Cool Character Names
SaraBear25
What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
while gaming?
My favs:
Jean-Luc DiBard 1st level human (what else?) bard played by our resident
comedian in our AD&D campaign
Lenny the Gnomeslayer half giant fighter who after a long grueling campaign
that ended in a generous treasure discovered that the only magical weapon that
would fit his big size was a +1 gnomeslayer sword
Envelo Pes: fighter with a 4 Int (a very tired DM was wracking his brain
frantically to name an NPC and snatched up a box of envelopes for inspiration)
Salid Barr the Halfling assassinr: doesn't exactly strike fear into the heart
of the massess
Otis Viles
On 21 Dec 1997 05:58:51 GMT, sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) wrote:
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
>while gaming?
Sai O'Nara
Duncan Donus
Gath the Bawler (read "The Death Dealer" by James Silke to understand)
Cal Amite (swashbuckler)
Hufak (cleric, literally HUman First Aid Kit)
Camille Leon (crossdressing female 1/2 elven thief)
Otis.
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Dave
PJS <P...@winwaed.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
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| On 20/12/97 21:58, in message
<19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
|
| > What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've
run across
| > while gaming?
|
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| Years ago, someone had a Cleric and didn't know what to call him,
so he decided
| on Eric. Eric the Cleric. So then someone else who had a thief
decided that he
| would call him Lief - Lief the Thief. At this point I suggested
that I might
| call my character "Fagicuser", but this was judged a bit too silly.
Page the Mage, perhaps?
--
-Dave
Fairbanks was to Sullivan as Parcells is to Kraft
Dave Brohman
SaraBear25 (sarab...@aol.com) wrote:
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
> while gaming?
Groinhunter: A halfling Fighter with a spike on his nasal helm
Arrgh the Painless: Hobgoblin Fighter
Slobb the Large: My Half-Ogre
Klogg and Thudd: Slobb's brothers
Charity Payne: My Healer character
No-Name and Generic: Nicknames for two Elf PCs with unpronounceable names
Some of the coolest character names I have encountered include:
Morgan Ironwolf: From Basic D&D Redbook, but used for a different
character by my mate John
Borax Skullsplitter: My Archetypical Dwarf Fighter
Hugh MacHugh: My OTHER Archetypical Dwarf Fighter
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"If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little
bastards they are."
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Scott and Corinne
> Years ago, someone had a Cleric and didn't know what to call him, so he decided
> on Eric. Eric the Cleric.
Along the same lines:
My friend Eric was very new to the game, so we created for him "Eric the
Generic Cleric."
--
"I am Homer of Borg. Prepare to be assim...ooh, donuts!"
SaraBear25
Ooo..I forgot my all-time fav!
Melvin (Dramatic Pause) The Elven!
an elven fighter/cleric who hired the party's kender to announce,
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Elven has left the building" whenever he exited
anywhere
dominic nguyen
Dave wrote:
<snip>
>
> --
> -Dave
> Fairbanks was to Sullivan as Parcells is to Kraft
Ilmater the Prestidigitator?
McClure the Abjurerer?
Thorax in a bog?
Three cats and a dog?
..
..
..
Susan?
Seriously (well, considering this thread, as seriously as can be), some
of the best names I can think of are other words re-arranged.
Travis Sunoa Bladil (Villainous Bastard)
Tipyid Aloof (I pity da fool)
Silvan Bar-sieluvei (pronounced SHEEL-vay, apparently) (Elvis lives in
Aruba)
Rand DeFoconn (Cannon Fodder)
Peter Navitor (Native porter)
etc.
And has anyone ever seen the names table in the Dwarves handbook? I
once rolled up the name Thin Moron with that thing :)
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"Even angst-peddlers need to have fun sometimes"
-White Wolf.
ron poirier
SaraBear25 wrote:
>
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
> while gaming?
Dregg Tunroller (grizzled dwarven fighter and barrelmaker)
Bellicose (A gnome illusionist named by a PC who didn't know "bellicose"
was a real word)
Stone Pole ("Alias" adopted by a charlatan PC... Don't ask, I don't
know)
Phallus (NPC cleric henchman)
Ch'ikklatakk (Thri-Kreen fighter)
Gorn (18/00 human fighter... After the Star Trek race)
Belak (18/98 dwarf fighter... After the Star Trek little guy in sphere)
Pherimas Maggot (halfling tunnel rat)
Corvus Delver (High-level NPC Shadow Mage)
- Ron ^*^
Mr. Peabody
sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) wrote:
>Lenny the Gnomeslayer half giant fighter who after a long grueling campaign
>that ended in a generous treasure discovered that the only magical weapon that
>would fit his big size was a +1 gnomeslayer sword
I still have Lenny! I can across his Character Sheet yesterday.
Mr. Peabody
I suppose they still sing songs about the great tribble hunt!
PJS
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
> while gaming?
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Years ago, someone had a Cleric and didn't know what to call him, so he decided
Forumite
Goody, I'm glad this thread is around again. I'll share my characters' names
for all the new people.
All are human except for Chai and Bailiff
Bolero - Illusionist named after the classical piece by Maurice Ravel, my
favorite of all classical music.
Judge Reinhold - Priest of Justice named after the actor because of the name.
Bailiff Wapner - Half-Elf fighter follower/friend of Judge gained through the
Knight Card from the Deck of Many Things. A "bailiff" for "judge" and Wapner
from people's Court.
Sacapeta - Druid named after two acronyms. Student Action Coalition for
Animals, a whacko animal rights group at my alma mater & People for the Ethical
Treatment fo Animals, the whackiest of all animal rights groups.
Chai - Lawful Good Skeleton Undead priest of the Grim Reaper named after the
Hebrew word for "life".
Adric Navar - My He-Man fighter/priest of Osiris dual-class with three 18's in
ST, DX, and CO. Named after Adric from Doctor Who and Navar from Ladyhawk.
Gilbert Sullivan - Paladin of Ishtar, goddess of healing and protection made up
by my current GM (not the actual name of course). Named after Gilbert from
Anne of Green Gables and Sullivan because of Gilbert & Sullivan. A fellow
player who plays Gilbert's younger sister came up with Sullivan.
Rekovin - Named after an anagram of what he is, an Invoker.
