List of words that should never be used in alters

[Drew]

Help me compile this:


Runes
Blood groove
bespoke
shadowy
death

[Tolwynn]

gremlin-slayer

[WRoss]

massive
camoflauge
engorged

[Fallen]

Deadly
Fearsome
Angelic (no really, i've seen it)

[Alarke]

I think at the end someone should make an alter with as many of these words as humanly possible.

[DCSL]

cascades/cascading

[Cephalopod]

Help my compile this:


Runes
Blood groove
bespoke
shadowy
death



I'm saving this one for other purposes.

[Morph]

Anything that I don't like. Cause I'm soooooo coooooooool.

[Fallen]

Not to be used in the base at least:

Dhe'nar/i
Faendryl
Sylvan
Elven
Burglar/Robber/Thief/thieving
Murderer/killer
Any profession title

[Fallen]

Anything that I don't like. Cause I'm soooooo coooooooool.

So in other words, you're seeing a lot of your own ideas up here. I'm guilty of a few myself.

[Morph]

So in other words, you're seeing a lot of your own ideas up here. I'm guilty of a few myself.

I mean Morphias does have runes on his coat, but really I just can't stand people who criticize others simply because they have different taste.

[Tisket]

simply because they have different taste.

Seems like a damn fine reason to me. And you are guilty of doing what you say you dislike in this thread yourself so stfu.

[NicAlbion]

Damned
Cursed
Demonic
Upsetting

Overrated things like that.

[Tisket]

Dried ale stains.

[Morph]

Seems like a damn fine reason to me. And you are guilty of doing what you say you dislike in this thread yourself so stfu.

Ha? How do you figure that I am guilty of criticizing people for their taste? I have no problem with Drew not liking runes, Fallen not liking profession titles and Warriorbird not liking bulges. They are welcome to their opinions and more power to them. If they want they can go post all about them in a thread entitled "words that I don't like." However, this thread is roughly titled as words that should NEVER be used in alters. That title implies not only that the posters do not like these words, but also that other people should not like them either. The serious posters in this thread not only state their particular preferences in alters, but also try to impose those preferences on the rest of the community. That is where my problem lies.

[NicAlbion]

Soaring (Bird)
Swooping (Bird)

[Methais]

Fear
Evil
Bunny
Wrath

[Tisket]

Ha? How do you figure that I am guilty of criticizing people for their taste?

You are guilty of criticizing us for having different taste than you. Our taste is to mock horrible alters.

Quit making me have to spell things out for you.

[Morph]

You are guilty of criticizing us for having different taste than you. Our taste is to mock horrible alters.

Quit making me have to spell things out for you.

LOL oh sorry I didn't realize that you were one of those 10 year olds who when told that he shouldn't use racist words retorts, "Well you're racist against racists dummy!!"

Ok I'm done with this thread :P

[Tisket]

Let me ask you a rhetorical question: are you a fuckwit?

[NicAlbion]

Ah, Morph, just...drop it. You're going around like your shit doesn't smell.

MOAR WORDS:

Branded
Burned
Tilted

[Kithus]

You are guilty of criticizing us for having different taste than you. Our taste is to mock horrible alters.

Quit making me have to spell things out for you.


Ok I'm done with this thread :P

Probably for the best, you're getting pwned by a chick.

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/8/19/633862883609765765-badasswarriorchicks.jpg

[That Jay]

cloth-of-(anything except cloth)

[Sylvan Dreams]

Romantic
exotic
sultry
alluring
breast

[AnticorRifling]

Let me ask you a rhetorical question: are you a fuckwit?

Uh hello, he said he was done with this thread. /endthread Thanks.

[Drew]

Other ones I personally don't like are words that are clearly derived from Earth place names.

Damascened steel
madras
fine china
etc.


This one is more touchy, some people would have no problem with Champagne but Turkish delight would be a problem. Or wouldn't like a cuban sandwich but wouldn't mind a fez. They're all named after towns or countries, but this one is harder.

[AnticorRifling]

Wankle Rotary Engine.

[ElvenFury]

Other ones I personally don't like are words that are clearly derived from Earth place names.
I guess that's it for Anticor's Norwegian Hole-in-one alter.

[AnticorRifling]

Yeah but I'm still ok to offer newbies a Helga Hot Plate in a locked room right?

[Drew]

Wankle Rotary Engine.

Wankel.

[thefarmer]

Turnip

[Krendeli]

Cocktastic

[Drew]

Cocktastic

There goes my whole wardrobe.

[DCSL]

There goes my whole wardrobe.

IT'S TRUE.

