This page on The Phoenyx lists one of the things a GM isn’t supposed to do is give people and places unpronounceable names, like, say, “Kaaneth d’n Ekyr”.
I’ve created a whole series of fictional languages for Kalyr, which I have used to name people, places and organisations. Hopefully they’re not too unpronounceable.
Unfortunately, for organisations and types of weapons I’ve tended to mix names in these invented languages and names in English rather randomly, rather than using either one or other consistently. Why is traditional type of sword called a narvork, while crude missile weapon is called a flamelance? And why is guild of technology referred by it’s Filgan name, the Karazthan, while psionic guild is referred to as “Academy of Mind”. And I really wish I hadn’t started calling these Psionic adepts “Wizards”
If I ever publish “Kalyr, the RPG” (which I won’t, because it might sell perhaps 12 copies if I’m lucky), these issues will have to be addressed. I meantime, how do you change naming conventions mid-stream in a game that’s been running for six years?
Kaaneth d’n Ekyr came to a sticky end, psionically tortured by a player character, presumably in response to his unpronounceable name….
Meanwhile, in the news
Gary Hart has been refused leave to appeal. Gary Hart, poster boy for the most sociopathic elements of the motoring lobby, is the idiot who fell asleep at the wheel after spending all night on the phone to his new internet girlfriend. His land-rover ended up on a railway line, derailed an express and killed ten people. The arrogant twit still claims he’s been made a scapegoat. I still think his five-year sentence is ridiculously lenient. His pig-headed refusal to admit responsibility makes it clear he hasn’t ‘suffered enough’.
