My 5 tips for charnames: 1. Keep them short, No more than 3 syllables, preferably 1 or 2 2. Don't use vowel/consonant combination which don't happen very often in the English language. (unless you are basing the name off another language) 3. Names are not a competition to score high in scrabble 4. X's, Z's, V's, K's are not autopilot for cool. 5. Don't be the person who gives your character a nickname and the asks people to call them that. Nicknames are given by other people.
I guaruntee to a lot of people posting some of thier names in this thread that they don't sound as good or memorable to other people than you think they do. Some I've seen are very good. Others less so.
Excellent post. I agree 100% with you. I love the character names to be "good" and "serious" for roleplaying games. So i could never use the name Xx KewLdeWd xX for example.
My 5 tips for charnames: 1. Keep them short, No more than 3 syllables, preferably 1 or 2 2. Don't use vowel/consonant combination which don't happen very often in the English language. (unless you are basing the name off another language) 3. Names are not a competition to score high in scrabble 4. X's, Z's, V's, K's are not autopilot for cool. 5. Don't be the person who gives your character a nickname and the asks people to call them that. Nicknames are given by other people.
I guaruntee to a lot of people posting some of thier names in this thread that they don't sound as good or memorable to other people than you think they do. Some I've seen are very good. Others less so.
Excellent post. I agree 100% with you. I love the character names to be "good" and "serious" for roleplaying games. So i could never use the name Xx KewLdeWd xX for example.
Itzal (hebrew, meaning shadow) - Male thief build or ranger (someone stealthy) Shamira - (hebrew, meaning guardian/protector) - female paladin or good aligned fighter/mage build Kaya - Female halfling fighter/thief
reading your post made me realize that thad-deus also has god hidden in the name. no matter the gender, you can't go wrong. besides, was there not a thaddeus in bg1 or 2 game anyway?
I've had so many over the years its enough to hurt the brain, some faded away into a forgotten part of my brain which they still still fight evil dragons but their names have vanished into the tablet of time, however there are a few i still hold near and dear. Mostly since i did (or got others to do) private voice overs for them all and had custom portraits made for some. Though many required alot of Shadowkeeper interventions to get just right.
Ebnar Bluemace - Chaotic Neutral Male Dwarf Berserker
Vincent Sweet-Song - Neutral Good Male Half-Elf Sorcerer
Vance Ulthred - Lawful Good (Neutral Evil) Male Human Paladin (Anti-Paladin)
Valarie Dalimor - Neutral Good Female Elf Fighter/Invoker
Jaiden Locke - Lawful Evil Male Human Assassin/ Mage
Horus Battle-Born - Lawful Good Male Half-Orc Fighter/ Cleric
Calver Murdrake - Lawful Neutral Male Human Cleric/ Necromancer
A very immature male friend of mine downloaded the game and named his character Myke Hokk, just so he could say, "Myke Hokk defeated Sarevok" and "Now, Myke Hokk is a God." :P
A very immature male friend of mine downloaded the game and named his character Myke Hokk, just so he could say, "Myke Hokk defeated Sarevok" and "Now, Myke Hokk is a God." :P
I know people are going to shoot me for saying this, but honestly I think idiotic, fun, immature names like that are still better than the stereotypical "this is a fantasy RPG game and I'm trying too hard" names. That's just my opinion though, people are totally allowed to enjoy the game how they want ... I'll never be a fan though.
@Quartz He wants to play a game with me in Multiplayer and have my character named Myka Hunt. "They'd go together perfectly!" I rolled my eyes so hard, I think I broke something.
My 5 tips for charnames: 1. Keep them short, No more than 3 syllables, preferably 1 or 2 2. Don't use vowel/consonant combination which don't happen very often in the English language. (unless you are basing the name off another language) 3. Names are not a competition to score high in scrabble 4. X's, Z's, V's, K's are not autopilot for cool. 5. Don't be the person who gives your character a nickname and the asks people to call them that. Nicknames are given by other people.
I guaruntee to a lot of people posting some of thier names in this thread that they don't sound as good or memorable to other people than you think they do. Some I've seen are very good. Others less so.
hehe i like those random names that sound silly and gives you a smile whenever a NPC talks to you:D @LadyRhian is it the guy who wanted to name his player in Diablo3 .... and couldnt because of the vulgar language check ROFL.
hehe i like those random names that sound silly and gives you a smile whenever a NPC talks to you:D @LadyRhian is it the guy who wanted to name his player in Diablo3 .... and couldnt because of the vulgar language check ROFL.
