Help me name this magical item

[Ravingdork]

I have a 15th-level half-elf elemental sorceress (fire theme) named She'er Falen. I want to give her a unique item, essentially a pumped up mantle of spell resistance (MoSR) that grants 24 spell resistance.

I am trying to think of a cool name to give this mantle so as to differentiate it from a standard MoSR. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time coming up with anything.

I browsed a thesaurous hoping to get some ideas, but alas, I am not coming up with anything. Could you give me a hand?

Here are some of the terms I looked up. Perhaps they will help you help me brainstorm.

Arcane Synonyms: cabalistic, esoteric, impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable

Protection Synonyms: aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship

[Suny]

*raises hand*

Um, hows about "Rilly nice hat" ? (^_^)

Sorry, couldn't resist mate. (^_~)

[Damon Griffin]

Ravingdork wrote:

I have a 15th-level half-elf elemental sorceress (fire theme) named She'er Falen. I want to give her a unique item, essentially a pumped up mantle of spell resistance (MoSR) that grants 24 spell resistance.

Not a cool name as much as a tech reference, but given her theme and the high protection value, what you have there is a firewall. ;)

[Sidivan]

Ravingdork wrote:

I have a 15th-level half-elf elemental sorceress (fire theme) named She'er Falen. I want to give her a unique item, essentially a pumped up mantle of spell resistance (MoSR) that grants 24 spell resistance.

I am trying to think of a cool name to give this mantle so as to differentiate it from a standard MoSR. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time coming up with anything.

I browsed a thesaurous hoping to get some ideas, but alas, I am not coming up with anything. Could you give me a hand?

Here are some of the terms I looked up. Perhaps they will help you help me brainstorm.

Arcane Synonyms: cabalistic, esoteric, impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable

Protection Synonyms: aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship

When I come up with a unique item for my character, I like to name it after the char like the old days of dnd. After all, an item that gives SR 24 is pretty huge and she's likely the only person on the planet that has one. Also, I'm a sucker for alliteration.

She'er's Shelter of Spectacular Spell Spiting

I crafted a ring with my Sorc, who is the self-proclaimed "All knowing master of elemental magic", which gives +30 resist to acid, fire, sonic, cold, and electricity. I called it "Crestis' Clever Climate Contention Circle".

[Ravingdork]

I like the idea of including her name (though not her full name) in the name of the item, but nothing so ostentatious or long-winded as you've suggested. As powerful as she is, she isn't terribly pompous and so a short to the point (but still cool sounding) name would be better suited I think.

[Madness Follows]

Shroud of Spell Shielding?

[Sidivan]

Ravingdork wrote:

I like the idea of including her name (though not her full name) in the name of the item, but nothing so ostentatious or long-winded as you've suggested. As powerful as she is, she isn't terribly pompous and so a short to the point (but still cool sounding) name would be better suited I think.

Tell me a little about her and I'll come up with something. Magic Items are kinda my thing. What's her personality like? Something as simple as "Shelter of She'er" might work. What's the mantle look like? Is it like a hooded 1/2 cloak or is it like something a priest would wear with the scarf thingy that hangs down on both sides?

http://www.vintagetextile.com/images/Victorian/6603.jpg
http://www.lrpstore.com/uploads/images_products_large/95.jpg
http://www.ravensmoon.com/images/catdwarfmantle.jpg
http://www.wdtprs.com/images/08_09_05_vestment01.jpg (the scarf thingy)

It's really impossible to come up with a good name specialized to a character without really knowing the character's personality. For instance, my sorc feels he's surrounded by "amateurs and bumbling idiots"... mostly because we have a mountain orc with 6 INT and a rogue that likes to set traps off after he's found them. Therefore Crestis is kind of pompous and makes very grand motions when he speaks.

[Ravingdork]

Sidivan wrote:

Tell me a little about her and I'll come up with something.

Here is her downloadable PDF character sheet.

