need a creative name for something

[Greep]

so I'm designing games as a hobby, and I need a name for some little artifact (althouth it is not unique, there are many in the game).

Basically, the artifact is a representation of one's personality in some concrete form. E.g. a kind, pacifist met have a heart, a raving lunatic might have tangle of yarn... and the main character, who is a wizard, has a crystal.

What should I call these? I'm thinking something kind of arcane sounding, but not too weird to pronounce.

[UncleWolf]

You may want to ask for this to be moved to Homebrew, but I'm not sure since I don't go there often.

As for the name, how about Soul Gazer(Gaze as in looks at)?

[Greep]

well the topic isn't really about the game so much as a silyl name, so I thought it would belong here.

Soul gazer is good, but the way I'm writing the story, I don't think I want the character to have a hint as to what it represents for a long time. Perhaps that could be its real name, but people can refer to it with some sort of nickname.

[Fredthefighter]

How about, "The window of the soul"
Or "The true soul"

[Destro_Yersul]

You could call it a 'Personal Arcana'

that hints that it's something to do with the owner, without being too specific as to the exact function.

[WychWeird]

Why not comine the ideas you have - personality and artifact : personifact or persifact....

....okay, maybe too silly!

Or even something simple like 'essence'?

[Sneak]

Name it Antonio.

Making it sentient is optional.

[Trog]

Token seems to be the most apt word.

[valadil]

How about juju?

[Spiryt]

Soulcave?
Soulave?
Soulvex?
Odbidusza?

[eidreff]

How about "quintessence", or "id vessel"

[WalkingTarget]

You could always go with the classic "widget" or "thingy".

Ok, how about "metot". It's got "me" in it and it's a totem or sorts.

[Narmoth]

When I read the description, "glyph" was the first thing I thought of

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I really think Sneak is right. Antonio is an awesome name.

[Bonecrusher Doc]

The first word to pop into my head is "essence," but I don't think that meets your criteria of "creative."
What was it called in "The Compass" where people had animals that reflected their personality?

[Canadian]

Totem.....

[Copacetic]

The first word to pop into my head is "essence," but I don't think that meets your criteria of "creative."
What was it called in "The Compass" where people had animals that reflected their personality?

Daemons.

But I was thinking of calling them "Eyes". As In "Eyes are the window to the soul".

[Rutskarn]

Aspect Foci

True Names

Devil's Spyglass

The Unseen

[Boo]

Trinket?

Oh, you want creative? Hmm... Eye of the Beholder? Silly Thingamajig That Represents Its Holder? Gun?

[KerfuffleMach2]

Totem.....

That was my first thought.

[Icewalker]

Could try something like 'Soulwindow', or 'Soulmirror'.

[llamamushroom]

First, according to my newspaper, you should have used the colour blue in your post - it helps get the creative juices going, apparently.

Second, anima or spiritus could be appropriate.

[Greep]

hey these are all great, hard to figure out which one to use actually...

So far I'm thinking either

Aspect foci- sounds cool, a bit arcane, and a good hint without being a huge hint. I'm liking this.

Glyph- for whatever reason it just sounds very fitting

Totem- a name for a concrete representation.

Anima- arcane/sounds like bringing something unliving (personality) to life

I think I'm sticking with aspect foci at the moment, as it's actually fitting with parts of the storyline (which unfortunately I can't reveal :()

Oh and... I just KNOW antonio is a reference to something... what is it?