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<blockquote data-quote="ScaleyBob" data-source="post: 7035881" data-attributes="member: 6852514"><p>I've been fairly guilty for using awesome names both as a player and a GM. Whether it's a bard named Silas Fapnoodle (who was a confidence trickster, and that wasn't really his name - it's an old Con Man trick to use a slightly ridiculous name as it's a distraction), a Minotaur named Mu, or a Dragonborn called Scaley Bob. (Short for Orobertrum Golightly) I've pushed various GMs tolerances over the years. No-ones let me play my Eastern European cleric Healing Serge yet though.</p><p></p><p>As a GM I've had dwarves from the stronghold Rockfort show up, called Bree, Havarti, Ricotta and Khedda, various Gnomes whose names have later been impossible to spell, and there's currently a Drow ranger NPC called R'uu'zt Ib'Roon turning up. (He used to run a donut shop in Drow Town, before events made him become a hero). I've introduced NPCs whose name is a joke that didn't become obvious until several years later. There's times when it's fun to play the long game.</p><p></p><p>Silly names can break immersion in a game, but as a GM I've found having a silly or joke or reference name on a villian can be very effective. It can give PCs clues they may realise other wise (I had the Wilberforce-Whately brewers show up, knowing the Players would click to both the Under the Mountain and Lovecraft references), or it can make the horror of what the badguy is doing that more horrifying once the joke wears off.</p><p></p><p>Oddly enough I've noticed most the players I've gamed with have gone for less fantasy sounding and more real world names as time has gone on.</p><p></p><p>(And after reading the earlier posts in the thread I want to play a Barbarian called Raging Wankpuppet now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScaleyBob, post: 7035881, member: 6852514"] I've been fairly guilty for using awesome names both as a player and a GM. Whether it's a bard named Silas Fapnoodle (who was a confidence trickster, and that wasn't really his name - it's an old Con Man trick to use a slightly ridiculous name as it's a distraction), a Minotaur named Mu, or a Dragonborn called Scaley Bob. (Short for Orobertrum Golightly) I've pushed various GMs tolerances over the years. No-ones let me play my Eastern European cleric Healing Serge yet though. As a GM I've had dwarves from the stronghold Rockfort show up, called Bree, Havarti, Ricotta and Khedda, various Gnomes whose names have later been impossible to spell, and there's currently a Drow ranger NPC called R'uu'zt Ib'Roon turning up. (He used to run a donut shop in Drow Town, before events made him become a hero). I've introduced NPCs whose name is a joke that didn't become obvious until several years later. There's times when it's fun to play the long game. Silly names can break immersion in a game, but as a GM I've found having a silly or joke or reference name on a villian can be very effective. It can give PCs clues they may realise other wise (I had the Wilberforce-Whately brewers show up, knowing the Players would click to both the Under the Mountain and Lovecraft references), or it can make the horror of what the badguy is doing that more horrifying once the joke wears off. Oddly enough I've noticed most the players I've gamed with have gone for less fantasy sounding and more real world names as time has gone on. (And after reading the earlier posts in the thread I want to play a Barbarian called Raging Wankpuppet now. :D) [/QUOTE]
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