tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post4564755608553973402..comments2024-03-22T00:40:15.077-07:00Comments on Monster Manual Sewn From Pants: DInosaur Naming Conventionsscrap princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-2030066112879731542019-03-04T12:09:15.197-08:002019-03-04T12:09:15.197-08:00Prism Cloaked Tyrant, since it was a t-rex with a ...Prism Cloaked Tyrant, since it was a t-rex with a lot of multi-hued plumageNaldoDrinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925017763253597522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-12356558204730611172019-02-18T10:14:06.753-08:002019-02-18T10:14:06.753-08:00This post is "fucking gold;" some practi...This post is "fucking gold;" some practical etymology for a fantasy setting. Thanks!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-42596077063544423782019-02-11T06:20:23.051-08:002019-02-11T06:20:23.051-08:00From what I read of it, Victor Milan's "T...From what I read of it, Victor Milan's "The Dinosaur Lords" has a cute solution to this problem, where the real-world Latin name is recorded in 'The Book of True Names,' so the reader can tell for certain which species it is (helps that a lot of the setting is vaguely Spanish, so Latin tracks as an older version of the language), but the names characters commonly use are closer to what you laid out here, like hadrosaurs are named after an early form of trombone. I think some of the rarer big carnivores just get their Latin name, since they're not commonly domesticated.Tom Kilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086235205146158319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-58074568938446595272019-02-10T01:54:13.316-08:002019-02-10T01:54:13.316-08:00Huzzah! just don't commit to a massive rewrite...Huzzah! just don't commit to a massive rewrite of an existing setting, start a kickstarter or go on a crusade and you should have a good timescrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-38110760382685853062019-02-10T01:49:43.577-08:002019-02-10T01:49:43.577-08:00"jellyfish" I mean I guess it's in t..."jellyfish" I mean I guess it's in the sea and fish are in the sea so..scrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-72373060011766102922019-02-08T16:54:28.984-08:002019-02-08T16:54:28.984-08:00I really enjoy your blog, I've been reading it...I really enjoy your blog, I've been reading it for a while. I've always thought about starting one myself and yours and others like it have pushed me to make take the plunge. Thank you. This post reminded me of something I wrote up but never posted a while ago, I'm dusting it off and putting it up now.<br /><br />https://goblins-ogres-and-orcs.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-77373057277714878412019-02-08T11:39:06.185-08:002019-02-08T11:39:06.185-08:00Now I have realized I left out the bit about how n...Now I have realized I left out the bit about how naming can make stuff cognitively smoother and make the players re-imagine the beast rather than just having a cloud of fossil reconstruction art in their head every time you say triceratops rather than Trino.<br />And if calling something a Trino causes some kind of Medieval Depiction of an Elephant situation in the players mind or artistic responses so much the betterscrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-7440107899944222322019-02-08T11:34:43.569-08:002019-02-08T11:34:43.569-08:00What did you call it?What did you call it?scrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-23916217717545533152019-02-08T11:34:28.298-08:002019-02-08T11:34:28.298-08:00Shouldn't a tail like a cedar be like kinda fl...Shouldn't a tail like a cedar be like kinda fluffy or otherwise not long and tapered? Rhetoric questionscrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-45652784284288245812019-02-08T10:38:54.661-08:002019-02-08T10:38:54.661-08:00This is pretty helpful - I actually needed to go a...This is pretty helpful - I actually needed to go and name a dumb fantasy dinosaur the other dayNaldoDrinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925017763253597522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109303943492581322.post-55961475091457576012019-02-08T10:05:00.925-08:002019-02-08T10:05:00.925-08:00I am personally guilty of the weird fake tribal &#...I am personally guilty of the weird fake tribal 'sharptooth' gimmick. This post has for sure changed the way I'll describe big beasties.<br /><br />Interesting note about the Brontosaurus/Behemoth connection: Some Young-Earth Creationists (The nutters who think the Earth is only 6000 years old) argue that the Behemoth referred to in the bible was in fact a sauropod. Their argument hinges on the fact that no extant megafauna has a 'tail like a cedar'.𓃾 𓉐 Bacontimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680994241679247627noreply@blogger.com