names Githyanki and Githzerai?

[Umbran]

I still think that changing names would be a neat thing for a completely alien species.

Except... it completely defeats the purpose of having a name. A name is a word or words that people can use to refer to you. If it is not fairly constant, then what is the point?

"Where's Sam?"
"Sam? There's no Sam here."
"You sure? Big guy, dark hair, wears black t-shirts? Pays the rent..."
"Oh, him. He was Sam last week. He changed it to Qwerty Garfunkel on Thursday."
"Well, can I speak with Qwerty Garfunkel please?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"'Cause there's no Qwerty here."
"But you just said..."
"Yeah, but it's after two PM. Now he's named Soup Kettle."
"How about we just call him 'Bigguydarkhair Wearsblacktshirts?"
"Sure. Hey, Sam... I mean Qwer... I mean Soup! Yeah you, big guy! Your landlord wants to talk to you..."

A culture that has constantly changing names will have hell to pay when it tries to write a history book...

 

[Savage Wombat]

Re: Characters from Savage Wombat's Githzerai game

I was in Savage Wombat's githzerai game, let's see if I can remember the names of the PCs.

En'kun (my monk/psychic warrior)
Ngarrak (psychic warrior/master of chains)
Elezpah (psion/psychic healer)
R'rek (I think this was the slayer in the party)

Hmmm. That's all I can remember out of the nine PCs. SW, you still have those character sheets. Any other good ones that didn't come from your list?

Found the old EXP chart. The rest of the PCs were:

Keluk
Lii'an
R'kar
R'tak
Thrak'iar