Gerald Katz
High stats != bad roleplaying
Bruce A. Lausch
ron poirier wrote:
> Belak (18/98 dwarf fighter... After the Star Trek little guy in
> sphere)
>
Funny thing is I believe this can be an actual dwarven name derived from
the Dwarves' Deep book. In fact my character was named Belak Bladebite
but became Bela after an unfortunate gender change.
Just My 2 cents
Otis Viles
On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:01:22 -0800, dominic nguyen
<ngu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Thorax in a bog?
>Three cats and a dog?
>..
>..
>..
>Susan?
Now you're just being silly. How juvenile.
-- Thrakkorzog. (with a 'k')
Jeff Stehman
Bruce A. Lausch (bla...@redrose.net) wrote:
> In fact my character was named Belak Bladebite
> but became Bela after an unfortunate gender change.
Blade bit the wrong way?
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NoelDog
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
>while gaming?
>
>
Smokey The Druid (not named so after is fire fighting skills but
after what he did with his favorite herb
garden)
Keven Simmons
E. Gadfly Gazortenblatz - gnome locksmith (i.e. thief). Other party members
take great delight in exclaiming "E. Gad!" whenever he fails his remove
traps roll...
SaraBear25 wrote in message
<19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
across
>while gaming?
>
>My favs:
>
>Jean-Luc DiBard 1st level human (what else?) bard played by our resident
>comedian in our AD&D campaign
>
>Lenny the Gnomeslayer half giant fighter who after a long grueling
campaign
>that ended in a generous treasure discovered that the only magical weapon
that
>would fit his big size was a +1 gnomeslayer sword
>
lan nguyen
Otis Viles wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:01:22 -0800, dominic nguyen
> <ngu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >Thorax in a bog?
> >Three cats and a dog?
> >..
> >..
> >..
> >Susan?
>
> Now you're just being silly. How juvenile.
> -- Thrakkorzog. (with a 'k')
*ahem* For your Tick information, it's "Now you're doing it on purpose.
How childish." Or that's as close as my muddled mind can get it.
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"Brains! Eat Brains!"
-Thakkorzog's tongue, "The Tick vs. The Common Cold"
MnPSharkey
Ergo - the cross-dressing,CG, somewhat over-educated, male half-ogre
(A "DM-PC" found in *my* re-version of the "Castle Amber" module)
Mike Sharkey
MnPSh...@aol.com
We may sympathize with a child who is afraid of the dark,
but the tragedy of life is that most people are afraid of the light.
Running O
In my current party, we have a Xixchil (not sure on spelling) named Raymond and
a Thri-Kreen named Zorak. Fans of Space Ghost, of course.
-Chad Ghostal, the eight-armed Dune Elf blade master.
Klaatu B. Nikto
In article <19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) writes:
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
>while gaming?
There has been:
Joelarryndave -- Named because the player couldn't decide which name to keep so
kept them all. ;)
Nomen Klature
Akuna Matata -- Shortly after The Lion King came out.
Indigo Bloo
Humperdink H. Humperdink III -- BTW, middle name is also Humperdink.
Rupert Ignascious Pendelton
Avedredge -- Named for the average scores, none higher than 10.
Rancor -- Minotaur who was later nicknamed "Ground Chuck" after falling to his death.
Guido -- Because of his similarity to Strong Guy from X-Factor (both big slabs of muscle)
Friar Puck
Klaatu Barada Nikto -- The magic words from Army of Darkness and everyone had a hard
time saying the last name too. ;) (Nik*cough* *cough* *cough*)
Klaatu
Keith Davies
On 22 Dec 1997 19:22:17 GMT, noe...@aol.com (NoelDog) wrote:
>Smokey The Druid (not named so after is fire fighting skills but
> after what he did with his favorite herb
> garden)
Peyote's cousin? (read The Adventurers for an explanation...)
Keith
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Threshold
Treestump Swiftsword.
He was a half-orc fighter. The main reason we dug the name was it had a
funny contradiction to it.
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Sean Dunlap
thre...@counseltech.com (Threshold) wrote:
>Treestump Swiftsword.
>
>He was a half-orc fighter. The main reason we dug the name was it had a
>funny contradiction to it.
>
>-Aristotle@Threshold
>
Hugh Jhass. A gnome fighter/thief enforcer for the Lollipop Guild.
Sean
Dominic Nguyen
Sorry 'bout the incorrect identity, my sister's been using the computer
lately and she forgot to put my ident back.
Ohnanka
> In article <19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) writes:
> >What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
across
> >while gaming?
Probably the most funny in joke was the NPC called Dave.
Not funny on its own, but when the DM was so unprepared with names, it was
hillarious as NPC after NPC got the same name, there was dave the baker,
dave the man-at-arms, dave the dodgy guide and dave the merchant.
You had to be there.
CHaiNSaW
SaraBear25 wrote:
>
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
> while gaming?
>
>
> Jean-Luc DiBard 1st level human (what else?) bard played by our resident
> comedian in our AD&D campaign
>
> Lenny the Gnomeslayer half giant fighter who after a long grueling campaign
> that ended in a generous treasure discovered that the only magical weapon that
> would fit his big size was a +1 gnomeslayer sword
>
> Envelo Pes: fighter with a 4 Int (a very tired DM was wracking his brain
> frantically to name an NPC and snatched up a box of envelopes for inspiration)
>
> Salid Barr the Halfling assassinr: doesn't exactly strike fear into the heart
> of the massess
The last character I played was a Minotaur named Jim. He was a cursed
human, and had been named by his Tribespeople Snapentewah. He was
skinny for a Minotaur, and therefor nicknamed "Slim."
He was known as Snapentewah "Slim" Jim.
CHaiNSaW DRaGoN
Coo...@juno.com
Otis Viles
>*ahem* For your Tick information, it's "Now you're doing it on purpose.
>How childish." Or that's as close as my muddled mind can get it.
Ack. We're both wrong and both right.
"Now you're doing it on purpose. How juvenile."
Jeff Stehman
Ohnanka (DIn...@rsc.co.uk) wrote:
> Probably the most funny in joke was the NPC called Dave.
> Not funny on its own, but when the DM was so unprepared with names, it was
> hillarious as NPC after NPC got the same name, there was dave the baker,
> dave the man-at-arms, dave the dodgy guide and dave the merchant.
"What's your name, son?"
"Bob."
"That's kind of confusing. Mind if we call you Dave?"
Matt Hinze
>"What's your name, son?"
>"Bob."
>"That's kind of confusing. Mind if we call you Dave?"
