tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181153683994775767.post6305272336670721186..comments2024-01-28T20:15:30.773-05:00Comments on The Core Mechanic: Choose a name that means somethingJonathan Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181153683994775767.post-39996870540178272022008-10-29T18:04:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:04:00.000-04:00@ JOSH : I really liked all the other links you pr...@ JOSH : I really liked all the other links you provided over at the other site - you may also be interested in clicking the labels on the right "etymology" and "fonts" - sorta related.Jonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181153683994775767.post-84669519975395983712008-10-29T18:01:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:01:00.000-04:00Looks like great minds think alike! Or at least u...Looks like great minds think alike! Or at least use the same name generators...<BR/><BR/>I don't know that my players have ever picked up on my naming patterns (I've used words from other languages long before I discovered Behind the Name), but a great deal of flavor is in the subtlety. Using words that have meaning gives the setting substance even if nobody notices but the DM.theoutsyder83https://www.blogger.com/profile/06498206412285063607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181153683994775767.post-8391047420119513272008-10-27T18:09:00.000-04:002008-10-27T18:09:00.000-04:00WOHOO! Ravyn... did you know that I just _happen_ ...WOHOO! Ravyn... did you know that I just _happen_ to be an RNA biologist? <A HREF="http://www.workingthebench.com" REL="nofollow">I have another blog over here you might want to chuckle at</A>. ALthough it hasn't been updated in a while.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the links! I'll have to check it out...Jonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181153683994775767.post-63086771262313193682008-10-27T16:31:00.000-04:002008-10-27T16:31:00.000-04:00The names I use rarely lack meanings. Part of it ...The names I use rarely lack meanings. Part of it is so I'll remember the character more easily, part of it is for the sake of subtle foreshadowing (The antagonist whose aliases were chosen from my name book as names for the same Hindu god, for instance, not that anyone ever got it), part is for amusement (the two comic relief characters, Dicer and Drosha, named after dsRNA-cutting enzymes), and part of it is just because stringing together syllables doesn't work too well. It also gives me something I can give my players as a look behind the curtain without giving too much away.<BR/><BR/>For the times when I just need a culture, though, I use Kate Monk's Onomastikon, here. http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/ Granted, it does mean I have a bunch of characters running around whose names' meanings I don't know, but my players don't know them either, so it doesn't matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com