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Offline Warlord

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Different types of mancers?
« on: July 27, 2015, 12:16:00 PM »
Necromancer
Hydromancer
Geomancer
Astromancer
Pyromancer

Any others?
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2015, 12:37:34 PM »
Biomancer?
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2015, 01:49:54 PM »
This should about cover it:

ailuromancer, alectryomancer, aleuromancer, amniomancer, arachnomancer, arithmancer, astromancer, austromancer, belomancer, bibliomancer, ,botanomancer,  capnomancer, cartomancer, cephalomancer, ceraunomancer, chiromancer, chronomancer, cerclomancer, dactylomancer, daemonomancer, daphnomancer, felidomancer, gastromancer, geomancer, gyromancer, halomancer, hieromancer, hippomancer, hydromancer, ichthyomancer, kephalomancer, lampadomancer, lithomancer, logomancer, metopomancer, myomancer, necromancer, oenomancer, oneiromancer, ornithomancer, osteomancer, pedomancer, pegomancer, psychomancer, pyromancer, rhabdomancer,  rhapsodomancer, sciomancer, selenomancer, technomancer, tephramancer, theomancer, zoomancer

And there is, of course, the romancer.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2015, 02:06:23 PM »
Sangromancer! Mechromancer! Somnomancer! Anathemancer! Archeomancer! Auramancer! Mimeomancer! Lethemancer! Ferromancer! Gigantomancer! Electromancer! Flectromancer! Lavamancer! Invisimancer! Ovinomancer! Opheomancer! Retromancer! Cryomancer!
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2015, 02:14:55 PM »
As far as I can see, those are new inventions from various games, with quite some hybrids among them.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2015, 04:08:07 PM »
Hah, your post didn't cover it so you're poking holes in mine now.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2015, 11:02:13 PM »
Mancermancer - he mances other mancers.

Remember, kids; mancers mance mancers.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2015, 11:15:39 PM »


Has the neuromancer been mentioned?
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2015, 07:17:43 AM »
Sanguinemancer? A blood wizard? :blush:
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2015, 07:36:08 AM »
Well, Magic the Gathering has sangromancer (see Syphon's post), other games hemomancer. A more linguistically correct form would be hematomancer (or haematomancer). However, it does not seem to have been a "historical" word in any shape or form.
Edit: I suspect my list above also contains various words that are perhaps historical, but rather fanciful (as people like to fill in what they consider blanks, when making lists).
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2015, 07:50:54 AM »
Quote from: Fidelis von Sigmaringen on July 28, 2015, 07:36:08 AM
Well, Magic the Gathering has sangromancer (see Syphon's post), other games hemomancer. A more linguistically correct form would be hematomancer (or haematomancer). However, it does not seem to have been a "historical" word in any shape or form.

Hematomancer sounds really silly. I like the Sangromancer. Has a nice vibe to it. :-P
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2015, 07:53:28 AM »
Well, it is a kind of romancer.

Edit: I found this website with even more mancers (including hematomancy) and an explanation: http://wordinfo.info/unit/2725/page:1
Again, I suspect, if there is only the explanation of the word itself, the word wil often be a blank filler, rather than a "real" practice. 
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2015, 09:03:05 AM »
How many mancers could a mancer mance if a mancer could mance mancers?
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2015, 09:12:55 AM »
Something to be answered by an arithmomancer...
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2015, 11:37:23 AM »
Or perhaps a puzzlemancer or riddlemancer?
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« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2015, 12:04:34 PM »
That would be an aenigmancer (short for aenigmatomancer). Someone with Oedipal qualities...
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2015, 12:25:17 PM »
What no Tyromancer listed yet, the working of magic and divination with cheese?
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« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2015, 12:37:46 PM »
You will find it on page 15 of the list I linked:

tiromancy, tyromancy: Divination by watching cheese coagulate.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2015, 02:35:03 PM »
what about a Fidelimancer?
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2015, 02:38:08 PM »
That would be a tautology. [Unless you mean felidomancer.]
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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2015, 02:39:38 PM »
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What no Tyromancer listed yet, the working of magic and divination with cheese?

The greatest and most respected form of halfling magic.
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Re: Different types of mancers?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2015, 05:40:59 PM »
Quote from: rufus sparkfire on July 28, 2015, 02:39:38 PM
The greatest and most respected form of halfling magic.

Surely that would be a hotpotomancer ................................  :engel:
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2015, 08:53:43 PM »
I practice divination by interpreting his words and actions. I am a Mancemancer.
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« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2015, 08:54:04 PM »
Doesn't look like a halfling to me...
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