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<blockquote data-quote="Sunglar" data-source="post: 1856294" data-attributes="member: 854">My, my, have I laughed on this thread…&nbsp; I HAVE to get back to work!I did want to add a couple of funny names.&nbsp; When I began playing OD&amp;D I allowed players to name their characters whatever they wanted, so we got some funny results:Dragon Knight, the Fighter (I think this was an old Nintendo Game)Mano Fast, Thief (Mano is hand in Spanish)And my favorite back then, Conan… the Elf (His full name)As time goes by I’ve learned to avoid humorous names, but they do creep in, sometimes in NPC names, especially when you play in a group where two, sometimes three languages are spoken.&nbsp; What sounds good in English may sound horrible, or have a different meaning in Spanish.Some characters I’ve allowed with funny names in recent years are:Tim the Mighty (add Quest for the Holy Grail joke! Amazingly he was a great character and a major mover and shaker in he campaign)Anakyn Skirunner (Still pains me!)Bilbo Viscalla, a Halfling (not just another bad Bilbo rip off, but there is a Spanish bank called Bilbao Viscalla, so he fancied himself a banker!)I can’t think of anymore right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunglar, post: 1856294, member: 854"] My, my, have I laughed on this thread… I HAVE to get back to work! I did want to add a couple of funny names. When I began playing OD&D I allowed players to name their characters whatever they wanted, so we got some funny results: Dragon Knight, the Fighter (I think this was an old Nintendo Game) Mano Fast, Thief (Mano is hand in Spanish) And my favorite back then, Conan… the Elf (His full name) As time goes by I’ve learned to avoid humorous names, but they do creep in, sometimes in NPC names, especially when you play in a group where two, sometimes three languages are spoken. What sounds good in English may sound horrible, or have a different meaning in Spanish. Some characters I’ve allowed with funny names in recent years are: Tim the Mighty (add Quest for the Holy Grail joke! Amazingly he was a great character and a major mover and shaker in he campaign) Anakyn Skirunner (Still pains me!) Bilbo Viscalla, a Halfling (not just another bad Bilbo rip off, but there is a Spanish bank called Bilbao Viscalla, so he fancied himself a banker!) I can’t think of anymore right now. [/QUOTE]

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