Any update yet on when we might see the gender specific titles that were missing from the list please, in particular the High Priestess to go with the currently available High Priest.

Thanks in advance.

Pinklitudinous anyone?!

~~ 'o (the cleric formerly known as Rohomobo Fash'apos'troph'ilim'inzel Illistim or Rohomobo '''' for short)~~

I've checked through as many professions and skills lists that I have characters for and there are actually only two obvious ones that I'm aware of (and have a personal interest in) and two debatable ones:

High Priest --> High Priestess
Runemaster --> Runemistress

Archpriest --> Archpriestess?
Spiritmaster --> Spiritmistress?

Thanks in advance Oscuro.

Pinklitudinous anyone?!

~~ 'o (the cleric formerly known as Rohomobo Fash'apos'troph'ilim'inzel Illistim or Rohomobo '''' for short)~~

>To me, there is a dramatic difference in connotation. For example, a Beastmistress is a Mistress TO the Beasts, whereas a Beastmater is a Master OF the Beasts.

Beastmistress does't have that connotation to me. Do you also see DemonMistress as a Mistress TO the Demons?


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I don't think all these titles should have female versions.

I don't think "Rogue Guild Mistress" or "Grandmistress of the Rogue Guild" has the same ring. I don't know why. I think in real life, male or female, the MC is the Master of Ceremonies. Anyone disagree? I've just ever heard of a "Grandmistress" in real life. Maybe it's because once women moved into certain leadership roles in the modern world, their titles became gender-neutralized. Like, at prep schools, Headmaster became Head of School, not Headmistress.

And turning Marksman into Markswoman, Crossbowman into Crossbowwoman, etc just sounds silly.

But I like the ones I read posted earlier in this thread.

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>>Priestess sounds silly at best to me

Tell that to the Ancient Egyptians and latter day pagan religions ;)

But I agree, a lot of the titles don't lend themselves to gender specific derivations such as Guild Master hence I only suggested a couple of them be considered.

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~~ 'o (the cleric formerly known as Rohomobo Fash'apos'troph'ilim'inzel Illistim or Rohomobo '''' for short)~~

Oddly, I've always considered mistress to be just the female version of master, particularly in the setting we are referring to. I've never thought of mistress as being subservient.

While I can appreciate not all women want to be differentiated from men, I see that as a more modern concept. I'm sure there have been women of all eras who expected to be treated as the equals of men. This varies even amongst my own characters.

I would consider it a disservice to not at least have master/mistress titles as options, where they make sense.

An example where they don't make sense, to me, would be when it's not referencing a relationship--Master Healer, Master Alchemist, Guild Master--these things refer back to a skill that has been mastered as opposed to something that is being "lorded over".

I see woodmaster and woodmistress as being exactly the same thing: Someone who has some sort of special relationship and understanding with the woods.

Same with beastmaster/beastmistress; this is someone who has some sort of "power" over creatures.

I do see some female characters as being more of a "master" than a "mistress".

That said, I can see Alisaire being "master". I try not to look her in the face, though, so I can't be sure.

If females get the option of either Priest or Priestess, males should too. There shouldn't be a gender specific title that is only for females, unless there is also a gender specific title that is only for males.

Either both get the choice, or neither do.

I don't see male followers of male deities wanting to exercise the option of a Priestess title, but male followers of female deities might.

What's this about mistresses for guild masters? Whichever one gets assigned to me can find me in the Illistim chapter.

-Keleborrn.

>>Incanter & Incantress titles for female sorcerers.

Is there really an Incantress title? Isn't that just a bit silly? That would be like calling my lock picker a lock pickeress, just adding an 'ess' to any title/job.

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I am not opposed.

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>>You master skills, not mistress them. Master is gender-specific only when used by itself. I have a hard time with the Enchantress title. I'd rather my wizard be known as an Enchanter.


en·chant·ress
   /ɛnˈtʃæntrɪs, -ˈtʃɑn-/ Show Spelled[en-chan-tris, -chahn-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a woman who practices magic; sorceress.
2.
an irresistibly charming or fascinating woman: an enchantress who breaks men's hearts.


Replace enchantress with heartbreaker!


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Or maybe..

Rimalon the Eugenides,

and

Eugenides the Rimalon!

Though I'm not sure poor Droit would like potentially being married to Rimalon AND Eugenides..

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