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Hey, folks.

I just posted a question to our discussion boards about the naming of
Elementals in the upcoming Gatecrasher Revised.  If you are interested,
please feel free to take a look and let me know what you think.

http://x.domibia.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=75

Thanks,
Tim.

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0	Instead of Elementals, how about Aeons?	GordonLeVasseur	2004-11-05 03:59:10
1	The problem with using that term is that in Gnostic Christianity the Aeons were really something different than what Tim seems to be looking for, and using Gnostic elements will give the game a slant that they may not want. Staying within terminolog	ChrisHelton	2004-11-05 13:23:26
2	> > In the post, you've already suggested 'fundamentals'. '_Fun_damentals' I just had a vision of a guy, made of stone, dressed like leasure suit Larry and driving a sports car.	Mitchw	2004-11-05 14:24:21
3	>'_Fun_damentals' I just had a vision of a guy, made of stone, dressed You remind me of my old D&D group, who had to make jokes about every NPC name I thought of during the entire campaign.	HelgeLundKolstad	2004-11-05 22:04:01
4	> Let me clarify it a wee bit here - an elemental is a type of creature, like In the post, you've already suggested 'fundamentals'. My advice is to stick with it. Helge	HelgeLundKolstad	2004-11-05 14:09:33
5	> An Aeon is, from Gnostic myth, an intermediary being between god(s) and people. Elementals are not, however, any sort of an intermediary.	TimHuntley	2004-11-05 07:12:49
6	I think Avatar could work. Phill	PhillWebb	2004-11-05 06:47:34
7	Hey, folks. I just posted a question to our discussion boards about the naming of Elementals in the upcoming Gatecrasher Revised.	TimHuntley	2004-11-05 03:16:21
8	Sorry Tim, I realize you want to do this on the board but I am not signed up for it.	GordonLeVasseur	2004-11-05 12:05:43
9	That might be too close to the terminology that Unknown Armies uses for a similar concept though. The Fudge List FAQ is at http:/fudge.phoenyx.netlistfaq.html<A> ** Don't s	ChrisHelton	2004-11-05 13:19:26

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Instead of Elementals, how about Aeons?

GordonLeVasseur

2004-11-05 03:59:10

The problem with using that term is that in Gnostic Christianity the Aeons were really something different than what Tim seems to be looking for, and using Gnostic elements will give the game a slant that they may not want.

Staying within terminolog

ChrisHelton

2004-11-05 13:23:26

> In the post, you've already suggested 'fundamentals'.

'_Fun_damentals' I just had a vision of a guy, made of stone, dressed like leasure suit Larry and driving a sports car.

Mitchw

2004-11-05 14:24:21

>'_Fun_damentals' I just had a vision of a guy, made of stone, dressed

You remind me of my old D&D group, who had to make jokes about every NPC name I thought of during the entire campaign.

HelgeLundKolstad

2004-11-05 22:04:01

> Let me clarify it a wee bit here - an elemental is a type of creature, like