Valdar
07-31-2008, 11:02 PM
In 4e, it seems that WotC has completely done away with alternate terms for potentially touchy subjects- 3e went back to "demons" and "devils" instead of "tanari'i" and "baa'tezu" (sp?), but with 4e, the cycle is complete, with "Angel" replacing "Archon".
Sort of.
"Angels" are now servants of any deity, not just LG ones. So there will be evil ones. I am a little bothered by the word "Angel" referring to servants of evil deities (I know Lucifer was an Angel originally, so there is at least one evil Angel, but that doesn't seem like a repeatable act to me.)
So, I've been coming up with names for the "Angels" of any god, so I don't have to describe something as an "Angel" of Azmodeus, for instance. I've come up with the following so far, and would love to hear suggestions, based on D&D mythology, the real-world gods these deities represent, original ideas, substantive adjectives, and random web searches:
Avandra: Fair Winds
Bahamut: Platinal, Golden Wyrm
Corellon: Seelie
Erathis: Inevitable
Ioun: Disciple
Kord: Thunderer, Enforcer
Melora: Feral, Elysian
Moradin: Hammer, Fist, Paragon
Pelor: Archon, Solar
Raven Queen: Dark Crow, Reaper, Fate, Nankiltslas
Sehanine: Elysian, Muse
Azmodeus: ?
Bane: Horseman
Gruumsh: Nograh
Lolth: Unseelie
Tiamat: Abishai
Torog: Thousand Young, Byhakee
Vecna: ?
Zehir: Serpental
Any other ideas? Let me know what you think-
Sort of.
"Angels" are now servants of any deity, not just LG ones. So there will be evil ones. I am a little bothered by the word "Angel" referring to servants of evil deities (I know Lucifer was an Angel originally, so there is at least one evil Angel, but that doesn't seem like a repeatable act to me.)
So, I've been coming up with names for the "Angels" of any god, so I don't have to describe something as an "Angel" of Azmodeus, for instance. I've come up with the following so far, and would love to hear suggestions, based on D&D mythology, the real-world gods these deities represent, original ideas, substantive adjectives, and random web searches:
Avandra: Fair Winds
Bahamut: Platinal, Golden Wyrm
Corellon: Seelie
Erathis: Inevitable
Ioun: Disciple
Kord: Thunderer, Enforcer
Melora: Feral, Elysian
Moradin: Hammer, Fist, Paragon
Pelor: Archon, Solar
Raven Queen: Dark Crow, Reaper, Fate, Nankiltslas
Sehanine: Elysian, Muse
Azmodeus: ?
Bane: Horseman
Gruumsh: Nograh
Lolth: Unseelie
Tiamat: Abishai
Torog: Thousand Young, Byhakee
Vecna: ?
Zehir: Serpental
Any other ideas? Let me know what you think-