Party Names

[Rashak Mani]

Naming Groups is more of an Earthdawnish thing ... so in D&D we have almost never named groups.

The most notable exception was the "Brothers in Arms" since 3 of the 4 were Clerics That stuck very well... but we didnt actually present ourselves as "BiA" .. it was used more between ourselves... we used to joke a lot police style:
"Its BiA ! FREEZE MotherF%&#."


Shard Questors was another group that recovered some crystal thingy shards....

In Earthdawn we had the Edge Walkers which sounds much better in Portuguese... Andarilhos do Limiar.

 

[mattcolville]

I, as an NPC, referred to a character and his 'valiant group.' The next time I asked them what the name of their company was, one of them said; 'The Valiant' and it stuck. Good name, good way to get a name, nothing intentional on my part.

One group has seven characters in it and are based in the county of Serbius, so I called them the Seven From Serbius, being an old Six From Sirius fan.

A player in another group responded "The Black Company" jokingly, but another player decided that was it, and now they're The Black Company.

Check 'em out.

http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2304

This week, the party goes Deep Into The Moathouse where something other than gnolls awaits.

 

[Turlogh]

Turlogh and Co.
Turlogh and the Rest
Turlogh and the Raiders
Turloghs Slayers

Seriously a name should come from an improtant event, or place in the campaign. Most groups have to earn a name or reputation those that give themselves a name are either arrogant or naive (neither of which have long lifespans- generally speaking).

 

[Laslo Tremaine]

Our current group is fairly large (8 players with a rotating DM), and it seems we spend more time discussing our options than we spend actually doing anything.

One of the party members keeps an in-character journal, and started to refer to the group as the "Debate Society".

So far the name has stuck...

 

[Black Omega]

I have to agree, names just happen usually, instead of being chosen. My current group doesn't have a name yet and the game previously never really came up with a group name. The first game we played in ended up with "The Heroic Trio (plus friends)" and that was mostly because we had a big session where only three of us showed up and as low level adventurers ended up wiping out a goblin village. We started joking about Heroic Trio and it stuck.

 

[ThenHeCame]

Heroic Few is a good name. infact, my favroit!

 

[Dingleberry]

for Far Side fans

Due to the screeching halt in game momentum that results from almost every encounter with a closed door, we've taken to calling the PCs the "Midvale Party for the Gifted".

 

[Warrior Poet]

Dingleberry ... I thought I recognized that name ...

----Due to the screeching halt in game momentum that results from almost every encounter with a closed door, we've taken to calling the PCs the "Midvale Party for the Gifted".----

Hey, I resemble that remark ...

Dingleberry's right - doors in our campaign are like the old Swim skill from Chaosium's Stormbringer game: a sure show stopper. You might be a mighty lord of Melnibone (should be an accent on that last "e," and I can't figure out how to get one there) capable of summoning hordes of demons and slaying all manner of foes, but at some point you were destined to end up on a ship to somewhere, and were invariably attacked by pirates, and thrown overboard (just like Elric) in your plate armor, and you always had about 10% in Swim. Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.

We're lucky to open a door, deal with whatever's on the other side, and rest for a day. Of course, this last adventure was in a forest - notably lacking doors. Notably populated with vampires, as well.

Thieving vampiric goblins ... nuthin' worse.

Warrior Poet

edit: heh, heh, the little codes that italicize, bold, and quote are gone. Fixing goofy post now.

 

[CWD]

From Shadowrun:
Wright and Wong Detective Agency
The Wrecking Crue
The Flying Circus (Biker gang with a WWI flying ace motif)

From Deadlands:
Bar Nun
(this was both the name of their saloon and their ranch - the party leader was a nun of course)

Never had an adventuring party with a name in a D&D game though...

 

[Corey]

We call ourselves the Shovels.

For some odd reason we keep finding bodies all over the realms. Our goody-goody cleric makes us bury them, thus the name.

Our favorite burial rite- We were walking along a forest trail escorting a kobold prisoner back to town for questioning. Our opposition did not want the beastie yipping her secrets so she had her familiar deliver a shocking grasp spell. Our cleric decided the kobold, who had tried to kill us no long before, deserved a proper grave. Disgusted, the party barbarian flung the remains into the woods, said "Rest in peace," and just kept going.

Corey