Here is her bio:

Appearance: She’er Falen’s fiery red eyes are as bright as the morning sunrise, while her silky red and white hair frames her high cheekbones and small lips. Her dusky red-skinned muscles are firm, but not easily apparent, her bosom is soft and luring, while her petite frame is feminine and beautiful.

Clothing: She’er Falen normally wears clothes of simple design made for comfort. She is most often seen wearing garments matching the soft colored hue of flames. While traveling, she wears durable explorer’s outfits.

Personality: She’er Falen has a great love for people and all things beautiful. She gets along well with almost anyone, using her smile and gentle demeanor to earn the admiration of others. However, she tends to dislike the savage races due to their bestial nature and disgusting habits and will incinerate any such creatures from her path if they pose a threat to her or her companions. Thanks to her ancestral blood, She’er Falen also has an extreme fascination with explosions, fire, and small animals.

Region of Origin: Calimshan made up She’er’s home for most of her life, but she has since begun traveling across Faerun and into other planes of existence.

History/Background: She’er Falen grew up as an adopted orphan under the tutelage of a powerful evoker in Calimshan. She never had any memory of her real parents and upon becoming an accomplished fire mage she realized that she had developed a burning desire to know of ancestors before her. With hopes of adventuring across the surrounding regions to increase her powers and to find some clue to her past ancestry she left the bustling and shadowy city streets of her home and never looked back. She now travels across the face of Faerun as well as other planes of existence.

Character Hook: "My blood burns with purity whereas all others turn to ash."

[Sidivan]

Ravingdork wrote:

Sidivan wrote:

Tell me a little about her and I'll come up with something.

Here is her downloadable PDF character sheet.

Here is her bio:

You've got quite the little paradoxial sorc there! Not only did she over-come the "women are below men" stigma, but also managed to find a powerful evoker living amongst a people that avoid evoking! All the while she dresses the complete opposite of the culture and maintains some sort of humility.... Calimshan is known for being obsessed with wealth, cutthroat politics, and all around extravagance.

She'er is a pretty cool PC, though. You seem like the kind of guy that sticks with flavor over uber-power, which I appreciate immensely.

None of that matters though, for we are here to name a magic item! I noticed you used her last name for your custom spells, which I'm assuming is for alliteration purposes. I would definitely stick with something simple, as you suggested. I listed a few styles I like to use.

Falen's Frock
She'er's Shelter
She'er's Shawl
She'er's Shroud

She'er's Mantle
She'er's Humility
She'er's Quiet Rebellion (VIVA LA RESISTANCE!)
She'er's Grace
She'er's Denial

Of course, these can be reversed...
Shelter of She'er
Humility of She'er

Or they can be mixed/matched...
She'er's Mantle of Denial (I think is my fav for this char)

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I like She'er's Mantle of Denial. It's simple, has her name, and represents not only what the item does, but also her background growing up in Calimshan. She's pretty much the polar opposite of the society she was raised in, so denial both represents her denial of the spells that it resists as well as the denial of the influence of her environment.

[Ravingdork]

Sidivan wrote:

You've got quite the little paradoxical sorceress there! Not only did she over-come the "women are below men" stigma, but also managed to find a powerful evoker living amongst a people that avoid evoking! All the while she dresses the complete opposite of the culture and maintains some sort of humility.... Calimshan is known for being obsessed with wealth, cutthroat politics, and all around extravagance.

Even before getting to the end of your post where you mentioned combining the names I had already settled on She'er's Mantle of Denial. I guess we think alike.

As for her background, She'er was originally designed as a 3.0 Greyhawk fire genasi evoker character and was later ported over to v3.5 Forgotten Realms (Calimshan was chosen due to its history/relation with beings of fire). In her latest rendition, she has become a half elf sorceress with the elemental fire bloodline, which is how we get away with calling her a fire genasi even though that race doesn't exist in Pathfinder (what is a genasi if not a humanoid with an elemental bloodline?).

