| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Worst I've heard was Female Paladin named "Jay Law".
Then there were things like Bards named John Lemon and Justin Beaver.
I ran a Cavalier named Bernard Montgomery.
The joke came from his horse being Clifton James
I once had an elven NPC named Sildenafil. He was a hard act to follow. (Look it up.)
Our current campaign has a cavalier named Sir Barnes. His horse is called Noble.
My favorite new joke is naming characters "Phillip Anders"...it's to the point that I've joined a new group to use it again. My buddy once ran a cavalier named Mars with a horse named Bars, together they were Mars Bars!
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
How could I forget Lanolin, the elf, and Bingo Tuesdae, the halfling?
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
I know a gunslinger (forgot what race, think wayang) whose name was Pucha Hansup.
Hehe, haha, get it? Pucha Hansup? No...? Okay...
Someone I played with had their last name be "Proasheck"
We all said it as "Proa-sheck"
But it can be read "pro-as-heck"
Gunslinger ==> Putcha Hanzup
nuff said
I know a gunslinger (forgot what race, think wayang) whose name was Pucha Hansup.
Hehe, haha, get it? Pucha Hansup? No...? Okay...
Dang, got ninja'd by my own son.......
The Druid from the Mwangi Expanses named Mbongo, with his ape companion Mkongo.
The Roman paladin named Gaius Magnus Mentulus (dog-latin, yeah, but you might have spotted him in the Life of Brian under an English translation of his name....)
I've always wanted to play as a halfling named Brodo Swaggins. Some day I hope to do so.
In Reign of Winter, I had a barbarian called Wulfen the Ulfen. I have this bad habit of picking a name last... As the game starts. hehehe
My personal favorite name would be Shazzan Kaboobie who is an alchemist from Katapesh. The name, if you are not aware, is from my favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoon Shazzan! (Kaboobie is the name of the flying camel if you don't remember).
His backstory involves being kicked out of the city when an experiment to create a flying camel through alchemical means went horribly wrong.
|
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Back in the days of gaming long forgotten, I ran a game where the players defeated a horde of goblinoids led by a bugbear named Keep'Tien. Amongst his treasure they found a wooden log covered in goblin writing detailing the daily activities of the warband. Yes, it was Keep'Tien's log.
Not sure why they kept playing with me thereafter. :-)
Back when the Barcode PC Background Generator used to work, I mandated its use for non-serious games, and would grant boons to players that worked their Barcode source into the character names.
Perry Mortum would be a good name for a necromancer.
I have a player with a family tree of Half Orc characters whose father is Human.
The Surname of these characters is Doff.
We have the Cleric Hans Doff
The Barbarian Hak Doff
I shudder to think which moniker is next.
played a halfling thief a long time ago called Trod Underfoot.
Rolled up a Halfling Filcher a while back called Yurstef Izmein...
I have a player with a family tree of Half Orc characters whose father is Human.
The Surname of these characters is Doff.
We have the Cleric Hans Doff
The Barbarian Hak Doff
I shudder to think which moniker is next.
Jack Doff?
Played a bard in a one shot that focused on illusions. her name was Ellis Dee.
My two favorites were always my Animal Companion Beetle named Bailey and an NPC I ran for far longer than I likely should have, Mayor Samuel Maeknot (May or may not...)
A friend of mine plays an Elf named Tewnn (The Elf With No Name).
I had a Drunken Brute Barbarian named Ulf Flagonslayer.
Not punny, but there was this Gnome Bard called Pindoodly Wandfondler. Yes, he had many ranks in UMD.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
When I designed my airbender, I mean, air kineticist... I made him a noble by birth. Called him Sir Cumna Vigate.
Our current skulls and shackles campaign has a dwarven gunslinger named Flint Locke.
One of our players had a pet aurumvorax he named 'money pit'
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Kvothe Corvus.
Taught his raven familiar to use Sonic Screech and Ear-Piercing Scream for him.
I put an NPC bard named Presley into a game for an occasional recurring contact for the party.
Running a game for a small group without a healer, I let them hire Eric the Generic Cleric.
I think I need a raven named 'Quoth'
And I shall call him 'Quoth the Raven'
Cant imagine what i'd make his last name though....
An alchemist named Temb W'bam, an acronym for "The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight."
A character who had a riding gecko named Fatest Ram, an anagram for State Farm.
In a recent evil campaign, my character took a cohort named Tod, because it's German for death. Another player named their character Tod...because it's German for death. Thus our party has two Tods, both named for the same reason.
