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- Start dateOct 17, 2002
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Kaelynna
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- Oct 17, 2002
- #1
Need help coming up with cool original rogue/swashbuckler name
What can you come up with? Gender Male. Race most likely human or halfling
Thanks!
- Kae.
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hong
WotC's bitch
- Oct 17, 2002
- #2
I find that stealing the names of UNsenet or web board posters usually works very nicely in a pinch.
The last session I DMed featured 1st level warriors named Simon, Kengar, Destil, Kyramus and Whyrph, and a high-level druid named Voneth. My 13th level archer in another game is Talath.
Although there was one terrible disaster when I had a 15th level death knight named Piratecat....
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Latency
First Post
- Oct 17, 2002
- #3
My one roommate used the name "dread pirate pepe Rodriguez" He wore an eye patch and was a land locked Pirate in a Ravenloft campaign. He was a great character the funniest thing he did at the game table was asked if he could get a +2 bonus to spot checks if he lifted the eye patch a took a good look at it.
The DM was laughing so hard he gave him the bonus.
Hope this helps
MeepoTheMighty
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- Oct 17, 2002
- #4
hong said:
I find that stealing the names of UNsenet or web board posters usually works very nicely in a pinch.
The last session I DMed featured 1st level warriors named Simon, Kengar, Destil, Kyramus and Whyrph, and a high-level druid named Voneth. My 13th level archer in another game is Talath.
Although there was one terrible disaster when I had a 15th level death knight named Piratecat....
I think I'll create an NPC named Hong. Now, anyone remember what page in BoVD had those fetishes and perversions?
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hong
WotC's bitch
- Oct 17, 2002
- #5
MeepoTheMighty said:
I think I'll create an NPC named Hong. Now, anyone remember what page in BoVD had those fetishes and perversions?
You b*st*rd, you. Just for that, I'm going to create a kobold named Meepo.
Hmm.
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hong
WotC's bitch
- Oct 17, 2002
- #6
Some names from the first two pages of GD that could fit a rogue/swashbuckler:
Arravis
Marius Delphius
Leopold
Villano
Stannis (not a king, just a rogue)
Marius Delphus
Adventurer
- Oct 17, 2002
- #7
Wow! Look guys, I got mentioned in a hong post! Does that mean I have to respond?
I get names from just about everywhere.
"Dapper Tom" Geller
Hugh Montcartre
Marco Uccellini
Kataran Milenov
Guy de Loialle
Justin of the Blade
Nemus Ovinius
Dromut Ar'Tellis
Mabin Ogion
Francois d'Yves-Penitant
Moustafa al-Prashtid
Robert Delcron
Isen Perales
Kurmik Ostiban
Hong Chi-Wong Chao
Swipe 'em if ya wanna.
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JeffK1966
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- Oct 17, 2002
- #8
I had an old thief swashbuckler in 2E days named Ramiro the Red or something like that... and, I'm currently trying to play a flashy swashbuckler wannabe in Kalamar named Liamar. We have another similar type in game named Brogan, who hates to be called Brogan the Brigand...
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Kyramus
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- Oct 17, 2002
- #9
hong said:
I find that stealing the names of UNsenet or web board posters usually works very nicely in a pinch.
The last session I DMed featured 1st level warriors named Simon, Kengar, Destil, Kyramus and Whyrph, and a high-level druid named Voneth. My 13th level archer in another game is Talath.
Although there was one terrible disaster when I had a 15th level death knight named Piratecat....
Wow I actually managed a dimensional clone and it became a level 1 character!!!!!
hehehehehe
Zaruthustran
The tingling means it’s working!
- Oct 17, 2002
- #10
Pick a name that's dashing and fun to say. Pay attention to sylables, cadence, and alliteration. Definitely take a first and last name, or a first name and a place name, or a name and a descripto. For instance:
"Ramiro the Red" is good, because it goes "da-da-da-da-DA." The sylables and double r make it roll of the tongue. Same goes for "the Dread Pirate Roberts".
"Marius Delphius" is bad, bacause there's a full stop after Marius. Well, maybe this one can be good for a villain. "Marius" can be said with a sneer.
Be that as it may, I know a fencer named Marius, which may influence the above opinion (Marius is not a swashbuckler; he's a fierce, very serious student and practitioner of the rapier.)
I, however, am a fencer. My SCA name is Michelle du'Port Royale (It's French, thus the masculine Michelle). Say it, the name rolls of the tongue: da-DA-da-DA-da-DA. Fun. Good name for a fencer.
So, pick a fun name. No one will notice a swashbuckler named Burt. But "Barnaby Brineswallow" will attract attention.
-zaruthustran, which is a terrible name for a fencer--but a decent name for a drow mage created in middle school circa 1989.