[Lucos]

Anything included in the following weapon other than - "a", "golden", "rolaren" and "falchion"

a shimmering golden rolaren falchion etched with ancient runic symbols of death and destruction that glow and pulsate with every beat of your heart

[Sweets]

sun-kissed

It's getting as bad as cascading.

[Latrinsorm]

That title implies not only that the posters do not like these words, but also that other people should not like them either.Most of them are manifestly against policy, so people should not only dislike them but actively report them, and if necessary go to St. Louis and burn down the relevant servers.

[Methais]

Most of them are manifestly against policy, so people should not only dislike them but actively report them, and if necessary go to St. Louis and burn down the relevant servers.

And this is how you perform the latter.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/Google_Street_View_van_on_fire.jpg

ON TOPIC: This van looks awesome.
http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/van-on-fire.jpg

[Ugotfaced]

I'm with whoever was against the whole prof. based descriptions.. What the FUCK does a wizards cloak look like? What's so different about this than a warriors cloak? Just stupid.. And anything 'jam' or 'cookie' You're runestaff doesn't have chocolate chip cookies on it, you're stupid. lol

[Beguiler]

pink
kitten
flowing (as bad as cascading)
puce
enormous

[Ugotfaced]

anything with 'appears to be' in it.. Like that fucking hideous 'Blade' cloak. that speaks the words of terrible blah blah blah and bad altering.

Also anything 'dusty' I mean shit you're walking around (if you script you're on a Usain Bolt sprint from town to town) I'm sure the dust would come off.

[GSKynthelig]

pink
kitten
flowing (as bad as cascading)
puce
enormous

I so want to do an alter with all of these in it!

[Tisket]

I always disliked alters that were obviously stretching for unusual words to express a color or fabric.

Examples would be: umber, roan, marbrinus, argent, heliotrope, incardine, viridian, bourde, etc. etc.

[DCSL]

GUILTY.

[Tisket]

I can't find the bad alter thread (ok ok I didn't even look) but had to post this somewhere because it makes me laugh:

an azure silk cloak embellished with the image of a mighty warrior berserking a horde of emerald-colored snake beings

On sale now in the players shop for the low low price of 75k!

[Methais]

I can't find the bad alter thread (ok ok I didn't even look) but had to post this somewhere because it makes me laugh:

an azure silk cloak embellished with the image of a mighty warrior berserking a horde of emerald-colored snake beings

On sale now in the players shop for the low low price of 75k!

I really wonder (well not really) if people actually picture what shit like that would really look like. Like you're in an epic battle and you look over and the guy chopping everything's face off has pictures all over his clothing.

Like this:
http://www.cornerstorkbabygifts.com/images/product/Bunny-Pant-Set180438-L.jpg
http://rlv.zcache.com/eat_sleep_rabbits_dog_shirt-p1558273308735461562v7vb_210.jpg

Someone get an alter of those next.

[LadyLaphrael]

GUILTY.

Yep, she just described about 95% of my alters. :(

[Tisket]

lol sorry. I just STILL can't visualize what marbrinus looks like. And I even looked the word up. STOP USING THAT WORD!!!

[Beguiler]

I so want to do an alter with all of these in it!


lulz@^

[Nilandia]

I always disliked alters that were obviously stretching for unusual words to express a color or fabric.

Examples would be: umber, roan, marbrinus, argent, heliotrope, incardine, viridian, bourde, etc. etc.
I'm guilty of it to an extent, mostly because I like to have variety in my items and not just repeat the same term over and over. I also like to play with words for specific images, such as pairing blood agate with sanguine (color related to blood) eahnor.

I'd have to disagree on marbrinus and bourde, though. They're given in the costume docs as being associated with certain races (marbrinus with the elves and bourde with the dark elves), so it'd make sense for them to get used, especially by people from those races. The same goes for chainsil and sylvans, cordetum and dwarves and cameline and halflings.

For the record, marbrinus is a type of marbled silk and bourde is a type of striped silk. Chainsil is very fine linen while cordetum is a coarse cloth (type not specified) and cameline is a very fine wool. All of them are also real fabrics.

Gretchen

[Tisket]

Unless it's a leather item, I also dislike the use of the word "supple" in cloth descriptions. When was the last time you wore clothing that was hard to bend? (And, no, clothing items encrusted with any type of bodily fluid don't count)

[Fallen]

(gem)-dusted anything. Don't do it.

[ElvenFury]

Unless it's a leather item, I also dislike the use of the word "supple" in cloth descriptions. When was the last time you wore clothing that was hard to bend? (And, no, clothing items encrusted with any type of bodily fluid don't count)
My socks crunch when I walk. True story.

