theme for a fantasy campaign

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by whswhs

What's wrong with "troll" as a name? Yes, I could call them yeti or sasquatch or bigfoot, but troll doesn't jump out at me as obviously bad.

Troll isn't bad per se, but it doesn't say "creature of the far north" to me; the most notable traits of trolls are big, turn to stone when touched by sunlight, and (if D&D) regeneration. Jotun, Yeti, and Wendigo are names more associated with northern humanoids.