@shortdesc suggestion thread

Stick your @shortdescs that you'd like to see in game!

N.B gender ambiguous names are not allowed (I'm not staff, just what they told me). For example 'Teen' 'Wretch' 'Youth'

Belle

Minx

Nymph

Siren

Would suggest male ones, but I can't see their list!

By jwimpeney at Nov 9, 2016 3:52 PM

Existing Female:

female

girl

woman

chick

lady

bimbo

bitch

lady

dame

chica

senorita

lass

vixen

gal

matron

madam

sheila

grandma

granny

hag

tomboy

dyke

Existing Male:

man

guy

dude

male

fellow

gentleman

boy

lad

playa

pimp

bloke

grandpa

geezer

queer

fag

femboy

boi

mano

bro

douche

stiff

Suggest Away!

By Johnny at Nov 10, 2016 3:21 PM

I'd suggested possible "Unlocked" @shortdescs from gear/skills

razorboy/razorgirl

doughboy/doughgirl

By Caffeine at Nov 10, 2016 3:22 PM

I'd rather see stat based unlocks:

Strength: Tank

Endurance:Runner

Agility: Ninja

Perception: Sharpshooter

Intelligence: Genius

Charisma: Superstar

Luck: Gambler

By Malice at Nov 10, 2016 3:31 PM

Those are all gender ambiguous and fit more in line with @titles.

By Euclid at Nov 10, 2016 3:38 PM

For guys, it would be nice to see 'hombre' or 'muchacho' as an option.

By himble at Nov 10, 2016 11:51 PM

I'm not too concerned about it for my own use, but it sticks out to me that 'mano' is on the male list, but 'mona' isn't on the female list. Seems like a common enough term to fit just as well as its male counterpart.

By urgentsurgeon at Nov 11, 2016 12:30 AM

motherfucka/fucker or some form for males.

cunt for females.

cholo for males.

chola for females.

chum/chummer for males.

johnson for males.

lucy for females

mona for females

By Metekillot at Jan 12, 2017 7:50 PM

support adding mona for monas

By kroack at Jan 12, 2017 9:58 PM

Available terms have been updated! I worked hard to balance things between the genders based on categories, not just the spitballing. The 'boi' term has been retired as it overlapped with femboy and because it has different meaning in the male and female homosexual communities. Since it could mean either gender, its not useful in this context.

New Masculine Terms:

patron

bruce

hombre

cholo

droog

New Feminine Terms:

lesbian

diva

mona

chola

devotchka

I did not include the slurs at this time. :)

By Johnny at Jan 16, 2017 11:19 AM

For women:

Mistress

Mademoiselle

Damsel

By DiamondNine at Dec 9, 2017 4:46 AM

Bastard for males.

By Reinhardt at Dec 9, 2017 4:51 AM

Nice Rez...Reminded me of a list i'd been keeping, too.

Male: Hoodlum

Female: Hoodrat.

Male: Trog

Male: Stud

Male:Homeboy

Male: male

Female: Lolita

Female:Biddy

Female: babe

Female: Floozie

Female:Doll

Female: Cougar

Female:Sister/sista (please?)

Female:Mami

Female:Hoochie

Female:Shorty (Please, too?)

By fleurtygirl at Dec 9, 2017 2:04 PM

'tattooed' and 'modded' adjectives for people with 3 or more tattooed @nakeds visible and maybe settable as a flag on a visible @naked for mods by staff.

By Vera at Dec 10, 2017 12:02 PM

Could we please add "Cunt" to the female shortdesc, please?

Thanks!

By Scarlyt at Feb 4, 2018 11:54 AM

+1 to tattooed or inked!

By Manywaters at Feb 5, 2018 7:36 AM

+1 for tattooed or inked. Gotta make sure those colors shine through!

By Dawnshot at Feb 5, 2018 9:46 AM

joygirl/joyboy

cunt/dick

By Metekillot at Feb 9, 2018 11:44 AM

I could never find one I really wanted for my character. Femboy always seemed too girly/or easily mistaken for a boy that identifies as a girl. Fag or queer isn't necessarily correct, either.

I'd like to have 'twink' added to the male list. Pretty please? c:

Surprises me that it's not already a thing!

By Evie at Jul 18, 2018 6:47 AM

Hero / Heroine

Mostly because there ARE no heroes in Withmore and I want to see everybody using it ironically.

By Revex at Jul 18, 2018 6:55 AM

The game is pretty heavily populated now. Lots of people wear hoods or shrouds. While there are plenty of variable nouns, you're locked into having one size adjective. This can make working around shrouded people problematic as some commands don't accept ordinals. Yes, disguises should make things confusing or chaotic, but sometimes they also outright break stuff and this would be a good way to help make that less of an issue.

Basically, add a few adjectives for people to choose from based on their size. Other things like attractiveness could still override them as they do now. These don't need to be gendered, but the current existing ones could probably remain gendered.