[Tisket]

For the record, marbrinus is a type of marbled silk and bourde is a type of striped silk. Chainsil is very fine linen while cordetum is a coarse cloth (type not specified) and cameline is a very fine wool. All of them are also real fabrics.

I know they are a real fabric and colors. What I'm saying though is that when I "look" at you in game and I can't tell what color something is by reading it then it annoys me. And I think it detracts from the item itself when someone else has to struggle to visualize it.

[Sweets]

I'm guilty of it to an extent, mostly because I like to have variety in my items and not just repeat the same term over and over. I also like to play with words for specific images, such as pairing blood agate with sanguine (color related to blood) eahnor.

I'd have to disagree on marbrinus and bourde, though. They're given in the costume docs as being associated with certain races (marbrinus with the elves and bourde with the dark elves), so it'd make sense for them to get used, especially by people from those races. The same goes for chainsil and sylvans, cordetum and dwarves and cameline and halflings.

For the record, marbrinus is a type of marbled silk and bourde is a type of striped silk. Chainsil is very fine linen while cordetum is a coarse cloth (type not specified) and cameline is a very fine wool. All of them are also real fabrics.

Gretchen

It just gets old having to look up things to know what they are. People have some crazy looking eyes nowadays too. Lavender rimmed, puss colored irises with sanguine pupils or somesuch. I still like it plain and simple.

[Fallen]

Incarnadine. It's not spooky, it's overdone.

[Drew]

I still like it plain and simple.

Yep, I like that my chars were generally created before the new system. He has grey eyes. He has long black hair worn in a braid, he has tanned skin. DONE

[Nilandia]

I know they are a real fabric and colors. What I'm saying though is that when I "look" at you in game and I can't tell what color something is by reading it then it annoys me. And I think it detracts from the item itself when someone else has to struggle to visualize it.
I can understand that. I've started moving away from using obscure words in my own alters and playing with the design itself. It just takes a while to find the balance, and I still have things I've made before that I love but use those terms. These days when I use obscure wording, it's very much on purpose to create a specific effect, not to show off or whatever.

Yeah, it's nice to have something described exactly how you see it, but if no one else knows what you're talking about, you're often really just playing with yourself.

Gretchen

[DCSL]

Incarnadine. It's not spooky, it's overdone.

Ha ha, that is COMPLETELY Voraviel's fault. He incarnadine'd everything. I could always recognize his shops because there was incarnadine somewhere.

[Tisket]

I can understand that. I've started moving away from using obscure words in my own alters and playing with the design itself. It just takes a while to find the balance, and I still have things I've made before that I love but use those terms. These days when I use obscure wording, it's very much on purpose to create a specific effect, not to show off or whatever.

Yeah, it's nice to have something described exactly how you see it, but if no one else knows what you're talking about, you're often really just playing with yourself.

Gretchen

I'm sure there are fashionistas that can look at you and know exactly what look you are going for when you use obscure terms but I'm not one :/

Probably more my failing than yours though.

[Fallen]

Ha ha, that is COMPLETELY Voraviel's fault. He incarnadine'd everything. I could always recognize his shops because there was incarnadine somewhere.

His storylines were as well, bless him.

[Drew]

Took me a long time to replace a giant incadnadine vathor as my toughest kill.

[Nilandia]

I'm sure there are fashionistas that can look at you and know exactly what look you are going for when you use obscure terms but I'm not one :/

Probably more my failing than yours though.
They probably would get it, true. But as much as I love them, they're not the reason I play. For a time I did try to run with the fashionista group, but now I'm just designing stuff I'll like. There are other people in the game, and I'd like them to get an idea of what my characters look like, too.

Gretchen

[Misun]

I always disliked alters that were obviously stretching for unusual words to express a color or fabric.

Examples would be: umber, roan, marbrinus, argent, heliotrope, incardine, viridian, bourde, etc. etc.

She has full, umber-speckled dark eyes

:( Guilty

[DCSL]

I went into that mind thing and counted the number of times he used "incarndine." It was a large amount.

[ElvenFury]

She has full, umber-speckled dark eyes

:( Guilty
Full of what?

[Fallen]

Full of what?

Eye juice?

[Misun]

crap

[ElvenFury]

Eye juice?
I must be running a quart low. :(

[LadyLaphrael]

Yeah, it's nice to have something described exactly how you see it, but if no one else knows what you're talking about, you're often really just playing with yourself.

I'm generally okay with a) people knowing how I'm describing my outfits with my fancy words and b) playing with myself. It's a win-win either way.

