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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Green Adam" data-source="post: 4602744" data-attributes="member: 50821">I was thinking the same thing - especially in a Superhero game. See it all depends on the game you're running. Somehow names that would be silly in a grim and gritty story can be natural in another genre.  Case in point...I ran a SciFi/Action game that became almost a superhero or at least Superspy game. Set in the far future, maybe the 25th Century, the characters were special agents of the interstellar government who all had some special abilities/powers that helped them thwart the government's rivals and enemies. I can remember 4 out of the 6 of them... Hailing from one a planet orbiting the star that forms Capricorn's eye in the constellation, one was a stealth and espionage specialist with psionics, possessing impressive telepathic and esper abilities. He was the best friend of... A young man who suffered terribly debilitating side effects from his father's attempt to duplicate a long lost super soldier serum. Most of his body was replaced by highly advanced cybernetics. He was the team tank. His hero was... A 21st century marine who had been a successful receipient of the aforementioned super soldier formula. He was found in the 25th century in a suspended animation chamber (imagine a cross between Capt. American and the Movie/TV version of Buck Rogers). Master of weapons and tactics, he became the team leader. His best friend was man's best friend... Genetically uplifted by a secret military program, this scout had the hearing, sense of smell and animal instincts of a dog...which he was! A hyper-intelligent German Shephard. Now their names...Capricorn, Counterfeit, Battle Royale (Real Name Roy Allen <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> and Shephard (aka Max). Silly? Maybe...did it fit the over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek scifi/space adventure we were running? Definitely. AD</blockquote>

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