Best character name?
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Herobizkit
Adventurer
My vote still goes to the Dwarf known as Arman Hammerbrand.
LurkMonkey
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A wizard in the Harry Dresden vein named Justin Case.
DragonLancer
Hero
One of my players used to be pretty terrible for names. He usually just looks around the room and takes the first thing he sees. In the past we have had:
Nokia (his brand of mobile phone).
Toca (touring cars on PS1).
Dr Pepper (obvious).
Worse and cringe worthy names by various players I have known include:
Sir Vikal Smear (a Pendragon character).
Helen Back and her replacement Helen Highwater (D&D 2nd ed).
Mike Roscope (CoC investigator).
Nokia (his brand of mobile phone).
Toca (touring cars on PS1).
Dr Pepper (obvious).
Worse and cringe worthy names by various players I have known include:
Sir Vikal Smear (a Pendragon character).
Helen Back and her replacement Helen Highwater (D&D 2nd ed).
Mike Roscope (CoC investigator).
I'm so bad at names that in a D&D style world where mages never ever cast spells because they always go awry*, I called my mage "K-blammo" because that's what we were expecting.
*a fireball didn't do your level of damage, it did damage according to the level of the people you struck AND you never knew how big a fireball you would get.
*a fireball didn't do your level of damage, it did damage according to the level of the people you struck AND you never knew how big a fireball you would get.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
I've mentioned this one before in past threads on the subject of character names.
I ran a 2e Dark Sun campaign, one of my players made a thri kreen named: Chaktcha Chamm-Urhi
Spoken fast, the ear hears "Jack the Samurai".
It was all the more perfect because chaktcha is the name of the kreen throwing shards.
I ran a 2e Dark Sun campaign, one of my players made a thri kreen named: Chaktcha Chamm-Urhi
Spoken fast, the ear hears "Jack the Samurai".
It was all the more perfect because chaktcha is the name of the kreen throwing shards.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
Oh man, the names from the Princess Arc series were full of those. The names of the people in Cimarron County, total win. Such as Sir John of the wain, aka "the duke".An article from an old Dragon Magazine mentioned a Rakasta Samurai from Mystara's moon named Meowa Kittycata...
MinistryOfGame
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I had a player in one of my Mage games once whose name was Eton Reed, because this pretty much summed up his life's accomplishments (eat'n'read).
We have a thief in our 4th ed game called Rairle Sobar (rarely sober).
Another of my players in a superhero game named her character Nick Berman, which was funny to start with, because that is the name of the mayor of our shire. But it got even funnier when her character actually turned out to be "Nick Berman, mayor of Hornsby shire" - she completely stole his identity and used him as a character concept.
Another superhero character in that game was called "Simon Saez" - whose ability interestingly had nothing to do with telling people what to do. He made doorknobs appear.
I think one of my favourites was an ogre in my last D&D campaign whose name was Pansy Powerpuff - the explanation being in Ogryn this means, "Mighty Warrior Who Is Afraid Of Nothing".
We have a thief in our 4th ed game called Rairle Sobar (rarely sober).
Another of my players in a superhero game named her character Nick Berman, which was funny to start with, because that is the name of the mayor of our shire. But it got even funnier when her character actually turned out to be "Nick Berman, mayor of Hornsby shire" - she completely stole his identity and used him as a character concept.
Another superhero character in that game was called "Simon Saez" - whose ability interestingly had nothing to do with telling people what to do. He made doorknobs appear.
I think one of my favourites was an ogre in my last D&D campaign whose name was Pansy Powerpuff - the explanation being in Ogryn this means, "Mighty Warrior Who Is Afraid Of Nothing".
I've seen a few. The favorite from people I've gamed with:
Nunuff Yobizniz (what's your name? Nunuff Yobizniz.)
Favorites of my characters:
Daern, a surly dwarf who would always become very angry when someone reminded him he shared a name with a famous Arch-Mage.
Bah. A truly savage feral halfling who could make no sound other than bah.
Jotenbjorn, just because it sounds so awesomely barbaric. Pronounced Yotenbyorn.
Nunuff Yobizniz (what's your name? Nunuff Yobizniz.)
Favorites of my characters:
Daern, a surly dwarf who would always become very angry when someone reminded him he shared a name with a famous Arch-Mage.
Bah. A truly savage feral halfling who could make no sound other than bah.
Jotenbjorn, just because it sounds so awesomely barbaric. Pronounced Yotenbyorn.
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