Silly Character Names

Henry said:
Do, a deer
[rest of the song munched]

You're right, that is a silly song - too bad a 3rd grade music teacher burned it into my brain at age 9. :)
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See, your problem is that your music teacher taught you the wrong version. Allow me to present to you the version that my freshman sight-singing students agreed was much superior to the Julie Andrews version:

Do (Doh), a beer, I need a beer,
Re (Ray), the guy who serves me beer
Mi (Me), the guy who drinks the beer,
Fa (Far), a long long way for beer,
Sol (So), I think I'll have a beer,
La, la la la la la la
Ti (Tea), no thanks I'll have a beer,
And that brings us back to doh! beer, beer, beer

This version is just as well-suited to gaming, particularly the ubiquitous tavern-singing bards, as it is to college music majors. Enjoy. :D
 

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Speaking about silly names... What would you think about Rend Demonsbane or Thrust Gutrender?

Names: Spiker names tend toward visceral or combat-oriented words, with no gender differentiation. A spiker's first name is usually a simple one (often a weapon or a combat-focused verb) given at birth. The second name is usually a nickname earned in adolescence or adulthood.

First Names: Dirk, Grip, Parry, Rend, Spike, Thrust.

Second Names: Bloodletter, Demonbane, Falldown, Fartraveler, Gutrender, Spellfodder.
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Etan Moonstar said:
See, your problem is that your music teacher taught you the wrong version. Allow me to present to you the version that my freshman sight-singing students agreed was much superior to the Julie Andrews version:

Do (Doh), a beer, I need a beer,
Re (Ray), the guy who serves me beer
Mi (Me), the guy who drinks the beer,
Fa (Far), a long long way for beer,
Sol (So), I think I'll have a beer,
La, la la la la la la
Si (Sea), drowned in a sea of beer,
And that brings us back to doh! beer, beer, beer
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Fix Andrews' error, while you're at it!
 


Heh. Reminds me of our current campaign. Running down the list of those who actually have names (that I know of), we've got:

Ammon Stormfang (mine, a monstrous paladin), joined by -

Munk, human monk
Barbie ByMattel, human rogue
Matilda, human druid, named only for the ability to use both "Mattie" and "Tilly" as nicknames

Wee. :)

--Impeesa--
 

Names in our current campaign are pretty cool.

Justice Fairweather- human paladin/cleric
Kaereth of One Oak- halforc monk
Arfin Kegsplitter- dwarf fighter
L'Aurel Woodshadow- halfelf ranger/druid
Xath Thunderheart- elf bard (was a dwarf, died and was reincarnated)
Archonus Aerendor- human fighter/ranger/rogue/martyr
 

Just had to join so I could post on this. Although my games are pretty intense affairs, over the years a couple of oddities have slipped by. These are all PC names devised by demented players at one point or another.
Acid Popper Caligula Caesar
Ustinov the Unthwarted
Sister Vulva Deathmace Salladan Frizbee and her brother...
Tracheotomy Sharpsword Devastator Frizbee "The Duck" (popular choice it seems)
Kiryakov Kalashnikov
Binky Spazz
Ivan Itdropoff the Medalliognome
Melons Stoatpamphlet (clear pythonite here)
McDeath
Mouse the Starr
Capillia Reaction
Reversible Reaction
Lyman Lemon (odd West-Wing precursor there...)
Gaffaths I through VIII
Ferencvaros Kharkov
King Kong Bundy (who later became plain old GBH)

Oh, and I also once used a random name generator and came up with a character called E but have been unable to find a DM who will accept this as a useable name.
 

The gang in our group all go out of our way to come up with "realistic" names. This is mostly out of a sense of self-preservation because we don't just get a chuckle out of your character's silly name - we make fun of you mercilessly. You'll never make it through a dramatic scene without us nailing you continuously with one liners and zingers at the expense of your character's name. Since we avoid such names strenuously, that virtually never happens.

However if you fail to give your character a name at all, you're just asking for rough treatment. One player in our group has not been able to play for several weeks due to the arrival of his second child. He did submit a PC (a Quickling Faen from AU) but failed to name him. We've been making up a variety of names for him in his absense. The two most popular so far are Pinky Scrotlesac and Juniper Turdburglar.

Yes we're juvenile and silly. But we're only in our mid-30's so give us a break. ;)
 

Abraxas said:
This is just a pet peeve of mine and I felt like ranting a bit. I'm sick to death of silly character names.
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I feel your pain. My husband couldn't understand why I nixed his monk named Thelonius. You can fix the problem by setting some naming conventions for your campaign. For example, you could say that Dwarves must have Mongol names, Halflngs have Russian names and so forth. And you can just put your foot down and forbid silly names.
 


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