New Spell Names

#1
Hi everybody!

I'm sure most of us can agree, the spell names as they are now are hard to understand and don't give a great idea of what most of the spells do.
As a lot of you have heard, we intend on changing a lot of the existing content on the server, as most of it is/was only intended to be a temporary hold-me-over while we refine everything. A part of that, obviously, is renaming the spells.

We've discussed this among the staff team and we think it could be beneficial to allow community input for something like this. The goal of renaming the spells is to have their names symbolize what the spell does and to have the spells be easily understandable.

Let this thread serve as a place for all of you to comment ideas for new spell names. This is something we're aiming to complete soon.
Something that's easily understandable, while still sounding unique and magical, is the most ideal.


Have at it everybody! :)

#2
If we're going to change their names, we shouldn't base it on singular mythology. The spell names should be straightforward and clear. The old names were easy to remember because not only did we learn those from the 8 movies and books that we all grew up with, but they were based on Latin. Some English words came from Latin too and it's easy in some cases to link a certain name to an action.

You don't have to name a spell something weird to make it a real spell. For example, naming what previously was Fumos of "Smoke Bomb" or "Fumes" isn't going to make the spell any less magical or realistic to the server's current lore or concept. It's easy to remember and people immediately get the idea of what the spell does just from the name.

As of right now, if a new player joined the server and opened the spell list menu and saw all those spell names they would be intimidated by it. They would have no clue about what they mean, and would have a hard time understanding and or remembering them.

I hope my opinion was clear about my stance on the spell names. There was a lot of stuff that was changed that I personally didn't think was needed, but I'm glad that Guy is taking some feedback from the community and making those happen.


Edit:

Thought that grabbing a previous reply that I have posted could help other who might have ideas for the current server spell names. This was from MooMoo's suggestions thread where I listed to the left side the current server spells names with their old respective names, and to the right side are suggestions that I proposed. Please feel free to grab the list and propose your own ideas.

Some of the spell names are just straightforward, and others I took inspiration from DND. Since we have the liberty to pretty much do whatever we want without any sort of lore restrictions and we're on our very universe now, we can literally name them some random crap that would fit the spell's purpose, which I ended up doing with a few spells like Yeetus (previously known as Everte).


Anatrope (Everte Statum) = Yeetus

Ekrixio (Confringo) = Blasting Curse (or just Blast)

Loriolo (Expelliarmus) = Disarming Charm (or just Disarm/Disarmus)

Prasitha (Verdimillious) = Pew Pew

Tomisynecha (Sectumsempra) = Bleeding Curse (or Blood Curse)

Zalisifa (Stupefy) = Freezing Curse (or Paralise)

Anagyolens (Legilimens) = 

Arrus Launchus (Arrow Shooting Charm) = Harpoon Shooting Spell 

Chorapoda (Tarantellegra) =

Empodita (Impedimentia) = 

Gargalra (Rictusempra) = Tickling Charm

Kafsio (Incendio) = Ignite

Kano Emeto (Slugulus Eructo) =

Kapno (Fumos) = Smoke Bomb (or Fumes)

Kefali Fouskas/Duo (Bubble Head Charm/Duo) =

Komfeti Xorki (Confetti Charm) = 

Neriovolo (Aguamenti) = Hydro Shot

Sioplestomale (Mimblewimble) =

Skoteino (Obscuro) =

Synchyso (Confundo) = 

Pliga Thera (Vulnera) = Divine Healing

Remedia (Episkey) = Light Healing

Ble Floges (Bluebell Flames) = Ignitus (Or Blue Ignite)

Chroma Lampa (Colour Lumos) = Colour Light (or Colour Flash)

Lampa (Lumos) = Light (or Flash)

Perimeno Soteria (Expecto Petronum) = 

Argormum (Arresto Momentum) = 

Arpaze Anakalum (Carpe) = 

Flot Antikeima (Wingardium Leviosa) =

Fouskonus (Inflatus) =

Fterote Anavae (Alarte) = 

Katevao (Descendio) =

Kinisomus (Mobiliocorpus) = Levitate

Lykisku (Spongify) = Boing (or just Leaping Spell)

