One of my favorite things in game prep, is of course to give names to the Henchmen in the hench-deck.
So far here's my new scheme:
Clerics: have their title from City-State of the World Empire religious hierarchy, plus some outlandish personal name, e.g. Orator Randafuniculus, Diabole Bloodpool
Magic-User: some outlandish personal name plus the words "OF THE" and an "ADJECTIVE" and a "NOUN": so Fabius of the Stern Visage; Ramesses of the Black Cloak and so forth.
Fighter; just 2 fighterish names: Miles Broadaxe
Thief: always alliterate: Waldo Wagstaff, Olivia Orango
Mystic: like a made-up yoga pose: Sunrise Gopher, Jubliant Crab, Reluctant Eel.
I haven't gotten to Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, Halflings, Berserkers or Bards yet. I will be paralyzed with indecision for the Dwarves and Halflings. Since we're on a new world, I can't go with Jack and Bosco anymore.
I say that all gnome names must be a pun. Something like:
ReplyDeleteMarge Inoverror - Gnome Statistician
Hugh Jax - Gnome hatchetman
Blinkin Zeesgone - Gnome guy who hides
That's pretty awesome. I slightly afraid, since it's only hard to come up with a pun when you actually need one.
ReplyDeleteOliver Clothesoff - Gnome cassanova
ReplyDeleteMaddie Zell - Gnome angry person
Whoda Thunkit - Gnome sage
Liftin Schlepp - Gnome Henchman
ReplyDeleteStanton Guard - Gnome Watchman
Begginyer Pardon - Gnome with hearing disability
Seriously, this is so easy. I can do this all day.
ReplyDeletePetma Pooch - Gnome dog trainer
ReplyDeleteHalvin Emmall - Gnome glutton
Wunderin Wherezitat - Gnome guide
Okay, I'm just using some of these
DeleteElves should have totally fruity, hippy names, like Blooming Groundflower or Dweezil Zappa.
ReplyDeleteHalfling heroes or henchmen should have a double-entendre name, like Heywood Jablomee or Mike Hock.
Berserkers should have the sound their weapon makes in their name somewhere or some other violent act. Thoom Gruntspit, Thud the Mighty, or Smash Skulltaker.
Dwarves should have a horribly Scottish first name and a last name related to their profession. Or just reuse the names of the dwarves from Snow White or The Hobbit.
Since there are just not enough Scottish names to go around, I decided to go German with the dwarves. I give them a German first name, the word VON, and then some English word that has to do with stones, mountains, smithing etc.
DeleteSo Otto Von Stone, Erwin Von Avalanche
Hippies for elves got me thinking. I wanted to systematize it a bit, so every elf is going to get 4 names:
DeletePLANT NAME SKY OBJECT ABSTRACT
so far I've got:
Tree William Comet Truth and
Pine Louis Cloud Peace
For halflings I went with a 1-syllable first name and a rhyming last name. Bob Slob, Tom Bomb. Mary Scary, Steve Cleave etc.
ReplyDeleteValkin Von Flagstone - gnome pedestrian raised by dwarves.
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