D&D General Character named after someone more famous.

[aco175]

Another thread got me thinking of some of my old characters and who they were named after. Thought other might like to post.

My brother had a dwarf in the basic/1e days named after the wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. He was just named Snuka but everyone knew.

Much later I recall a halfling thief I had named Bartleby the Scrimshaw-er, named after the Melville character. He was in it for the gold and would "Prefer not to" a lot of theing he was not being paid for.

 

[Richards]

One of my first characters in the AD&D 1E days was a leather armor clad fighter named Shadowjack, after the character in Roger Zelazny novel of the same name. He didn't work out that well, as fighters in that edition were really geared toward using heavier armor.

Johnathan

 

[David Howery]

I had a character named Falken, after the professor in War Games. And a cleric named Zamfir, after a musician who played the Pan flute and had ads on late night TV for CDs of his music.

 

[Lanefan]

Does naming your character after a famous D&D character count?

If so, I currently have Black Leaf active in play, named after the character in the "Dark Dungeons" Chick tract.

 

[Dioltach]

I have a Rogue called Francis Crawford.

 

[Dioltach]

Next time I play a cleric of a weather god, I'll call him Drizzl.

 

[Torquar]

Next time I play a cleric of a weather god, I'll call him Drizzl.

Drizzl Do'Unpour

 

[aco175]

Does naming your character after a famous D&D character count?

I did have Orf the Dwarf, ripped off from Melf the Elf back in the day.

 

[Richards]

My granddaughter, upon realizing she needed a name for her one-shot human ranger, came up with the name "Xena."

Johnathan

 

[Mallus]

In a beloved by me at least 3e campaign I named one NPC “Dr. Mephisophocles” after, well, Sophocles and Mephistopheles and another NPC “The Right Reverend Don Magic Wand” after a pimp friend of Snoop Dogg named Don Magic Juan.

Do either of those count?