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Lanodantheon:

--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on March 28, 2011, 02:36:03 AM ---I had intended on doing that when referring to crafters that were masters of a certain type of crafting, which in essence is part of the problem i face. I don't want a fellow JB fan to flame me when I call someone in my book a earthcrafter, or a woodcrafter, because they are the same terms used by JB in Codex.

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Again, use roots of words. Roots of words are more forgiving than just the word in the base language. It might take some practice to find the correct one to use though.

Greek and Latin would be the easiest, since English inherits alot from those languages. This would also allow the average Enligsh-speaking reader to pick up on what the person does almost instantly. 

Going off that, Firecraft could be Pyrocraft or Ignicraft. Though Ignicraft sounds funny.

You might experiment with roots from other languages or make up new roots to stand in for fire, wood or whatever.

Another option would be to put yourself into the shoes of someone who lives in your would. What do they call it?

A Pyrocrafter could be called a Fireman.

But, I have a personal interest in Slang so that suggestion's biased.

Aludra:
If you need an intermediary term:
tinsmith - mundane
tinworker - intermediate crafter
tincrafter - expert crafter

Also, using woodcrafter isn't bad since there's a real thing called woodcraft which is your aptitude in the woods. 

Judging by your description of the magic system you could also use
"X-chemsit"  -- this one workd better for more basic elements "Wood-chemist, Tin-chemist" it falls apart a little at "Sword-chemist"  But I really like it because "All-chemist" get it?

"X-shaper" -- this one works with everything
"X-synthing" -- I think this one sounds a little cyberpunk, but could do.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: Lanodantheon on March 28, 2011, 03:51:28 PM ---Again, use roots of words. Roots of words are more forgiving than just the word in the base language. It might take some practice to find the correct one to use though.

Greek and Latin would be the easiest, since English inherits alot from those languages. This would also allow the average Enligsh-speaking reader to pick up on what the person does almost instantly. 

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Unless the reader is like me, in which case they will want to know how Latin and Greek got into this fantasy world in the first place.

Snowleopard:
Check on alternative meanings for the word - craft.  I forget - are those synonims or antonims? (Please pardon the spelling - am very tired.) 

comprex:

--- Quote from: Lanodantheon on March 28, 2011, 03:51:28 PM ---

A Pyrocrafter could be called a Fireman.

But, I have a personal interest in Slang so that suggestion's biased.

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Or you could look into the process a bit more and come up with things like "Sootshaper" (since, of course, the visible parts of any fire are from soot glowing).

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