Compilation of fantasy names / treasure

[Generic Villain]

As a GM I decided several years ago to jot down the occasional name from fantasy sources so I could use it later on the fly. I did the same with treasures. I also have OCD, so those lists soon became really large. If anyone could use something like this for their own table, let me know and I can email you a .txt document. If you PM me your email I'll send it from [e-mail], which is my junk account.

Regarding the names - when I started I only wrote down the names themselves. Later I included things like gender, race, and class. A few of the names are for objects, mostly named enchanted weapons/armor.

The majority of the stuff from both lists are from Paizo products, back to their issues of Dungeon and Dragon. There's also some stuff from WotC (namely Forgotten Realms) and Bioware's early D&D games. A very small number are my own names/treasures, but the vast majority is just stuff I compiled.

Example Names:

Jelifer Kasma (female human fighter)
Khulgrim Irontoe (male dwarf fighter)
Eris Camahan (male human rogue)
Wilbon (male human rogue)
Tobrias (male human)
Targil the Red (male human rogue)
Bornthien (male halfling)
Hergist (male human fighter)
Yaervan Zyrrlas (elf)
Berendal Ardol (gnome)
Callab Deldor (gnome)
Zeela
Lamalha
Taugosz Khossan
Raiken
Saeral (male human cleric)
Nuth (male human rogue)
Kazerine (female human rogue)
Blackhelm (tanar’ri)
Straylight (female human vampire cleric)
Arenthis
Arkanis Gath
Bolumir
Borinall
Renthar Ashencloud (half-elf rogue)
Riehari Kenchi (human ninja/wizard)
Rhialdon Embereye (elf cleric)
Shiasta Del'orn (elf ranger)
Rashlen (male human ranger/assassin)
Sliris (male gnome wererat wizard)
Harid (male human rogue/assassin)
Sgothgah (aboleth sorcerer/cleric/savant aboleth)
Eltiva (female gnome commoner)
Defiant Munrot (male halfling)
Hashkar (male dwarf)
Kesto Brighteyes (male gnome expert)
Harlique Swifthand (female tiefling rogue)
Tirana (female human wizard)
Halgrak Five-Toes (male half-orc commoner)
Ebin Blithoddle (male gnome bard)
Patrissa Vrakes (female human sorcerer)

Example Treasure:

-Large, 1-pound chunk or of rock crystal; volcanic origin (1,500 gp)
-Strange rug of shifting, writhing geometric patterns; has a minor enchantment that makes it change patterns (500 gp)
-A 2-foot rod of bronze inlaid with silver circles and 16 violet garnets, topped with a huge, deep blue spinel. The other end of the scepter is a gold knob (8120 gp)
-1-foot-tall silver statuette of a god (10 gp)
-Gold-and-silver-trimmed mirror (400 gp)
-A grim candelabra made from a human hand encased in silver (150 gp)
-Platinum and crystal decanter (750 gp)
-Bejeweled hookah (350 gp)
-Jade box inlaid with gold filigree (700 gp)
-Gold circlet (2,000 gp)
-Crystal bowl (10 gp)
-Gold snuffbox set with a topaz (400 gp)
-Platinum-handled magnifying glass (600 gp)

[yellowdingo]

I remember a bunch of stuff from early D&D.

There was:
fine silver dagger (800gp)
throne encrusted with jewels (10,000gp)
9 gallon Firkin of Brandy (80gp)

I always liked real Treasures - like the stuff from the Indian Temple Treasure Horde.

Statue of Vishnu inlaid with 1000 diamonds (value 10,000,000gp+)

[Redneck Romancer]

I find most fantasy names coming off as too "Tolkien-esque" and I always thought the names from Forgotten Realms, with a few exceptions, were just ridiculous. However, you do have a few here I quite like, especially "Lamalha". That one's being "borrowed" LOL.

I rarely "make up" names anymore for my characters or NPCs. I go to sources like pantheon.org or 20000-names.com and look for names from ancient civilizations, their mythologies, and their languages. My current favorites are names from the Sumerian/Babylonian period, Hebrew, Akkadian, and Aramaic. I've run ancient Egypt-themed games for years, and those names are a dime a dozen and easy enough to make up that no one suspects you did lol.

Anyway, I'm not trying to disparage your list. It's late and I've had a large shot of Zzzquil so I may not have made any sense at all.

Cheers!

[Generic Villain]

I posted this because in another thread I off-handedly mentioned my list and someone asked me for it. It never occured to me that my digi-hoarding could be useful to someone else, but if it can be great. If not, that's cool too.

[Laurefindel]

Redneck Romancer wrote:

[about Zzzquil]

Now that's a fantasy name if ever heard one! I'd say gnomish, or perhaps drow...

[Redneck Romancer]

Laurefindel wrote:

Redneck Romancer wrote:

[about Zzzquil]

Now that's a fantasy name if ever heard one! I'd say gnomish, or perhaps drow...

IKR? But it's a brand name for a new sleep aid from the makers of Nyquil cold medicine. Seems more folks used Nyquil to fall asleep than as a cold fix, anyway. So why not just jump on the marketing opportunity?

[Kirth Gersen]

Generic Villain wrote:

As a GM I decided several years ago to jot down the occasional name from fantasy sources so I could use it later on the fly.

I'm suitably impressed that, in a list of 40 or so names, only one of them has a stupid apostrophe in the middle of it to make it look "more fantasy-esque." Good show.

[yellowdingo]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

Generic Villain wrote:

As a GM I decided several years ago to jot down the occasional name from fantasy sources so I could use it later on the fly.

I'm suitably impressed that, in a list of 40 or so names, only one of them has a stupid apostrophe in the middle of it to make it look "more fantasy-esque." Good show.

That isn't the 'makes it more fantasy'. It is actually used to present a reduced form from some older version of language from which the name is sourced. Its the 'makes it a more ancient name' toy.

Jotunns: being a reduced form of -ansu.

Ansu meaning demon but unns being a reduced form focusing on the sub-root ('ancestor').

[Kirth Gersen]

yellowdingo wrote:

It is actually used to present a reduced form from some older version of language from which the name is sourced.

"Do'Urden" is not the reduced form of anything, in any language. It's just a lame made-up name with an obligatory added apostrophe in order to make it look more fantasy-like.

[DungeonmasterCal]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

yellowdingo wrote:

It is actually used to present a reduced form from some older version of language from which the name is sourced.

"Do'Urden" is not the reduced form of anything, in any language. It's just a lame made-up name with an obligatory added apostrophe in order to make it look more fantasy-like.

He speaks a truthful word.