Energon Names?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I was wondering how the names for Energons were chosen? I'm assuming it's an asian language of some kind, but never know if they just make them up or not.

[kamikasei]

I eventually clicked on this thread just to see why a post about Transformers had been made in the gaming forum.

You're talking about Xag-ya and Xeg-yi? Well, they're from a 1982 Monster Manual. Based on that I would not expect there to be any deep meaning behind the names: they probably just sounded cool and weird to Gygax when he made them up.

*sits back, waits for veterans*

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I eventually clicked on this thread just to see why a post about Transformers had been made in the gaming forum.

You're talking about Xag-ya and Xeg-yi? Well, they're from a 1982 Monster Manual. Based on that I would not expect there to be any deep meaning behind the names: they probably just sounded cool and weird to Gygax when he made them up.

*sits back, waits for veterans*

Hmmm, well, they've also been introduced in the Planar Handbook (3.5), but one for every energy type and they all have different names.

I'm wanting to make one based on mental energy but wanting to use the same naming conventions.

[Meat Shield]

Wow, a Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth reference. Didn't think anyone remembered that module.

As for the Xeg-yi and the Xag-ya, no I have never heard of any standardization in the naming. Like a whole lot of other things, Gygax thought the name sounded cool as far as I know.

Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

[kamikasei]

I'm wanting to make one based on mental energy but wanting to use the same naming conventions.

Funny you should mention that. The top result when I googled "energon d&d" to find an answer to your original question: Astral Energons.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Funny you should mention that. The top result when I googled "energon d&d" to find an answer to your original question: Astral Energons.

Ugh, yeah, I ran across those. Another psionic creature that has almost none of the psionic flavor. They're not even mental energy really. They can just 'think' damage of the standard kind. I'm going more for purely mental based, perhaps dream based.

[kamikasei]

Well, we've got:
Xag-ya - positive
Xeg-yi - negative
Xac-yel - fire
Xac-yij - acid
Xap-yaup - electricity
Xong-yong - sonic
Xor-yost - cold
and
Xag-az - er, mind-screws?

Look more like pure invention than a language to me, so really it's a matter of taste and tone what you call your creation.