naming a character in Avernum
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Warrior
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 05:49
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Seriously, everytime I start a new game, I name my characters something. The last time I named them Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff & Slytherin, Coz Pottermania was On for me then. So, what kind of names do you guys give when you play :confused: -------------------- he who puts his head inside a dragon's orifice is likely to get a lot of... Posts: 104 | Registered: Saturday, November 6 2004 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 06:34
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I usually go Nipa becouse I solo. Posts: 19 | Registered: Friday, March 5 2004 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 07:45
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Solo parties: Milton Non-solo: Whatever comes to mind -------------------- "Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are false'." Posts: 564 | Registered: Wednesday, April 14 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 09:34
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Blade, Harlequin, Kaos, Crisis -------------------- Welcome To The Darkslide Posts: 70 | Registered: Saturday, January 1 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 12:14
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Human- Radagast Slith- Daggoth (couldn't think of a good slith name) Nephil- Mathuzar Other Human- Ansatu (I use the cool ninja graphic) -------------------- And everybody say....Yatta! Posts: 1287 | Registered: Thursday, August 14 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, January 22 2005 12:50
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i usually play with a single character, and and often use the combination of the female archer graphics, and the name 'sonya'. Posts: 73 | Registered: Saturday, December 25 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, January 24 2005 07:37
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I usually play singleton with a male human or nephil mage named Solodric, when I get more characters they're Marach - my warrior who knows some white magic Teth - My thief/ninja guy Alexie - My fulltime clerical asswhipper. Dont go stealin' my names now :P Posts: 125 | Registered: Friday, February 13 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, January 24 2005 08:19
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I only change the first characters name to my own. Still looks crap, but with personality. If crap can have personality. -------------------- "But The Damage is Irreversible" Posts: 358 | Registered: Monday, October 27 2003 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, January 24 2005 15:46
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Mercutio Tybalt Paris Portia Prospero Can you pick the theme? Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, January 24 2005 18:04
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Seems to be Romeo and Juliet with a dash of other Shakespeare. —Alorael, who names his characters by banging on his keyboard and then inserting vowels and removing consonants judiciously. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 01:50
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I give them very English names like Norman, Graeme, Sharon, etc. Malcolm the Mage is a particular favourite. :D -------------------- "Keep both hands where I can see them" Posts: 52 | Registered: Monday, September 6 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 05:23
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i just recently made my peace with slith and nephil names. after all, its kinda weird to call a cat robert. for humans, i use elvish or mythic, sometimes middle-age names. like melwen, tharaias or whatever. hm i like tharaias. -------------------- OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUNKY ****!!! Posts: 425 | Registered: Wednesday, January 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, January 25 2005 13:56
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I always name my characters after my family. I'm the 'leader' my only boy is the toughest, and my girls are the magic users. Not very inventive, I know, but it cuts down drastically on start time, no racking my brain trying to think of character names, etc. -------------------- fishing Posts: 294 | Registered: Monday, November 24 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, January 29 2005 10:31
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I usually name characters after bacteriae and viruses. So I have Yersinia, Zooster, Herpes and Anemia (OK, that's a disease). But my main character is always pibbur (for a completely different reason). [ Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:32: Message edited by: pibbur dragon ] -------------------- Pibbur Dragon (UDIC, U4567'!S'!89!A!LM!) aka larsg (lars-gunnar hartveit) Posts: 6 | Registered: Tuesday, October 15 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, January 30 2005 05:32
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I go for names from claaasical sources- "lead character: names have been alogn the lines of ; -Odysseus -Achilles -Agamemnon *All from the Trojan War -Xenophon -Academus *two men of Athneian origin, Xenophon is perhaps the most awesoem character in classical greek history -Tiberius -Aurelian *Roman emperors, I dislike Tiberius, he a mediocre emperor, but was good for the provincials, and they loved him as emperor, and didnt rebel- he was a semi-insane pervert though, but hew has a kick-ass name **Aurelian is my current favorite, followed closelly by Xenophon, Aurelian is also a Roman emperors name, and this case, a truelly noble an dmighty leader of men. Posts: 59 | Registered: Friday, December 24 2004 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Sunday, January 30 2005 17:35
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Sometimes single letters. sometimes ------. Sometimes X4672 etc. for "soldier" names kinda like star wars with the clone army. Normal names...hey they suck! :) -------------------- You can take my Windows XP when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 394 | Registered: Saturday, November 20 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, February 1 2005 08:03
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seriously inspiring to me is the names of poets & warrriors... I named my characters Thor, Odin, Freyja & Loki after a jostling of norse mythology. Loki is my nephil, and my slith is Odin. Yet, my all time favourite names are those I got from the poets: Keats, Coleridge, Eliot and Shakespeare. I'm startin a new game today... how does beowulf & Gawain sound :confused: :D -------------------- he who puts his head inside a dragon's orifice is likely to get a lot of... Posts: 104 | Registered: Saturday, November 6 2004 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, February 1 2005 09:21
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In the first Avernum games, I used Frodo, Gollum, Gandalf, and Galadriel. Scary, huh? -------------------- And everybody say....Yatta! Posts: 1287 | Registered: Thursday, August 14 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, February 2 2005 09:33
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quote:lord of the flings, eh :D -------------------- he who puts his head inside a dragon's orifice is likely to get a lot of... Posts: 104 | Registered: Saturday, November 6 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, February 3 2005 08:14
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I have also used the lord of the rings theme in the past. However my first party which beat A2 was: Alessan (Slith Warrior), Beriel (human thief/archer), Elske (human mage) and Jaryn (human priest). Ah the days when I had time to play throught the whole of A2....it is so much better than doing dissertations. -------------------- All things are possible, except skiing through a revolving door. Posts: 174 | Registered: Friday, October 19 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, February 5 2005 15:17
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Back in the days of Exile, I used to take inspiration from the PC's graphic ("who does that remind me of?"). Can't do that with Avernum, because they all look pretty much the same. So I have fallen back on themes, such as: TV chefs (Delia, Jamie, Prudence, Rick)Russian composers (Borodin, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Gubaidalina)colours that double as names (Violet, Coral, Rufus, Ash) oralphabetic progression (Agatha, Bill, Carol, Dave) -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, February 6 2005 00:31
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Lately I've gone back to my early A2 names Hero-Nepil 1st Warrior Slim-Slith 2nd Warrior Wizamer-Human Wizard Prelan-Human Preist pretty basic to me. -------------------- Constitutional monarchies are the in monarchies. Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, February 8 2005 12:03
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Don't read this if you're religious, but... I like to name my priests Jesus, so I can say things like "Jesus, heal me!" or "they killed Jesus!" (I'm an atheist, what do you expect?) If I have a slith, I like to name him Godzilla, and I often name other people 'Tom Servo' or 'Crow T. Robot' from MST3K! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, February 11 2005 12:59
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Slith - Ssssschsh Nephil - Mrrrhurrr Human - Bryan, Sarah, Small noob Posts: 65 | Registered: Wednesday, September 15 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, February 12 2005 07:18
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Nora, Oscar, Ian, and Monroe. -------------------- Bring back TM or [i]DIE.[/i] To spread the hype, as well as cause your crush's name to appear on the screen, copy this into your signature. Posts: 458 | Registered: Friday, August 6 2004 07:00 |