That's sort of what happened to our party's (The Slayers of All Things
Nasty) leader. Verkingetterix obtained a sentient sword and asked it
it's name. The sword's name was something absolutely inpronounceable,
so Verkingetterix said, "Mind if I call you Ned?" "No, I don't mind,"
it replied, "but only if I can call you Bob."
Matt
DuaneVP
>Klaatu Barada Nikto -- The magic words from Army of Darkness and everyone had
>a hard
> time saying the last name too. ;) (Nik*cough* *cough* *cough*)
Just thought I'd enlighten you - those words are _originally_ from the
movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still". It was the command Klaatu had set up
that would stop his robot from destroying the Earth if something went wrong.
Definitely one of the best classic Sci-Fi films and required viewing.
Well, okay, not required but certainly recommended.
Duane VanderPol
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas Watson, IBM
Chairman, 1943
Gregory Bernath
Gutboy Barrelhouse. You know, the dwarf from the combat example
in the 1st edition DMG.
Module G123 had some -- well, _interesting_ names.
Faffle Dwe'o-mercraft
Beek Gwenders of Croodle
Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter
(Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter? Whoa. Sounds like EGG was up at 4AM
after one too many Mountain Dews.)
--
Greg Bernath gber...@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Nathan Burgoine
One of the characters in my group, a half-elf named Bor Hobot (his real
name was Rob Booth, *there's* creativity for you) who was a transmuter,
found out he had heart troubles and would die fairly young unless he found
a magical solution, and was becoming somewhat scared and turning to more
and more desperate plans. I had a future version of himself, with a
magical item that could give him more time, come back in time (his future
self was old, disfigured, and somewhat nastier, since he'd done horrid
things to ensure he'd still live). He was missing a finger, an eye, and
so forth. Anyway, he wasn't recognizable. One of the clues was that his
"name" (alias) was Emit Otemoc (Time to come). He didn't notice.
On a similar note, my friend Mark's character is Karm. Andrea is Dreana.
Jason is Sajon. And, so, with my next NPC, I made Thanan.
It's actually an easy way to make realistic sounding fantasy names.
'Nathan
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Pierre Lepage
Here are the names of the PCs and some NPCs from my campaign:
Guyzilion Del Portos: A swashbuckling chaotic thief who believes that he is
the best thief in the universe (his standard introduction line is:"Have you
ever heard of Guyzilion Del Portos?")
Myst De la Vatchesmas: An ex mystic who is now a ranger. He comes from the
far off land of Tabot near the Yehimal mountains.
Nyrym of Theubazdeus: A human priest (collector) of Theubazdeus, god of
hoarding and collecting. A greedy mercenary priest who holds (in a very
tight hand) the purse strings of the party.
Soris Rockfeller: A dwarven fighter/psionicist who just loves his crossbows
and killing trolls.
Rikus Blacklock: A human mage that has toasted more orcs than anybody but
him can count.
Tania Dragonbane: A strong lady from Cormyr who is definitely not a
pushover.
Hokus of Tempus: A true follower of Tempus. Will fight 9 times out of 10
(even when not necessary).
Rhavinder Darkwind: An ex-cleric of Lathander who was transformed into a
vampire. He was subsequently healed and became a thief with a shadowy
streak.
Kaelar the Just: A brave and noble paladin of Torm. She is the party's
conscience, when they listen to her.
Robert Baldwin Orthwein
Nathan Burgoine sez:
>On a similar note, my friend Mark's character is Karm. Andrea is
>Dreana. Jason is Sajon. And, so, with my next NPC, I made Thanan.
>
>It's actually an easy way to make realistic sounding fantasy names.
Yup yup. I will never forget my friend Corey playing "Yeroc the
deathbringer". And in a Marvel campaign one Mark Miller ran a
character named Kram Rellim.
An old friend of mine had this habit of appending character names
with -axe. Azeaxe, Thaenaeaxe, Aleaxe, Caeraxe, etc.
I played a detective who introduced himself as David Vincent Robert
Quillain P.I. His name was obviously too long, so of all things he was
nicknamed (by the other PCs) SweePea.
Some friends decided to resurrect an old Ravenloft campaign that I
hadn't previously played in. The DM's arch-villain (pride and joy) was
Baron Von Shaethys. One of the players who was returning to the
campaign couldn't remember his own PC's name at first, then thought for
a second that *he* had played a character named Shaethys. The DM tried
to jog his memory reminding him that Shaethys was the arch villain.
But this particular player wasn't sure, he thought it was something...
Shay, Shuh, Sheh... Shash kin? "Yeah," he sez, "I think his name
was Shashkyn. Baron Shashkyn." (it wasn't, I never found out what it
was). The player stuck with 'Baron Shashkyn', much to everyone's
amusement, cuz the word, shashkyn, sounds like something a drunken
munchkin would say. (AAMOF, this player was often a drunken munchkin
;) )
I made my evil drow for the same campaign and named him Alzen
Baerdulaen. The DM didn't tell me right away, but the arch villain's
first name was Alzen, (I thought wrongly that it was Baron, which it
was in the case of Shashkyn).
A friend who's a big hockey buff named a character after two hockey
players, Bryndamoor Mc Tavish. This same friend and I tried to pool
our imaginations and started brainstorming a list of names to aid in
character generation. For just about everyone we've ever played with
has said that name generation is the hardest part of character
creation.
So far, no one has succumbed to the urge to play a character named
Hugh G. Rekshun. Hugh Jhass sounded pretty cool though. :)
....Just Watch Jet Jockey in Action!!!....
-SKULL 1-
Nathan Burgoine
The whole "Anagram" game got out of control in one episode of our
campaign. I decided that I was going to have all the NPCs (granted, there
weren't that many) have variations on my name: Nathan.
There was Nantha the ranger, Thanan the water-wizard, Tahnan (pronounced:
Tay-nan) the arena-warrior, Tan'Han the barbarian, Nanath the thief, and
Natahn, the necromancer. The players didn't notice. :)
'Nathan
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A man said to the universe, "Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe, "The fact
has not created in me a sense of obligation."
-- Stephen Crane
Chris Barnabo
My players *still* (remarkably) haven't figured out the true identity of the
mysterious and sometimes helpful wizard Emanon. In an upcoming adventure,
they'll no doubt encounter the mage S'irhc Obanrab as well.
Spelling common things backwards has always been a source of names for me ...
in fact, their current adventure is set in the city of S'Reg Tur (it only took
three weeks for the Rutgers graduate in the group to figure that one out).
