War Titles/Names. How do you use them ?

[MeepoTheMighty]

Well, in the last campaign I played in, a lot of the characters were nobility. One was the heir to the throne of nation A, another was the neice of the king of nation B, and another was the surviving son of a destroyed dwarven clan.

I was the elven equivalent of a 13 year old girl.

However, I was the one who was able to bring an end to the ongoing war between nation A and nation B and get them to unite against the growing orcish threat. Call lightning is such an effecting negotiating tooll in a low-magic world.

From then on, I was known as Stormbringer, and my reputation sure did fly.

 

[Rashak Mani]

I loved that "the Unwise" title... seemed very deserved as well.

I am starting to get the "BlackAxe" aftername... I do have an adamantine great axe.

The Cleric in my group has changed Religions 3 times (Corellon - Lathandar - Pelor ) and was once polymorphed into a Rat and kept on fighting even then. What should I name him ?

( I would call him MinHao the Everchanging )

 

[Rashak Mani]

bump...

Come on... do so few people have "nicknames" in games ?

 

[Maerdwyn]

The Cleric in my group has changed Religions 3 times (Corellon - Lathandar - Pelor ) and was once polymorphed into a Rat and kept on fighting even then. What should I name him ?

Minhao the Mercurial?
(More optimistically) Minhao the Seeker?
(by his former churches) Minhao the Faithless?
Minhao the Free Thinker?

 

[Desdichado]

I'm not big on nick-names, although some oral cultures, like the Celts or the Saxons, did use them. It still seems pretty cheesy when PCs try it, though. As Maraxle says, comes out kinda Lothar of the Hill-People-ish, and it just causes the players to make a bunch of lame jokes.

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

Rashak,

What's the character's name?

You could try a little "Taren the Tenacious", "Sylvia the Stubborn", or "Adwar Ankle-Biter", "Ratman", "Ratboy", "the Rodent", "Pest", the Unyielding".



Taren Nighteyes

 

[RatPunk]

We had a cleric in our last campaign that we took to calling Peshal the Bloody because he would invariably get knocked unconscious in every combat...

He was also the one that determined that wetting oneself in combat is a free action...

 

[Bagpuss]

I use to play... barbarian in a long running Basic D&D game originally just called Alum who was later know as "Alum of the Strongarm" (18 Strength and a habit of showing it off) or just Alum Strongarm, he was also called "Alum the Pillar" to his troops after he held up a portcullas on his own to allow his men to escape death during an failed assualt on a orc held castle.

by the end of the game his full titles were....

Commander of the Armies of Osland, who scattered the Orc hordes to the nine winds, Master at Arms, Slayer of Vampires, Destroyer of the Lich Mazgal, Champion of the Gladiator Pits, who crushed the skull of a Gargoyle in his bare hands, who melted the Ice Fortress with the fire of his rightous anger, Kingmaker, Widowmaker, weilder of the twin swords "Klever, goblinebane" and "Kutter, the life syphon", who brought final rest to the Death Knights of Grim, beloved of Vanya and Halax (who rule the enternal battlefields), Champion of Valerias goddess of Romance and Passion and Brother to the Gray Lady. Friend of all friends, Foe of all foes.

It took him a long time to be announced at formal occasions, thankfully he didn't attend many.

 

[Kyramus]

A few months ago my players undergone a seige of the city they lived in. After that event and their help to clean out the enemies, they were named Heroes of (insert city name here).

It hasn't been used yet, but it will be announced when they ever get an audience with a higher noble.

Also the cleric is knighted, sometimes they call him Sir Thoron, sometimes Holy Knight Thoron, depending on who talks to him and gives him respect.

The players have taken a mission into enemy ground, when they finish that, they might get another title from their kingdom, maybe a title from the enemy kingdom as well. It all comes down to what they do.

How would I use the title? It is a +1 favorable bonus when dealing with nobility, or maybe even a -1 unfavorable bonus when dealing with the enemy.

 

[Mercule]

Heh. I'm playing the son of a Baklunish merchant, so I came up with a pseudo-Arabic name, which I use in full when introducing myself to anyone of any note. I can't even use my characters _given_ name without at least one player saying "Gesundheit". Ah, well, I guess it gives life to that whole "other culture" thing.

For the record, the name is:

Khorad ip Ehsan ip Farjad