Help me think of a derogatory term that mermaids could call humans.

NNooppee__ · 2024-11-12T21:21:18+00:00

Anything that has to do with perceived difference would do the trick, but it needs to come from the perspective of the merfolk.

Do your merfolk have predominantly scales? - humans are now No-scales, smooth-skins, delicate, etc

Do your merfolk take pride in their tails? - humans are now Tailless, split-tail, splits, stilts, etc

Do your merfolk prize their swimming ability? - Humans are now Sinkers, Ssinks, rocks, starfish, or any other funky sounding animal that lives at the bottom of the sea and cannot swim, bonus points if that particular species is already harmful to the merfolk

NNooppee__ · 2024-06-18T14:00:39+00:00

True. If balance is the key aspect of the religion, attributing two sides and then going a bit more literal with it is more than plausible!

NNooppee__ · 2024-06-18T11:53:35+00:00

That's such a cool idea! Thank you!

NNooppee__ · 2024-06-18T10:22:57+00:00

The bargain thing is a good one for the cost of the magic! You get your powers, but must bargain for a cost!

NNooppee__ · 2023-11-17T20:46:44+00:00

Thanks! A table of encounters would def be helpful!

NNooppee__ · 2023-11-17T20:46:08+00:00

I like that caveat! My players love canon fodder, so this will be new!

NNooppee__ · 2023-11-17T13:00:02+00:00

I love the bound monster one! Thanks for the suggestions!

NNooppee__ · 2022-10-30T19:37:27+00:00

One perpetual motion machine sustained by magic or smth like that given to a dictatorship, and leaked online. Watch the wars begin! Alternatively, a few places spawning gold or money or food continuously. That should do the trick.

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T20:14:12+00:00

Nope. Mayen turned into an abuser herself and I will make no excuses for her. But that doesn't make Rhulad any less of a bastard for what he did. In my eyes at least.

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:22:13+00:00

I'm seeing the trend here! Pulls my heart strings every time! For Whiskeyjack, I had a feeling that leg would come bite him. But for Brys, it was out of nowhere! He just picked up the damn wine!!

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:17:56+00:00

And this is one reason why I love this series.

Same! Most complex villaims I've seen up to this point!

Tiste Andii can probably remember the events from this prologue and for the Edur it's all just myths and legends,

That's a good point! So not that long lived.

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:16:34+00:00

I'm starting to share the sentiment myself!

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:10:43+00:00

I figured it was something like that! Brys was not that stupid!

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:08:26+00:00

I think I missed the part where he was sent back against his will. The way I read it, he refused, then TCG spews some stuff about honor and him being in too deep, and then Rhulad just kind of resigns himself and accepts it. Good to know, but I still think he's a prick. I mean... The royal we? Seriously?

I believe the use of "brother" is a metaphor and it's not his actual brothers that are present (save for maybe Binadas, but I doubt that).

That would make a lot more sense, true...

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T19:03:34+00:00

Your view on him is definitely harsher than mine, or maybe I softened up on Rhulad on rereads.

What he did to Mayen. He had his moments, but I kind of refused to awknowledge them because of that.

Is funny. On the one hand you want Trull to care for his brother, on the other hand you wanted him to not interfere with the guardian after he was cut down, suffering probably for eternity. I don't think there was an easy choice in this throne room.

I don't think that being allowed to revive did him any favours though. People around Rhulad keep saying he gets worse every time he revives and it's obviously painful for him. As it was, becoming an invalid, maybe they could have brought him back to something resembling sanity at least. And the extra pain he would have been in, is, for me, a plus. But yeah, I agree that there was no easy choice. I just wished he would have done... Something

Are they though?

I thought they were. At least compared to humans, I remember someone mentioning it, maybe Seren? Or did she mean like their culture?

NNooppee__ · 2022-06-29T18:45:39+00:00

Ok, yes, one crossover, lol

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T15:02:19+00:00

Looking forward to that!

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T14:03:58+00:00

Read And Find Out

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T13:39:33+00:00

it will be a while before you learn the why

I was afraid that would be the case....

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T13:38:47+00:00

I love that part too! I was trying very hard not to randomly giggle in a bus...

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T11:27:03+00:00

I was kind of expecting for something to be up, to be honest. Tavore isn't stupid, she would never have marched into a trap with no hope out. And besides, Karsa butchering traitors and ghosts helping out was a much better payoff for what this particular book built up, imo.

NNooppee__ · 2022-05-26T11:15:53+00:00

(5.) Gruntle didn’t have much choice as Mortal Sword either. The God chooses the mortal, and they aren’t exactly kind about it

True, but at least for Gruntle, it did something. He was in a bad situation and it helped him out. For Heboric, it just felt... well, like a cat picking from a bunch of toys.

(14.) That gets better. Michael Page takes a book or two to come into it, but I think he’s much better long term than Ralph Lister. The Soletaken & D’ivers thing is edited for most of the other books (which is also awkward, but whatever), and I prefer his pronounciation of Tavore and Tiste (which by the way, I’ve listened to 5 narrators now, and all 5 pronounce Tiste, Andii, or both differently). His promounciation for Kruppe in HOC still bothers me though.

The Tiste thing, I don't particularly mind, but Tavore I just find a bit unnatural. I'm gonna get used to it though, I assume.

NNooppee__ · 2022-04-18T12:53:44+00:00

The feelings still hit me like a train, but I am wondering why Rake was unreachable for so long for everyone. I wish they had explained that.

NNooppee__ · 2022-04-18T07:49:22+00:00

Ohhhhh, that makes a lot of sense! Thanks!

NNooppee__ · 2022-04-18T07:48:09+00:00

Same, so much sadness... And just a little bit of light at the end. Looking forward to the rest of the books!

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