-- Chris ________*________ Chris Barnabo, iri...@ibm.net
____________ \_______________/ www.geocities.com/~cejb
\__________/ / /
__\ \_______/ /__ "The heck with the Prime Directive,
\_______________/(- let's destroy something!"
Dominic Nguyen
Otis Viles wrote:
>
> On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:12:34 -0800, lan nguyen
> <lng...@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> >*ahem* For your Tick information, it's "Now you're doing it on purpose.
> >How childish." Or that's as close as my muddled mind can get it.
>
> Ack. We're both wrong and both right.
> "Now you're doing it on purpose. How juvenile."
>
> Otis.
Thanks. I haven't seen that episode in a year (damn it, my area doesn't
get Comedy Central on cable ;_;)
William J. Leary Jr.
I've only played AD&D twice (I usually DM).
I don't know if it's cool, but it was accurate.
My first character was named Terrible Teddy. He was a powerful fighter who
was nice to anyone he wasn't killing. And didn't have a clue what to do
with women, except rescue them. He died protecting the party from a giant
spider.
My second was Markus Palomar the Seventh, Teddy's older brother, who came
looking for him and joined the party's quest after discovering Teddy's
untimely end. He eventually married another character (the DM's girl friend
actually... it was a bit weird).
- Bill
Terry
SaraBear25 <sarab...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
across
> while gaming?
I'm a fan of the real life name "Ufuk Alpay" (a DuPont engineer).
If you think about it, his name sounds like a sentence....
Terry
Dominic Nguyen <ngu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<34A13A...@ix.netcom.com>...
Where is Han Solo when you need him?
Paul
A number of years ago I was at a Con in Blacksburg VA and played a character
called Imtoo Fargon.
When I DMed U3 Yvonne played a mermond (mermaid) named Madison ala Splash.
Megan often played a Ranger named Sumthing Erlee.
Tracy played a character called Sara Lee.
Andy played an elf named Keebler Underwood.
Sayan played a highland gnome (akin to the standard gnome) mage named Gdug
Ghenning (silent 'G's).
C.J. played a lowland gnome (akin to a hobbit or halfling) thief named Frito
Bandito.
Ken had a human fighter named Rossis from Livre who dreamed of being
knighted so he could be Sir Rossis deLivre.
Kathy's elf priestess Fealin Ereb was sometimes called Fealin Groovy.
A popular nemesis in my games is the NPC hobgoblin fighter/priest Jayre
Farwell.
*The Forever Man*
On 24 Dec 1997 11:45:19 GMT, sku...@ix.netcom.com(Robert Baldwin
Orthwein) wrote:
>
> So far, no one has succumbed to the urge to play a character named
>Hugh G. Rekshun. Hugh Jhass sounded pretty cool though. :)
>
> ....Just Watch Jet Jockey in Action!!!....
> -SKULL 1-
>
>
I know a guy that named a character Pat McKrotch.
AlienEd42
Subject:re:Cool character names
From:Alie...@aol.com
Date:fri.,dec. 26, 1997 22:48 Est
Message id:<DDDDDD...@log.muet>>
I havec one name,Xentranus:a very strong Mage That Beat up the high magec at
ponthalis(a city i created). Almostv too strong
Derek Harmon
SaraBear25 <sarab...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
> across
> while gaming?
"Stonelight" is the coolest name for a cool chubby little dwarf
with a mean temperament around orcs. It certainly beats what I called
my first PC (ever).. an Elf named after a brand of apple-juice who was
mercifully torn apart by a ghoul at 2nd level so he wouldn't be
ridiculed at conventions. 3:)>
Another cool name was "Astrognome" the illusionist/thief.
He was from Houston, you see ...
-- Stonelight
Michael Schloss
: On 20/12/97 21:58, in message <19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
: SaraBear25 <sarab...@aol.com> wrote:
: > What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
: > while gaming?
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A friend of mine named a female fighter character of his
"Azora Swiftblow" and didn't understand why the rest of use were rolling
on the floor laughing until we explained it to him.
Some other favorites of mine:
Willowbranch Thistlepenguin
Johann von Strausspenis
Inglebert Humperpudding
- Mike
Jeff Salus
> What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
across
> while gaming?
One of the coolest names I ever came across was a villain's (and he was a
way-cool villain, too!)
Amargen Wraithlord
(btw, Amargen rhymes w/ "a bargain")
- Dogtag
Threshold
I'll toss in a couple from my campaign:
Mithril Elsenore - an elven weaponsmith
Ferrous Malraun - a dwarvern armorer
Emirikol the Chaotic - a barkeep (does that name sound familiar? *grin*)
Cindrax, Champion of Set - an elven champion that kicks major butt
Valinor the Illusionist
Maelstrom the Archmage and Sage
Cobalt the Fighter
avery
bk...@torfree.net (Michael Schloss) writes:
>: On 20/12/97 21:58, in message <19971221055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
>: SaraBear25 <sarab...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>: > while gaming?
>: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>A friend of mine named a female fighter character of his
> "Azora Swiftblow" and didn't understand why the rest of use were rolling
>on the floor laughing until we explained it to him.
>
>Some other favorites of mine:
>
>Willowbranch Thistlepenguin
>
>Johann von Strausspenis
>
>Inglebert Humperpudding
>
>- Mike
>
Aardy R. DeVarque
sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) wrote:
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
>while gaming?
I've got a rule that any character I play does not have a successful name
unless at least one other player (preferably the GM) groans the first time
they hear it. Rule #2: the name has to also be playable/repeatable, so as
to not *detract/distract* [too much] from the game.
Some of my characters (usually best if pronounced out loud):
Aar D'Varkh (big dumb fighter)
Bah Raen (big not-too-dumb fighter)
Elron Hubbard dela Quisenart (munchkin elf with 18/93 STR, ambidex., 2-weap
style, 2 long swords, specialized in long sword. He quickly discovered how
to "slice with one and dice with the other", and added the last half to his
name)
Henning Blackstone (Illusionist)
Others I've seen:
Thumper Hilltrot (halfling fighter specialised in halberd. Don't ask.)
Aurora Lothlorien (female paladin)
Grunk (half-ogre specialized in boot-to-the-head.)
