EiriktheScald Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 This was more difficult than I imagined; coming up with battle-cries that aren't already in use by other NPCs. I did manage to conjure up seven phrases (okay, one is not); help me choose the top four. Link to comment
berelinde Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I could only pick one, but my choices were 3, 4, 5, 7. Sorry, Eirik, but I'm really not into parenthetical warcries, unless you're using that as a placeholder for said animal noise and you plan to have someone voice it, in which case that will make the pick - provided that you take the words between the ** out. Link to comment
Kulyok Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I like number four best. Numbers two and three are cool, number five is interesting. I bet some PCs, including mine, won't like number one: after all, it is the PC who is supposed to shout that. Link to comment
Daeva Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Assuming this is for your Skald, npc, then I'd have to go with 7 as it sounds suitably melodramatic, for a bard. If done well, then the animal cry would also be a good choice, however, any example I can think of, of a war-*cry* (eg those on the standard voice selection) are pretty shoddy... Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 @berelinde: It was late, and I wasn't thinking clearly. @Kulyok: A skald should inspire others to battle -- at least that was the thought. In retrospect, yeah, the first one doesn't come off as well. @Daeva: I couldn't very well say 'Valhalla' -- the name for it in the FR setting is 'Warriors Rest," I believe. That doesn't sound as melodramatic. Then I remembered beowulf used the term 'Shining Citadel.' Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Oh, there I go again -- forgot to log on. Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Numbers two and three are cool, number five is interesting. About #5: "Desperta ferro!", which translates from Catalan as "Awake, iron!". The Almogavars used to cry this shout the dawn before a battle, while they beat their swords on the nearby rocks to keep them clean from the rust. In the dim light many sparks were lighted, which scared the enemy watching them. Link to comment
Kulyok Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Oh. Wow. I guess my knowledge of battlecries is limited, except the eternal Russian "Mochi kozlov!" - "Kill these goats!" But that's, um, modern Russian. Link to comment
yarpen Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Maybe "Job twoju mat!" - yeah, it's also from Russian But I don't translate it... "It's YOUR Ragnarrok!" "For Tempus glory!" Link to comment
Rabain Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Just reading over Tempus entry in Faiths & Pantheons you could use: Foehammer! (or any variation of By the/For the) OT: does Eirik sing at all in this mod..or recite War Chants etc? Link to comment
berelinde Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 OT: does Eirik sing at all in this mod..or recite War Chants etc? From what I've read in the previews, definitely. Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 A skald who doesn't chant or recite? Unheard of! Here's an example: Eirik's tale Link to comment
yarpen Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hm... I will check Player's Handbook II, there you can find some Faerunian battlecries. Link to comment
Neferit Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Oh. Wow. I guess my knowledge of battlecries is limited, except the eternal Russian "Mochi kozlov!" - "Kill these goats!" But that's, um, modern Russian. Heh, I know only about something like "uraaa!" *ahem* I'm for option 2. "I smell a battle!" would suit to skald Link to comment
Guest erik Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 My vote goes to "Awake, iron!" ... it's short, to the point, and you'll be hearing it a lot. The shining citadel line is good as well, but demands more of your voice actor, and I feel it could be too long. Link to comment
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