I have run a few homebrews but am finally delving into a premade campaign with SKT. I have been looking for how to pronounce some of the names, like Hekaton and Iymrith, but am coming up empty. Is there any resource that collects D&D pronunciations? At the very least how do you pronounce those two names specifically?
At first glance I pronounced Hekaton like heck-uh-ton, which sounds ridiculous, but he is a heck a ton of giant.
On DDB, if you own the particular book the monster appears in here, the details page contains a sound icon that can be clicked to produce the official pronunciation.
I would just sound them out, using English pronunciation rules - as you're doing.
If you think the results sound "dumb", you can change the word stress: HECK-a-ton can become hek-AT-on.
Ultimately, it's your world, and your pronunciation - your pronunciation is true to your world - just like my accent isn't a "bad German accent", it's a perfect rendition of the Suavani accent in my world setting! :D
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Hekaton is a Greek word. I pronounce it heck-a-ton, rhyming with the word on or don, not ton or sun. But that’s just me, and I’m sure actual proper ancient Greek pronunciation is something very exotic with tones.
One of the beautiful things about D&D is that, quite often, the only correct answer is the answer you choose to be the correct one. It's a game. Only the people at your table will ever hear you say the names. There's no D&D Grammar Police to worry about. And heck, since there are so many different races, and cultures, and whatnot in any game setting, it is entirely reasonable that there may be different pronunciations depending on where you go or who you ask. For example, in the homebrew world I'm working on, the dragon Bahamut is pronounced "Ba-HAH'-mut" in the western and northern areas. But in the more ancient and mysterious lands to the southeast, it is pronounced "Ba-- ha-MOOT'".
Sure, we're all playing the same game, but each table is like it's only little quantum plane within that bigger world, so little differences here and there are to be expected. Heck, if I had a nickel for each different pronunciation I've heard of "yuan-ti" I could probably pay off my car.
Whatever you decide is the right answer. Have fun with it!
I have run a few homebrews but am finally delving into a premade campaign with SKT. I have been looking for how to pronounce some of the names, like Hekaton and Iymrith, but am coming up empty. Is there any resource that collects D&D pronunciations? At the very least how do you pronounce those two names specifically?
At first glance I pronounced Hekaton like heck-uh-ton, which sounds ridiculous, but he is a heck a ton of giant.
Iymrith, I was thinking ee-em-rith.
On DDB, if you own the particular book the monster appears in here, the details page contains a sound icon that can be clicked to produce the official pronunciation.
Hekaton is considered a Storm Giant monster and Iymrith a blue dragon, so neither names are "monsters" and thus have no pronunciation in the book.
I would just sound them out, using English pronunciation rules - as you're doing.
If you think the results sound "dumb", you can change the word stress: HECK-a-ton can become hek-AT-on.
Ultimately, it's your world, and your pronunciation - your pronunciation is true to your world - just like my accent isn't a "bad German accent", it's a perfect rendition of the Suavani accent in my world setting! :D
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I changed it to Hekton just because I thought it was ridiculous.
I would pronounce them Hek-a-tawn and Eam-rith.
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Hekaton is a Greek word. I pronounce it heck-a-ton, rhyming with the word on or don, not ton or sun. But that’s just me, and I’m sure actual proper ancient Greek pronunciation is something very exotic with tones.
No idea about the other.
One of the beautiful things about D&D is that, quite often, the only correct answer is the answer you choose to be the correct one. It's a game. Only the people at your table will ever hear you say the names. There's no D&D Grammar Police to worry about. And heck, since there are so many different races, and cultures, and whatnot in any game setting, it is entirely reasonable that there may be different pronunciations depending on where you go or who you ask. For example, in the homebrew world I'm working on, the dragon Bahamut is pronounced "Ba-HAH'-mut" in the western and northern areas. But in the more ancient and mysterious lands to the southeast, it is pronounced "Ba-- ha-MOOT'".
Sure, we're all playing the same game, but each table is like it's only little quantum plane within that bigger world, so little differences here and there are to be expected. Heck, if I had a nickel for each different pronunciation I've heard of "yuan-ti" I could probably pay off my car.
Whatever you decide is the right answer. Have fun with it!
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Love it! As someone whose accents are baaaad, I'm gonna steal that :)