steriaca Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Whatever the Egyptian equivalent of "son of Set" is should be your best bet. If I remember correctly, Pharow choose their own rulling names. You could also go with a Greek name in addition to his Egyptian name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just a note -- to the early Egyptians, Set wasn't necessarily evil. Apophis was the deity associated with chaos and eating of the Sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just a note -- to the early Egyptians, Set wasn't necessarily evil. Apophis was the deity associated with chaos and eating of the Sun. True, though even the good gods sometimes have that one worshiper or group of worshipers who didn't get the "try not to be a douchebag" memo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 While Set didn't start out conceived of as evil, his adoption as patron god of the Hyksos led later Egyptians to so portray him. But the idea of Set as an evil god is so firmly entrenched in contemporary pop culture, it would be difficult to use him otherwise in an RPG campaign. Given that, the history of the Hyksos rulers that I cited earlier, the background you desire for your character, and the paucity of extant data about the probably brief reign of the last Hyksos king, from an historical perspective I would have to say that Khamudi looks like the best fit. Unless you absolutely have to have him overthrown by internal rebellion alone, rather than primarily through the actions of his rival ruler Ahmose I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” - Shelley. Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 If you don't want to use Karloff (and I can't imagine why you wouldn't) then I have to second Montu. It's a pretty sweet coaster. Named for an Egyptian god, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” - Shelley. Nuff said. Except that it's a transliteration into the Greek of the name of Ramses II, in the Bibliotheca Historica by Diodorus Siculus. IMHO Ramses is a little too well known for this purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Karloff is to well known as a horror actor, so calling him Karloff is kinda campy, and not for a serious mummy/villian. It might work to call him Bsy-Aban-Hotep (from the Mummy's secret identity as "Albon Bay", and add hotep from Imhotep, the guys real identity name). Perhaps Imkaras (the Im from Imhotep, and Kara's, the name of the second mummy from the series)/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” - Shelley. Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Karloff is to well known as a horror actor, so calling him Karloff is kinda campy, and not for a serious mummy/villian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 "I am the greatest Pharaoh of all! Not even Death and the gods cannot stop me! I am the Devourer, the Overseer, the Voice of Set!!! All that you see before you, below you and above you belongs to me! I AM KARLOFF!!! Call me Karl and I shall tear your tongues from your disrespectful mouths." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Danger International - The Criminal Mastermind, Ah Mun Top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Fear me for I am Imhotep! Dude we have medicine for that now so you can chill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Well, at least he is not Rooten-tooten, the go to name from the Three Stooges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Well, at least he is not Rooten-tooten, the go to name from the Three Stooges. Well we have pills for that too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 So what did you decide on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hoarahp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Hoarahp. Whore app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 *heads to Google Play Store* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 I'd bet that's not a free app. And be careful -- it may put a virus on your hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorkca Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Turning it into a floppy drive?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 After reviewing all the suggestions, the winner is: Setmoses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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