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<blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 5684829" data-attributes="member: 53678">I usually pick an aspect of the character and find a synonym, foreign word, or mythological element that represents that aspect.&nbsp; Then depending on how it sounds, I'll bastardize it in some way to make it more obscure.&nbsp;For examples:&nbsp; I had a halfling rogue and wanted him to go by a thieves' guild nickname rather than a given name.&nbsp; I went the synonym route and got Slink.&nbsp;I had a Scorpion clan samurai who was posing as a Crab clan samurai.&nbsp; I typed crab into a translator, found the Japanese for &quot;canned crab&quot;, and got Yasuki Kanikan.&nbsp;Another player and I were playing twin brothers in service of the Dresden Files' Erlking and were dubbed his &quot;hounds&quot;.&nbsp; With some research into mythological dogs we came across church grims and kirk grims and liked the names, so we went with them as is (Church and Kirk Grim).&nbsp;I also like to keep a list of names for roleplaying characters that randomly pop in my head just in case I get the chance to use them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wednesday Boy, post: 5684829, member: 53678"] I usually pick an aspect of the character and find a synonym, foreign word, or mythological element that represents that aspect. Then depending on how it sounds, I'll bastardize it in some way to make it more obscure. For examples: I had a halfling rogue and wanted him to go by a thieves' guild nickname rather than a given name. I went the synonym route and got Slink. I had a Scorpion clan samurai who was posing as a Crab clan samurai. I typed crab into a translator, found the Japanese for "canned crab", and got Yasuki Kanikan. Another player and I were playing twin brothers in service of the Dresden Files' Erlking and were dubbed his "hounds". With some research into mythological dogs we came across church grims and kirk grims and liked the names, so we went with them as is (Church and Kirk Grim). I also like to keep a list of names for roleplaying characters that randomly pop in my head just in case I get the chance to use them. [/QUOTE]

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