D&D General Yan C Bin is the worst name in D&D

[R_J_K75]

One new player was having a really hard time coming up with a name of her ranger

I played an Athasian elf, cool back story but couldnt think of a name. "Going Through the Dessert With an Elf With No Name".

 

[Demetrios1453]

As someone else suggested, even "joke" (or less than ideal) names can become "real" names over time just through frequent use. We had a character named "GWAR" in a campaign (after the band) but no one thought of that much after the first session. One new player was having a really hard time coming up with a name of her ranger so she named it after where I am from, thus was Brook Lynn the Ranger was born. We've had priests of the luck god named Chance and Jinx, and once a gnome named "Geigy" because the cardboard I used for a screen was from a box holding the pharma company's product and the player liked the sound of it!

Honestly, clerics of a luck god giving themselves that sort of nickname is actually pretty much on-brand.

 

[Ace]

For the record, Blibdoolpoolp is a fantastic name. For people who grew up reading fat stacks of slim Mike Moorcock paperbacks, at least.

So many people forget the profound influence that Moorcock had on D&D. A decent argument could be made that other than some trappings, D&D is much more Moorcock than Tolkien.

As an aside, the inclusion of Melnibonean stuff in Deities and Demigods was with express permission of Moorcock and he and Jack Vance were highly supportive of our hobby.

 

[Ancalagon]

First D&D game ever, one of the other players had a gnome thief named "Pylov Manure"

 

[Azzy]

I've always pronounced it as roughly "yawn see bean".

Juiblex is one that never seems to get pronounced right. People read it and subconsciously transpose the I and the B.

Guilty as charged.

I dunno, I'm not too fond of flind. I still don't know if it rhymes with wind or wind.

It's the latter.

 

[Ace]

First D&D game ever, one of the other players had a gnome thief named "Pylov Manure"

Had Dr. Cañyon Fauder in a Call of Cthulhu Game. It did not go well.

 

[Zardnaar]

I love it.

It kinda works.

 

[Morrus]

Thats just terrible. Who at TSR thought either the naming conventions or the CD were a good idea. Did they think they were creating a world and mythology on par with Tolkien?

Yes?

 

[EzekielRaiden]

The players only know how I tell them it is pronounced, so "YON 'gutteral cthulian click' b-eye-n" spoken while sucking in air dramatically works for me.

Where on earth do you get "yon-click" from? It's clearly pronounced "lawr-uhl"!

 

[Radaceus]

the year 1980...
My first character, my virgin eyes oggling a bare Player Character Sheet...

DM: "what is your characters name?"
Me ( A Tolkien fanatic): "Bard!"
DM: "not your class, and that class isn't possible yet, you'll have to blah blah blah...
I stare in confusion
DM continues: "Just make up a name, and then we will create your character class, race blah blah
I interrupt: "...but why cant my name be Bard, like the bowman?"
DM stares in confusion...