[Methais]

I'm generally okay with playing with myself. It's a win-win either way.

I agree.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

emblazoned

[Misun]

loin

[Warriorbird]

halfelven (or half elven)
warcloak
warsword
warclaidh
warhelm
warbackpack

and anything else war-

[WRoss]

and anything else war-

Warriorbird?

[Drew]

halfelven (or half elven)
warcloak
warsword
warclaidh
warhelm
warbackpack

and anything else war-



I'm ok with implements that are not used for war generally but have been converted to an exclusive war use. So warcloak doesn't, but war axe, war hammer and a few others work for me. Basically any tool that you need to note it's not the tool version but the version built for war.

[WRoss]

how would you feel about

A WAR TIGER CLAW

http://images.elfwood.com/art/g/u/guee/wartiger.jpg

[Drew]

Isn't that a war tiger holding a war tiger's claw?

[Fallen]

THEY ARE STEALING OUR THOUGHTS!!!!!!(well, Tisket's thoughts)
IOI: 5

Have you ever wondered what a chatelaine is? Run into someone wearing something tenebrous? Want to know why there's so much interest in ferronieres? Do you ever feel like any character in The Muppet Movie?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then boy have we got something for you! If you answered no to all of them, well, we've got the same thing for you, too. If you can't read, you're out of luck. You probably aren't having much fun playing this game, either. Or reading this announcement, come to think of it.

An in-game dictionary, that's what we've got for you! And it has all of two entries! So if you want a definition for "chatelaine" or "ferroniere", we've got you covered.

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All of these new features are accessed through the DEFINE verb. We hope you enjoy them, and we look forward to your submissions.

- Ildran

[AnticorRifling]

Please post logs of this getting abused like urban dictionary. Thanks.

[Tisket]

All of these new features are accessed through the DEFINE verb. We hope you enjoy them, and we look forward to your submissions.

That's pretty cool new feature actually.

[BigWorm]

dripping

[Drew]

So then you're comfortable with a peace axe? What makes a claidhmore a war claidhmore? Why is a warsword a war sword?

War claidhmore and warsword are stupid because they both are implements of war. My point is that an axe is a tool just like a hammer so I'm ok if you delineate that you are holding the version built for battle. Swords are only used for battle so the war is entirely redundant. Cloaks can't be made in a "war only" version, so that is also foolish. But the difference between a regular hammer and a war hammer is significant so I don't have a problem with that. The difference between a sword and a war sword is nothing.

[m444w]

some swords are ceremonial. But I agree warsword is stupid.

So... I really have nothing to add.

[Stanley Burrell]

I think a "waraxe" and "warhammer," unlike "warsword" or "warbolas" have actual etymological fantasy realm-accepted nomenclature to the point where it's sort of O.K.

To add to the list (base item description, mostly):

Puce
Orange
Ochre
Magenta
Tendrils
Faintly
Slightly
Ever-so-slightly
Runes/sigils/symbols of
ice/icy fire/fiery
Sinuous
Traced
Massive
Tiny
Midnight black/blue/white
Two or more of the words "and" "with" and "of."
The
Anything that makes a secondary material outweigh the first, e.g. "A plastic spork printed with a star iron trademark symbol." "A McGrail-handled leather whip." "A rusty iron short sword with shiny vaalin hilt."
Reinforced
's
Depicting
Anything having to do with plants.
More
Before/after
Any 'ly/'ed color other than blackened, whitened, blued or reddened. And those suck, as is.
Anything seasonal "Spring Green." "Wintery White."
Noticeable
Blood anything
Death anything
Skin/fur/leather/scale crap that goes beyond the basics: Fishskin, wolf fur, boiled leather and fishscale > Death dirge skin, halfling armpit hair, centaur leather, myklian-thrak scale.
Stupid fucking eye shit anything
Alexandrite
Ghastly
Softened/Hardened
Containers, especially on containers (pouches, pockets, receptacle, etc.)
Moon/star/constellation shit
Brave/boasting
Fashioned
Rolton

[Methais]

So then you're comfortable with a peace axe?

I'm comfortable with a peacemaker.
http://www.guncollectorsclub.com/images/guns/saa-peacemaker%20021_300x250.jpg

GS needs guns, imo.

[Tisket]

Stan, you forgot "dainty". Please fix this unacceptable oversight ASAP.

[Stanley Burrell]

Stan, you forgot "dainty". Please fix this unacceptable oversight ASAP.

Dainty is hawt.

[Warriorbird]

I'm comfortable with a peacemaker.
http://www.guncollectorsclub.com/images/guns/saa-peacemaker%20021_300x250.jpg

GS needs guns, imo.