My favorite Charnames that I've created for Baldur's Gate/Baldur's Gate II are:
Ayaka Sykora - Elf, Mage/Thief (Was a Fighter/Mage/Thief.) Soren Syriana - Elf, Berserker (With ToBEx installed he would dual into a Cleric.) Kalyinara Syriana - Elf, Enchanter (She was a cleric.) Akiel Blackheart - Elf (Drow), Fighter/Thief Amara-Lee (Used to be Analethene) - Half-Elf, Mage/Cleric Anara - Human, Kensai Kara - Half-Elf, Bard (In vanilla, but with ToBEx installed she would have been a Skald.) Akail - Human, Thief dualed into an Abjurer.
A very immature male friend of mine downloaded the game and named his character Myke Hokk, just so he could say, "Myke Hokk defeated Sarevok" and "Now, Myke Hokk is a God." :P
I know people are going to shoot me for saying this, but honestly I think idiotic, fun, immature names like that are still better than the stereotypical "this is a fantasy RPG game and I'm trying too hard" names. That's just my opinion though, people are totally allowed to enjoy the game how they want ... I'll never be a fan though.
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Excellent post. I agree 100% with you. I love the
character names to be "good" and "serious" for roleplaying games. So i could never use
the name Xx KewLdeWd xX for example.
Excellent post. I agree 100% with you. I love the
character names to be "good" and "serious" for roleplaying games. So i could never use
the name Xx KewLdeWd xX for example.
Jeanne Landrea (Druid)
Elowen/Elowyn (Druid)
Mialee (Druid)
Kurumi (Sorceress)
Nienna Winterdale (Ranger)
Celia Aers (Sorceress)
Piwien Holitain (Fighter)
Renar Silvermoon (Sorceress)
Andur Shadowmoon (Druid)
Looma Swift (Thief)
Loravyre Tanglewood (Druid)
Una Shadowbreeze (Thief)
Elvcice'ylene Torett (Sorceress)
Azumi (Thief)
Yvalee Sszarra (Thief)
Lin (Cleric)
Shamira - (hebrew, meaning guardian/protector) - female paladin or good aligned fighter/mage build
Kaya - Female halfling fighter/thief
reading your post made me realize that thad-deus also has god hidden in the name. no matter the gender, you can't go wrong. besides, was there not a thaddeus in bg1 or 2 game anyway?
Ebnar Bluemace - Chaotic Neutral Male Dwarf Berserker
Vincent Sweet-Song - Neutral Good Male Half-Elf Sorcerer
Vance Ulthred - Lawful Good (Neutral Evil) Male Human Paladin (Anti-Paladin)
Valarie Dalimor - Neutral Good Female Elf Fighter/Invoker
Jaiden Locke - Lawful Evil Male Human Assassin/ Mage
Horus Battle-Born - Lawful Good Male Half-Orc Fighter/ Cleric
Calver Murdrake - Lawful Neutral Male Human Cleric/ Necromancer
Gisha Garshbuckle - Lawful Neutral Female Gnome Fighter/ Cleric/ Illusionist
Bromil Havenclaw - Chaotic Good Male Halfling Barbarian (/Mage)
Helena Ashveil - Lawful Neutral Female Human Monk
Brelianka Silvershield - Lawful Neutral Female Dwarf Swashbuckler/ Cleric
Ulliyses Darinthel - Chaotic Good Male Half-Elf Fighter/ Mage/ Assassin
Uillithin Greenedel - True Neutral Male Elf Fighter/ Totemic Druid
Eloy - Elf assassin
Anton - Human Assassin.
Im not very creative with names
Gorgar - Halforc Barbarian
Jarl Shadowspawn - Human Thief
Gorm Skullsplitter - Dwarf Fighter
Aurang Bloodaxe - Dwarf Fighter
Giwen - Cleric/Paladin
Zap - Mage/Sorceror
Possibly using Giwen as well for my evil/female/thief first playthrough of EE, havent done a evil BG1 playthrough for like.. 10 years or something
@LadyRhian is it the guy who wanted to name his player in Diablo3 .... and couldnt because of the vulgar language check ROFL.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9-Tabula-Rasa
Ayaka Sykora - Elf, Mage/Thief (Was a Fighter/Mage/Thief.)
Soren Syriana - Elf, Berserker (With ToBEx installed he would dual into a Cleric.)
Kalyinara Syriana - Elf, Enchanter (She was a cleric.)
Akiel Blackheart - Elf (Drow), Fighter/Thief
Amara-Lee (Used to be Analethene) - Half-Elf, Mage/Cleric
Anara - Human, Kensai
Kara - Half-Elf, Bard (In vanilla, but with ToBEx installed she would have been a Skald.)
Akail - Human, Thief dualed into an Abjurer.
Elves: Illari, Faelin, Nilaruna, Rwn, Granas, Eliran, Aesa
Gnomes: Wispi, Gidgett, Mitzi, Sham
Halflings: Yamba, Trillo, Roan, Pace, Oswyn, Marzia, Magalie, Kiidrii, Gwyn, Gavin, Enzo