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Funny PC names
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Gilladian
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I once had a pair of half-orc fighters named HoA and HoB. They were named under a severe time constraint, but they were so popular as henchmen that they remained in the party for months.
My mother's best name was a hobbit thief (2nd edition) named Sneaky Took. His brother's name was Sly.
My husband had a cleric named Otto Mattock. He had a rapid reload crossbow of some sort.
My mother's best name was a hobbit thief (2nd edition) named Sneaky Took. His brother's name was Sly.
My husband had a cleric named Otto Mattock. He had a rapid reload crossbow of some sort.
ltclnlbrain
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We've seen a few groaners over the years.
Human Fighter: Cid Vicious
Gnome Cleric: Maximus Lawn
Blue Dragon: Guacamole (Don't ask...)
I don't get credit for this one, but for anybody who's played "The Standing Stone," a vrock bard named The Cuckoo? That's ridiculous.
These three from the same player, who's believes that the name makes the character:
Halfling Rogue: Didn'tdoit Wasn'tthere
Human Cleric: Euston O'better
Lumi Cleric: Sol Good
And in an old Star Wars game, Ekul Redav ("Luke Vader" backwards...that one is just painful).
Human Fighter: Cid Vicious
Gnome Cleric: Maximus Lawn
Blue Dragon: Guacamole (Don't ask...)
I don't get credit for this one, but for anybody who's played "The Standing Stone," a vrock bard named The Cuckoo? That's ridiculous.
These three from the same player, who's believes that the name makes the character:
Halfling Rogue: Didn'tdoit Wasn'tthere
Human Cleric: Euston O'better
Lumi Cleric: Sol Good
And in an old Star Wars game, Ekul Redav ("Luke Vader" backwards...that one is just painful).
Tolen Mar
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I think I can add a few to this list.
Ive played in the same party as a Ray Darr (the anticipator?),
A gnomish thief/ladies man who went by Valentine Victor Vargas
Character's Ive personally played:
The character with the longest name was an ogre barbarian: Toog of the Shieldbreaker clan, follower of Sune Firehair.
And I managed to talk one DM into letting me roleplay a skeleton, he was a dragonslayer in life who got caught trying to make off with a dragons horde. No one ever catches the reference though...I named him Sir Eglemore.
Ive played in the same party as a Ray Darr (the anticipator?),
A gnomish thief/ladies man who went by Valentine Victor Vargas
Character's Ive personally played:
The character with the longest name was an ogre barbarian: Toog of the Shieldbreaker clan, follower of Sune Firehair.
And I managed to talk one DM into letting me roleplay a skeleton, he was a dragonslayer in life who got caught trying to make off with a dragons horde. No one ever catches the reference though...I named him Sir Eglemore.
Patman21967
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I was huting for a PC name once, and happened to look at the beer bottle in front of me, actually there were about 12, but that is another story...thus was born Bolechim Reeb ( Michelob Beer )
One guy had an insane hobbit Troll-slayer in WFRP named Shorty McFarlane
I had an old Golden Heeros Character named Captain Justice.
One guy had an insane hobbit Troll-slayer in WFRP named Shorty McFarlane
I had an old Golden Heeros Character named Captain Justice.
the Lorax
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Funny names are bound to happen, I myself prefer it when a character earns a funny nickname, but over the years I've seen some amusing things. A few off the top of my head.
Most of these are pre 3.x ed.
An elven fighter/druid who kept 4 war dogs - Crockett, Tubbs, Switek and Zito
An NPC female barbarian who followed a bear totem, encountered while imprisoned and naked. she got the nickname "Bear" or "Bare" (and I'm certain the the players had both meanings in mind)
A human nomadic horseman named Ughle - pronounced Oogle (that character didn't stay long as the player droped from the group, but years later we still blame stuff on our horse master Oogle)
A character suffering amnesia who was named "Emma"(esia).
