First ever character and still my favourite name. Oodles of Tolkien, a dash of pulp fantasy, two 'y's (each pronounced diffrently) and it just rolls off the tongue...
Still use it every so often for particular characters in a homage.
Molech(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Modules, Tales Subscriber)
My first ever PC was Fred Flintstone -- gimme a break; I was 5.
It is a kick-a$$ name for a fighter, though, despite its unoriginality. (That was also the name of my goldfish; as I recall, they were both eventually flushed down the toilet.)
-W. E. Ray
Paz(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
My brother always had a knack for naming characters, I thought. My favourites were Treetall Oakleg, Brutus Butterfingers and Sewage-Face Lulu (Lulu rolled pretty low for Charisma, I think).
DarkWhite(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules, Battles Case Subscriber; GameMastery Superscriber)
Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting wrote:
In devil-tainted Cheliax, such servitude often comes in the form of slavery. Here, halflings are known as "slips," and Chelaxians treat them with scorn and contempt.
Thus I named my halfling character, sold into Chelish slavery at a young age, Slip. It's the only name he ever remembers being called.
How about Ebayess Googlum, the halfling rogue from a new player a few years ago. The DM for that game was a raging analytical and hated the name so much that he picked on the character and was forever finding ways to keep him from using his skills like tumble.
Mairkurion {tm}(Pathfinder Adventure Path, Tales, Battles Case Subscriber)
A friend of mine played a Brujah in a VtM game named Legbreaker Kneecap. Another friend is playing a librarian in our current Hell on Earth game named Redsum Books.
Dragnmoon(Paizo Charter Superscriber, Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber)
My first D&D game consisted of my friend and I playing the ol' "black box" Dungeons & Dragons board game. He made a wizard named "Zathrose". (I misunderstood him when he said he wanted his character to be named Zatharos, but the name stuck, and the legend was born.) Probably the best character name in my history of D&D.
However, the worst name in my D&D history goes to a buddy I played with in a group when over in Scotland and Ireland, for a student ambassadorship. He played--I kid you not--"Eric the Cleric". It didn't register until a little later, but when it hit me, I was rolling on the floor.
Mairkurion {tm}(Pathfinder Adventure Path, Tales, Battles Case Subscriber)
I'm not sure which version of the name stuck, but I like Zatharos.
I'm not sure which version of the name stuck, but I like Zatharos.
My favorites I have used are Sindoran Kazeneema Bugbear Samurai/Ninja/Kensai, Vinny Diego the rogue, Bizzy Fangle the wizard of mangle! (Gnome illusionist), Gabrial Vangotha the Hunter of the Dead (2nd edition fighter/thief specialty setup), and Alabaster Ramathorne the Third Bard and Great Wizard (Duel classed 2e bard 7/Wizard 19) But those are my favorites from my games.
Dolph Krueger
The wristblade-wielding dwarven fighter that suddenly jumps out of the bushes, shouts "SAVE YOURSELVES" and proceeds to save our lives from the dangerous beasties.
Dak Crawford. He was a super-intelligent, "bad boy" mechanic in a Dragonstar game that ran for over a year. He smoked, loved things that went faster than they ought to, and constantly complained about how he was the only person that did any work on the ship that the party cruised around the galaxy in.
There was a lizardfolk chieftain in the Savage Tide adventures in DUNGEON. I forget his name, but the magazine actually gave his name translated to common which was......
wait for it.......
Rock Hard
Also, Warchief Ripnugget got quite a few laughs at my game table (he's from Burnt Offerings/Pathfinder #1).
I'm not sure which version of the name stuck, but I like Zatharos.
My favorites I have used are Sindoran Kazeneema Bugbear Samurai/Ninja/Kensai, Vinny Diego the rogue, Bizzy Fangle the wizard of mangle! (Gnome illusionist), Gabrial Vangotha the Hunter of the Dead (2nd edition fighter/thief specialty setup), and Alabaster Ramathorne the Third Bard and Great Wizard (Duel classed 2e bard 7/Wizard 19) But those are my favorites from my games.
Bizzy Fangle the wizard of mangle +1
golem101(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber)
Sarras, the dreaded palindromous dwarf (a fighter/rogue character of mine in a AD&D 2e Mystara campaign).
In one of my early 2e games, I made the mistake of naming a recurring dwarven NPC Bak Stoneheart. Everytime he showed up, the players would all chorus in unison, "Hey! Bak's back!"
Awesome, was he a fat bearded bard who got into much trouble, fumbled about in taverns drunkenly with women of loose morals and basically never did anything more than sidekick for better adventurers? That's what MY Stewart Perkins does :P
Kirth Gersen(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Modules Subscriber)
My best friend used to just add "-lore" to the ends of the names of people he knew, possibly changing a terminal vowel to fit. So he had a wizard named Marclore, a ranger named Abalore, etc.
... but my vote, like so many others, still has to go to "Gutboy Barrelhouse" for all-time best.
Just remembered another one. Friend of mine had a Gnome Illusionist. His name was Havva. Havva Guddey of Airibel. Probably messed up the spelling on it a bit. He is a gnome after all.
Dilandau Ashram a former longtime villain from my D&D campaign.
Tarlane(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Battles Case Subscriber)
Mr. Sixty.
Due to a series of freakish die rolls and a somewhat ambiguous rule in the book, one of the players I was running for ended up with a 60 in his appearance stat(when normal stats where 10-20, the highest a normal elf could hit was 30). He named the character Mr. Sixty and would always flex when he talked about him.
For my own characters, my favorite was in a Mutants and Masterminds game. He was a shapeshifter who specialized in impersonating people, but he wasn't all that bright. I called him Mr. Who, since he wasn't smart enough to be a doctor.