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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1953900" data-attributes="member: 5100">I've been told that I've got a good mind for creating names.&nbsp; Most of the time, though, I do just what Sir Elton (and Monte, apparently) suggest.&nbsp; For instance, the city of Provic is a bastardization of &quot;province&quot; and the Jorae elves were named when I decided to &quot;trace the etymology&quot; of &quot;grey elf&quot;.&nbsp; It can even be done with fantasy names: I saw the module &quot;Under Illefarn&quot; and soon named a nation Illfandar.&nbsp;If I'm in a creative mood, I can often come up with some random syllables that sound okay together -- and may even be passible as part of a dialect.&nbsp; I usually do that by getting into character and introducing myself or talking about something.&nbsp; For example, the hobgoblin hero Kalak hails from the city of Rcolth in the nation of Dtheklgar.&nbsp; Or Sawene Galalmathien is a Jorae elf from the city of Celinathin in Lithselinori.&nbsp; Hobgoblins are more fun than elves, though -- I get to growl.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;Oh, and I usually run through a couple of phonetic shifts when I'm throwing random sounds together.&nbsp; That means I usually only do it in would-building or adventure planning.&nbsp; I also try not to be around too many people because I actually gesture and speak &quot;in character&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 1953900, member: 5100"] I've been told that I've got a good mind for creating names. Most of the time, though, I do just what Sir Elton (and Monte, apparently) suggest. For instance, the city of Provic is a bastardization of "province" and the Jorae elves were named when I decided to "trace the etymology" of "grey elf". It can even be done with fantasy names: I saw the module "Under Illefarn" and soon named a nation Illfandar. If I'm in a creative mood, I can often come up with some random syllables that sound okay together -- and may even be passible as part of a dialect. I usually do that by getting into character and introducing myself or talking about something. For example, the hobgoblin hero Kalak hails from the city of Rcolth in the nation of Dtheklgar. Or Sawene Galalmathien is a Jorae elf from the city of Celinathin in Lithselinori. Hobgoblins are more fun than elves, though -- I get to growl. :) Oh, and I usually run through a couple of phonetic shifts when I'm throwing random sounds together. That means I usually only do it in would-building or adventure planning. I also try not to be around too many people because I actually gesture and speak "in character". [/QUOTE]

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