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<blockquote data-quote="architectofsleep" data-source="post: 4642963" data-attributes="member: 80396">I agree.&nbsp; If it destroys immersion for the other players, I wouldn't do it.&nbsp; Our group (the players, anyway) is really laid back, though.&nbsp; We spend 8-10 hours a week at the gaming table, and only about 4 of that is spent actually gaming, and maybe 30 min. of that is spent actually role-playing (the rest is mostly battle, and then either buying things or saying &quot;we rest,&quot; or making plans about where we're going next).&nbsp; The rest of the time is spent joking around, shooting the bull, etc.&nbsp; Sometimes, when something extraordinary happens in game, like someone failing a necessary roll, we stop and joke about it and everything gets really silly.&nbsp; So, I was pretty sure that naming my oft-dying-or-running-away animal companions something silly wouldn't really be a game-breaker.That sounds like a blast.&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; I love playing fun, creative ideas.&nbsp; This campaign is more in the epic style, so I made my character to suit it (druid with an appropriate non-silly name, and a fairly basic background that I'm not excited about playing, but it will do).&nbsp; I really didn't think giving a cutesy name to my animal companion would get my GM's dander up.&nbsp; Maybe he had a bad experience in the past...I'm pretty sure two of the players have absolutely no problem with it.&nbsp; The third player is the GM's wife and would probably side with the GM (go figure).&nbsp; I haven't actually asked them, though, not wanting to make a big deal out of names, of all things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="architectofsleep, post: 4642963, member: 80396"] I agree. If it destroys immersion for the other players, I wouldn't do it. Our group (the players, anyway) is really laid back, though. We spend 8-10 hours a week at the gaming table, and only about 4 of that is spent actually gaming, and maybe 30 min. of that is spent actually role-playing (the rest is mostly battle, and then either buying things or saying "we rest," or making plans about where we're going next). The rest of the time is spent joking around, shooting the bull, etc. Sometimes, when something extraordinary happens in game, like someone failing a necessary roll, we stop and joke about it and everything gets really silly. So, I was pretty sure that naming my oft-dying-or-running-away animal companions something silly wouldn't really be a game-breaker. That sounds like a blast. :) I love playing fun, creative ideas. This campaign is more in the epic style, so I made my character to suit it (druid with an appropriate non-silly name, and a fairly basic background that I'm not excited about playing, but it will do). I really didn't think giving a cutesy name to my animal companion would get my GM's dander up. Maybe he had a bad experience in the past... I'm pretty sure two of the players have absolutely no problem with it. The third player is the GM's wife and would probably side with the GM (go figure). I haven't actually asked them, though, not wanting to make a big deal out of names, of all things. [/QUOTE]

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