How do you name a character when you can't think of a name?
By
Alexandria2000,
Posted on: 2010-09-05 11:47 in Player Questions
If I'm really stuck I just look up random words in a dictionary. That is how I named my Warshade, Careful.
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Originally Posted by Stalemate
I use http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php*, Wikipedia, and a thesaurus at will.
If the character's back story warrants it I'll aim for something specific, otherwise I use the powersets as the basis for inspiration and go nuts. |
His bio has enough clichés in it to gag a Grecian hydra.
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If the Origin is:
MAGIC, then a name from Mythology or Religion, like my big Tanker SAMSON MOSES
MUTATION
Then something special describing the type of hero
As in NOMANN my other Tanker
SCIENCE
Name of Famous scientist from Fermi to Einstein to Newton to Davinci and Galileo. Archaic or Modern the scientist name is very acceptable
TECHNOLOGY
This has many possibilities
Geiger, Ramjet, Mandlebrot. Any specified field of Technological study is a candidate for a heroes name.
NATURAL
This is where i enter the elements of philosophy such as Freedom, Liberty, possibly an existential concept. I once had a Blaster named Mr. Tree and another named Mr. Fish and a Scrapper named Angus Management.
If you are new at the naming, consider the type of hero you want to create and their Origin. A Thundergod with Molnar the Great Hammer named BOB isn't right. A Voluptuous blaster using lightning Bolts named Shirley is a bit silly as well, I think.
just my .07 worth
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