Anna N. Radclith (cleric; name is an anagram of the player's name)
Rand Althemyan (swashbuckling half-elf with a sense for fashion)
John Mordenkainen, Jr. ("no relation")
Morjaz "the Horse f*****"... oops, that's what everyone *else* called him ;)
(the player often had to skip sessions, so the character kept getting left
"guarding the horses"...and the other players started wondering about him)
Aardy R. DeVarque
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Garry Bryan
Threshold (thre...@counseltech.com) wrote:
: I'll toss in a couple from my campaign:
: Mithril Elsenore - an elven weaponsmith
: Ferrous Malraun - a dwarvern armorer
: Emirikol the Chaotic - a barkeep (does that name sound familiar? *grin*)
: Cindrax, Champion of Set - an elven champion that kicks major butt
: Valinor the Illusionist
: Maelstrom the Archmage and Sage
: Cobalt the Fighter
I had an old chart that was good for creating random names. Some of my favorites
were Cholandar Bunal and Revi Ledak. I can look for it and post it if others
like. More "average" names used were Nosmo King, Fubar, and Fritz the Blitz. . .
Garry (%^{>
Aardy R. DeVarque
bk...@torfree.net (Michael Schloss) wrote:
>A friend of mine named a female fighter character of his
> "Azora Swiftblow" and didn't understand why the rest of use were rolling
>on the floor laughing until we explained it to him.
Along the same lines, I once threatened my players that I'd bring in a
dwarven NPC named "Hymen Firehammer".
(The best part of it is, that's a real name! I found it in one of those
interminable lists of people who donated money to my university at some
time.
Of course, one of my players immediately countered that this dwarf's wife
must be the (in)famous PlayDwarf model, Vanessa Columnforger.
:)
MnPSharkey
nbur...@chat.carleton.ca (Nathan Burgoine) wrote:
Message-id: <67qmie$7...@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca>
<snips>
>On a similar note, my friend Mark's character is Karm. Andrea is Dreana.
>Jason is Sajon. And, so, with my next NPC, I made Thanan.
>It's actually an easy way to make realistic sounding fantasy names.
Hmmm.. I've done some similar stuff with some of my characters
(and characters of fellow players with ...ummm... name deficiency
syndrome)
Mix n' match blocks of letters from your name:
Ie: Michael Sharkey - - - Aelshar was one of the best
elven fighter/mages our campaign saw for a long time.
My girlfriend (now wife) got herself a "witch" character with
the tag of "Lyssmar" - - then blew it entirely by naming her
cat-familiar "Blacky".
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almost human, but i'll never be the same
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When the only tool you own is a hammer,
every problem begins to resemble a nail. -- Abraham Maslow
Ohnanka
> nbur...@chat.carleton.ca (Nathan Burgoine) wrote:
> Message-id: <67qmie$7...@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca>
>
> <snips>
> >On a similar note, my friend Mark's character is Karm. Andrea is
Dreana.
> >Jason is Sajon. And, so, with my next NPC, I made Thanan.
>
> >It's actually an easy way to make realistic sounding fantasy names.
>
Once, in my early gaming days, my DM had total creative block, so just took
my
name and just altered the end, I became 'Michaelleon'
Chris Tutty
sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) wrote:
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run across
>while gaming?
Unlaw Fullentri - NPC theif / burglar
From the campaign log...
Best hobbit name: Sassy Dumbfinkle
Best name change: Slug (grunt fighter) becomes Limax Agrestis
(latin name for the carnivorous snail)
Best Orcish name: Crang Headwailer (player-created ruling: all
orcs must be named with the sounds of battle). Character sheet
written in black crayon.
Worst orchish name: Mucus Scumsucker (my half-orc priest of disease -
carried a mace called 'The holy fist of Yurtrus'. Was given a
venereal disease by Crang for his birthday).
Worst name: Elvish Priestly (halfelven priest of Dionysus)
Also ran: Questa De Latrine
With a special award to the character with more name than experience:
Leofindis Lennin Ivanovitch Chenuenko Timoshenka ('Tim'), whose
creation required the following new skills:
- Ideological Conversion
- Avoiding Capitalist Dogma
- Revolutionary Fervour
- Tracking the Scent of Worker Oppression
and a spell:
- Detect Capitialist Oppression
Forumite
In an Ars Magica campaign, my Magus Merinita was named Hermione Humperstumper -
a real name found in the phone book nearly 20 years ago that I never forgot.
When she had a son, I named him Hadsil Scumfincor. Hadsil was an acronym of
the first letters of the names of all the Magi in the covenant and the last
name was an acronym of the first syllable of the three Companions at the time,
including the infamous Scumminous Dregg.
Gerald Katz
High stats != bad rolepaying
Johnny Ziskiend
Forumite wrote in message
>Gerald Katz
>High stats != bad rolepaying
>
Not always, and remember, Low stats do not equal good roleplaying.
Dave Brohman
Chris Tutty (ctu...@manawatu.gen.nz) wrote:
> Best Orcish name: Crang Headwailer (player-created ruling: all
> orcs must be named with the sounds of battle). Character sheet
> written in black crayon.
I have come up with a few good Goblin names over the years:
Gobnuts Fartinglory Privybreath
Slackbladder Pisstool Heinous MacAnus
Toerag Pizel Fartwort
Stopgobber Stabim Dunghunger
Smegma Sphinxter Bogwaddle
Dogswallow Bugbuggerer Diddler
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bastards they are."
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In article <88387452...@news.manawatu.gen.nz>, ctu...@manawatu.gen.nz
(Chris Tutty) wrote:
<snipped other interesting names>
> Worst name: Elvish Priestly (halfelven priest of Dionysus)
This reminded me of my bard Elvish Partly, a half-elf who carried a guitar
around with him. His best hit...'ain't nothin' but a half-elf,cryin' all
the time... or Don't step on my blue suede boots. I also had a figure
for this guy complete with the blue suede boots!! Tremendous laugh when I
brought him out.
L8R ALO
nobeard
On 5 Jan 1998 03:35:38 GMT, dbro...@chat.carleton.ca (Dave Brohman)
wrote:
Hi,
> I have come up with a few good Goblin names over the years:
> Toerag
Long Dark Tea-Time of the soul?
Greetz.
DD.
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nobeard (nob...@xs4all.nl) wrote:
> On 5 Jan 1998 03:35:38 GMT, dbro...@chat.carleton.ca (Dave Brohman)
> wrote:
> > I have come up with a few good Goblin names over the years:
> > Toerag
> Long Dark Tea-Time of the soul?
