Are you a creative namer?

[King Crispy]

Topic has been done before in various forms, but why not again?

Do you feel you're fairly creative in naming your characters in RPGs? If so, care to share some examples? Do you have difficulty coming up with new names every time, thus resorting to recycling them or just randomly mashing the keyboard?

Here's my latest RPG party, judge for yourself:

(From L to R: Male dwarven fighter, Male half-orc barbarian, Male elven fighter/thief, Female human shaman, Female gnomish priest/illusionist, Male transmuter)

 

[Gregz]

I prefer the more traditional stereotypes. Elves that sounds like elves, dwarves that sound like dwarves, fighters that sound like fighters, mages that sound like mages, etc.

 

[jebsmoker]

i use fitting name generators because i'm lazy, although i do purposely pick out fitting results that mesh well with what i think is good

 

[smaug]

Wait, you actually try and name your guys like RPG names?

My main guy is always named KANE (all caps) and the rest are fairly normal names.

KANE
Matthew
Matthias
Mark
Luke
John

I never use females in my party. Also, your names are shit.

 

[Daedalos]

I name my party after my own name or that of relatives, loved ones, friends etc.

I'm playing as myself most of the game if given the choice of a blank slate character, so it would be obvious to me to use a name that I embody.

Naming aint really that important to me in any rpgs, it's more what I can do, the actions and the consequences thereof that I'm mostly interested in.

So to answer the question, no, I guess I'm not really that creative namer, because I'm satisfied with the above explanation.

 

[King Crispy]

What's with the 'cuck' post rate spamming, smaug?

 

[undecaf]

No, I'm not. I have a couple of names that've stuck with me for some reason and that's about it.

 

[Delterius]

I prefer the more traditional stereotypes. Elves that sounds like elves, dwarves that sound like dwarves, fighters that sound like fighters, mages that sound like mages, etc.

Elfo, Harumph, Ferdinand and Bob the Intern

 

[d1r]

Female: Adeleine
Male: Wolf
Orc:

Spoiler

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/african-american-names.php

 

[Farewell into the night]

I always go with the Pokemon names like Bulbasaur

 

[Strange Fellow]

I use mostly names that are suggestive of the class/role in some way. Always name my Clerics after popes, for instance. Besides that there's a few old in-jokes.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Name Generators/Babynamewhatevers are a good start, but I always end up tweaking them depending on the setting.
Compare:

Arthus, Coyne, Elton and Renestrae. Respectively.
To:

Oscar, Vergil & Maggie.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Every time I replay KotOR I, I always make sure the PC's name is an anagram of 'Darth Revan'.

'Terrah Vand' and 'Ven Datharr' are the ones I always reuse.

 

[Butter]

What's with the 'cuck' post rate spamming, smaug?

Playing EE.

 

[RuySan]

When I'm outta ideas, Cumblaster or Cuntblaster will do the trick.

 

[Sinatar]

I name them after their class, makes the combat logs easier to follow.

 

[vortex]

Obrontosil, Umagetilpasa, Pento Varo, Kaiser Heyhinaro, Lord CipressBill, Vanity Duke

 

[King Crispy]

Playing EE.

Most of what can be done via mods is instantly handled with EE. I'm also seeing features that are perfectly acceptable in a 2e game that I hadn't recalled seeing the first time I played IWD, with nothing taken out.

You just don't like Beamdog.

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

My first run of any game will be with Conan. It will be a Strength build, with a two-handed sword. When it's party based I try to find real names or just randomize, I don't really care.

 

[MpuMngwana]

It's usually lame jokes or historical figures, or on rare occasions fictional characters. Mostly lame jokes though.

My favorite was probably when I abused the fact that Pool of Radiance character creator doesn't care which head you mix with which body, to create a drag queen cleric named Divine. I'm also quite fond of Bilbosuke Bagginsmaru the Samurai Hobbit and Gim-Li the Dwarf Monk from Wizardry 8.

 

[hoothoot]

Use random names that sound right for the char to me. Saying that my dungeoncrawl graveyard has alot of O'Hallahan's and Fuarkula's

 

[Disciple]

I like to give my characters "ethnic" names based on their class or function. French surnames like Dulac or Leblanc for paladins, Welsh given names such as Owain or Daffyd for marksmen, Germanic stuff for melée-based characters, etc.

 

[Abu Antar]

Abu Antar

 

[curds]

If the game has a name generator, I will always use that. Otherwise I tend to use LARPy fantasy names, but not particularly creative ones. For example, my barb could have a name like Konen and my wizard might be named Mirlen or Dangalf.

 

[overly excitable young man]

I almost ever have the same party.

Dege or Degenhardt (german rapper), Dwarf Fighter/Barbarian
Sigourney (Sigourney Weaver), Paladin/Fighter
Blasko (Bela Lugosi), Cleric
Farah (Prince of Persia Sands of time), Cleric
Schmendrick (Last Unicorn), Sorcerer
Garret (Thief), Thief

When it's only one char i play as Degenhardt, Karras or Sigourney