Wyrmhero he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) So we have Allomancers in The Final Empire, who can be either noble or skaa. We call those who burn all metals Mistborn, and those who burn one metal Mistings (If this information comes as a surprise to you, you may want to reread the books, but this time closely). We have Feruchemists who store all metals, and (in Alloy of Law onwards) Ferrings who store one metal like Mistings do. We've even started using Metalborn for those who are both a Misting and a Ferring. I'm not even going to get into what a TwinAwesome like TLR can do. However, while thinking about a MAG game I might run next year, when referring to Allomancers it can be a little awkward to differentiate between the two different 'races' that Mistings can be - skaa and noble - in a quick way. Does anyone have a better way to shorthand 'skaa Misting' or 'noble Misting' and what have you than that, or are we stuck with those slightly awkward ways of refering to them? Edited June 1, 2014 by Wyrmhero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I think if you introduce too many new words people will make confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 A misting is a term talking about magical capacity. Skaa and noble are racial/class dividers. It's like inventing two separate words for Mongolian and Andorran basketball players. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 We've even started using Metalborn for those who are both a Misting and a Ferring. Technically, a "metalborn" is either a Ferring or a Misting; it is the generic term for all of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrmhero he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Oh, right, whoops. I didn't mean as an official word as such, more kind of slang, perhaps? I could definitely see some Skaa Allomancers coming up with words to separate Allomancers into 'them' and 'us' as a PR exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 The only in-world example of this is Thug vs Pewterarm for pewter mistings. Skaa tend to use the former, Nobles the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 A misting is a term talking about magical capacity. Skaa and noble are racial/class dividers. It's like inventing two separate words for Mongolian and Andorran basketball players. Swimmingly, Swimmingly, Swimmingly. When will you learn the importance of categorization? FYI, the proper terms are "Gobi Dunkers" and "Catalan Carriers". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Well since it is your game, you could always come up with some all of your own. Hell you could even come up with ethnic slurs. When a noble refers to a skaa misting, he or she could call them slags (stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore). I would need more time/research to come up with more, but then again like I said it is your game, so might be more fun for you to do so. It could get you more immersed in the world you create. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrmhero he/him Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I quite like that as an idea. I'll have a look for other words meaning that sort of poor quality metal stuff, but slags certainly works (though considering it's a British game, might evoke the wrong image). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 LOL, that might get a little awkward. glad to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 You could go in the same vein as Thug vs Pewterarm - Soothers could be Cons and Rioters could be Mobs, Lurchers could be Thieves and Coinshots could be Shooters, Tineyes could just be Eyes, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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