Othilso (Depulso) =

Ripserio (Ascendio) =

Topos Emporiou (Switching Spell) =

Travixio (Accio) =

Travixio Duo (Accio Statum) =

Aspida Xorki (Shield Charm) = Shield

Emfanium (Aparecium) =  Cancel Invisibility

Kalymo (Protego) = Protector

Perio Hexio (Salvio) = Invisible

Petria (Duro) = Heavy Shield

Prostamyolens (Occlumens) =

Xepagate (Rennervate) = Recovery

Acanthis (Avis) = 

Chromallia (Colorvaria) =

Exaplio (Engorgio) =

Kalliloulou (Herbifors) =

Krotida Xorki (Firecracker Charm) =

Perioro (Reducio) =

Vlastatou (Anteoloctulia) =

Kata Skoto (Avada) =

Vasnaio (Crucio) =

Nebulus Nox (Apparition) =

Nebulus Lux (White Apparition) =

Pyrkagom (Firestorm) = Flame Strike

Diagrius (Deletrius) = Disintegrate

Elefthio (Relashio) =

Kapno Volorem (Fumos Volorem) =

#3
Thankyou for making this list. 

I guess anyone who wants to could just keep copying it and Yaycob can take the ones he likes most for each spell?

I like the idea of calling things by a simple name like from Dark Souls which was also suggested but I think it would be a waste since we could start making our own lore with the help of mythology. 

Anatrope (Everte Statum) - Loki's Trebuchet. 

One of Loki's most favourite spells. Many followers of him enjoy spending their time shooting their school mates off into the distance with this troublesome spell. 

Ekrixio (Confringo) - Great Soultear.

A powerful explosive spell that can rip the victim apart. 

Loriolo (Expelliarmus) - Concordia's Patience.

Sometimes peace needs to be enforced and there is no better way than disarming your opponent of their weapon of war. 

Prasitha (Verdimillious) - Hade's Ruin.

A poor damaging spell that can be casted by almost anyone and at quite a rapid rate. Causes the target's health to deterriorate without any signs of injury.

Tomisynecha (Sectumsempra) - Jaws of Cerberus. 

Slashes you opponent multiple times from an invisible force. Causes large and often fatal lacerations to the victim. 

Zalisifa (Stupefy) =

Anagyolens (Legilimens) =

Arrus Launchus (Arrow Shooting Charm) =

Chorapoda (Tarantellegra) =

Empodita (Impedimentia) - Rock-joint Curse.

Temporarily curses the target with stiffening limbs, causing them to move slowly. 

Gargalra (Rictusempra) =

Kafsio (Incendio) - Embertouch.

A beginners pyromancy. Banned from the Starbright curriculum however many parents teach this spell to their children during the school holidays. Like Nomad's Hope, this spell could save your life. 

Kano Emeto (Slugulus Eructo) - Nosoi Jinx. 

Nosoi, god of sickness and plague. Causes the victim to vomit uncontrollably. 

Kapno (Fumos) - Loki's Shroud 

Cover's the caster in a shroud of smoke, concealing their malevolent deeds.

Kefali Fouskas/Duo (Bubble Head Charm/Duo) - Poseidon's Chance.

Allows the caster to breathe underwater. 

Komfeti Xorki (Confetti Charm) = 

Neriovolo (Aguamenti) - Nomad's Hope.

A beginners spell essential for survival. Almost all travelers were able to cast this spell even those not well versed in the art of magic. 

Sioplestomale (Mimblewimble) - Hesychia's Silence. 

Greek Goddess of Silence. The spell was not made by her however it was named after her by a Starbright professor who would often cast it on disruptive students during class. 

Skoteino (Obscuro) = 

Synchyso (Confundo) = 

Pliga Thera (Vulnera) - Chiron's Blessing.

The Centaur Chiron taught Asclepius the art of healing. A powerful healing spell named after the famous centaur.

Remedia (Episkey) - Asclepius Tranquility.

Asclepius the God of Healing. A beginners level spell that heals the caster. 

