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Misandrist / Misogynist: better names?

NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
edited March 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
I'm thinking about modding two of the Evil NPCs to each gain a perk when attacking enemies of a particular sex.

Specifically:
- Shar-Teel: +1 to attack rolls when attacking male foes -- Iron Maiden
- Eldoth: +1 to attack rolls when attacking female foes -- Lady Killer

What should I call this bonus?

EDIT: Done! Thank you everyone!
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  • PaheejPaheej Member Posts: 126
    Yup would have to agree with @Awong124
  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    Lady Killer is absolutely perfect for Eldoth. Sold!

    Black Widow has some connotations which don't really fit Shar-Teel, though.
  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    @Nifft

    Tomboy? ("Anything you can do I can do better! I can do anything better than you!")
  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    @Debaser & @Jalily - Both of those are excellent "strong female" indicators, but they lack the implication of evil, nasty murder.
  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    @Nifft

    Man-Hater? (Hyphenated like her name?)

    I'd say Man-Eater, but that's the wrong connotation.

  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    @Debaser - "Man-Hater" is accurate, but it's a bit bland. Best suggestion so far.

    You're right about "Man-Eater", same problem as "Black Widow". (Eldoth doesn't have this problem -- he's clearly comfortable with having a female lover, even if he ends up being mean to her.)
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Have you tried a thesausus? I looked up "amazon", and got some interesting results. I don't think any of them were what you were looking for, but you may have better luck with a different site (or book, if you're old school), or with a different starting word.
  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    @TJ_Hooker - good call! These seem promising:
    - Untamed Shrew
    - Termagant Thews
    - Vicious Virago
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Haha, yeah, or "old biddy". Or my personal favourite, "battle-ax", which is apparently a synonym for amazon. But there are at least some that aren't so silly.

    Hmm, the ones you listed kinda look like band names actually.
  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    untamed shrew works well imo
  • NonnahswriterNonnahswriter Member Posts: 2,520
    I dunno about the rest of you, but Amazonesses have always been pretty downright evil... At least, what I've read about them anyway.

    Do love @bengoshi 's Iron Maiden though.
  • MadhaxMadhax Member Posts: 1,416
    edited March 2013
    The Depeniser.
  • Lord_TansheronLord_Tansheron Member Posts: 4,212
    The Bobbit
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    Jalily said:

    Amazon?

    Amazon is perfect.
  • ReadingRamboReadingRambo Member Posts: 598
    Manicidal
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    Frustrated, in more than one meaning.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I was about to say Iron Maiden, or Iron Lady or Maid of Steel or something. Lady Killer fits perfectly for Eldoth.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Iron Lady would imply that she was like Margaret Thatcher, which I think is insulting to Shar-Teel.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Sorry, Kid. You are clearly too highbrow for us.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    :(
  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    Jalily said:

    Amazon?

    Moomintroll said:

    Amazon is perfect.

    It's got some of the right connotations, but she's not a-mazos. I checked her paper doll very carefully to be sure.

    Of course, we all know that a-mezos is ancient Greek for "lacking a breast", and might have been the origin of the word amazon. The legend was that the amazon warrior women would cut off one of their breasts to better fire a bow, which was a sign of their martial dedication.

    - - -

    So far I'm liking best:
    - Iron Maiden
    - Virago
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    I think you're taking the term too literally. Black widow doesn't necessarily have to mean spider! Or even a dark-skinned woman who's husband has died.

    Artemis or Atalanta would have similar connotations to Amazon, but I think be less familiar.
    Shield Maiden just doesn't have the right associations I guess :(


  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    Moomintroll said:

    I think you're taking the term too literally. Black widow doesn't necessarily have to mean spider! Or even a dark-skinned woman who's husband has died.

    The connotation I'm talking about is "husband has died". A "black widow" is a woman who serially marries then murders men.

    Shar-Teel is all about the murder, but marriage is outside of her idiom. ;-)
  • GallowglassGallowglass Member Posts: 3,356
    Eldoth's dialogue certainly shows that he's disrespectful of females in a tacky and sleazy way, but there's no implication of violence. The proposed mod is misconceived about Eldoth.

    Shar-Teel is a different story. It's clear from her dialogue that she has contempt for males and that this might be expressed violently, so a bonus to her attacks against males isn't an unreasonable modding concept. (There again, there might be a case for saying the same about Viconia, although that's motivated by drow culture rather than personal issues.)
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