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<blockquote data-quote="Big Jake" data-source="post: 1640947" data-attributes="member: 19203">Good question.&nbsp; Sometime's I come up with a name and then build a character around it.&nbsp; Most of the time I come up with a character then figure a name for him.Shirak the Shorn - A great name I came up with for a dwarf with no beard.&nbsp; I really liked the name, and I had to work on a character that I could use.&nbsp; Long story short: defied the head of his clan and had his beard cut off.&nbsp; He was to remain &quot;dead to the clan&quot; until his beard grew 12 inches.&nbsp; In further defiance, he became a nature-loving ranger and kept his beard shorn.When I made my current character (human Fighter/Warmage/Havoc Mage/Eldritch Knight), I wanted to make a 3.5 character with a d20 Modern feel.&nbsp; So I created him as a member of an elite Air Force team that fought against magical threats.&nbsp; I bought d20 Modern armor and weapons (tonfa, a lot of police-type people use them) and dressed him up in BDUs.&nbsp; He would end up in the &quot;D&amp;D&quot; world by a planar rift.&nbsp; Then I thought up a name.&nbsp; A good &quot;modern&quot; name:&nbsp; Chris.&nbsp; I have a brother name Chris.&nbsp; And a last name?&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; How about... Johnson? Peterson?&nbsp; naw.&nbsp; Ooh!&nbsp; Thomasson.&nbsp; What a great name.&nbsp; Chris Thomasson.&nbsp; I introduced him to the party, and someone pulled out a Dragon Magazine and said.. oh, like the editor of Dragon?So, I guess I can add &quot;subliminal messaging&quot; as a way to create character names.Some great names from my past:Long Li, human oriental monk/psychic warrior.&nbsp; Got his name from an on-line chinese dictionary.&nbsp; Last name Long (a common chinese last name) = Dragon.&nbsp; First name Li = strength.&nbsp; His brother, a psion played by a friend, was Long Shen.&nbsp; I think it meant Dragon Mind.Eldon, a halfling psion that I took from 1st to 24th level.&nbsp; His name in in the player's handbook for common halfling names, but it's also the middle name of one of my best friends.&nbsp; I asked him if I could use him middle name.Bruno, human &quot;Duh Jock&quot; (from Best of Dragon vol 2)... I got the name from Bruce Willis' album.Fulcrum Ironhelm, dwarf cleric.&nbsp; I fumbled around with a list of Dwarven names that I have from a Dungeon magazine.&nbsp; Neither Fulcrum nor Ironhelm were actual choices, but I took a syllable from one and ended with another, and ended up with Fulcrum.Melodius Funk, human bard.&nbsp; Kind of derivitive of Thelonious Monk.&nbsp; His theme song &quot;Here comes the funk!&quot; was turned into &quot;I smell the funk!&quot; by his party members.And my friend's cleric:&nbsp; Gregor Ianchant is one of my favorite names of any that were not my characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Big Jake, post: 1640947, member: 19203"] Good question. Sometime's I come up with a name and then build a character around it. Most of the time I come up with a character then figure a name for him. [B]Shirak the Shorn[/B] - A great name I came up with for a dwarf with no beard. I really liked the name, and I had to work on a character that I could use. Long story short: defied the head of his clan and had his beard cut off. He was to remain "dead to the clan" until his beard grew 12 inches. In further defiance, he became a nature-loving ranger and kept his beard shorn. When I made my current character (human Fighter/Warmage/Havoc Mage/Eldritch Knight), I wanted to make a 3.5 character with a d20 Modern feel. So I created him as a member of an elite Air Force team that fought against magical threats. I bought d20 Modern armor and weapons (tonfa, a lot of police-type people use them) and dressed him up in BDUs. He would end up in the "D&D" world by a planar rift. Then I thought up a name. A good "modern" name: Chris. I have a brother name Chris. And a last name? Hmm. How about... Johnson? Peterson? naw. Ooh! Thomasson. What a great name. [B]Chris Thomasson[/B]. I introduced him to the party, and someone pulled out a Dragon Magazine and said.. oh, like the editor of Dragon? So, I guess I can add "subliminal messaging" as a way to create character names. Some great names from my past: [B]Long Li[/B], human oriental monk/psychic warrior. Got his name from an on-line chinese dictionary. Last name Long (a common chinese last name) = Dragon. First name Li = strength. His brother, a psion played by a friend, was [B]Long Shen[/B]. I think it meant Dragon Mind. [B]Eldon[/B], a halfling psion that I took from 1st to 24th level. His name in in the player's handbook for common halfling names, but it's also the middle name of one of my best friends. I asked him if I could use him middle name. [B]Bruno[/B], human "Duh Jock" (from Best of Dragon vol 2)... I got the name from Bruce Willis' album. [B]Fulcrum Ironhelm[/B], dwarf cleric. I fumbled around with a list of Dwarven names that I have from a Dungeon magazine. Neither Fulcrum nor Ironhelm were actual choices, but I took a syllable from one and ended with another, and ended up with Fulcrum. [B]Melodius Funk[/B], human bard. Kind of derivitive of Thelonious Monk. His theme song "Here comes the funk!" was turned into "I smell the funk!" by his party members. And my friend's cleric: [B]Gregor Ianchant[/B] is one of my favorite names of any that were not my characters. [/QUOTE]

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