Short+thin: Waifish, Slight, Tiny

Short+average: Small, Short

Short+heavy: Round, Pear-shaped, Dumpy

Average+thin: Thin, Lean, Skinny

Average: Normal, Typical, Unremarkable

Average+heavy: Heavy-set, Fat

Tall+thin: Slender, Gaunt, Willowy

Tall+average: Lanky, Long-legged

Tall+heavy: Big, Enormous, Huge

thank you and god bless

By Vera at Oct 25, 2018 2:23 AM

@shortdesc change

4

22

Your shortdesc is now a huge bitch.

By Vera at Oct 25, 2018 2:28 AM

A shrouded bitch that looks like they are preferred customers at bitchin chicken is standing here, being fat.

By Grizzly666 at Oct 25, 2018 6:51 AM

I still wanna see 'twink' added to the male list!

Please? :o

I wonder what @Johnny thinks of the suggestions so far. Y'think he'd check? In-game it still says to give staff a poke if we don't 'see anything we like' in the @shortdesc change menu. It confuses me a little on where to bring this up.

I really like that thing about describing your build more, even in disguises! Puny and petite is becoming a bit generic at times. +1 to @Vera.

By Evie at Nov 9, 2018 11:14 AM

I agree, puny and petite are like, to me anyways, like -very very common-. Perhaps too common. More variances would be great.

By Scarlyt at Nov 9, 2018 11:16 AM

I don't think I should bug staff about it in xhelp is all, but it DOES say

"Who your character is: (at a glance)

If you don't see something you need, bug us."

But @Johnny has replied to this thread before, so maybe it's still a legit way of suggesting these things efficiently?

And yeah, like @Vera said, more variances to CHOOSE from regarding your character's adjective could be really cool, but possibly involve a lot of coding.

By Evie at Nov 9, 2018 11:19 AM

Sry about doublepost, but..

Why I think 'twink' should be added is because it is a -very- common term in the gay community. Maybe moreso than 'fag', and that's an option as a @shortdesc. It also makes it more clear that it is someone who isn't TOO feminine but still boyish. Using the 'boy' term may make it seem like they are underage.

Again, this is very, very specific. But I think it could be a useful indicator.

By Evie at Nov 9, 2018 11:22 AM

Seems like the thread died down a bit again and I feel like writing down a list of as many ideas as I could think of that could be useful to add, maybe in creating some variety or just because they're common slang and aren't used too much as unisex terms.

Some have a slash in between as it could have a different alternative and I think staff could go with whichever they prefer, if any. They're just suggestions, after all! c:

Suggestions for 'male':

dawg

twink

broski

homie/homes

gangsta

pops

daddy/dad

jerk/jerkoff

jackass

fritz

joe

Suggestions for 'female':

doll/dolly

milf/MILF

catty

bird/dove

witch

bella

jane

By Evie at Jan 12, 2019 6:30 PM

Male:

Androgynous

Female:

Androgynous

By Beepboop at Nov 22, 2019 1:00 AM

ive been told androgynous can be used in a title but wont be pit into a shortdesc because for coding and balance reasons there has to be a differentiation between m/f, otherwise it could be abused

@title is where i used the andro thing in the past, but they aren't going to put something in where both males and females will have an identical shortdesc

By Dani at Nov 22, 2019 3:45 AM

@ Evie

Love the list, there are a couple I really have been wanting, so +1 here!!

xoxox

By Scarlyt at Nov 22, 2019 7:01 AM

I fail to see how it can be abused when any person can change their shortdesc at a whim, so care to elaborate on how it can be abused?

By Beepboop at Nov 22, 2019 9:12 AM

Everyone would just hide their gender when committing crimes and then switch back to a gendered appearance afterwards to make them more difficult to track. Rather than an RP consideration it would just be a mechanical bonus.

Sufficient disguise skill should be required for that sort of thing. Also 'androgynous' is not really a noun. You'd want a word like 'person' in that case.

By Vera at Nov 22, 2019 6:15 PM

Yes, but the description of a shroud implies that you cannot tell what gender the wearer is, so wouldn't it be meta for them to get the gender right?

By Beepboop at Nov 23, 2019 12:18 AM

Not really relevant and the discussion has been covered elsewhere very recently. We probably don't need to have it again here.

By Vera at Nov 23, 2019 5:44 AM

Daddy/Dilf yessss 🤣

By ynk at Nov 25, 2019 7:14 AM

HIMBO HIMBO HIMBO

By HolyChrome at Nov 25, 2019 7:15 AM

-	PsycoticCone	1m
-	baewulf	0s
-	shoesanti	1h
-	Kangarat	21m
-	AdamBlue9000	2s	Rolling 526d6 damage against both of us.
a	Glitch	1h	If it's broken, good chance it was me
a	Mench	4h	Doing a bit of everything.
And 15 more hiding and/or disguised