Special NPC Names

Shrale · 07-14-2008, 09:26 AM

Those special NPCs and their names, where you want to put the players in the correct mindset upon meeting them.

NPCs who require a rather bland, milquetoast or otherwise comedic name without just being gross or Pythonesque (like Smoketoomuch, etc)...

Blander Grovelbeck
Phineas Blent
Thaddeus Ghreem
Morris Fuddrake
Duncan Plook
Sir Bentley Floodbottom

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Voidstar · 07-14-2008, 11:26 AM

Arven Darven...

Janos Dracwlya · 07-14-2008, 11:49 AM

I used to game with a guy who named someone in every campaign - always a bad guy - "Darkstar". It was like clockwork. He finally stopped after one campaign in which my character simply sniped the guy called Darkstar as soon as we'd identified him.

One of my friends always has a helpful (but sometimes problematic one way or another) character in his games; this character is always called by some variation on the name "Tim" (Timothy, etc.). The first campaign I was ever in with him, my character actually ran Timothy over with an SUV (killed him) upon meeting him (well, he did shoot at me with a Mac-10).

Shrale · 07-14-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Janos Dracwlya

I used to game with a guy who named someone in every campaign - always a bad guy - "Darkstar". It was like clockwork. He finally stopped after one campaign in which my character simply sniped the guy called Darkstar as soon as we'd identified him.

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Mark Skarr · 07-14-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Janos Dracwlya

One of my friends always has a helpful (but sometimes problematic one way or another) character in his games; this character is always called by some variation on the name "Tim" (Timothy, etc.). The first campaign I was ever in with him, my character actually ran Timothy over with an SUV (killed him) upon meeting him (well, he did shoot at me with a Mac-10).

I had a player who, whenever we'd play Fantasy, would make a mage named Balthazar. Always.
My brother-in-law always names his "run-in-guns-blazing-get-your-friend-shot-in-the-buttocks" trigger-happy character Simon Judge. On the other hand, it's always good to have one of those hanging around.

I have a "recurring" scientist named "Sarah Westmorland." She's always a biochemist, and about a third of the time she's evil, a third of the time she's innocent, and the last third of the time, she's "just doing her job."

I use Lee Chaolan (his name, and likeness from Tekken) as a regular major badguy. MonkeyFist has told me that the next time Duncan sees the guy, he's going to kill him outright claiming past experience in multiple dimensions as precedent for it.

Witchking · 07-14-2008, 02:30 PM

This thread reminds me of the MST3K treatment of "Space Mutiny."

<incedently one of the WORST SciFi Films OF ALL TIME>

The bots are coming up with alternatives to the "hunky" name the hero was burdened with by the "writers"....

IIRC...Dirk McBeefSlab, Iron Thighzine, Rip Fistly, Hunk Manmuffin, etc, etc, etc

khorboth · 07-14-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Witchking

This thread reminds me of the MST3K treatment of "Space Mutiny."

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was surprised at how many they came up with.

Witchking · 07-14-2008, 06:24 PM

Great my wizard has a new list of aliases (?)....

Phoenix_Dragon · 07-15-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Witchking

This thread reminds me of the MST3K treatment of "Space Mutiny."

We put our faith in BLAST HARDCHEESE!

I got introduced to that episode thanks to a youtube video. "Top 10 MST3K lines." Most were kinda "ehh," then they got to number one. Over a minute of names. I was laughing so hard...

Think my favorite was Big McLargeHuge.

quarkstomper · 07-15-2008, 08:20 AM

I occasionally have a barbarian warrior named THUNDERCLES show up in my games. (And yes, his name is spelled with all caps)

For a while I was using "Nils Borgenthal" as a generic NPC name, until one of them became an important enough character than I decided to retire the name.

One of my favorite recurring characters, though, is Stinky Muldoon, a six-foot tall ferret who occasionally shows up in dungeon crawls with his pushcart of used (and only sometimes lightly cursed) magic items.

07-14-2008, 09:26 AM	#1
Shrale Join Date: Jan 2007	Special NPC Names Those special NPCs and their names, where you want to put the players in the correct mindset upon meeting them. NPCs who require a rather bland, milquetoast or otherwise comedic name without just being gross or Pythonesque (like Smoketoomuch, etc)... Blander Grovelbeck Phineas Blent Thaddeus Ghreem Morris Fuddrake Duncan Plook Sir Bentley Floodbottom > __________________ "Now you see me, now you don't, woof" -- The Invisible Vargr . . There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

07-14-2008, 11:26 AM	#2
Voidstar Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Meltdown, Aka Carlsbad N.M.	Re: Special NPC Names Arven Darven... __________________ "Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish." - Bruce Lee

07-14-2008, 11:49 AM	#3
Janos Dracwlya Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A Place You Only Dream Of, Where Your Soul Is Always Free	Re: Special NPC Names I used to game with a guy who named someone in every campaign - always a bad guy - "Darkstar". It was like clockwork. He finally stopped after one campaign in which my character simply sniped the guy called Darkstar as soon as we'd identified him. One of my friends always has a helpful (but sometimes problematic one way or another) character in his games; this character is always called by some variation on the name "Tim" (Timothy, etc.). The first campaign I was ever in with him, my character actually ran Timothy over with an SUV (killed him) upon meeting him (well, he did shoot at me with a Mac-10). __________________ Janos Dracwlya "I like to think that you killed a man. It's the romantic in me." Capt. Louis Renault

07-14-2008, 02:30 PM	#6
Witchking Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Athens of America	Re: Special NPC Names This thread reminds me of the MST3K treatment of "Space Mutiny." <incedently one of the WORST SciFi Films OF ALL TIME> The bots are coming up with alternatives to the "hunky" name the hero was burdened with by the "writers".... IIRC...Dirk McBeefSlab, Iron Thighzine, Rip Fistly, Hunk Manmuffin, etc, etc, etc __________________ My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.-Foch America is not perfect, but I will hold her hand until she gets well.-unk Tuskegee Airman

07-14-2008, 06:24 PM	#8
Witchking Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Athens of America	Re: Special NPC Names Great my wizard has a new list of aliases (?).... __________________ My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.-Foch America is not perfect, but I will hold her hand until she gets well.-unk Tuskegee Airman

07-15-2008, 08:20 AM	#10
quarkstomper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Enchanted Land-O-Cheese	Re: Special NPC Names I occasionally have a barbarian warrior named THUNDERCLES show up in my games. (And yes, his name is spelled with all caps) For a while I was using "Nils Borgenthal" as a generic NPC name, until one of them became an important enough character than I decided to retire the name. One of my favorite recurring characters, though, is Stinky Muldoon, a six-foot tall ferret who occasionally shows up in dungeon crawls with his pushcart of used (and only sometimes lightly cursed) magic items.