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Old 09-06-2023, 12:51 AM   #1
Draygon
 
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I was wondering if anyone else here has come up with funny character names, whether PC' s or NPC's? I got the idea from an old gamelords module , " Within The Tyrants Demesne" . There was a character there named "Emil Jaggoh" that I thought sounded rather comical. It got me thinking, and now I have few that make me chuckle, so I will share a few, and please share some of yours too!

1) Haxis Heddoff
2) Yule Bededsune
3) Justin Thyme
4) Barry McSwordinchest
5) Watson Treasurechest
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Old 09-06-2023, 01:09 AM   #2
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I once named a wizard:

Aspar Agus

I believe he was a vegetarian.
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Old 09-06-2023, 01:47 AM   #3
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I once named a wizard:

Aspar Agus

I believe he was a vegetarian.
Did he have a sidekick named Brock O'Liegh?
Perhaps they hail from the Grand Duchy of Kollifleur?
Haha
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Old 09-06-2023, 07:13 AM   #4
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Unless a campaign is meant to be comical, in the vein of Robert Asprin’s MythAdventures or Pratchett’s Discworld, punny names feel out of place. In one silly campaign I played in, I ran a minstrel named Justin Tonation.
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Old 09-10-2023, 09:52 PM   #5
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Unless a campaign is meant to be comical, in the vein of Robert Asprin’s MythAdventures or Pratchett’s Discworld, punny names feel out of place. In one silly campaign I played in, I ran a minstrel named Justin Tonation.
Then again, I run an IQ 8 fighter by the name of
Abram Raymond 'Tard

He acts just like Gump.
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Old 09-13-2023, 02:51 PM   #6
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One character on an online multiplayer game I named as "Annie Wan".

Mostly I give symbolic names. Quill for a monk. Rune for a section of his name but that he was from a treasonous Elven family plotting to over throw the Elven queen. I had a dwarf pike axe user named "Borg" well before ST/TNG used the name.
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Old 09-06-2023, 08:14 AM   #7
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3) Justin Thyme
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I ran a minstrel named Justin Tonation.
Don't forget to bring along their brother, Justin Case.

(What? Their culture puts the clan name first.)
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Old 09-06-2023, 09:30 AM   #8
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Case was the favored son who didn’t rebel against his parents’ wishes that he should pursue a career in law.
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Old 09-06-2023, 09:43 PM   #9
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I have funny superhero names.

Suicide Squid
Inibri-8
Captain Obvious
Rock and Troll
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Old 09-07-2023, 12:41 PM   #10
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Back in our Classic TFT days, my brother won the award for both the longest and funniest name. It was for a gargoyle. I revived it as an NPC in my current campaign.

Hoondraskneltinskylipell Slofky. 'Hoon' for short.
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