Xarak/SpellGenerator

18-97-14-81.crawl.commoncrawl.org | ToothyWiki | Xarak | RecentChanges | Login | Advent calendar | Webcomic

This will generate a fantasy-sounding spell name. Might be useful for Magic, Exalted...lots of things really. Names range from the simple to the baroque.

BNF: Xarak/SpellGenerator

bnf ::= SpellName?

SpellName? ::= Verb the Adjective SummonType? | Adjective ElementAttackSpell? | ElementAttackSpell? | Adjective AttackSpellType? of Coolness | Adjective SummonType? of Coolness | Adjective MiscType? of Coolness | Verb Coolness | Adjective MiscType? | Coolness AttackSpellType? | BodyPart? of Coolness | ElementAttackSpell? | Number Adjective PluralAttacks? | Verb the NaturalThing? | Verb the Adjective NaturalThing? |

ElementAttackSpell? ::= PreElement? AttackSpellType? | AttackSpellType? of Element | AttackSpellType? of Element

Adjective ::= Glorious | Incandescent | Furious | Righteous | Chaotic | Agonizing | Deadly | Malign | Fell | Color | Spiteful | Terrible | Reviled | Forbidden | Forgotten | Lost | Cursed | Blessed | Moribund | Wondrous | Fallen | Empty | Haunted | Arisen | Exalted | PreElement? | PreElement? | Forsaken | Unknown | Vile
Element ::= Flame | Ice | Lightning | Entropy | Chaos | Shadow | Magma | the Nether | Acid | Force | the Void | the NaturalThing? | the NaturalThing?
PreElement? ::= Holy | Heavenly | Aethereal | Unholy
SummonType? ::= Assassin | Stalker | Guardian | Minion | Servant | Bringer | Avatar | Angel | SummonTypeOfElement? | SummonTypeOfElement?
SummonTypeB? ::= Assassin | Stalker | Guardian | Minion | Servant | Bringer | Avatar | Angel
MiscType? ::= Apotheosis | Shield | Armour | Vision | Steed | Flight | Wings | Sight | Meditation | Ascension | Knowlege | Cacophony | Harmony
Verb ::= Call | Calling | Binding | Bringing Forth | Becoming | Seeing

Hmm. Cacophony isn't a verb. Certainly "Cacophony the Incandescent Guardian" doesn't make sense.

What a name for a random monster!

: Whoops, that was meant to be a MiscType?.

BodyPart? ::= Hand | Eye | Tongue | Heart | Blood | Teeth | Palm | Fist

SummonTypeOfElement? ::= SummonTypeB? of Element

AttackSpellType? ::= Bolt | Storm | Sphere | Orb | Wave | Fist | Sword | Gaze | Beam | Cloud | Hammer | Rain | Pillar | Wall | Symbol | Assault | Tempest | Blade | Arrow | Dart | Word

PluralAttacks? ::= PreElement? PluralEffects? | PluralEffects? of Element | PluralEffects?

PluralEffects? ::= Blades | Bolts | Arrows | Orbs

Color ::= Black | Grey | Turquoise | Crimson | Golden | Silver | Violet | Amber | Dark | Dark | White
Number ::= Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Nine | Eleven | Thirteen
CoolThings? ::= Suns | Lords | Gods | Dragons | Stars | Kings | Eyes | Dawns | Moons | Sunsets | Worlds | Heavens | Verses | Words | Dreams | Voices | Hearts | Symphonys | Realms
Coolness ::= the Number CoolThings? | the Adjective CoolThings? | the Number Adjective CoolThings?

NaturalThing? ::= Wind | Air | Sea | Thunder | Storm | Blizzard | Earth | Mountain | Trees

CategoryGenerator

18-97-14-81.crawl.commoncrawl.org | ToothyWiki | Xarak | RecentChanges | Login | Advent calendar | Webcomic
Edit this page | View other revisions | Recently used referrers
Last edited May 19, 2004 2:31 pm (viewing revision 21, which is the newest) (diff)