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<blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 503562" data-attributes="member: 4910">One of the members in the group I play in has a really hard time coming up with character names.&nbsp; He can make the character fine, mechanics, concept, the whole bit.. no worries.&nbsp; But for the life of him he cannot come up with a character name.So we've taken to naming his characters after things around the gaming area,.. the most notable examples being:&quot;Oberto&quot;, a gnome sorcerer interested in mecha-magical devices.&nbsp; Named for a nearby package of Oberto Beef Jerky.&nbsp; Upon being assigned this name, the player changed the gnome's hair color to black, gave him a moustache, and a slight italian accent.&quot;Ruffles&quot;, a dwarven defender.&nbsp; Once he was assigned the name, he worked it into the character's backstory.&nbsp; His real name was actually Balthus Mugrunner, and he came from a long line of dwarven brewers. Ruffles was a nickname he has aquired in his youth, in which his branch of the family was sent off to go stay with a distant relation whom also happened to be quite well to do.&nbsp; Balthus' parrents, hoping to 'keep up with the Joneses' gussied up their children like little aristrocrats.&nbsp; Nobleman's coat, satin undershirt, buttoned vest.. and to his mortification.. a big lacey crevatte and sleeve ruffs.&nbsp; His friends came to visit him a few times during his stay, and gave him the nickname Ruffles when he returned home.&nbsp;&nbsp; And it had stuck ever since.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sejs, post: 503562, member: 4910"] One of the members in the group I play in has a really hard time coming up with character names. He can make the character fine, mechanics, concept, the whole bit.. no worries. But for the life of him he cannot come up with a character name. So we've taken to naming his characters after things around the gaming area,.. the most notable examples being: "Oberto", a gnome sorcerer interested in mecha-magical devices. Named for a nearby package of Oberto Beef Jerky. Upon being assigned this name, the player changed the gnome's hair color to black, gave him a moustache, and a slight italian accent. "Ruffles", a dwarven defender. Once he was assigned the name, he worked it into the character's backstory. His real name was actually Balthus Mugrunner, and he came from a long line of dwarven brewers. Ruffles was a nickname he has aquired in his youth, in which his branch of the family was sent off to go stay with a distant relation whom also happened to be quite well to do. Balthus' parrents, hoping to 'keep up with the Joneses' gussied up their children like little aristrocrats. Nobleman's coat, satin undershirt, buttoned vest.. and to his mortification.. a big lacey crevatte and sleeve ruffs. His friends came to visit him a few times during his stay, and gave him the nickname Ruffles when he returned home. And it had stuck ever since. [/QUOTE]

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