 etotheipi  | 06 Dec 2022 5:51 p.m. PST |
Real world animals have "official" collective nouns. So do military units (we frequently "discuss" using the "right" ones and the "wrong" ones here). But what about fantasy, pulp, scifi, or other genres …? A flit of elves
A tankard of dwarves
A clutch of dragons A shuffle zombies
A rattle of skeletons A clip of gangsters
A tank of deep ones
A drift of yeti
A skiff of pirates A spectrum of LGM
A wash of greys
A shadow of MiB |
robert piepenbrink  | 06 Dec 2022 7:08 p.m. PST |
No, no! A DRUM of gangsters. Machine Gun Kelly didn't fool around with some wimpy clip. Not sure about Dwarves. Probably a dwelving of them. Possibly a mine. |
| etotheipi | 06 Dec 2022 7:58 p.m. PST |
Then, maybe a clip of gangstas? Makes it period specific. But I also need a different one for Yakuza, then … |
| Grelber | 06 Dec 2022 8:50 p.m. PST |
Fun!
I particularly like a clutch of dragons, a shuffle of zombies, and a rattle of skeletons. Grelber |
| RittervonBek | 06 Dec 2022 11:47 p.m. PST |
It is surely a shortage of dwarves! |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 07 Dec 2022 2:11 a.m. PST |
RittervonBek for the win. |
| ZULUPAUL | 07 Dec 2022 3:18 a.m. PST |
A keg of dwarves…. a tankard is not enough! |
| robert piepenbrink | 07 Dec 2022 4:29 a.m. PST |
Ritter's right.
Possibly a counsel of Elves, but a flit of fairies? |
| SpuriousMilius | 07 Dec 2022 9:37 a.m. PST |
A Confusion of Chaotics. A Mass of Minsters. A Burrow of Bunnies. |
 Mserafin | 07 Dec 2022 10:06 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 07 Dec 2022 10:49 a.m. PST |
How about A snootiness of Elves
A blaze of Dragons While a shortage of Dwarves is cool, I also like a keg of dwarves, but how about a grudge of dwarves A Holiness of Clerics An Ugliness of Orks A Pester of Goblins |
| Rhubarb 633 | 07 Dec 2022 11:53 a.m. PST |
A bootleg of gangsters A delve of dwarves A probe of greys A gob of goblins A charnel of ghouls A rot of zombies A conceit of elves |
| Zephyr1 | 07 Dec 2022 3:13 p.m. PST |
Pretty pathetic pirates if all they can pilfer is a skiff… ;-) |
| etotheipi | 08 Dec 2022 4:02 p.m. PST |
While the collective nouns here don't have any implication of maximum size, I was thinking minimum viable sized force. It would be a scurvy lot of sea dogs that could pillage up and down a coast and drive away the Limey with only a skifful of them … I am using a probe of greys next weekend in a game. I like a pester of goblins, but I have always called it a snot of goblins. I also like that the suggestions for elves go both in the positive and negative direction. :) A butchery of orks?
A fractal of chaotics?
A brunch of ghouls? Also, a fave from an old fantasy story in an anthology, A Plagueof Butterflies. |