A halfling fighter named "Bubba" (and played as a red-neck)
A halfling thief named "Dip Fong"
A monk with a vow of silence that the party decided to call "Q the monk"
A halfling fighter/rogue named Zivan Andurst, not funny in and of itself, but once he got his cloak of the bat he became "Half Batman"
One player has a habit of frequently naming characters non fantasy styled names, and has played characters named: Steve, John, Bill and other such common names.
One campaign two players named their characters after PCs of the DM, with the letters reversed, thus, Nipsar (named after Raspin) and Evatco Suissac (named after Cassius Octave)
Most of these are pre 3.x ed.
An elven fighter/druid who kept 4 war dogs - Crockett, Tubbs, Switek and Zito
An NPC female barbarian who followed a bear totem, encountered while imprisoned and naked. she got the nickname "Bear" or "Bare" (and I'm certain the the players had both meanings in mind)
A human nomadic horseman named Ughle - pronounced Oogle (that character didn't stay long as the player droped from the group, but years later we still blame stuff on our horse master Oogle)
A character suffering amnesia who was named "Emma"(esia).
A halfling fighter named "Bubba" (and played as a red-neck)
A halfling thief named "Dip Fong"
A monk with a vow of silence that the party decided to call "Q the monk"
A halfling fighter/rogue named Zivan Andurst, not funny in and of itself, but once he got his cloak of the bat he became "Half Batman"
One player has a habit of frequently naming characters non fantasy styled names, and has played characters named: Steve, John, Bill and other such common names.
One campaign two players named their characters after PCs of the DM, with the letters reversed, thus, Nipsar (named after Raspin) and Evatco Suissac (named after Cassius Octave)
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
One that I can recall that was a pretty subtle until you thought about it...
In a Dark Sun campaign a thri-kreen named Chakcha Cha'Mari. The player asked if it would pass muster with me, I looked at it and said sure. I mean, Chakcha is both a common weapon kreen use as well as a frequent kreen name. A session or two in some of the other PCs were smirking when they got it, they finally shared their understanding.
Jack, the Samurai
I normally don't like joke names, but this was just way to clever not to keep around.
So Chakcha Cha'mari stayed, unfortunately, the campaign took a stall and never got back going.
In a Dark Sun campaign a thri-kreen named Chakcha Cha'Mari. The player asked if it would pass muster with me, I looked at it and said sure. I mean, Chakcha is both a common weapon kreen use as well as a frequent kreen name. A session or two in some of the other PCs were smirking when they got it, they finally shared their understanding.
Jack, the Samurai
I normally don't like joke names, but this was just way to clever not to keep around.
So Chakcha Cha'mari stayed, unfortunately, the campaign took a stall and never got back going.
Herremann the Wise
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I think the funniest thing in terms of names is when one of our players decided to name her Female Dwarven Druid: Timov.
She just liked the name.
This went for a session and a bit when the group, not being able to restrain itself a moment longer, told her to spell the name backwards. She only realised something new about the name at that moment. She was so disgusted with everyone for not telling her earlier that she kept the character's name to spite us all.
Best Regards
Herremann the Wise
She just liked the name.
This went for a session and a bit when the group, not being able to restrain itself a moment longer, told her to spell the name backwards. She only realised something new about the name at that moment. She was so disgusted with everyone for not telling her earlier that she kept the character's name to spite us all.
Best Regards
Herremann the Wise
Joke names? We've had a few...
Matt Ress, Giant Pimp
The Gnome Ranger (and his trusty Giant Space Hamster, Mithril)
Mildly Vanilla (Bard)
Crom Trews, a very skilled Dwarven Ftr/Rgr (who is probably going to marry Hatie Kolmes).
The Avatar of Zilla.
And I used the TMNT names as the names of the Kappas that were guarding a sacred site...
Matt Ress, Giant Pimp
The Gnome Ranger (and his trusty Giant Space Hamster, Mithril)
Mildly Vanilla (Bard)
Crom Trews, a very skilled Dwarven Ftr/Rgr (who is probably going to marry Hatie Kolmes).
The Avatar of Zilla.
And I used the TMNT names as the names of the Kappas that were guarding a sacred site...
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