Ble Floges (Bluebell Flames) = 

Chroma Lampa (Colour Lumos) =

Lampa (Lumos) =

Perimeno Soteria (Expecto Petronum) - Persephone's Ward.

Persephone, Hade's wife. Tricked into living with him, both her and his tale are quite sad. Persephone's ward is a spell that protects the caster from the undead. 

Argormum (Arresto Momentum) =

Arpaze Anakalum (Carpe) = Hermes Flight.

Hermes the messenger god. Has wings on his feet that allow him to fly. Casting Hermes Flight gives the caster a brief mimic of the power of a god. 

Flot Antikeima (Wingardium Leviosa) =

Fouskonus (Inflatus) =

Fterote Anavae (Alarte) = 

Katevao (Descendio) =

Kinisomus (Mobiliocorpus) = 


Lykisku (Spongify) - Hermes Leap.

Hermes the Messenger God. Hermes Leap gives the caster wings on their feet for a brief second and launched them in the direction they are facing. 

Othilso (Depulso) = 

Ripserio (Ascendio) - Poseidon's Rush.

Water is dangerous and Poseidon will let you drown unless you know this spell. 

Topos Emporiou (Switching Spell) =

Travixio (Accio) =

Travixio Duo (Accio Statum) =

Aspida Xorki (Shield Charm) = 

Emfanium (Aparecium) - Thor's Sight. 

Years of having to put up with Loki's trickery Thor invented a spell of his own to counter his brothers schemes. 

Kalymo (Protego) - Nephthys Denial. 

Nephthys the Egyptian Goddess of Mourning. Gave the spell to magical warriors before great battles. The spell was intended to protect those from Osiris' Call however the spell would only last a mere blink of an eye and when timed wrong Nephthys was mourning their deaths. 

Perio Hexio (Salvio) - Loki's Gift.

Loki's Gift makes the caster invisible for a short period of time. Loki is very fond of this spell.

Petria (Duro) = 

Prostamyolens (Occlumens) =

Xepagate (Rennervate) = Recovery

Acanthis (Avis) = 

Chromallia (Colorvaria) =

Exaplio (Engorgio) =

Kalliloulou (Herbifors) =

Krotida Xorki (Firecracker Charm) =

Perioro (Reducio) =

Vlastatou (Anteoloctulia) =

Kata Skoto (Avada) - The Call of Osiris.

The Priests of Osiris in ancient Egypt were the only ones on the globe who knew the secrets of this curse. Many elderly considered it a blessing and payed handsomely for the privilege to be invited to the afterlife by Osiris himself. 

Vasnaio (Crucio) - Algea's Hatred.
Algea, God of pain both physical and mental.

Nebulus Nox (Apparition) - Nyx's Shadowstride.

Nyx the Goddess of Night. The only God Zeus feared as she was older and more powerful than him. Powerful followers of the Void may be lucky enough to be gifted the power of flight by Nyx.

Nebulus Lux (White Apparition) - Zeus' Cloudstep.

Powerful Celestial witches and wizards may be given a power of a God, the ability to fly through the air in the form of a cloud. 

Pyrkagom (Firestorm) - Hephaestus Reach. 

The God of Fire. Born lame and more so the God of blacksmithing Hephaestus Reach is a powerful fighting spell that will seriously burn its victim. 

Diagrius (Deletrius) - Theia's Wrath.

A spell like no other, gifted only to a very select few by the Titan of Light Theia. Anything that comes into contact with the spells projection is immediately disintegrated by a white flash of light. 

Elefthio (Relashio) =

Kapno Volorem (Fumos Volorem) - Loki's Laughs.

A spell invented by Loki himself in his childhood, no one knows the true name of this spell but through stories over generations people have associated it with this light hearted name. Often used for simple pranks however it is just as affective as his more practical spell of similar affects. 

