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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7026962" data-attributes="member: 29398">Can't say I blame him! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I'd hate to have to write that all out every time your name came up in the game log; "Zack" it would very quickly become. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Still, great name.That said, as DM I like to know both the full name and what you're going to go by.  The full name gets logged (as long as it's not a state secret), the go-by name gets used.  And if a nickname crops up, so be it; referring back to some posts here where people get offended if their character's full and correct name isn't used every time - do you really expect people to repeatedly wrap their tongues around that mess? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-"and this name gets mispronounced every time anyone says it for the first time; I'm just used to it"-efan</blockquote>