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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5428049" data-attributes="member: 92511">I think we all agree, there is no such thing as a &quot;wrong&quot; name for fantasy game character.I'll also concur on the &quot;distracting&quot; or just plain &quot;silly&quot; names so beloved by some players. If it is derogatory or inferring some inappropriateness, then I think it is fair to say it ought not be allowed.That said, I definitely concur that details/trends of the existing world, if significantly detailed, should be taken into consideration. Human names have...a &quot;sound.&quot; Elf names have a sound, dwarven, halfling, etc... Whatever that sound IS in your world of choice, that should be acknowledged and fed into.If you're not feeding into your game world...then why are you playing the game?If I wanted to interact with people named John, or Thomas, or Bob or Al...why am I playing a fantasy game?John=Jahn...Thomas=Thom (perhaps pronouncing the &quot;th&quot;) or Bob=....ok, there's really not help for Bob. lol. Bahb, maybe? But unless you're reading it, doesn't matter. hahaha. Al is short for Aladeramporte...that sorta thing.It's not just about disrupting the play for the DM, but disrupting &quot;suspension of disbelief&quot; for the rest of the group. A particualry good DM should be able to work past this...but with everything else...why should he/she have to?It's a fantasy game...it's not so hard to come up with a &quot;fantasy&quot; name. Coupla consonants, coupla A's or I's...no big.But, to the point of the OP, there is no &quot;right&quot; or &quot;wrong&quot; way to name characters in a fantasy game.--SDBut point blank, there isn't, nor should be,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5428049, member: 92511"] I think we all agree, there is no such thing as a "wrong" name for fantasy game character. I'll also concur on the "distracting" or just plain "silly" names so beloved by some players. If it is derogatory or inferring some inappropriateness, then I think it is fair to say it ought not be allowed. That said, I definitely concur that details/trends of the existing world, if significantly detailed, should be taken into consideration. Human names have...a "sound." Elf names have a sound, dwarven, halfling, etc... Whatever that sound IS in your world of choice, that should be acknowledged and fed into. If you're not feeding into your game world...then why are you playing the game? If I wanted to interact with people named John, or Thomas, or Bob or Al...why am I playing a fantasy game? John=Jahn...Thomas=Thom (perhaps pronouncing the "th") or Bob=....ok, there's really not help for Bob. lol. Bahb, maybe? But unless you're reading it, doesn't matter. hahaha. Al is short for Aladeramporte...that sorta thing. It's not just about disrupting the play for the DM, but disrupting "suspension of disbelief" for the rest of the group. A particualry good DM should be able to work past this...but with everything else...why should he/she have to? It's a fantasy game...it's not so hard to come up with a "fantasy" name. Coupla consonants, coupla A's or I's...no big. But, to the point of the OP, there is no "right" or "wrong" way to name characters in a fantasy game. --SD But point blank, there isn't, nor should be, [/QUOTE]

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