Catfolk and Ratfolk have lame names

[KingmanHighborn]

Jerra wrote:

"Catfolk", "Ratfolk", and "Lizardfolk" are probably just the generic, Common name for them. Each race probably has its own name, but that is something that should be setting specific.

I think that's the bottom line. Even a human doesn't say I'm a human, they are Cheliaxian, Irrisen, Galtan?, etc. Or thier racial name in thier own tongue is too hard to pronounce in common/english. Or catfolk is a short form of said language.

Shadowdweller wrote:

This game needs Batfolk.

Nycter. They are more PC sized then the Desmodu. But I think that name is WOTC material.

Cold Napalm wrote:

Kilrathi for catfolks works pretty dang well...

3.5 Loyalist wrote:

Ah Wing Commander.

D**n you EA D**n you to hell! *grumbles as EA sits on that property, and does nothing but make crappy CoD and decent sports games...

Anyway yes Kilrathi. They'd be fun to play but they were 8-9 feet tall on the average, you'd have to bump thier size category and str mod...I think.

Oh allow me to date myself more...anyone here remember the Kzin?

Alzrius wrote:

You can tell just by looking at them - remember what 4E taught us about female dragonborn? >:)

That they are smoking hot?

[Atarlost]

Shadowborn wrote:

El Baron de los Banditos wrote:

I really want to play one of these races and call all humans "apefolk" now.

That's actually a very good idea. It highlights the humancentric bias that developed these race names in the first place. Though then you have the pressure on the GM when the human in question says "Well, what do you call yourselves?"

The catfolk looks at you funny.

We call ourselves people.

[gamer-printer]

KingmanHighborn wrote:

Even a human doesn't say I'm a human, they are Cheliaxian, Irrisen, Galtan?, etc. Or thier racial name in thier own tongue is too hard to pronounce in common/english. Or catfolk is a short form of said language.

Ah, I beg to differ... almost every Native American tribal name is in fact the word for "human" or "human being" in their particular language.

Perhaps it's true for most of the civilized world calling themselves as residents for a particular political region, for practically all aboriginal peoples, they call themselves "human".

[R_Chance]

3.5 Loyalist wrote:

El Baron de los Banditos wrote:

I really want to play one of these races and call all humans "apefolk" now.

Yeah I'm sold on the idea. It fits perfectly with my monster civ heavy campaign.

Not "apefolk". Do not insult the great apes like that. More like "Monkeyboys". Or girls as the case may be. Some Lizardfolk: "All right monkeyboys! We're coming for you!" It has a certain ring to it :)

I have to thank the movie "Buckaroo Bonzai" for this one.