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Styrofoam |
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Homegame naming convention has skittermander names with somatic components since they have so many hands. Players make the hand sign too or they are not pronouncing the name right. The skittermander's player gets a kick out of introducing herself to new players and then telling them they are saying it wrong and seeing how long it takes for them to pick up on the hand motion.
Claxon |
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The Skittermander in the campaign I'm playing is named Corporal Cuddles. She was a member of the Vesk military's diplomatic arm, that was formed after the Vesk began to "conquer" the Skittermander home world. The Skittermanders, being true to their nature, wanted to help so much that eventually Skittermander only units were formed for "diplomatic" purposes. Secretly, they were a weapon of mass annoyance.
Archpaladin Zousha |
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I actually asked the skittermanders' creator, the great Crystal Frasier, about their naming conventions a while back, and here's what she thought:
Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability renders individual identifiers beyond "Hey you" or "That guy" largely unnecessary, and the fact that parents abandon their nonsentient offspring immediately after birth means they're not around to name any of their chattering horde. An individual who does something memorable, important, or funny might pick up a nickname for a while, but unless it's used constantly (especially in spending time around non-skittermanders), it will eventually be forgotten.
Skittermanders who become part of the larger galactic society often pick up nickanmes the same way, or happily accept names that others give... as much as they can remember, at least. A skittermander named "Prisoner-84792" might only go by "Prisoner" or "Eight." Of course, there are always exceptions, like Sgt. Seen-Some-S*%*termander.
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/derail.
Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability
This might imply that Skittermanders have trouble with the long courses of study need for some careers - scientist for instance. :(
Dracomicron |
/derail.
Crystal Frasier wrote:This might imply that Skittermanders have trouble with the long courses of study need for some careers - scientist for instance. :(Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability
You need to trick them into an education. Tell them that they need to help their teacher by memorizing the table of elements.
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Lord Fyre wrote:You need to trick them into an education. Tell them that they need to help their teacher by memorizing the table of elements./derail.
Crystal Frasier wrote:This might imply that Skittermanders have trouble with the long courses of study need for some careers - scientist for instance. :(Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability
But who (save another Skittermander) would do such a thing?
Dracomicron |
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Dracomicron wrote:But who (save another Skittermander) would do such a thing?Lord Fyre wrote:You need to trick them into an education. Tell them that they need to help their teacher by memorizing the table of elements./derail.
Crystal Frasier wrote:This might imply that Skittermanders have trouble with the long courses of study need for some careers - scientist for instance. :(Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability
Extremely exasperated vesk bureaucrats.
FirstChAoS |
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Dracomicron wrote:But who (save another Skittermander) would do such a thing?Lord Fyre wrote:You need to trick them into an education. Tell them that they need to help their teacher by memorizing the table of elements./derail.
Crystal Frasier wrote:This might imply that Skittermanders have trouble with the long courses of study need for some careers - scientist for instance. :(Keep in mind, this is all head-canon and not official:
Skittermanders don't use personal names by default. They're lack of long-range thinking/coordination ability
"I helped by building your table of the elements!"
"building... uh oh"
"Yep, built all the elements into a table for you"
"But some are highly reactive, toxic, or radioactive..."
"Ooh, they react with a pretty flame, I helped you well."
gkremer |
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The Skitter shot had a section on naming conventions that matches some of what's above:
"3. A SKITTERMANDER’S NAME GROWS AS THE SKITTERMANDER AGES AND PASSES CERTAIN MILESTONES. A NAME BEGINS VERY SHORT, USUALLY NO MORE THAN ONE SYLLABLE. NEW SYLLABLES ARE ADDED WITH THE PASSING OF TIME OR WHENEVER THE SKITTERMANDER FEELS LIKE IT. ADDED SYLLABLES ARE OFTEN REPETITIVE, AND MANY SKITTERMANDERS ADOPT PARTS OF OTHER ALIEN NAMES (PARTICULARLY VESK NAMES) INTO THEIR OWN." (Skitter shot, 19)
Sorry about the shouting, I've been lazy and copy-pasted from the (free) Skitter shot.