Renaissance Man
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Caliban said:
Those are brilliant!
stupid PC names
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Those are brilliant!
Deedlit
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In one of my games, we had an NPC king named noclu, because neither the DM or the people who frequently plotted with him could think up a name, and one person answered "No Clue" when asked for an idea, and the name stuck. Personally, I usually name them after characters from other fantasy series when I can't think of any, as do many of my friends, so half the dwarves we meet are named gimli.
On a similar note, anyone read the dynasty memories webcomic from the author of 8-bit theater? The character names there include Hung Gai, Lao Zhe, and Dum Man.
On a similar note, anyone read the dynasty memories webcomic from the author of 8-bit theater? The character names there include Hung Gai, Lao Zhe, and Dum Man.
Fortunately, my players have always been pretty good at naming their PCs. I can't think of any silly names...
...except for the NPC villain I put into our campaign once. There were these two dwarves in the party, and I told them the local Boogeyman the clan elders used to scare them with when they were little was "Big Irv, the Ogre Perv" - said to have this thing for succulent young dwarf-boys. The players of the dwarf PCs thought that was pretty funny and even made references to "Big Irv" in-game.
Of course, they didn't think it was too funny when they were the last ones in their party left alive in a dungeon complex, and when they had just about made it to the dungeon exit with single-digit hit points and no further way of healing, when who should show up in his tight-fitting leather thong and high-heeled hip boots, with his favorite whip in his hand...
(The bad news: the dwarves were both killed, causing us to restart the campaign with brand-new PCs. The good news: they hightailed it from Big Irv as fast as they could, and wound up getting killed by something several rooms away before Big Irv could catch up to them.
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Johnathan
...except for the NPC villain I put into our campaign once. There were these two dwarves in the party, and I told them the local Boogeyman the clan elders used to scare them with when they were little was "Big Irv, the Ogre Perv" - said to have this thing for succulent young dwarf-boys. The players of the dwarf PCs thought that was pretty funny and even made references to "Big Irv" in-game.
Of course, they didn't think it was too funny when they were the last ones in their party left alive in a dungeon complex, and when they had just about made it to the dungeon exit with single-digit hit points and no further way of healing, when who should show up in his tight-fitting leather thong and high-heeled hip boots, with his favorite whip in his hand...
(The bad news: the dwarves were both killed, causing us to restart the campaign with brand-new PCs. The good news: they hightailed it from Big Irv as fast as they could, and wound up getting killed by something several rooms away before Big Irv could catch up to them.
)Johnathan
EvilMountainDew
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Test Ick lease
One of the times I was playing Pen-Paper DnD and a player got really bored, so when his character died and brought in the next one he name it 'NutSak of Scrotia' When I made him pick a different name he quit and went home...
One of the times I was playing Pen-Paper DnD and a player got really bored, so when his character died and brought in the next one he name it 'NutSak of Scrotia' When I made him pick a different name he quit and went home...
psychognome
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We've never had trouble with weird names. It's just us who give each others' characters stupid nicknames.
For an example, my female gnomish illusionist/rogue dubbed everyone in the group into something ending with -y. For an example:
Grimnyr- Grimmy
Reene- Renny
Florazah- Flory
Enyalis- Enny
In the campaign that I started running yesterday one of my players insisted on calling his gnome cleric Muffe, and have him worship Gaia (Spelled Guya).
For an example, my female gnomish illusionist/rogue dubbed everyone in the group into something ending with -y. For an example:
Grimnyr- Grimmy
Reene- Renny
Florazah- Flory
Enyalis- Enny
In the campaign that I started running yesterday one of my players insisted on calling his gnome cleric Muffe, and have him worship Gaia (Spelled Guya).
Janos Audron
Explorer
Stupid names:
Gaylord Hulsen
Nyovne (Anagram of Yvonne)
Sanctus
Regdar
Yurirolleyes
Valiance
Amdewijn
Zizzyzazu (zoudz like he iz ruzzian)
Gaylord Hulsen
Nyovne (Anagram of Yvonne)
Sanctus
Regdar
Yuri
rolleyesValiance
Amdewijn
Zizzyzazu (zoudz like he iz ruzzian)
The worst names of my games:
- Halfling thief named Kellogg (as in cornflakes)
- Black duck (player race in Runequest and a Swedish game) named Sodium Steelfeather
- Fighter named Senilix (from Asterix the Gaul comic)
- Fighter named "Wakisashi man" because his player never came up with a name.
- Fighter named "Two weapon man" because his player never bothered to come up with a name (this was his favorite character; he played with him for over a year, but still didnt name him).
- A duck pirate named "The duck" because the player didnt bother to come up with a name (this is sort of a trend in my group
)
- A half-elf fighter named Dunseith. This wasnt so bad until we got to know that there actually is some small town in USA named Dunseith :-/ Pretty cool coincidence though
But I cant understand why certain DMs have problems with strange names. Even though some of those names sounded strange from the beginning, they became natural after a while.
Right now, though, we tend to use real world names on characters. It makes it easier for me (DM) to create distinct cultures without much problem; people of the east have Anglo-Saxian names, people in the South have Italian/Spanish names, and so on.
- Halfling thief named Kellogg (as in cornflakes)
- Black duck (player race in Runequest and a Swedish game) named Sodium Steelfeather
- Fighter named Senilix (from Asterix the Gaul comic)
- Fighter named "Wakisashi man" because his player never came up with a name.
- Fighter named "Two weapon man" because his player never bothered to come up with a name (this was his favorite character; he played with him for over a year, but still didnt name him).
- A duck pirate named "The duck" because the player didnt bother to come up with a name (this is sort of a trend in my group
)- A half-elf fighter named Dunseith. This wasnt so bad until we got to know that there actually is some small town in USA named Dunseith :-/ Pretty cool coincidence though
But I cant understand why certain DMs have problems with strange names. Even though some of those names sounded strange from the beginning, they became natural after a while.
Right now, though, we tend to use real world names on characters. It makes it easier for me (DM) to create distinct cultures without much problem; people of the east have Anglo-Saxian names, people in the South have Italian/Spanish names, and so on.
Terraism
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Caliban, I absolutely love Gnome N. Clayture. That's far beyond brilliant. That's wonderful.
Ok, that said, I feel like I should contribute something on topic, so... just about the worst I've ever seen was a player who wanted to run six PC's, all clones from the Dragonlance Chronicles series.
I beg to differ. The Giving Tree was not a "warm, fuzzy children's book." It was a gutrenching, horrible thing that I think all children should read.
Ok, that said, I feel like I should contribute something on topic, so... just about the worst I've ever seen was a player who wanted to run six PC's, all clones from the Dragonlance Chronicles series.
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