... it's very hard on a Paladin leaping against a BBEG and not having a goddess with a short name you can scream while going Viking like "OOOOOOODIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"
It's no longer than "Geronimo!".
lol fo sho.
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... it's very hard on a Paladin leaping against a BBEG and not having a goddess with a short name you can scream while going Viking like "OOOOOOODIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"
Pish. Just shorten the scream to the first two letters. It's very shoutable at that point, even if more comical.
Or you could pick a deity with an easier name.
Or pick up a love interest and yell their name.
Despite the pronunciation guide in the campaign setting, my group has been saying it "rhymes with Andromeda" and we've not really had any problem. You could always call her by one of her titles, too.
"Inheritor" is still too long, she needs a shorter title then!
Pish. Just shorten the scream to the first two letters. It's very shoutable at that point, even if more comical.
Heh, I can just imagine it now.
The dwarves use the cover of night to approach the orcish encampment. As the first rays of dawn shed light on them, one dwarf rises up to challenge thier hereditary enemies. He shouts the name of his god and begins his charge against the weary night guard. The orcs at the nearest watch post recognizes the shout and immediately brace for the attack. After the dwarf has halved the distance to his chosen target, he again shouts the god's name. One orc now whispers to his companion "If he shouts 'Its off to work we go' after that..."
One orc now whispers to his companion "If he shouts 'Its off to work we go' after that..."
LMAO!
Sure, shorten her name. And also take her title away. Instead, she'll be known as "Goddess of Deadbeats" :P
Some people are just not made to be holy warriors. You should count yourself lucky you're not an Aztec. You'd strangle yourself with your tongue.
"For Harry, England, and St George!"
Iomedae doesn't need shortening. You just need to practice shouting it. Perhaps in the backyard. Perhaps while wearing full, or at least half, plate. Get your tongue around it. Get comfortable with it. Make your neighbors comfortable, too.
Or think of Vishnaivite's shouting Sri Krishna or Hare Krishna before battle. Or Jehovah's Witnesses shouting the name of their deity before splitting up and rushing through neighborhoods armed with tracts.
You should count yourself lucky you're not an Aztec. You'd strangle yourself with your tongue.
Actually I find rather easy to pronounce "Huitzilopoxtli", and can be easily shortened to "Huitzi" as a warcry if needed. =P
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... it's very hard on a Paladin leaping against a BBEG and not having a goddess with a short name you can scream while going Viking like "OOOOOOODIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"
Before completing her ascension to full godhood, Iomedae was known among her close friends and relatives as "Freckles." Use of this name, so casual and unbecoming of the goddess of valor and bearer or Aroden's mantle, quickly became a taboo to those who once spoke it, and Iomedae herself stopped answering to it, even from her Great-Aunt Flomedae. (Incidentally, Flo is one of the few mortals who hasn't stopped using the monicker, but the quality of her apple rhubarb is sufficient enough that her great-niece has not yet smitten her with her holy blade.)
So I suggest shouting "Freeeeeeeeckleeeeeees!" as you charge forward on your celestial steed. If the confusion this elicits in your foes is not enough to make them more vulnerable to your blade, then perhaps the wrath of using the Inheritor's childhood nickname will call forth her herald to do battle. It might not be your target who she's after, but having a CR15 outsider enter the fray is always a boost for a pitched battle.
How would Huitzilopoxtli feel if you took the liberaty to short the name? :)
He'd go for the quick application to widen his portolio:
Hitzilopoxtli - god of fatal stumbles.
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Really, if you can't be bothered to shout your deity's full name, just become a heretic and shout "FOR PONY!"
You should count yourself lucky you're not an Aztec. You'd strangle yourself with your tongue.Actually I find rather easy to pronounce "Huitzilopoxtli", and can be easily shortened to "Huitzi" as a warcry if needed. =P
A friend of mine has a pet named Huitzilopoxtli. We mainly go with "Poxtli" for short.
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How would Huitzilopoxtli feel if you took the liberaty to short the name? :)
he won't complain... his name is composed of two parts one ofthose basically its his tittle "nightingale" o ruiseñor(which soundsweird in english considering Huitzilopoxtli is a sun deity.
Well, as a war god, I figure that Huitzilopochtli wouldn't care too much so long as somebody got killed because of it. :p
and this is so true...
I don't find it particularly difficult... its just doesn't come easy to the tongue, like... lets say... "Pelor!" (comparing my 2 clerics and who they battlecried for :P)
but I supose crying for Justice! woudl be good enought for Iomedae :D
With Iomedae, you'd more than likely would end up with something like "For the Inheritor" or something with the word "Crusade".
Now for those vikingish warcries, you're best bet is to go with Gorum. ;P
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With Iomedae, you'd more than likely would end up with something like "For the Inheritor" or something with the word "Crusade".
Now for those vikingish warcries, you're best bet is to go with Gorum. ;P
every holy knioghts needs something to cry :P
his character is a half-shoanti paladin... sort of went native
so she is a bit savage without bordering on barbarian
Really, if somebody really had that much trouble with the four syllable eye-OH-meh-day, they could easily and logically make it YOH-meh-day. Maybe their home-folk in Golarion speak with an accent...
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Really, if somebody really had that much trouble with the four syllable eye-OH-meh-day, they could easily and logically make it YOH-meh-day. Maybe their home-folk in Golarion speak with an accent...