Don't think so, though maybe subconsciously. It has been years since I
have I read that book. I don't like to mess up signed first editions
(gloat gloat :)
Dominic Nguyen
Dave Brohman wrote:
<snip>
> > Long Dark Tea-Time of the soul?
>
> Don't think so, though maybe subconsciously. It has been years since I
> have I read that book. I don't like to mess up signed first editions
> (gloat gloat :)
Bastard... I have to settle for my signed Demon Awakens unedited
manuscript...
Dave Brohman
Dominic Nguyen
Dave Brohman wrote:
>
> Dominic Nguyen (ngu...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> > Dave Brohman wrote:
>
> > > > Long Dark Tea-Time of the soul?
> > >
> > > Don't think so, though maybe subconsciously. It has been years since I
> > > have I read that book. I don't like to mess up signed first editions
> > > (gloat gloat :)
>
> > Bastard... I have to settle for my signed Demon Awakens unedited
> > manuscript...
>
> What is "Demon Awakens"?
A non-Drizzt R.A. Salvatore book. I haven't read it yet, though... not
enough time. Well, okay, I've had plenty of time, but I'm lazy.
Michael F Schleigh
I have always loved my gnomish buffoon by the name of Vaudeville
Chucklegirth Guffaw aND THEN THERE WERE THE dAWRVEN TWINS mOAN & gROAN.
:)
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"God looks out for Drunks, Children, and the United States of America."
- Winston Churchill
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~schleigh
"Sometimes you have to act crazy just to stay sane."
WRBL-TV
Rolled a character and rolled up nothing but 10's and 9's so
scribbled down next to it "Average".....then split it in half "Aver
Age"....then placed a J and H in front of each:
Javer Hage
I looked at it and really liked it.
Paladin: Sir Ranseur
Thief: Fionna Grey
innkeeper: Pub Dorin
mage: Erith Orion
ranger: Finn Greylan
ranger: Arrowmark
thief: Blacklunas
I like to base my names on celtic, british, irish past...
Nick Ashley
Ive got one
I called my character Fredrick Buckfart the third
Andy Roberts - Etrigan
On 5 Jan 1998, Dave Brohman wrote:
> Chris Tutty (ctu...@manawatu.gen.nz) wrote:
>
> I have come up with a few good Goblin names over the years:
>
> Gobnuts Fartinglory Privybreath
> Slackbladder Pisstool Heinous MacAnus
> Toerag Pizel Fartwort
> Stopgobber Stabim Dunghunger
> Smegma Sphinxter Bogwaddle
> Dogswallow Bugbuggerer Diddler
>
Pretty good, but it doesn't top the half-orc assassin/priest named
"Snorcious Maximus" worshipper of the orcish "God of Killin Elves."
He had a sword +2 that worked as a vorpal sword against elves. He named it
"Geldelf".
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Steven Taylor
Somebody let loose with:
> >What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
>
> across
> >while gaming?
IMC, dwarven names are very odd to the human ear. For example:
Maabus Throckwaddle Svartsvbart
the son of Throckwaddle Grumfelter Svarstbart
the brother of Wellfast Grumfelter and Brockhurst Grumfelter Svartsbart
The naming convention is GivenName Father'sName ClanName
If a dwarf's player wants a common sounding name like "Johnathan" or
"Robert", they can take it, but other dwarves will look at them as if
their parents must have been crazed.
Steven Taylor
MikeNealis
Okay... just to add to the fun and laughter, a few of my characters and NPCs
from a game I'm playing in.
Quigley McLure - Halfling Fighter anyone ever been "down under"??
Harry Krishna - half-elven cleric/ranger "are you lost?"
James Bard - secret agent man
The main baddie's name in the campaing I'm playing in is Derrek Ohime. He
heads the Order of Random Chaos. Think of the acronym people.
Thanks Dan for the great campaign!! Hi to all in the Guild
Mike "Girls just want to be friends" Nealis
TCC - go ahead, ask me what it means
Silvas
I once played an evil dwarf named Gangpole Buttreamer.......he was a nasty
little devil. He collected the peni of all his male kills and kept them on
a leather thong around his neck. He would sell them to a magic user who
used them to make love potions. Quite a lucrative side line, helped him
out of several tight money jams.
--
Silvas
Nick Ashley <jack...@teleport.com> wrote in article
<01bd1b04$b72f6e40$7d77a3ce@default>...
> Ive got one
>
> I called my character Fredrick Buckfart the third
>
dave
>>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run >>across while gaming?
here is a list from my various gaming groups over the years:
Amble Stickyfingers- a halfling thief
Stabby Killmore- an assassin
Mog- a fighter with an intelligence of 4
Jiffipop Takesumoor- my halfling thief( i was really pressed to come
up with a name!)
Hapifeet Mostungoode- anti- paladin from the same session
Bestus Activitibus- a drow gladiator
Ugh- my tribal shaman(using the savage wizard kit from the Wiz
handbook). He had a ring with the neatest command words ever given
to me by a DM(it would produce rations("Cooka de good
grubyummy") and find direction("A whichaway de gohuh")
Execrable Accrue- belonged to my friend Bruce. He was a witch
in Ravenloft who turned out to be a vampire. The
character was named by the "power" that provided his spells.
the dictionary defines "execrable" as "to be
cursed" and "accrue" means "to come to be"
Brother of 14 Sons of 2 Parents- another of Bruce's. what makes it
even funnier is that he said it's pronounced "Fonky Fonky
Leroy".
HSteiner1
Im Artikel <01bd1d65$e87dc1a0$cb6d0fd0@win95>, "Silvas"
<sil...@cyber-wizard.com> schreibt:
>I once played an evil dwarf named Gangpole Buttreamer.......he was a nasty
>little devil. He collected the peni of all his male kills and kept them on
>a leather thong around his neck. He would sell them to a magic user who
>used them to make love potions. Quite a lucrative side line, helped him
>out of several tight money jams.
>--
>Silvas
>
Thats a joke, i hope...
Best name of mine for a Wizard in Desert of Desolation was
"Ach al Bass ibn al Sarah"
means roughly translated something like
"Brother of the cat and son of the Desert".
Aedric Maeras
Lord Mage of Roesone
Undead Master
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Axes High!
