Pompous Sounding Character Title


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I've got a human monk I'm trying to come up with a title for. His name is Kai and he's young and very full of himself. I'm looking for a title that's obviously too much, way over the top, and that he might have come with himself. Common isn't his native language and he would come up with something that might sound cool but betray he's using words to big for his own vocabulary or that were awkwardly translated.

I skimmed through some anime titles (cause hey, where better to look for mistranslated, over the top shlock) and decided that "The Humanoid Typhoon" from Trigun is along the lines I'm thinking. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks guys.


Big worded ones -

The Irrepressible Suzerain (I.e. Unstoppable Master)

The Redoubtable Combatant (I.e. Formidable Fighter)

Normal but silly ones -

Mountains Fist

Dragon's Tongue

Man of 1,000 Fingers (meant to say techniques)

The Quick Tortoise

Rabbit's Foot

The Nailed Hammer

Normal over the top -

Master of All Masters

Emperor of Fists

King of Kicks

The Human Tidal Wave

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Anyways, just a bunch of randomness. Haha. Maybe one of these sparked an idea.

Grand Lodge

Stealing from Disney's Fireball:

19th Lord of Uranos' Kingdom's Tempest Domain, Drossel Juno Vierzehntes Heizregister Fürstin von Flügel.


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Being best most perfect steal fist man


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Kai, The Chosen One.

He has 5 billion Echo-cast subscribers to his popular show, Kai's Corner. And he owes Marcus $9.


The Ultimate Paranoiac.

(he intended to say that he was most aware of his surroundings and always on guard)


Kai, The Wave of Destruction

Kai of the Hurricane Fist

Kai, The Unstoppable Force

or...

DM_Blake wrote:

Kai, The Chosen One.

He has 5 billion Echo-cast subscribers to his popular show, Kai's Corner. And he owes Marcus $9.

Yes.

Also, since you said you were just skimming titles, "The Humanoid Typhoon" is not a title that Vash bestowed upon himself. It is a title that the insurance company bestowed upon him to justify classifying him as a natural disaster, since wherever he goes destruction follows in his wake (through no fault of his own; he's a technical pacifist). They got tired of paying through the nose for regular property damage and decided to classify him as a natural disaster to cut their losses.

So basically there's flood insurance, fire insurance, and Vash insurance.

The relevance of this is that perhaps it's better to have the title come from your accomplishments later down the line, instead of from the start.

Also also, watch Trigun. It's one of the greats.

Grand Lodge

The Human Tornado AKA Dolemite.


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Let's see, how over-the-top can I get ...

'The Fist That Shatters The Storms'?


I gotta +1 the trumpet player's "steal" fist. It's only wrong when written, but it's funny.

The Exchange

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How about Kai Twan Do?


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The Killer Meteor
The Master of 10,000 Glorious Swallows


Lamontius wrote:


The Master of 10,000 Glorious Swallows

Win.


Just don't use mine, and you'll live to see the next 5 seconds.

Dark Archive

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He was impressed by a tale of a master who beat back a hurricane with his mastery of martial arts, and so chose the title 'Kai, Breaker of Wind.'

He could carry that theme on, using boasts that mean something completely else (of which he is completely unaware), such as bragging about how he can hold his breath for hours by saying, 'You cannot drown one such as I, who have slept with the fishes!'

He might brag about how his training includes the secrets of 'silken steel' (whipping cloth around so that it can cut or pierce flesh) by claiming that he spent long hours learning how to 'push rope.'


Tatewaki Kuno from Ranma says that everyone calls him 'the Blue Thunder of Furinkan', though it is revealed that he came up with that nickname for himself and is the only one who uses it.


But if you want to go completely over the top nothing beats stealing the taglines of the one true God...

"Greetings! I am Kai... Your Lord and Savior."

"I am your Lord and Savior... But you can call me Kai... Or your lordship"


Or 'Kai the obviously and understandably very (raises one eyebrow) VERY unchaste. Fancy a drink, milady?"

"I'm sometimes referred to as Kai, the reason your wife left you..."
"Oh. that wasn't your wife... how extra horrible for you then... what were we talking about?"

"They call me Kai... The Pied Piper of [redacted]tang...."

The Exchange

Kai, Master of Every Style

The Exchange

Actually sounds like a Monk NPC I made, named Matthew Eishot, the Sheriff.