#4
Loved the spells names recommended so far! My suggestions below are an attempt to match some of our spells to known spells in the D&D universe, some are just taking inspiration, and some are edited to include the potential new house heads from screenshots. These suggestions are focusing mostly on the ones left blank from above.
D&D Spells *
D&D Spells Edited **

Healing spells = Concordia’s Reprieve & for higher level healing Concordia’s Blessing
*Apparition = Misty Step
Tomisynecha (Sectumsempra) = Sanguinate
Pyrkagom (Firestorm) = Hellish Torment
Zalisifa (Stupefy) = Befuddle
*Anagyolens (Legilimens) = Clairvoyance
Arrus Launchus (Arrow Shooting Charm) = Hachiman’s (Divinity of archery/war) Notch/Nock (Part of an arrow) “Hachiman’s Notch or Hachiman’s Nock”
Chorapoda (Tarantellegra) = Irresistible Dance
**Gargalra (Rictusempra) = Loki’s Hideous Laughter (Changed from Tasha’s Hideous Laughter for theme)
Komfeti Xorki (Confetti Charm) = Confetti barrage/ Confetti Blitz
*Krotida Xorki (Firecracker Charm) = Prestidigitation
Skoteino (Obscuro) = Arawn’s Mask
Perio Hexio (Salvio) = Concealio
Emfanium (Aparecium) = Revealius
Synchyso (Confundo) = Confuso
*Ble Floges (Bluebell Flames) = Dancing Lights
Chroma Lampa (Colour Lumos) = Chromas Lumen
Lampa (Lumos) = Lumen
Argormum (Arresto Momentum) = Momentum Interuptus
*Flot Antikeima (Wingardium Leviosa) = Mage Hand
*Fterote Anavae (Alarte) = Catapult
*Katevao (Descendio) = Earthbind
Othilso (Depulso) = Banish
Topos Emporiou (Switching Spell) = Transposition
Travixio (Accio) = Volo Objectus
Travixio Duo (Accio Statum) = Volo Corpus
Aspida Xorki (Shield Charm) = Divine Shield
Petria (Duro) = Kratos’ Invigoration
Prostamyolens (Occlumens) = Thoth’s (God of wisdom) Protection
Chromallia (Colorvaria) = Chromas Totalis
Exaplio (Engorgio) = Enlargio
Kalliloulou (Herbifors) = Druid/Flora Crown

These I couldn’t come up with anything decent for:
Perioro (Reducio) =

Fouskonus (Inflatus) =
Kinisomus (Mobiliocorpus) = 
Acanthis (Avis) = 
Vlastatou (Anteoloctulia) =

#5
(07-16-2022, 04:26 AM)Etlenor Wrote: If we're going to change their names, we shouldn't base it on singular mythology. The spell names should be straightforward and clear. The old names were easy to remember because not only did we learn those from the 8 movies and books that we all grew up with, but they were based on Latin. Some English words came from Latin too and it's easy in some cases to link a certain name to an action.

You don't have to name a spell something weird to make it a real spell. For example, naming what previously was Fumos of "Smoke Bomb" or "Fumes" isn't going to make the spell any less magical or realistic to the server's current lore or concept. It's easy to remember and people immediately get the idea of what the spell does just from the name.

As of right now, if a new player joined the server and opened the spell list menu and saw all those spell names they would be intimidated by it. They would have no clue about what they mean, and would have a hard time understanding and or remembering them.

I hope my opinion was clear about my stance on the spell names. There was a lot of stuff that was changed that I personally didn't think was needed, but I'm glad that Guy is taking some feedback from the community and making those happen.


Edit:

Thought that grabbing a previous reply that I have posted could help other who might have ideas for the current server spell names. This was from MooMoo's suggestions thread where I listed to the left side the current server spells names with their old respective names, and to the right side are suggestions that I proposed. Please feel free to grab the list and propose your own ideas.

Some of the spell names are just straightforward, and others I took inspiration from DND. Since we have the liberty to pretty much do whatever we want without any sort of lore restrictions and we're on our very universe now, we can literally name them some random crap that would fit the spell's purpose, which I ended up doing with a few spells like Yeetus (previously known as Everte).


