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Worse. Character. Name. Ever!!
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DragonLancer
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In my gaming career I've seen some terrible pun names. The ones I remember best are:
Sir Jeckel Stokking & Sir Bo Crowat - a pair of knights from a Pendragon game.
Helen Highwater - AD&D 2nd ed barbarian.
Onnree Flection - a french character from a Call of Cthulhu game.
Dew Beeus - a dodgey elven NPC rogue from a Dark Sun game I played in.
Sir Jeckel Stokking & Sir Bo Crowat - a pair of knights from a Pendragon game.
Helen Highwater - AD&D 2nd ed barbarian.
Onnree Flection - a french character from a Call of Cthulhu game.
Dew Beeus - a dodgey elven NPC rogue from a Dark Sun game I played in.
gunter uxbridge
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I once saw a player get away with the name Xetok for a few months. Not a bad name on the outside, until we figured out it was Kotex spelled backward. 
In a Star Trek game we had a Vulcan XO named Tyvek. Again, pretty cool name until we figured out it was a brand of insulation.
I personally played a really dumb fighter in 2e named Farfig. To anyone who was interested he would let them know that it was short for....wait for it....Farfigneugen! He had an idiot twin brother named Mongo and an INT 11 Wizard brother named Homer. The three were a hoot to play.
A girl in a Star Trek game I was running named her character Lieutenant Incognito. I wanted to slap the crap out of her on the spot.
In a Star Trek game we had a Vulcan XO named Tyvek. Again, pretty cool name until we figured out it was a brand of insulation.
I personally played a really dumb fighter in 2e named Farfig. To anyone who was interested he would let them know that it was short for....wait for it....Farfigneugen! He had an idiot twin brother named Mongo and an INT 11 Wizard brother named Homer. The three were a hoot to play.
A girl in a Star Trek game I was running named her character Lieutenant Incognito. I wanted to slap the crap out of her on the spot.
Tarrasque Wrangler
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I had a buddy in our old Deadlands campaign who played a half Black/half Indian gunslinger named Hiawatha Jones. And he always said it the same way, let me see if I can approximate it: "HYE-awatha Jooooonesssss"
PaulGreystoke
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Anything from Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Brother Maynard
The Enchanter Tim
Robin & his mistrels
I absolutely love the movie, but somehow these names kill the mood...
We had a game where all of the characters were named after pharmaceuticals:
Darvon the Dwarf
Acetaminophen the Paladin
Zantax the Wizard
Quite frankly, those names always sounded better to me than the names you run into in most fantasy fiction...
Brother Maynard
The Enchanter Tim
Robin & his mistrels
I absolutely love the movie, but somehow these names kill the mood...
We had a game where all of the characters were named after pharmaceuticals:
Darvon the Dwarf
Acetaminophen the Paladin
Zantax the Wizard
Quite frankly, those names always sounded better to me than the names you run into in most fantasy fiction...
Turin Turambar
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Stumpwater the Dwarven Barbarian.
bbarrington
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Our group comedian was coming up with new names and my favorite was Eric the Barbaric Barbarian/Cleric.
"This fall on FOX! What happens when the groups Barbarian takes a level of Cleric? You get ERIC THE BARBARIC!"
"This fall on FOX! What happens when the groups Barbarian takes a level of Cleric? You get ERIC THE BARBARIC!"
Myconid Sage
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I have come across a lot of bad names:
Derrick Dragonass
Hanz and Franz (Paladin Brothers)
Angus (a minatour)
Kasper Weinburger (a PC in my current campagin)
My first character from the old Red Set:
Bobo the Thief
On of my worst NPC names:
Billy the Mac
JP
Derrick Dragonass
Hanz and Franz (Paladin Brothers)
Angus (a minatour)
Kasper Weinburger (a PC in my current campagin)
My first character from the old Red Set:
Bobo the Thief
On of my worst NPC names:
Billy the Mac
JP
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