He was a Jowlin' Monk, and he could Bluff or Intimidate his enemies though the use of desynchornized speaking. His mouth would move, and a few seconds later, words would come out.

Grand Lodge

Kai, Custodian of the Holy Way.

Spoiler:
So he's a janitor.


Kai of the whirling limbs,

The one true Kai,

The beast from the east (Hunh? Hunh? That one's pretty good)


or king, I mean that's just stupid. I mean, who ever heard of a King Kai?


or something like this


kai means "and" in greek, with other meanings in chinese and others...
and you want an anime tie-in... hmm...

"Kai Kunai Shippuden"


You could also name him Kai the Fist Wielding Hitchhiker.

Or Kai "My Top Spins Faster Than Yours" Hiwatari

Actually, Kai is a font of these. Just replace the middle name with "I Invented The Word Impossible" or "I Am The Champ, Whether You Like It Or Not".

Grand Lodge

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Lord Huang Kai, Fister of the Heavens.


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Glad I'm not the only one that constantly refers to Monks fisting things.


this fisting threads making me worried

Grand Lodge

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Piercing the Heavens, by fisting them.


Remember this!

This Fist will open a hole in space, and that hole will become a road for those to follow!

The hopes of the fallen and the hopes of those to come...

Fisting those feelings into a double helix, I'll fist a hole to the future!

My Fist is the Fist that will Fist the Heavens!

The word fist just lost all meaning. Fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist. Fist.


The Furious Fister?


Lord Dudefellow

MacFansypants

Humbler of Humility

Kai the Fun Guy


Hieromonk


Craig Frankum wrote:
Kai the Fun Guy

Savior of the Mushroom Kingdom.


Kai of the Cobra Clan
Kai, Merciless Master of Wang Chung and Gangnam Style
Kai of the Thousand Bladed Crimson River Clan


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Kai, lord defender of the meek, true master of the jilted cougar style of the polished pearl clan, commander of the ancient scrolls of unending trade winds, king of all munchkin clown ninjas, emperor of the twined blue ovoids of vigor, priest of downtrodden mountain goblin boatmakers and grand senchal of distracting exposition to allow the rest of my party to buff up for the ambush you just attempted. Also periodic memeber of the table for retention of the element of surprise. *crunch*snap*scream*gurgle*crunch* ah, truely this one loves his work


Wow! I laughed my ass off reading these. Thanks a bunch guys. I'm not sure which my favorite is but these give me good ideas. Thanks again! :)


Unsinkable.


Imperator Rex Kai Dux Bellorum


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Rynjin wrote:

Remember this!

This Fist will open a hole in space, and that hole will become a road for those to follow!

The hopes of the fallen and the hopes of those to come...

Fisting those feelings into a double helix, I'll fist a hole to the future!

My Fist is the Fist that will Fist the Heavens!

The word fist just lost all meaning. Fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist. Fist.

I don't know if I can ever watch Gurren Lagan the same way again.


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"I am Kaimon Kasshu, the King of Hearts and this hand of mine is BURNING RED! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory! ERUPTING BURNING FISTER!"

The Exchange

Well, if you truly want to tempt fate, you could introduce yourself as "Kai, the Utterly Unkillable, Especially By You, You Foolish [insert racial slur for species of the person you are addressing here]."


Kai, Xerxes (Persian name meaning monarch) of the Planes.


Jeddidiah Pious "the humble"

Or Chauncey, cause anyone named Chauncey sounds like a pompous ass

Grand Lodge

Sir Wincy Wellington of Wellsford.


a fist full of ken-kai...

Silver Crusade

Master Kai of the Panther Martial Art. Something is lost in the translation.
Sifu Kai of the Bao Chuan Kung Fu. Sound much better, and is still way over the top.

The Exchange

Rynjin wrote:

You could also name him Kai the Fist Wielding Hitchhiker.

Or Kai "My Top Spins Faster Than Yours" Hiwatari

Actually, Kai is a font of these. Just replace the middle name with "I Invented The Word Impossible" or "I Am The Champ, Whether You Like It Or Not".

Now you're on to something. Middle names...

Kai ... Wait for it ... Sir

Scarab Sages

Kai Sir Manhandler

More comical than pompous, now that I write it.

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