Whoever said it's hard to make punny names as a DM is clearly missing out. I guess it might be difficult for the PC's to catch the pun, but that's all part of the fun.
I've got Chronomancers by the name of Sup'met, Ti'guf, and Son'orhc (Tempus, Fugit, and Chronos, respectively--who are actually the same guy at different stages of his lifespan). There's an Orc Barbarian with the Wild Dog archetype named Fik and his dog Jane (Finn and Jake). A Siren by the name of Ren-Si. A bevy of otherworldly Necromancers all go by various (slightly corrupted) names of types of nobles or rulers: Kenn (Khan), Bi-rahn (Baron), Viskant (Viscount), Zarr (Tzar), D'keh (Duke), Kaveen (Queen), Yarl (Earl, although technicially I think that evolved from 'yarl' in the real world) etc.
Sometimes you do this simply because you have to arse-pull a name on the spot. Sometimes you do it in advance because you need a bunch of somewhat-exotic sounding names (the above mentioned Necromancers).
Sometimes you just have a theme going and 'forget' to put a name, even though it's an important NPC. Had an undead Gremlin decked out in Cursed gear that couldn't harm him (but was tempting for the PC's to steal since they didn't know). He looked like a little Jester, so when they asked his name I just blurted out "Carnival". Ironic when I later looked up the meaning, given his state and how lethal his cursed items were to the living. They liked him. Well, the one who didn't put on the cursed Jester's Cap of Confusion, anyway.
Sometimes it happens by accident, or the PC's pick up a name for one you've not even bothered to put down. My group interacted with a (initially) hostile Triton once, and I did a burbling version of a Sean Connery voice. They immediately branded him "Shark Connery" and the name stuck, and they liked him so much than instead of battle they Diplomacy-ed him to a friendly state. Now he occasionally drops by if they are on a boat at the time. Originally he was just an unnamed mon I expected them to battle, but now I have the excuse of his name being 'unpronounshable without waterr in yer gills', so he adopted "Shark Connery" and ran (swam?) with it. I like NPC's like these, which the players 'adopt' for whatever reason when you had no idea they would do so.
Finally, there's some names you put a little thought into, but are themselves an in-universe joke. Had a stereotypically exaggerated Redneck-style Fighter in one (the 'likes animals' kind) who talked in 'that voice'. His 'Hero-name' was "Ranus", because when they were gathered to get these names, the instructor called on his spot in the formation but he was telling a joke to a nearby friend, detailing exactly where he put what 'back home' in a loud voice. The name "Ranus" stuck with him and was a big joke around the Mercenary group. Played him to the hilt, he had 'eyes' for the Kitsune Warlock PC and said several lewd things over that arc of the campaign before she finally roasted him...
Oh, and there's my booze-swilling Artificer PC I played once, whose name I use on the board here. He's friends called him "Arty" for short. You can figure it out.
My very first D&D character was Father Kirkman. Famous.
Ages ago I had a magic-user named Physche, pronounced /Fish/. I was a big fan of Marillion at the time.
One time I honestly rolled 18/00 Strength. Well, I moved numbers around to get the 18. I rolled the 00. I named the character Ahnold. Played him for one session. Fake accent gets old fast.
I played a halfling Psionicist in 2e who dominated a hill giant. I rode around on his shoulders. Obviously, I called him Blaster. Sadly, Blaster died after just a few sessions of that.
|
In my current game I have:
Jean Smith: Player didn't have a name for his concept, we went Canadian generic
Blaze: A fire oracle
Other Games and Characters I've played or with:
Dawn Darkmoon: Paladin of Solus (sun god in home CS)
Jeb Surleygut: A fat gnome
Ches Seven-fingers: A halfling with seven fingers total
Rosey Valley: A retired prostitute turned adventurer
Kelden Therad: Because "The Rad" was a bit too obvious
"Honest" Uncle Ibriam: A crook and a liar
We used to name characters after household goods.
The adventures of Westinghaus Sharpe were truly legendary, as he tore through foes with the aid of his mighty cleaver, Wusthof. Fighting alongside his allies Mistral the Wizard, Dell Phillips the priest and Tupper the Wary, known as the greatest rogue in history.
Had a paladin in my ancient 1e game name his horse "Calgon". At the end of the adventure, he would shout, "Calgon! Take me away!".
For those who don't know, Calgon was a bubble bath soap, and that was their slogan.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Halfling knife thrower named Chuck Steel