Character naming policy

[The_Spyder]

BTW, I am all up for not allowing "Oakenshield" or "Eleminster" or whatever as either prefixes or suffix... Just saying don't go crazy over blanketly shutting names down due to "Computer Logic" reasons.

[muffinFBSL]

After convincing my brother to play NWN2 with me after the longest time, he made a character with the last name Awsem. After we made these new characters together and got to about level 8, a DM made him change it. My brother then tells me "screw this, I'm going back to Amia". I'm not really a fan of the name-Nazi thing... especially when there are plenty of people logged on and seen by the DMs who have names that are just as much "in violation of the rules".

[Karond]

My original name was simple "Heart-Eater". I would be glad to just add a surname, like "Grug" or similar. Hargar Heart-Eater would be perfect for me. Or even, Hargar Hearteater.

I put the topic here because I thought it would be a good public thing to see, and it helped me alot with the dwarven reminder. Otherwise, I fear I might have been named "steve" forever. In the future, I'll PM a DM.

Regards,

// Karond

[ThatPirateGuy]

Heart-Eater=Rohahn-Ohanoh

Okay, that's a bad one for the orcish translation.
Roh'noh? Yeah.. I wouldn't name my orc that.

[Flasmix]

Long live the good Lord Stephen Urkull

[izzul]

err... why my PC name initially IezZyn Cyril Loch now become

IezZyn Cyrilloch?

it should have 3 sounding verbal component and changed to two verbal right now?

is there any problem with my PC name before that it was changed?

[AlphaCentaur]

I would see a problem with that capitalised Z in the middle of your first name, but whoever made the change left that untouched.

[izzul]

nope now its Iezzyn Cyrilloch.. would also ask the same question as Karond

[DM Sword]

It's been discussed, and Grug Heart-Eater would be acceptable, ask a DM in game to help out with the name change.

[Rainbow Prism]

I was browsing through the DM journal and was pissed off when I saw that there was guy named Char Aznable. I really hope his name was changed. And sometimes people name PCs after some relatively unknown character from the media industrial media.

The point is that naming is a very careful thing you must do with caution. I prefer to use the basic name of the game and change it a little in unique fashion. By the way, what veterans of the servers do with guys who have similar names with them? I saw girl named Velve.

[AniKai]

By the way, what veterans of the servers do with guys who have similar names with them? I saw girl named Velve.

Just chiming in, but something like "Velve", what about it? A minor derivate from Velvet, which is found e.g. in baby names database.

[Ivan38Rus]

I believe, Rainbow was referring to the fact that there is already a character with such name.

And, I don't see what's wrong with it. It's not like there is no namesakes (?) IRL.

[izzul]

It's been discussed, and Grug Heart-Eater would be acceptable, ask a DM in game to help out with the name change.

Glad to see DM Zabel looks into this... Go Zabel!

[Rainbow Prism]

Velve, drowish word for 'blade' or 'sword'. Well, yes, I hope the players did not count on their namesake IG, which sometimes can give players in depression and ruin the whole history they made.

[AniKai]

Velve, drowish word for 'blade' or 'sword'.

So? If one's called "Bill", it doesn't make them related to Bill Gates...