Fellow PC with an unfortunate name

[Dioltach]

Call him Harold the Hunter. Totally inoffensive to anybody who doesn't know the reference.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Steely Dan.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Angus Beef

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Dick Sausage?

Andy Conda?

Ash Long?

Mike Hawk?

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Big McLargehuge? [/mst3k]

 

[Mallus]

...Thomas Longfellow...

You could go all-in and make it "John Thomas Longfellow". Or just call the PC "Dickens".

Steely Dan.

Or the more literary version: Steely Dan the 3rd.

Big McLargehuge? [/mst3k]

Always a classic.

Basically, there are two ways to handle situations like these. You can have a spot of fun with it, or try to tell a fellow player what to do. I wonder which approach has the greatest chance for a positive outcome...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Could be worse- Bear Balsac could be a...member...of the party as well.

 

[Quickleaf]

Call him Harold the Hunter. Totally inoffensive to anybody who doesn't know the reference.

Wait is that a poem reference? (dies quick Internet search) By E Cooke?

Steely Dan.

Dr John?

You could go all-in and make it "John Thomas Longfellow". Or just call the PC "Dickens".

Oh I forgot to mention he wields a spiked chain. Hmm, any snakey euphemisms for that?

Basically, there are two ways to handle situations like these. You can have a spot of fun with it, or try to tell a fellow player what to do. I wonder which approach has the greatest chance for a positive outcome...

I did a double take when he said his PC name, looked at the DM who nodded with a sheepish smile "yep, I know." Bit my tongue and tried to swallow the name. Didn't even make a Life of Brian joke! Now it's time for some fun (possibly at his expense), but don't worry I won't be too hard-on him!

And the homoerotic subtext of this thread is... wow!

 

[ExploderWizard]

Bit my tongue and tried to swallow the name.

No comment.

 

[Mallus]

Dr John?

The band Steely Dan takes their name from a dildo mentioned in William S. Burroughs's book Naked Lunch. I'll take questions they never ask on Jeopardy for 1000, Alex!

And the homoerotic subtext of this thread is... wow!

There's no text like subtext.