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[45akaColt]

Target mage armor, or Charity Mage Armor, might be better then Mage Shield.
Transmute: Muscles (Rank II) should maybe be renamed to Transmute Target Muscles.
Necromantic Empowerment should be Necromantic Healing.
Necromantic Empowerment (Rank II) should be Necromantic Self Healing.
Hibernation Touch could be Sleepy Touch (do bears even Hibernate in Skyrim?).
Arcane Resonance could be Sound Distraction, or Sonic Distraction.
Shadow Shield could be Partial Dimensional Shift, or Partial Spatial Shift, or Partial Phase Shift, or Dimensional Shift (1), Spatial Shift (1), Phase Shift (1).
Hibernation Spray could be Sleeping Spray.
Shadow Stride makes me think it might be some kind of teleportation, so it could be Muffled Cloak.
Shadow Simulacrum (I have no idea what that word means) could be Illusionary Dremora, or Imaginary Dremora.
Phantasmal Killer could be Deathly Thoughts (does Phantasmal mean fantasy and if so, how many young people know that?).
Mistress of the Dark could be Illusionary Dremora Countess, or Imaginary Dremora Countess (a countess is not a mistress btw).
Veil of Shadows could be Stealth Field, or maybe Muffled Veil.
Phantasmal Miasma could be Circle of Imaginary Pain, or Circle of Illusionary Pain.
Shadow Sanctuary could be Dimensional Shift, or Spatial Shift, or Phase Shift. Maybe be rank 2 if the partial 1 is rank 1.

Edit: Protection from Poison (Rank I) could be Poison Resistance.
Protection from Poison (Rank II) could be Friend's Poison Resistance.

Edit 2: I didn't see any descriptions for how the following 2 spells work (magically speaking).
Turn Undead could maybe be Scare Undead.
Circle of Protection could maybe be Circle of Life (somehow these 2 spells make undead run away. Is it life energy that would hurt them, if they stayed in it too long? Guess it could make sense because it's in the Restoration school).

Edited by 45akaColt, 15 June 2014 - 04:07 AM.

[axonis]

@Ragshak I renamed Teleport to Invisible Stalker (or conjure thereof) because it summons an invisible entity according to the new material Ogerboss links on the sticky.

@45akaColt I agree with your point on "Hovering" Light. Let's just keep it Light then

Also I will change my proposal according to your points on:

Transmute: Muscles (Rank II) should maybe be renamed to Transmute Target Muscles.
Arcane Resonance could be Sound Distraction, or Sonic Distraction.
Shadow Shield could be Partial Dimensional Shift, or Partial Spatial Shift, or Partial Phase Shift, or Dimensional Shift (1), Spatial Shift (1), Phase Shift (1).

As for "Ably Deceiving", yes... some names are in dire need of change. It actually fortifies Speechcraft!

Spell names proposal is edited. Any comments on my magic effects / potion names proposal ?

I would really like to keep some spells with ranks as they are. Spells that only differ in magnitude are very well defined by ranks which is also a classic RPG semantic.

Edited by axonis, 15 June 2014 - 05:15 AM.

[45akaColt]

In response to post #15615875.

"Command Summoned" might be better then simply "Command" or the French saying that not everyone (i.e. young people) may be familiar with.

You forgot to change, the part of your proposal regarding Transmute: Muscles II (it's still a "Touch of Strength). I'm not a fan of the word "touch" because touch can mean "a little" (i.e. touch of rain), and it's the spell that touches the target, not the hand, I think (even though it's close).

I like your magic effects / potion names proposal list.

Transmute Companion's Muscles might be less technical.

Edited by 45akaColt, 15 June 2014 - 06:06 AM.

[SpoCk0nd0pe]

In response to post #15597615. #15597765 is also a reply to the same post.

This comment is meant for both your suggestion lists.

I very much like you going back to the roots for some stuff (drain, fortify, weakness, resistance, waterbreathing), I would put the keyword first though for sorting reasons. Ably Berserking doesn't sound much more in character then Fortify Two-handed (maybe add "combat/magic/skill" for extra immersion).

One small thing:
"Raise Dead (rank) > Reanimate Dead (rank)": I would call it Animate Dead. Reanimation sounds like cardiac massage to me, but that maybe due to the fact that I work in a hospital.

[axonis]

In response to post #15597615. #15597765, #15617150 are all replies on the same post.

Animate Dead then, which is also the standard term of old-school AD&D. It is also more precise.

[45akaColt]

In response to post #15597615. #15597765, #15617150, #15617425 are all replies on the same post.

You forgot to add, the change, Charming Touch to Calming Touch, from the other list.

Ally Healing Aura might be a good name, instead of Belyna's Touch. That way the Healing Aura name could stay for the self heal spells.

[axonis]

In response to post #15615875. #15616320 is also a reply to the same post.

Good point on Touch of Strength. I've changed it to Companion's Strength, what do you think about it ?

Coup d'etat is a universal term. I think it would be very fun, but I understand this will be Ogerboss final choice.

A good alternative could be: Conjuration Intervention.

[45akaColt]

In response to post #15615875. #15616320, #15617605 are all replies on the same post.

Strengthen Companion might be a better name then Companion's Strength.
Commandeer Summon might be better then Command, Conjuration Intervention, or Coup d'etat.

[axonis]

In response to post #15597615. #15597765, #15617150, #15617425, #15617535 are all replies on the same post.

Charming Touch > Calming Touch done.

I really don't think Aura is a good name for a healing over time spell. Aura is term used to define a personal quality that affects others, eg. he has an aura of authority means that others feel that he is authoritative, they are affected by it. Therefore a healing aura would designate a healing effect on others.

I had proposed Regeneration which is much closer to what it does (especially in Requiem where there is practically no such thing as Regeneration and even potions of such are almost useless). But since this may actually confuse others, Belyna's is a good name I think (and it's a classic from Morrowind and Daggerfall).

Edited by axonis, 15 June 2014 - 07:30 AM.

[45akaColt]

In response to post #15615875. #15616320, #15617605, #15617770 are all replies on the same post.

Not sure if you seen the above post. Thoughts?

Conjuration Intervention isn't bad though.

Edited by 45akaColt, 15 June 2014 - 07:43 AM.