The decision to make her a sorcerer rather than an evoker was made in large part due to the fact that it helped better shape her racial concept. Older renditions of the character showed great displays of power in limited amounts (she used the same spells over and over again) so when our group moved over to Pathfinder, we found the change to be an easy fit. In the campaign world, she is every bit the evoker she was originally.

In Pathfinder, she does not have a written background (the one I gave you was for the Forgotten Realms version of her where she is a true fire genasi evoker--which is why some of the description doesn't match up to the character sheet). In all versions of her, she has always had an intelligent and powerful wizard/evoker husband (which can explain her overcoming the Calimshan stigma as she has a powerful and influential backer steeped in the local polics) as well as an extreme fondness for animals in general, cute animals in particular, and birds specifically.

[Nebelwerfer41]

For some reason, the word "veil" sticks in my head. Make it a head-worn itme to make it even more exotic/personalized.

[Sidivan]

Ravingdork wrote:

Sidivan wrote:

You've got quite the little paradoxical sorceress there! Not only did she over-come the "women are below men" stigma, but also managed to find a powerful evoker living amongst a people that avoid evoking! All the while she dresses the complete opposite of the culture and maintains some sort of humility.... Calimshan is known for being obsessed with wealth, cutthroat politics, and all around extravagance.

Even before getting to the end of your post where you mentioned combining the names I had already settled on She'er's Mantle of Denial. I guess we think alike.

Awesome! Grats on the cool character. She's got a lot of flavor and is still really effective. Nice work!

[Ravingdork]

Sidivan wrote:

Ravingdork wrote:

Sidivan wrote:

You've got quite the little paradoxical sorceress there! Not only did she over-come the "women are below men" stigma, but also managed to find a powerful evoker living amongst a people that avoid evoking! All the while she dresses the complete opposite of the culture and maintains some sort of humility.... Calimshan is known for being obsessed with wealth, cutthroat politics, and all around extravagance.

Even before getting to the end of your post where you mentioned combining the names I had already settled on She'er's Mantle of Denial. I guess we think alike.

Awesome! Grats on the cool character. She's got a lot of flavor and is still really effective. Nice work!

I'm sorry to say the original concept for the character is not my own, but that of one of my players. I am merely updating it on his behalf for a new campaign.

[Sidivan]

Did you make that PDF or is that a tool you found somewhere? I like the layout.

[TheChozyn]

Aegis Mantle of the Occult

[Steelfiredragon]

you know of course you could have said mantle named after an ancestor of the character right???

[Ravingdork]

Sidivan wrote:

Did you make that PDF or is that a tool you found somewhere? I like the layout.

I designed it myself on Microsoft Word. It's made to look like the later stat blocks in v3.5 (and I guess resembles Pathfinder stat blocks as well as a result). I use an add-on that allows me to save the document as a PDF.

[Exle]

How about "Mantle of Spell Resistance (Greater)"?

[Kyranor]

"She'er's spell rejector"
"Mantle of spell disbelief"
maybe not even name it...just act like you have those kinds of things laying around at home

[Aeshuura]

She'er's Spell Ward?

I like the word Ward... "you're being to hard on the Beaver!" Hahahah!

[Ravingdork]

Aeshuura wrote:

She'er's Spell Ward?

I like the word Ward... "you're being to hard on the Beaver!" Hahahah!

She'er's Spell Ward sounds like a spell rather than a magic item to me.

[Sidivan]

Ravingdork wrote:

Aeshuura wrote:

She'er's Spell Ward?

I like the word Ward... "you're being to hard on the Beaver!" Hahahah!

She'er's Spell Ward sounds like a spell rather than a magic item to me.

Agreed.

Spell Rejector sounds like a gnomish contraption of some sort. Would be sweet as an amulet or some sort of watch-like device with a bunch of frivolous moving parts.