Half-Orc: Orok or Dracke if barbarian Human: Caernor or Kore if monk Elf/Half-Elf: Bellum Gnome: Ulgar Dwarf: Kargreth Arcane Spell caster: Jon Irenicus ( with portrait/sound set/sprite ) Extra male character if need be: Marek
for my female characters:
Cleric/Front liner: Darsa Thief Type: Taere Arcane caster: Suna or Asuna if an elf
just so i can find them in the character folder when i go to import/export, still kind of annoyed that beamdog changed it so the imported character files has the "character name" instead of the "import name" grr....
Wolf Larsen or Horrigan for mercenary types. Dallas Greatarmor for dwarven warriors. Mack the Knife for shady types. Poots the Zauberer for mages, Poots the Medicant for clerics (usually gnomes). Baron Grimm for blackguards. Rugale the Martyr or the Radiant for paladins. For the very few times I play as a female character I use Millers or Fratley.
If I'm honest most of my charnames would be called Oh Bugger, because it's only when I get to the last screen that I remember I've got to think up a name for them.
If I'm honest most of my charnames would be called Oh Bugger, because it's only when I get to the last screen that I remember I've got to think up a name for them.
How about taking the first letter of race, class, alignment and highest stat and then add random vowels. Like human kensai true neutral constitution → Haktinco
Because of Wizardry I like the name Werdna but I spell it Wyrdna because it looks cooler and is less like plagiarism. Wyrdna Bonedancer for a Necromancer or a sorcerer/dragon disciple specializing in necromancer spells is a name I love.
Names of characters my friends chose back when I was a D&D dungeon master are also favorites of mine. Those names are Hanslow Tinderbow (ranger, archer or fighter) and Hansoff Lightfingers (thief). I also love the name Kayla (so much so that's my daughter's first name) so Kayla Forest for any female Druid or Ranger.
No. You are all wrong. The best name for a female protagonist is Charmaine.
The name comes from a 1924 play, What Price Glory?, (!!!! How appropriate!), that depicts two powerful characters facing off for supremacy against the backdrop of a world-wide conflict set in motion by forces they cannot understand.
So men should be called Charlemagne, King of a large part of Europe at against the backdrop of worldwide poverty and famine caused by years of war versus old allies and new enemies.
So men should be called Charlemagne, King of a large part of Europe at against the backdrop of worldwide poverty and famine caused by years of war versus old allies and new enemies.
Yes, if pronounced in English. The French pronunciation doesn't suit our purposes, a good mame for CHARNAME, and what could be more fitting than a fitting rhyme or approximation of CHARNAME.
Of course, this hearkens back to the numerous discussions over the years whether the "Char" in Charname should be pronounced "/tja/", "/ka/", or "/sja/". The second syllable "name" would most comfortably become "/naim/" in English, aligning well with the English version of Charmaine or Charlemagne, as given above, but less well with the French versions.
A Conclusion, of sorts: French and the Romance languages (heh!) take you out for fine dining and lilting conversation; English chases you down alleyways and mugs you for spare vocabulary, pronouncing the spoils however it damn well pleases.
I prefer short names because your name keeps coming up in dialogue. It breaks immersion for me if your party members or other people call your evil human Necromancer "Tom Marvolo Riddle" every time they speak to him.
I prefer short names because your name keeps coming up in dialogue. It breaks immersion for me if your party members or other people call your evil human Necromancer "Tom Marvolo Riddle" every time they speak to him.
So men should be called Charlemagne, King of a large part of Europe at against the backdrop of worldwide poverty and famine caused by years of war versus old allies and new enemies.
Yes, if pronounced in English. The French pronunciation doesn't suit our purposes, a good mame for CHARNAME, and what could be more fitting than a fitting rhyme or approximation of CHARNAME.
Of course, this hearkens back to the numerous discussions over the years whether the "Char" in Charname should be pronounced "/tja/", "/ka/", or "/sja/". The second syllable "name" would most comfortably become "/naim/" in English, aligning well with the English version of Charmaine or Charlemagne, as given above, but less well with the French versions.
A Conclusion, of sorts: French and the Romance languages (heh!) take you out for fine dining and lilting conversation; English chases you down alleyways and mugs you for spare vocabulary, pronouncing the spoils however it damn well pleases.
I prefer short names because your name keeps coming up in dialogue. It breaks immersion for me if your party members or other people call your evil human Necromancer "Tom Marvolo Riddle" every time they speak to him.
Humour makes you popular. Erudition does not. Duly noted.
I like the germanic names, I find myself constructing one often to go with a character idea I have. They are composed of multiple parts. Siegfried (friend of victory), Brunolf (brown wolf), Bjorn (bear) etc, etc etc.
For a bard, I chose the name Johann Gambolputty...de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
@Abi_Dalzim Just curious, is there any particular reason that you chose Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?
@Abi_Dalzim Just curious, is there any particular reason that you chose Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?
I think it's because Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-niflheim-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm was too long.
For a bard, I chose the name Johann Gambolputty...de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
I call bollocks! That name is to long for the charname string entry block in the chaacter creation screen!
Edit: Also why would he have to von is his name? Was he born exactly of the border of two counties?
Second edit:... of Ulm. Sorry, border of three counties, one of which belongs to another country.
