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ParanoidObsessive 07/23/18 11:06:15 PM #338:	WhiskeyDisk posted... What's so fancy about it? Obsidian Glass crater in sand a half Mile high all around. Panopticon in the center observing all. It's the name more than anything. It's not really a fantasy-flavored name. It's a bit too science-y. Even if you build a prison out of raw magic that involved hundreds of scrying eyes and magic mirrors so the warden can watch everyone at the same time, I'd probably have to come up with a different name for it. Like "The Hold of a Hundred Eyes" or something. WhiskeyDisk posted... Er, the classic tarot deck has this already. Whether the tower is reversed or not, its pretty much a dreaded card, it's just the degree to how dreaded given it's position. Yes, I know. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs! But honestly, when you're thinking about a monastery that's been ruined and visuals to represent that sort of thing, a collapsing tower is kind of ideal for imagery, so it works into the symbolism. I'd be happy to loot any number of names/images from existing Tarot (or similar Tarot-ish cards, like, say, the Tarokka deck from Ravenloft), but most of those tend to default more to people specifically (The High Priestess, The Innocent, The Lady of Shadows), or concepts in general (Strength, Judgment, Death). There aren't a ton of actual "locations" other than The Tower and The World in standard decks. If anything, the only fiction I can think of with multiple "location" cards in a deck is Amber, and that mostly because the cards literally allow you to magically transport through space and reality to wherever is shown on the card. But even with Amber Trump decks, "people" cards are more common than "place" cards. Zeus posted... While we're back to the topic of names, I recently came across a kickass-sounding name for a cool place which, naturally, translates to something underwhelming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimmuborgir Dimmuborgir, a large desolate area with rock formations and caves, literally translates to "Dark Castles." It sounds almost as bad as "Mount Doom" Could be worse. Could be "Intercourse" or "Blue Balls" (damn you, Pennsylvania). Though there's always place names like Teufelsgrund or the like. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:905613856] in Geekmaster... [t:76661006]...</cite> <quote><cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>What's so fancy about it? Obsidian Glass crater in sand a half Mile high all around. Panopticon in the center observing all.</quote> It's the name more than anything. It's not really a fantasy-flavored name. It's a bit too science-y. Even if you build a prison out of raw magic that involved hundreds of scrying eyes and magic mirrors so the warden can watch everyone at the same time, I'd probably have to come up with a different name for it. Like "The Hold of a Hundred Eyes" or something. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>Er, the classic tarot deck has this already. Whether the tower is reversed or not, its pretty much a dreaded card, it's just the degree to how dreaded given it's position.</quote> Yes, I know. Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs! But honestly, when you're thinking about a monastery that's been ruined and visuals to represent that sort of thing, a collapsing tower is kind of ideal for imagery, so it works into the symbolism. I'd be happy to loot any number of names/images from existing Tarot (or similar Tarot-ish cards, like, say, the Tarokka deck from Ravenloft), but most of those tend to default more to people specifically (The High Priestess, The Innocent, The Lady of Shadows), or concepts in general (Strength, Judgment, Death). There aren't a ton of actual "locations" other than The Tower and The World in standard decks. If anything, the only fiction I can think of with multiple "location" cards in a deck is Amber, and that mostly because the cards literally allow you to magically transport through space and reality to wherever is shown on the card. But even with Amber Trump decks, "people" cards are more common than "place" cards. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>While we're back to the topic of names, I recently came across a kickass-sounding name for a cool place which, naturally, translates to something underwhelming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimmuborgir Dimmuborgir, a large desolate area with rock formations and caves, literally translates to "Dark Castles." It sounds almost as bad as "Mount Doom" </quote> Could be worse. Could be "Intercourse" or "Blue Balls" (damn you, Pennsylvania). Though there's always place names like Teufelsgrund or the like. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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