Difference between revisions of "Talk:Lake of illusions"

Latest revision as of 03:48, 11 May 2009

I noticed that under the heading "Underwater Temple" it says "temporary name", so I figured that I might as well work up a name and purpose for this temple, since it doesn't appear that you have one for it yet.

I propose that it be called "Temple of the Golden Frog", because in the main worshiping chamber of this temple there is a gold frog of about the same size as an azure frog. (It's really just gold leaf pressed over a stone statue of a frog) In ancient times before the temple sank into the lake this temple was dedicated to one of the totem animals of an ancient tribe (the totem animal being the azure frog, respected for quickness given to them by their short range instant teleport). Worshipers here would leave offerings (mostly perishable goods like food, clothing and other organics, but sometimes small (generally uncut) gems, small bits of precious metal, bits of mother of perl (assuming Felarya has oceans/seas that support oysters/clams), and on very rare occasion a minorly enchanted weapon of some appropriate design) in the hopes of receiving the powers of an azure frog.
Over time the temple (a fairly crude building made of grey granite) began to sink into the lake, and it was abandoned with the Golden Frog and most of the offerings still inside (which of course will tempt adventurers) but has become home to all sorts of aquatic life, including the azure frogs that were once worshiped here. (I don't know if azure frogs can breath underwater or how long they can hold their breath, but I assume they would use the temple as either a home of some sort or as protection from the bigger badder things in the lake.)
--Oldman40k2003 17:20, 29 November 2007 (PST)

I think this is a very nice idea ! Please don't hesitate to make the description of the zone if you wish ^_^ Only thing is I prefer instead call it temple of XXXXX where XXXX means golden frog in an ancient language XD

Do you care what ancient language I use for XXXXXX, can I make one up if I want to? Because if you don't care which language I use then I know (from my handy dandy English-to-Latin dictionary... don't ask why I have one. :D ) that "golden frog" in Latin is more or less "Aureus Rana", although it's probably conjugated wrong, it doesn't really matter.
So the temple's name would be "The temple of the Aureus Rana" or "The temple of Aureus Rana". --Oldman40k2003 00:43, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Hehe I like how it sounds ^_^

Just maybe have the name not exactly in Latin : like Aurusrana Aurus ranae Ranaurus .. well just an idea.. It's a detail any way :D

Okay, I'll use the name "Aureusrana" and replace "Underwater Temple" with it. --Oldman40k2003 13:13, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Detail

I've tried to reformulate a sentence that was grammatically weird. But I'm not sure I've made proper sense of it. Did the worshippers abandon objects that were placed inside the temple, because they couldn't get them out? If so, how did they get them in there in the first place? French-snack 06:24, 23 April 2009 (PDT)

I suppose they made them directly inside the temple ^^ anyway this is the sense I was thinking about :)

OK. That makes sense. :) I've added the word "built", if that's all right. French-snack 14:17, 25 April 2009 (PDT)

"Over time the land beneath the temple shifted, and it began to sink into the lake. Unable to fit the golden frog through the temples door it, and most of the offering's inside, were abandoned."

I would parse that (after removing the extraneous "'" in "offering's") into the following sub-sentences:
1. Over time the land beneath the temple shifted.
2. The temple began sinking into the lake.
3. Unable to fit the golden frog though the temple doors, they abandoned it. (probably because the temple was built around it, so the frog was bigger than any of the doors)
4. They also abandoned most of the offerings inside of the temple as well. (probably because they didn't what exactly the offerings were. A crappy, rusty sword looks identical to a majestic +3 epic sword of destiny, if both are in their sheaths and surrounded by other offerings.)
--Oldman40k2003 21:44, 10 May 2009 (PDT)

Or, to make it even simpler and avoid redundency. ;) "Over time the land beneath the temple shifted, and it began to sink into the lake. Unable to fit the golden frog through the temple's door, worshippers abandoned it, along with most of the offerings inside." French-snack 03:48, 11 May 2009 (PDT)