RPG characters with names derived from...

[Tonguez]

I know someone who has an elven cleric called Elrond Hubbard.

Sounds like when I had a Cultist/Serial killer doing an occult ritual and named him Mik Elmyers

I also named an NPC Philospher Gnome Chomsky

 

[Eltab]

Somewhere, I'm sure, Joan Jett approves.

AC/DC smiles upon that character.

 

[Nytmare]

We made characters for a Temple of Elemental Evil campaign where everyone named themselves after different pieces of IKEA furniture.

Played a short lived campaign of Tomb of Horrors, where we all decided that every character was picked randomly from a stack of Legends set Magic cards and then we'd build them into D&D characters.

Played a pair of dwarven, axe-wielding bards named Bill and Ted.

Had a two or three year period where the overwhelming majority of my characters in any game were anagrams of some phrase or concept that described the character.

 

[aco175]

Long ago there was a group named after cigarette brands(ish); The Marlboro Monk, Pal Mol, and Kamal.

An army group all named after military items; Claymore, Jet Fuel, Warthog, and MP5

 

[Neonchameleon]

Are you looking for a copy of the Bacterionomicon? (Yes, it's a real thing)

 

[Dr Magister]

A lot of the city names in my homebrew world are actually pharmaceuticals. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is Corgard.

 

[Nobby-W]

If corporations count, I've put Ono-Hentai and Leyland-Futanari into quite a few sci-fi or cyberpunk games.

Or. there's A. Bertram, a major chain of ships outfitters found at most C-class or better starports.

Apollo's, a major chain of rather mediocre coffee shops.

A friend of mine once played a knight in Pendragon called Sir Loin de Bouef.

Or, for those wanting further inspiration, may I present:

2600 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG

1. Cannot base characters off the Whos drummer Keith Moon. 2. A one man band is not an appropriate bard instrument. 3. There is no Gnomish god of heavy artillery. 4. My 7th Sea character Boudreaux is not Southern Montaigne. 5. Not allowed to blow all my skill points on 1pt…

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[Tonguez]

Are you looking for a copy of the Bacterionomicon? (Yes, it's a real thing)

A Frost Dragon called Clostridium difficile strains the structural integrity of the Fecal Inlet

so are those cards available MTG style too?

If corporations count, I've put Ono-Hentai and Leyland-Futanari into quite a few sci-fi or cyberpunk games.

um Ono-Hentai? Futarani? Errr just what kind of roleplaying are you doing with those?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A friend of mine once played a knight in Pendragon called Sir Loin de Bouef.

I don’t know how many Bard, Knight and Minotaur “joke“ names I have right now. Sir Loin deBoef was one- he hailed from Chateau Briand.

 

[Eltab]

Now I have to go find that one Bugs Bunny cartoon where he is wearing a royal robe and going on " ... rise, Sir Loin of Beef ... " (bash) ...