08-17-2001, 10:08 PM | #11 |
The Magister
Join Date: July 4, 2001
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I usuall give my characters my real first name, especially in computer games like this, assuming that they are relatively similar to me (similar race, same gender and such) becuase I feel it brings you closer to the story, plus "Ken" is not a bad video game name anyway, hey, it has been used before. I usually only give characters in video games, unlike in PnP games, a single name, the reason for this is that because of the way the game is scripted, characters would go around calling you "Cullen Trey" all the time, for example, like "hey whats up Cullen Trey", or "hey, can Cullen Trey come over?" It is just awkward and weird. As for other PnP games, I tend to use names from darker characters from fiction, games, or movies I like, since those characters are always my favorites. Names like: Wesker, Valentine, Deckard, and the like.
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08-18-2001, 06:11 AM | #12 |
The Magister
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I almost always name my characters after characters from books. I must agree with Legolas, most of my names come from the Lord of the Rings, too. At the moment my main character is Elanor and in BG1 it was Arwen.
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08-18-2001, 06:31 AM | #13 |
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Well, my human mage is called Calvert... I don't know how I came uo with that
My Monk is called Son RRobert (I am Robert... Son is from Son Goku) ------------------ We call him Bobby Corwen |
08-18-2001, 06:43 AM | #14 |
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Everyone has a bloody elf archer called legolas.
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08-18-2001, 06:50 AM | #15 |
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I have no elven Archer named Legolas, instead, I have:
A Sorcerer called Nebucadnezzar A Monk called Nebucadnezzar A Fighter called Nebucadnezzar A Multi-Classed Fighter/Thief called Nebucadnezzar And a Dual-Classed Fighter/Cleric(First Cleric then switch to fighter) called Razzen Dac Uben |
08-18-2001, 07:19 AM | #16 |
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I have to have the right name and I have some I always uses. Like my femal Druid I call Mana, which means life or something. Have also an archer I call Legolas (TLoR), and then some weirds names I use now and then like: Agadorf, Skyler and Tebastian.
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08-18-2001, 07:41 AM | #17 | |
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08-18-2001, 07:43 AM | #18 |
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Join Date: May 24, 2001
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LotR is an everlasting resource for cool names (Gil-Galad is soooooo cool...).
I have played: Gil-Galad - human paladin Feanor - half-elf fighter Elladan - elven archer Yale - elven thief (Yale is, as far as i remember, a brand of locks!) Next time, I will probably play a half-orc and call him Dubbya...Any suggestions for class/alignment/stat priority and so on? |
08-18-2001, 10:20 AM | #19 |
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First Cleric then switch to fighter) Why the hell would you do that???
I normally get names by manipulating typical british names or just using scandinavian ones (except for the Monk i'm gonna start which will carry my Chinese name) Sorcerer (or Necromancer depended on his party members) - Rikard (Swedish but i didn't know) BeastMaster - Damien Wild Mage - Trizak (haven't started with him yet dunno how i got the name) Fighter dualled to Mage - Mikaël (german not the reason why i got the name) (Ranger) Cleric - Dolgan (from Feist's books) Battlerager - Drugar (from Weis and Hickman's portal of death (or death gate) Elven Sorcerer (when rikard is necromancer) - Aleatha (see above) Blade - Paithan (dito) Assassin (or Fighter-Thief) Iason (greek mythology) Druid - Lyria Paladin - Jerome (from a certain craig) Ranger/Archer - Caelis that's about it i normally play single - multi player games so i have a lot of characters Rikard is the one who returns most but never as protagist (he's kinda like the Teacher and the Bhaalspawn is his apprentis and also i done the mage quest too often) |
08-18-2001, 11:47 AM | #20 | |
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