, thanks for that.
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10-29-2019, 02:24 PM | #17 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
I don't think thera- is the proper combining form. The ancient Greek root is ther, which is masculine, and the combining stem looks to be thero-. Or therio-, from therion, which usually refers to a small animal of some kind, apparently.
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10-29-2019, 02:33 PM | #18 | |
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10-29-2019, 02:36 PM | #19 |
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Re: Is there a generic term for creatures like centaurs?
My spelling is notably vile. And your correction looks better to me than my original attempt to spell a word my spellchecker knows not. So, thank-you for your assistance.
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