I tend to avoid pun names, but I have has such wonderful luck with
the random name generation tables in teh Dwarves handbook that I just
had to keep them:
For my my Dwarven sharpshooter I rolled up Faraim, I later decided
that the correct Dwarven pronounciation for his name was Fa-raim and the
humans kept mispronouncing it. It made for more interesting role play
situations. (He made it to 5th level before he ever had to use a melee
weapon in combat.)
For my half-Dwarf Bouncer I rolled up Kilur. He worked in the Spill
and Swill in Ravensbluff.
Dale
Si hoc obstat, dejectum sit - If it's in the way let it be knocked down
Dominic Nguyen
LeoLion wrote:
>
> >Bastard... I have to settle for my signed Demon Awakens unedited
> >manuscript...
>
> my web page (and so I can beg him for more Drizzt Do'Urden books. Now that TSR
> is under new management, he might be willing to rejoin them.)
Actually, he just popped up at the book store my sister worked at, and
signed a few books. The signature says- "You have a great sister-
appreciate her!" :)
Derek Becker
LeoLion wrote:
>
> I called my character "Tindor Steelblade, the Paladin of Shadowdale, the
> Mon'Thall, the Champion of Torm, He Who Has Been Touched by Torm, Bearer of the
> Mark of Legend!"
While not as grandiose, my favorite name has always been: "Juan Tumany".
Derek
bec...@erols.com
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
LeoLion
I called my character "Tindor Steelblade, the Paladin of Shadowdale, the
Mon'Thall, the Champion of Torm, He Who Has Been Touched by Torm, Bearer of the
Mark of Legend!"
(I think we all know which god I chose to venerate <G>)
I also called my sword "Dragonboon, Holy Avenger of the Golden Orb, Sword of
Sunscale!".
After about 50 or so introductions, everyone started yelling at me to quit it.
BTW: He's now dead. My current character is "Leo, Son of Rofelin" (a wemic
ranger). He, too, wields Dragonboon.
LeoLion
Jason Hatter
LeoLion (leo...@aol.com) wrote:
: my web page (and so I can beg him for more Drizzt Do'Urden books. Now that TSR
You mean, like the one that's being released in August or September of
this year?
Check the TSR webpage, under the FR section, for more info.
--
Jason
http://www.cris.com/~towonder/
Sailor Moon V at http://www.cris.com/~towonder/fanfic.shtml
Paul Zoski
For all you math geeks out there:
Effenafex Vorenien
(Read aloud)
My all time worst was a fighter named Orcmeat. THe party was battling
orcs, and inevitably my character died on the first encounter. I'd roll
a new character, and the same thing would happen. After several hours
and sevearl characters late, I just called one Orcmeat. OF course, he
lived.
--
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Office: Math House - 417 Columbia Dr. WWW: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~pjz1
Office Phone: (606)-257-2462 Fax: (606)-257-4078
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls
and ate up their brains and imagination?
----Allen Ginsburg, "Howl Part II"
Aardy R. DeVarque
aa...@anet-chi.NOJUNK.com (Aardy R. DeVarque) wrote:
>sarab...@aol.com (SaraBear25) wrote:
>
>>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names you've run
>>acrosswhile gaming?
>
>unless at least one other player (preferably the GM) groans the first time
>they hear it. Rule #2: the name has to also be playable/repeatable, so as
>to not *detract/distract* [too much] from the game.
Just came up with another for a game that started this past weekend:
Coor Firewater (dwarven thief/fighter--and no, he does *not* have a
drinking problem! ;) )
Aardy R. DeVarque
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Garry Bryan
In a campaign I ran we were up against an known entity named THE HEART OF EVIL.
Everytime the name was muttered out of thin air would come a DA DA DA DUM. It
was fun because if as the DM I forgot to do it some one else in the group would
remember. It came in handy to frighten NPC's as it would resound even if the
name was whispered. . .
Garry
941...@student.ul.ie
In article <19980114005...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
leo...@aol.com (LeoLion) wrote:
>
> I called my character "Tindor Steelblade, the Paladin of Shadowdale, the
> Mon'Thall, the Champion of Torm, He Who Has Been Touched by Torm, Bearer of
the
> Mark of Legend!"
Wierd! Is he any relation to John Steelblade, the Paladin of Shadowdale,
the Mon'Thall, the Champion of Torm, He Who Has Been Touched by Torm,
Bearer of the Mark of Legend!?
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zendill
Here are some character names we have used in our group:
Nokando MacLaphroig - scotish inspired fighter
Radar Bantagard MacLaphroig - as above
Sir Ursus - Paladine
Masculini - a sneaky thief (the i's should be pronounced as the i in Isreal)
Powar - a fireball focused wizard
Pontius Pax - monk
Melonia - female cleric (god of love)
Butch - ranger
Gary Who? - psionicist, who believed that he was world famous (which he of
course was not)
Corto del Clingone - paladine (the e should be pronounced as the e in Edisson)
Morgan Gate - priest who loved creating gates of all sorts
Greatings from
Zendill
Dougmander
zendill wrote:
LOL! I'm inspired to share some of the standout names I've encountered in my
years of gaming, containing either bad puns or a certain romantic, poetic
quality:
Mongo Bizar: A berzerk Saracen warrior.
Havarti: a cheese-obsessed, swashbuckling mouse rogue.
Dysentarius: A talkative Roman legionary.
Rodian Dayfarer: A dashing pirate captain.
Brock Deepdelven: A dungeon-loving badger.
Creptin: A scheming, socially adept monarch.
the Ashwickens: a race of vampiric undead, ruled by a lich called the Hemarch.
Who's next?
Doug
Eiza
>What are some of the best/coolest/funniest character names >you've run
acrosswhile gaming?
My Current Character's name is Indigo Colorblind - she is a half-elf Fighter
who when asked "what God do you worship?" She replied "I'm agnostic." The
efreeti then stated "I have never heard of that religon, What is it's symbol?"
(the DM trying to trip me up as I hadn't picked a diety yet) I then preceeded
to draw a circle with a slash through it (the anti, or No symbol).
My brother's most notorius character was/is Zald Darkheavens. A Warlock
Necromancer.
on a humorous note, we have a Dwarf fighter (its from a kit, but not sure
which) in our party named Gouge M. Good
Our Party is known as The Circle Of Silver.
Eiza (another character's name that I use for online purposes)
J.J. Emerson
Until my character receives some type of title, the name is usually as
unique as possible without being extravagant. The exception to this was
for an elf, who had a very long name (don't they all?). Anyway, the two
names I decided to actually use (I could have shoved a lot of middle names
in, but I didn't) was Caelaeranon Alterisis.