Anatrope (Everte Statum) = Yeetus

Ekrixio (Confringo) = Blasting Curse (or just Blast)

Loriolo (Expelliarmus) = Disarming Charm (or just Disarm/Disarmus)

Prasitha (Verdimillious) = Pew Pew

Tomisynecha (Sectumsempra) = Bleeding Curse (or Blood Curse)

Zalisifa (Stupefy) = Freezing Curse (or Paralise)

Anagyolens (Legilimens) = 

Arrus Launchus (Arrow Shooting Charm) = Harpoon Shooting Spell 

Chorapoda (Tarantellegra) =

Empodita (Impedimentia) = 

Gargalra (Rictusempra) = Tickling Charm

Kafsio (Incendio) = Ignite

Kano Emeto (Slugulus Eructo) =

Kapno (Fumos) = Smoke Bomb (or Fumes)

Kefali Fouskas/Duo (Bubble Head Charm/Duo) =

Komfeti Xorki (Confetti Charm) = 

Neriovolo (Aguamenti) = Hydro Shot

Sioplestomale (Mimblewimble) =

Skoteino (Obscuro) =

Synchyso (Confundo) = 

Pliga Thera (Vulnera) = Divine Healing

Remedia (Episkey) = Light Healing

Ble Floges (Bluebell Flames) = Ignitus (Or Blue Ignite)

Chroma Lampa (Colour Lumos) = Colour Light (or Colour Flash)

Lampa (Lumos) = Light (or Flash)

Perimeno Soteria (Expecto Petronum) = 

Argormum (Arresto Momentum) = 

Arpaze Anakalum (Carpe) = 

Flot Antikeima (Wingardium Leviosa) =

Fouskonus (Inflatus) =

Fterote Anavae (Alarte) = 

Katevao (Descendio) =

Kinisomus (Mobiliocorpus) = Levitate

Lykisku (Spongify) = Boing (or just Leaping Spell)

Othilso (Depulso) =

Ripserio (Ascendio) =

Topos Emporiou (Switching Spell) =

Travixio (Accio) =

Travixio Duo (Accio Statum) =

Aspida Xorki (Shield Charm) = Shield

Emfanium (Aparecium) =  Cancel Invisibility

Kalymo (Protego) = Protector

Perio Hexio (Salvio) = Invisible

Petria (Duro) = Heavy Shield

Prostamyolens (Occlumens) =

Xepagate (Rennervate) = Recovery

Acanthis (Avis) = 

Chromallia (Colorvaria) =

Exaplio (Engorgio) =

Kalliloulou (Herbifors) =

Krotida Xorki (Firecracker Charm) =

Perioro (Reducio) =

Vlastatou (Anteoloctulia) =

Kata Skoto (Avada) =

Vasnaio (Crucio) =

Nebulus Nox (Apparition) =

Nebulus Lux (White Apparition) =

Pyrkagom (Firestorm) = Flame Strike

Diagrius (Deletrius) = Disintegrate

Elefthio (Relashio) =

Kapno Volorem (Fumos Volorem) =

I like the idea of just naming the spell exactly what it does. I agree that it doesn't really matter if a spell sounds mystical or whatever, the clarity of just knowing what it does is nice

#6
I think a good mix of Larisa's and Beatrice's idea's might be good, some of the stuff from DnD might not be as straight forward as you might like however if you mix that with some flavorful names like the one's Larisa has made it would be a good balance. I do think just naming stuff Yeetus and such is a tad to memey even for a semi serious rp server, a few here and there wouldn't be awful but if it's each spell it's gonna be annoying.
Fix Signatures FFS
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#7
Dnd stuff would be neat ngl

#8
For those that contributed, thank you for your suggestions!
We've put them into a document alongside some other, staff suggested, ideas too. We'll narrow down and pick the best options for each one.
Spells will be renamed alongside a update we plan to get out soon.

Thanks again!

EDIT: If anyone has other suggestions, feel free to post them still btw

#9
A majority of the new names have been settled but there is a handful left that was a bit more tricky or important to get more feedback on specifically. Please vote for your favorites between the last few names we’ve settled on as possibilities for these spells in this survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ...sp=sf_link

#10
Anthrope: Yeet spell aka yeetus aka power of Kobe


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