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[resiak]

Just out of curiosity, how do you guys go about naming your characters? I always have trouble with that... 

[HoonDing]

There are some good pointers on Dan Simpson's faq:

I have heard that some people have trouble coming up with creative names for

their characters. So here is a little guide to coming up with interesting

names that seem to fit into the game (i.e. names that aren't "brad" or "mike"

or something).



Method 1:

Take an exisiting last name, and make it a first name.

Ex: Corbin, Martens, Miller.

Obviously this doesn't work with all last names, and it also tends to skew

mostly male.



Method 2:

You can also make interesting names by taking an existing name, such as Kate,

and flipping some letters around to make a new name, Kaet.



Method 3:

Somewhat similar to method 2, this one merely involves adding useless vowels.

Try adding an 'a' before an 'e' or an 'i' after an 'e'. Take the name

Patrick for example. It will become Paetrick.



Method 4:

Another fun thing to try is to simply add a new "flourish" to an existing

name. For example we start with "Nate" and add the "flourish" "ylia" to make

the new name "Natylia".



Method 5:

Start with another word, say the number "Seven". Replace the vowels with new

vowels to make "Sivan". Now if you want to make it feminine add an "y" (or

something similar) to the end to make "Sivany". Or try this, start with the

word "talent". Replace the first 't' with a "th" and then replace the 'e'

with an 'a'. You now have "Thalant", which is a good name, but needs a

little flourish of "yr" to finish it "Thalantyr".



Method 6: (from MartectX)

I found another strategy of making names "fitting the game": Just take an

existing name backwards! Some examples: Martin - Nitram, Florian - Nairolf,

Monika - Akinom, Andrea - Aerdna.

I personally have three or four names that I always use for my RPG characters.

[Flamedance]

If you have trouble naming your character, use a character name generator. Like this one: www.wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx. You don't need to subscribe to D&D Insider to  use it.

Modifié par Flamedance, 31 août 2010 - 08:31 .

[Humanoid_Taifun]

If you want your names to mean something, you could try this list here.

http://www.behindthename.com/

[Morbidest]

I always try to suit the name to the race and/or profession of the new PC. For instance "Rumblebelly" might be a good name for a dwarf, but I can't see attaching it to an elf. If all else fails (really big,long party last night?), there's always Fred the fighter, Mandrake the Mage, Inquiry the inquisitor, Basil the bard, Rafe the ranger, Clarence the cleric, etc.. But I've always resisted the temptation to use the catchall name of "Hey, you" or "HayHugh" (although Jaheira would probably approve of it). 
    

[Chebby]

All comes down to experience and creativity, not something everyone picks up on. You often come across strange and wonderful yet unpretentious names by reading old literature and such, but if that fails you, simply use your imagination.
It's always going to bubble down to the individual's imagination, although some commonplace 'RL' names are acceptable in my eyes if it's a powerful name like "Richard," for example, whereas "David," doesn't sound like it cuts it. I named my Paladin "Denvir," two syllables, would not sound out of place in a conversation and would sound fitting if yelled. What's important is that it needs to, eventually, fall off the tongue. Most good names need to roll off the tongue, save those of alien/demon features and the occasional proud dragon etc.
And no, don't call your PC Rumblebelly. Or Drizzt. Or Bruenor, Cattie-Brie, Guenhwyvar, Wulfgar or Artemis. :>

Modifié par Chebby, 31 août 2010 - 03:14 .

[wise grimwald]

I have used the derivative of my own name to come up with Grimwald. You could do the same with your own, or use a translation of your name or another into another language. David for example is Daoud in Hindi. Just adding a letter to a word has already been mentioned, so that Humour could become Rhumour, Fhumour or Thumour. Changing a vowel has also been mentioned. These then become perhaps Rhumoir, Fhamour, Thumaur. Adding a description such as the Brave, the wise, the strong adds something to the name. You could also just remove a vowel from a word with ones to spare. Courage then becomes Courge. It has already been suggested the reversal of letters so Redder becomes, um, Redder.

Modifié par wise grimwald, 31 août 2010 - 03:45 .

[Slyx]

I generally decide what consonant or vowel I want the name to start with, and sorta just say random things out loud, or type them out and see how they look.  The names I use more often than not have just 1 or 2 syllables I think.  Some names I've used, all male characters btw:  Kyzed (Ki-Zed), Lumen (for a priest of lathander, light, etc), Slyx  (supposed to be pronounced slicks, though probably spelled incorrectly for that pronunciation), Jerni (like journey), Jahni (like johnny), Gazden, Nuvon (like move-on with an N).

Then I use some goofy ones that I didn't create, like Snookums, Huzzah, a wild mage named "Crazy Bob", or my monk that I named "Hung Lo" 

Modifié par Slyx, 31 août 2010 - 04:20 .

[Son of Imoen]

My first character, with whom I learned playing the game, got both his name and party from a very detailed walkthrough that I used to get to know the game. Gildor he was called in the walkthrough and I just copied that.

But after that, most of the names I got because they just had a good sound for the character I had in mind. Sometimes quite literal names with hussled letters. My 2nd character was a Bard - Bard? Sings, plays music? Just like celtic culture... Celtic? Yeah, why not Kheltick? (adding letters to a consonant or vowel that doesn't change the sound but changes the spelling is an awesome way to make fantasy-names: bring up your th-s, ch-s, kh-s, gh-s, ck-s, ae-s, eia-s etc.).

There was a topic about naming characters in the Dragon Age part of the forum which might be fun to read. I confessed overthere I honored past girlfriends or girls I had a crush for when I was young with names I've chosen for female protagonists: Ihrene, Ohrlinka, Kassandra: none of them are real names of people I know, but the sounds of the names of girls I loved gave me inspiration. Then just throw syllables around and add an extra -h here and there.

[Gecon]

When naming my Darkelves (ok - none in BG2, but in other games), I search the web for english -> drow dictionaries and look up good names. Like "shadow knife" if I plan a rogue.



When naming Halforcs, I do the same with Klingon.



Another technique I like is taking an existing name and modify it.



Like Bioware did with Victoria -> Viconia.



Third technique is to think about things that remember of the person you're aiming for, then play around with the characters of the word you choose.



Like Killer -> Killa -> Illak, a name I once used.