Well, most Paladins do have a low intelligence! So it's understandable that they have trouble saying that. ;)
Sometimes, really early in the morning, I really like to say really.
And if I post at night, letters go missing willy-nilly from my post. I guess there is really only a small window in the middle of the day when I really should be posting. This, alas, will probably not be observed.
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Pish. Just shorten the scream to the first two letters. It's very shoutable at that point, even if more comical.Wasn't Io one of the lovers of Zeus that got turned into a cow?
don't remember... oh now wikipedia makes my mind clearer
yes its she...
well she became queen of Egypt and through her son mother of many races... sono complains :P
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Really, if somebody really had that much trouble with the four syllable eye-OH-meh-day, they could easily and logically make it YOH-meh-day. Maybe their home-folk in Golarion speak with an accent...
"Yoh biotch!"
This way you exhort your diety, and hurl a mortal insult to your enemy all in one shout! And it really flows - I've been using this one my entire life ...
Heh-heh. Like God d@mmit.
As far as the name itself, when I looked at it I immediately thought of two figures from Greek mythology: Io + Medea. But I if the names were inspirational, I'm guessing it was for look/sound/feel, because I don't relate Iomedae in any particulars to those stories.
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DEFINITIVELY she is not like those 2 :P
but yes I think Iomedae is more about medium speaches (Glory Domain FTW)
than just battlecries... still one need to battlecry once in a while :P
specially considering the religion is about crusade for all that is good and noble in golarion
"Today ... we celebrate our ... Erik Mona day!"
(rah cheers from crowd whilst paladin walks forward to face certain laser death from alien flying goblins....)
Get your history straight, TigerDave. Those flying aliens were aboleths, not goblins. And they came to enslave humanity into building the pyramids, not subject them to certain laser death. Well, at least not until after the pyramids were complete and no other services required.
I can definitely see using "Juuuuuuustiiiiice" as a battle cry ala Braveheart.
I've also been using "By The Lady's Blade" as an oath or exclamation for my Pally of Iomedae
What about the shared battle cry of every amazon-heroine who makes use of the universal fantasy rule that for females, less clothing means better protection?
I have not read this whole thing, but whats wrong with her name as a battle cry? " Iomedae" or stretching it to " ahy OH meh day" is a fine and mostly short battle cry.
Battle cry's can be much, much longer " For Andoran and justice " as an example of " For the glory of Osirion" or lets look at history
*Late age Romans used "Nobiscum Deus" (Latin, "God with us")
Middle Ages
*Muslims used "Allahu Akbar" (god is great)
*Hungains used "Huj,Huj,Hajrá!!" battle cry (pronounced hui,hui,hairaaa!meaning "Faster,Faster,Faster!")
*the Saxon army cried "Olicrosse!" and "Godamite!" (Old English, "Holy Cross" and "God Almighty", respectively)
*Crusaders used "Caelum Denique!" (Latin, "Heaven at last!") and "Deus vult" (Latin, "God wills it").
*The spanish used "Santiago y cierra, España" ("Saint James and attack)
*French knights often used "Montjoie! St Denis!"
*Portuguese troops, used "Portugal e São Jorge! (Portugal and Saint George)
*The Anglo-Gascon knights used "Guyenne! Saint George!"
there are shorting and longer ones....but ya get the point
10th down.
One more reason to enjoy being a disciple of Chaos! Everything works as a battlecry. You don't even have to shout the same thing as everyone - or anyone - else. In fact, the cacophony of a thousand throats shouting different things can be devastating on the minds of the enemy.
I knew a gastronomically inclined berserker who shouted out recipes during his frenzies. He was feared by the soldiers, but many enemy cooks found their death by his sword when they got too close trying to write down some of his better creations.
"UND KEINE EIER!"
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Nothing beats Cheff Peppins dramatis...
creation fo oneof my funniest players...
Chef Peppin is an enormous and bestial Goro-like creature (Mortal combat, 4 arms mounstrosities)... dressed ONLY with a kitchen's apron...
he walked into battle while mixing ingredients in a bowl while singing happily "LALALALALALALALA" then he stopped quite dramatically sirveying the terrain, the wind blowed calmly and his apron rises...
there is only madness after that... madness and horror...who needs a thousand voices when you get a single look...
Balor's I like your paladin's Battlecry
seeker... those are good... for the beginning of a battle... not to stab your enemies with a power attack or a cleave, or a smith evil :P
too long for that effect:P
I fail to see why really, her name is not very long
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I fail to see why really, her name is not very longBalor's I like your paladin's Battlecry
seeker... those are good... for the beginning of a battle... not to stab your enemies with a power attack or a cleave, or a smith evil :P
too long for that effect:P
in spanish pronunciation its sounds weird :P
Huh. Sounds perfectly fine in Taldan...
in spanish pronunciation its sounds weird :PI fail to see why really, her name is not very longBalor's I like your paladin's Battlecry
seeker... those are good... for the beginning of a battle... not to stab your enemies with a power attack or a cleave, or a smith evil :P
too long for that effect:P
Humm had forgot you spoke that. How would you say it? I can say it in English pretty fast, you could also just use the English word.
or you could have your own war cry
like the Tick
"Spooooooon!"
"UND KEINE EIER!"
Sim sala bim bamba sala do saladim.
(sorry if no one got that, carry on)
Beware, mortal. My master is not amused.