Yeah I gather that you mean basically the WoW version of this.

I'll admit Transmogrify is not my favorite term, both on account of its uncertain etymology (a coy elision of the words 'modify' and 'grotesque' basically, with the prefix 'trans' being rather reduntant there) and also it's pretty uncommon usage in normal language. It's just one of those words that instantly requires a definition if you're not a World of Warcraft player, though I guess it's assumed everyone is heheh. The term implies not just a transformation but also particularly weird or curious or nonsensical sort of transformation.

I suppose what I'm after is something rather more straightforward. Like changing the ridiculously large pauldrons on one set of Platemail, into smaller pauldrons from a suit of Platemail I like more, or sensible stuff of that sort. Whereas transmogrify would be like changing my Platemail into Chaimail, or into a feather cap, or pair of pantaloons or whatever hehe. I guess I can blame Blizzard for that one.

I voted for option 3, since it seemed to sound a bit more like what I wanted, but maybe I'm more option 6 and just don't really realize it lol. My ideal would have enough variety in the defaults that such a thing wouldn't be necessary in the first place, but somehow I doubt that's what I'll get, so I'd lean towards something in that case, but with strong restrictions.

Last edited by Black_Elk; 14/09/22 07:14 PM.