Too many characters and too many names to write them here, but I've got some kind of order to the chaos:
If playing "me", meaning RP using my fleshworld self as base, something like Skatan, Corvidae, Pica Pica, Maggie or anything else that refers to Magpies. Also have some other nicks I've used over my 25 year long gaming "career" that keeps popping up in new ways.
If playing a build, no RP and no emotional attachement, often just something namelike with regards to class/skill, like a Fighter named "Phai Tehere" or whatever. Sometimes more effort is in it, sometimes even less. Ava Rice could be a rogue, but could also just be Rogue.
If playing not-me but still a build where I intend to follow a RP code or an alignment (and not just meta/powergame), I tend to just come up with something that at least sound like a proper name. Recently played a F/D that was called Forrest, so something like that.
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Half-Orc: Orok or Dracke if barbarian
Human: Caernor or Kore if monk
Elf/Half-Elf: Bellum
Gnome: Ulgar
Dwarf: Kargreth
Arcane Spell caster: Jon Irenicus ( with portrait/sound set/sprite )
Extra male character if need be: Marek
for my female characters:
Cleric/Front liner: Darsa
Thief Type: Taere
Arcane caster: Suna or Asuna if an elf
or even sometimes i name my team mates:
CHAR0001
CHAR0002
CHAR0003
CHAR0004
CHAR0005
CHAR0006
just so i can find them in the character folder when i go to import/export, still kind of annoyed that beamdog changed it so the imported character files has the "character name" instead of the "import name" grr....
Aurora
Nemesis
Laetitia
Alizze Thezaall
Palandine
Amelisana
Luthien*
Tinuviel*
And if i don't use those then archmaster John Ronald Reuel Tolkien* will always help
Either
1) William Marshall
or
2) Edward of Woodstock (aka the black prince)
Playing a monk or a staff wielding FM, I usually choose: Sun Wukong (Monkey awakened to enlightment - aka the monkey king).
Jugemu Jugemu Gokō-no surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no-shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopī-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke.
Hugh Letthedogsout
Dick Hyman
Morris Neverenoughforyou
Igor Blimey
Dwarf Swashbuckler
now that is originality gone wild if i've ever seen it
Dallas Greatarmor for dwarven warriors.
Mack the Knife for shady types.
Poots the Zauberer for mages, Poots the Medicant for clerics (usually gnomes).
Baron Grimm for blackguards.
Rugale the Martyr or the Radiant for paladins.
For the very few times I play as a female character I use Millers or Fratley.
- Sonetti
- Bubba
- Uncle Fu
- El Burro
- Deevers
- Brother Marcus
(The six bosses you work for in the first Grand Theft Auto game.)
You could even do a IWD run with a small party:
Sun Wukong/Monkey:
FM with a staff
Tang Sanzang/Tripitaka:
Priest of lathander (recitation and prayer spamming)
Zhu Bhaje/Pigsy:
Berserker with a spear
Sha wujing/Friar Sand:
Figther with a halberd
It could be a journey to the north... they would reach godhood at level 30 - and be mighty pleased about it.
Because of Wizardry I like the name Werdna but I spell it Wyrdna because it looks cooler and is less like plagiarism. Wyrdna Bonedancer for a Necromancer or a sorcerer/dragon disciple specializing in necromancer spells is a name I love.
Names of characters my friends chose back when I was a D&D dungeon master are also favorites of mine. Those names are Hanslow Tinderbow (ranger, archer or fighter) and Hansoff Lightfingers (thief). I also love the name Kayla (so much so that's my daughter's first name) so Kayla Forest for any female Druid or Ranger.
The name comes from a 1924 play, What Price Glory?, (!!!! How appropriate!), that depicts two powerful characters facing off for supremacy against the backdrop of a world-wide conflict set in motion by forces they cannot understand.
Victory is mine. You know this.
Similarly, the English pronunciation of Charmaine, the name I suggested above for female Bhaalspawn, is better for our purposes than the original French pronunciation.
Of course, this hearkens back to the numerous discussions over the years whether the "Char" in Charname should be pronounced "/tja/", "/ka/", or "/sja/". The second syllable "name" would most comfortably become "/naim/" in English, aligning well with the English version of Charmaine or Charlemagne, as given above, but less well with the French versions.
A Conclusion, of sorts: French and the Romance languages (heh!) take you out for fine dining and lilting conversation; English chases you down alleyways and mugs you for spare vocabulary, pronouncing the spoils however it damn well pleases.
Signed,
Everyone since the Dawn of Man
'Cause , get it?
Edit: Also why would he have to von is his name? Was he born exactly of the border of two counties?
Second edit:... of Ulm. Sorry, border of three counties, one of which belongs to another country.
If playing "me", meaning RP using my fleshworld self as base, something like Skatan, Corvidae, Pica Pica, Maggie or anything else that refers to Magpies. Also have some other nicks I've used over my 25 year long gaming "career" that keeps popping up in new ways.
If playing a build, no RP and no emotional attachement, often just something namelike with regards to class/skill, like a Fighter named "Phai Tehere" or whatever. Sometimes more effort is in it, sometimes even less. Ava Rice could be a rogue, but could also just be Rogue.
If playing not-me but still a build where I intend to follow a RP code or an alignment (and not just meta/powergame), I tend to just come up with something that at least sound like a proper name. Recently played a F/D that was called Forrest, so something like that.