Lame Names

[the Jester]

I guess I am no better though. I named a catfolk tiger Hobbes.

There was a tabaxi pc im2ec named Hobbes.

I've also seen Mas Hombre, Sherlock Holmes (the player was not nearly smart enough to pull this one off), and the Superpretzels.

The Superpretzels (I through about XXIII) were a series of old-skool pcs the guy who taught me to play dnd had played. I ended up playing some of them in one shots at one point or another.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Once DM'd a game that had an Ogre Barbarian named Ulus (Ooo-loo-sss) which isn't bad, but when I asked him to describe his character he said he was the son of the chief of his nomadic tribe. So of course I asked what is the name of this Nomad tribe...he answered "Chevy".

So there after he became known as Ulus, chief, Chevy Nomad tribe.... (uuuhhh)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have a Dwarf Ftr/Thief (a bit of a gadget freak) named Crom Trews.

 

[Thunderfoot]

I have a Dwarf Ftr/Thief (a bit of a gadget freak) named Crom Trews.

I took me a minute but - DUDE! What were you thinking!!!!???? And shouldn't it be Crom Tews?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Whaddaya mean, what was I thinking? TC needs to be mocked by me.

As for the spelling, technically it should have been Crom Tuise, but I liked the flow of my version better.

Besides, I probably should have worked from "Ethan Hunt", but that would get me "Hhan Etunt"...yecchh!

 

[Thunderfoot]

Whaddaya mean, what was I thinking? TC needs to be mocked by me.<SNIP>

Hmmmm - Good Point!

 

[shilsen]

You know, one of the interesting things I've noted with a large number of the so-called lame names on this thread (and on any other such thread) is that they are only really lame at a metagame level.

Sure, someone playing a ranger called "Aragorn, son of Gandalf" is likely to have dice thrown at him by his fellow gamers, but in the game world (where, presumably, LotR does not exist) his name is no more remarkable than any other. If an elven NPC encounters you and your name is Chevy Tahoe, he doesn't know anything about the real-world reference.

Just something interesting to consider, I think.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Picpoc Oploc - a thief from my first edition days. I think that takes the cake.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm not sure it takes the cake, but I wouldn't doubt that the PC took one or two in his day...

You know, one of the interesting things I've noted with a large number of the so-called lame names on this thread (and on any other such thread) is that they are only really lame at a metagame level.

Agreed.

I've read books by Moorcock and R.A. Wilson that essentially took names or words with strong connotations and used them in entirely different contexts. Imagine loading your Rehnquist with .45 caliber armor-piercing weasels and shooting someone dead, for instance.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just found an old PC, a master of disguise & deception from the campaign world's equivalent of Asia.

Name: Fu Ling Yu.