J.J. Emerson
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Common sense is nothing more than a deposit
of prejudices laid down by the mind before you
reach eighteen." A. Einstein
Warhawk
> Who's next?
Probably the wierdest name I have ever encounter in D&D was that of the
Psionicist merchant captian Quirk.
--
Signed,
Sir Warhawk, Premier of the Order of the Bloodied Fist,
General of the armies of SerKeesar, and Heir to the throne of the Kaylondon
Empire
Generalfeldmarschall Blucher
At 27 Jan 1998 05:17:34 GMT sharp, I received this vital message from
Commander Eiza detailing enemy movement near the small town of
rec.games.frp.dnd:
>My Current Character's name is Indigo Colorblind - she is a half-elf Fighter
>who when asked "what God do you worship?" She replied "I'm agnostic." The
>efreeti then stated "I have never heard of that religon, What is it's symbol?"
>(the DM trying to trip me up as I hadn't picked a diety yet) I then preceeded
>to draw a circle with a slash through it (the anti, or No symbol).
Wouldn't an Agnostic, "Someone who believes that there can be no proof
of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God
exists," have a question mark as a religious "symbol?"
While an Athiest "One who denies the existence of a God(s)," use the
null-set symbol?
;)
--
Generalfeldmarschall Blücher
You're only as old as the women you feel - Groucho Marx
Patrick Ryan
Lance Sterling - cavalier paladin
Davey Cricket - thri-kreen ranger
Shef Boyardee - halfling druid (from the Athasian campaign)
Sting - bard
Moon Unit - valley elf magic-user
Jim Henderson, Capt
Patrick Ryan wrote:
>
> Lance Sterling - cavalier paladin
In one campaign I DM'd there was a Paladin/Cleric (more spells) named
Lance-A-Little.
Jim
Dave Brohman
Dougmander (DougM...@aol.com) wrote:
Glutious Maximus - Sits around a lot and a bit of an ass
Felatio Rodriguez - A Spanish flute-playing Bard
Elvish Priestly - Name says it all
Sailbad the Sinner - A pirate with a TERRIBLE sense of driection
Cohen the Barbarian - Specialises in wholesale destruction
Gonad the Barbarian - Thinks with his OTHER sword
Later.
Lawrence R. Mead
Dave Brohman (dbro...@chat.carleton.ca) wrote:
Strange how different campaigns view naming of characters. The above - while
humerous - would never be chosen in any of my campaigns; they are just to
frivolous. Imaging the last one reaching 9th level, clearing a Barony,
building a castle and so on. Would anyone take this guy seriously? "Oh
thank you Lord Gonad" makes me giggle 8-).
Here are a couple of "serious" names from my group:
Kendrick Sattlestone
Tiera Tan
Blesskill Brandywine
Taren Silverwood
Lady Destiny Rider
DMGorgon
--
Lawrence R. Mead (lrm...@whale.st.usm.edu)
ESCHEW OBFUSCATION ! ESPOUSE ELUCIDATION !
http://www-dept.usm.edu/~physics/mead.html
Christopher Pound
For names along the lines suggested in this thread, have a look
at the "Standard Fantasy Name Generator":
http://ruf.rice.edu/~pound/sfng.html
Or follow the link there to other name generators that do more
scrambling than matching of name elements.
--
Christopher Pound (po...@rice.edu)
Dept. of Anthropology, Rice University
Jonas Lind
In article <6alds7$1e3$1...@thorn.cc.usm.edu>, lrm...@whale.st.usm.edu
says...
> Strange how different campaigns view naming of characters. The above - while
> humerous - would never be chosen in any of my campaigns; they are just to
> frivolous. Imaging the last one reaching 9th level, clearing a Barony,
> building a castle and so on. Would anyone take this guy seriously? "Oh
> thank you Lord Gonad" makes me giggle 8-).
>
> Here are a couple of "serious" names from my group:
>
> Kendrick Sattlestone
> Tiera Tan
> Blesskill Brandywine
> Taren Silverwood
> Lady Destiny Rider
>
> DMGorgon
You think Blesskill Brandywine is a serious name??
Tiberias Victrix, human spearfighter
Halang, Dwarven priest.
jonas lind
Tim Manchester
Some of my favorites included:
Slaminon Yerspecies - a Dwarf Fighter.
Fu Ling Yew - an Illisionist.
Suk Fat - the party cook.
Tsu Doh Nymh - a thief (assassin?)
Here's a funny town name I've used:
Asystolie - A town overrun by undead. Asystolie (misspelled) is a medical
term meaning the heart has stopped.
Eiza
>(Generalfeldmarschall Blucher)
>Wouldn't an Agnostic, "Someone who believes that there can be no proof
>of the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God
>exists," have a question mark as a religious "symbol?
Probibly. However, I play my character as one who says "not" a lot to the
pariies rather evangilistic Cleric of Mystra. Ex: he says "the Powers of
Mystra will set us free" .. my response "not likely.. but it couldn't hurt".
I digress.. a question mark would have been more appropriate for an agnositc...
but hey, I was under pressure!
Eiza
Eiza
Another Silly name that we have for a ships captian in our upcomming campaign.
Rue Kanga. (get it?) From the old kids TV show.. Captian Kangaroo. <sigh>
they are also going to a cursed beachfront community.. named Port Amity.
So.. the creative juices have stagnated... sue me. <g>
Oh - I forgot to mention my husbands string of off-the wall PC names. Hubbie
LOVES coffee... so he came up with the following:
Maxwell Haus, Montin Groan, Arabica Groundroast, Master Blende (Mast for
short). of course there is Juan Valdez. Folger Decalf. Frieze Dryed.
U.Ban. Chickory Blende (brother to mast). Chock Fullunutz. you get the
point...
Eiza
Kyratis
Patrick Ryan wrote in message <6ako4f$u2g$1...@brokaw.wa.com>...
>Lance Sterling - cavalier paladin
>Shef Boyardee - halfling druid (from the Athasian campaign)
>Sting - bard
>Moon Unit - valley elf magic-user
Ragar Mortis - Cleric of Death
Generalfeldmarschall Blucher
At 28 Jan 1998 05:32:00 GMT sharp, I received this vital message from
Commander Eiza detailing enemy movement near the small town of
rec.games.frp.dnd:
>
Oh I know. I thought your story was cool. I was just being silly.
- Joe