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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3120937" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>In addition to collecting names in lists from a variety of sources including just sitting down and making them up, I have a list of some 3500+ names that I kept from a name generator I ran across a good 15 years ago or more. I CURSE myself for not having acquired that program no matter the cost because I've used that list for character names ever since and want MORE. It produced several hundred names in groups that kept close to a certain "flavor", so it has a bunch of Slavic-ish names, Italian-ish, etc. As best I recall it got its results by breaking up names into phonic pieces, keeping "rules" regarding where those pieces were taken from (first, middle, ending) and then randomly putting pieces back together.</p><p></p><p>I have hoarded this list <em>jealously</em> and have yet to share it with anyone. I'm starting to think I'm being unreasonably possessive as I watch heartfelt pleas for good character names repeatedly get posted. Aw, what the heck. It's not as if I'm in any real danger of, say, writing a book using these names, or publishing a ground-breaking campaign setting with NPC's more famous/infamous than Bigby, Drizzt, or Regdar.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/dnd/names.doc" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/dnd/names.doc</a></p><p></p><p>Just remember where you found it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3120937, member: 32740"] In addition to collecting names in lists from a variety of sources including just sitting down and making them up, I have a list of some 3500+ names that I kept from a name generator I ran across a good 15 years ago or more. I CURSE myself for not having acquired that program no matter the cost because I've used that list for character names ever since and want MORE. It produced several hundred names in groups that kept close to a certain "flavor", so it has a bunch of Slavic-ish names, Italian-ish, etc. As best I recall it got its results by breaking up names into phonic pieces, keeping "rules" regarding where those pieces were taken from (first, middle, ending) and then randomly putting pieces back together. I have hoarded this list [I]jealously[/I] and have yet to share it with anyone. I'm starting to think I'm being unreasonably possessive as I watch heartfelt pleas for good character names repeatedly get posted. Aw, what the heck. It's not as if I'm in any real danger of, say, writing a book using these names, or publishing a ground-breaking campaign setting with NPC's more famous/infamous than Bigby, Drizzt, or Regdar. [url]http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/dnd/names.doc[/url] Just remember where you found it. :) [/QUOTE]
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