Yes. And cannons. Methais's House should have cannons on it.

[The-Pwny-Express]

Stupid fucking eye shit anything


lol what?

[LMingrone]

Just scoured around trying to find my old character Yarrious. Lost all my logs, but he had the stupidest alters ever. The only thing I could find before I sold him is : http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/demons/667/members.html (The ORIGINAL AG)

Don't know if there's any chance someone has a "look at yar" from around '98. Merchant event would be best to look at. Reward if anyone can find one.

[violent femme]

boring ringlets, blonde hair, full lips...yawn... so common...cute on the first 350 chicks boring now

[Xanator]

Awarded as third prize in Paupers' 2008 Low Fashion Show (look for another one later this year, hopefully). The other two were good, but this one was my favorite.

A fur-trimmed eel-skin badge
This badge is made of the glossy skin of an eel and trimmed all around with an unknown animal’s mangy fur. The image of wounded warrior riding a charging griffon past an angry-looking sorceress on a distant peak under a full moon silhouetting a soaring bird of prey is tooled upon its surface. Stamped beneath the scene are the words, “Trying Too Hard--House of Paupers’ Low Fashion Show--5108.”

I think meticulous descriptions of rockin' scenes should make their way into more alters, personally.

[4a6c1]

The image of wounded warrior riding a charging griffon past an angry-looking sorceress on a distant peak under a full moon silhouetting a soaring bird of prey is tooled upon its surface

........

my brain esplode like I just listened to the banana song a zillion times.

[Drew]

Just scoured around trying to find my old character Yarrious. Lost all my logs, but he had the stupidest alters ever. The only thing I could find before I sold him is : http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/demons/667/members.html (The ORIGINAL AG)

Don't know if there's any chance someone has a "look at yar" from around '98. Merchant event would be best to look at. Reward if anyone can find one.


[Town Square, West]
Ahead of you, in the midst of the square, stretches the cobblestoned main bazaar, its serpentine lanes abuzz with traders hawking their wares, bartering, and bickering. The freewheeling vendors in the bazaar provide a welcome alternative to the stylish and expensive merchants whose shops border the square. Before you is the gilded but peeling wood facade of the First Elanith Secure Bank. You also see the Shadowryne disk, a shaggy mutt, a small bird, a badly damaged brass strongbox, a corroded brass trunk and a dried out blueberry cupcake.
Also here: Lord Domitius, Johagn, Czurke, Parro who is lying down, Kyrsche, Omalisp who is kneeling, Lady Daphnine, Raffiky
Obvious paths: north, south, east, west.
>Omalisp says, "Thank you"
>Domitius entered the First Elanith bank.
>Johagn just went west.
>Lord Ozwink just arrived.
>Lord Ozwink just went south.
Lord Hughmungis just arrived.
'Daph'Daph
>Daphnine says, "thank you"
>You say, "Daph"
>Locy just arrived.
>Yarrious just arrived.
Tarli just arrived.
>Yarrious just went west.




LOG ACTION CIRCA 1997!!

[LMingrone]

I need a description! He looked like a mega-magician. All these tacky magician alters.

[Carblin]

Huh. I wonder if my halfling's hair is viewed as a "bad alter". I did not even design it, the GM doing the feature alters did.

You see Carblin the Fighter.
He appears to be a Paradis Halfling.
He is short and appears to be young. He has bright hazel eyes and freckled skin. He has short, curly copper red hair neatly styled save for a few stray curls that peek from behind his ears. He has a plump face and a freckled nose.

[DCSL]

Why would that be a bad alter? It looks just fine to me.

Edited to add that it would be bad if it were something like: He has short, sun-kissed copper red hair cascading in neatly styled corkscrew ringlets save for a few adorably tousled strands that peek from behind his petite ears.

[Carblin]

Why would that be a bad alter? It looks just fine to me.

Edited to add that it would be bad if it were something like: He has short, sun-kissed copper red hair cascading in neatly styled corkscrew ringlets save for a few adorably tousled strands that peek from behind his petite ears.

Because I'm the first to admit I'm HORRIBLE at alterations. I normally hand the item I want altered to the merchant, whisper them a lil bit about Carblin and let them design something. Every alter Carblin has is designed by a GM.

You are wearing a cobalt blue leather greatcloak with a plush leopard fur-lined hood (alter), a tin-bound ceramic Adventurer's Guild badge, an autumn-hued scuffed leather harness trimmed with copper studs(alter), some etched vaalorn double chain, a leather survival kit, a silver-edged sable fur sporran, and a dove grey and cobalt tartan greatkilt.