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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9294044" data-attributes="member: 7044459">I do think there is some benefit to going digital. Like I mentioned in my post, I do make use of my tablet. I really prefer my curated name list. I spent a very long time crafting it, and I'm always adding to it. It exists as an easily printable Google Sheets doc. Cure, I can generate an infinite number of names at a click, and then read through them and hope I like one, or I can turn to my list that is broken down between names for a shady character, or names for a strong character, or names for a wise character. These are all names I've already liked enough to put on the list too, so there's no duds. Plus I feel like it adds to the magic of the game. The players are talking to the random dopey guard you just made up on the spot and ask what his name is. I can generate a list, and get a bunch of fantasy names, half of which won't actually be pronounceable, or I can grab 'Fenton' off my list which is under Masculine Mundane names. His friends call him Gumbo. (Also on my list for some reason.) It feels like that guard is a real person in my setting and not something made up on the fly. I like the generators, and digital tools. A lot of my list comes from those. But I use those for the prep work. Then I put the prep work in my binder and that's what I use at the table. I like limiting my options because I feel like I get more out of my prep that way. If I know I have a list of 100 names, I know I have to grab one of those. If I have a generator at my finger tips I'm going to be tempted to click "Generate again", constantly throwing away the 'Good enough' in the hunt for the 'Perfect'. I'm a little too young to have even experienced the originals. I like that this one has a snap closure though. I feel like that would be nicer than the velcro the new ones have.</blockquote>

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