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Post subject: Posted: January 23rd, 2007, 9:54 pm |
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^ Try <a href="http://arwen-undomiel.com/forum/faq.php#14">here</a>.
And yes, I actually do have trouble coming up with names quite often. My system consists of coming up with the most random names I can off the top of my head, then tweaking/twisting/adjusting them until they suit my 'mood'.
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Post subject: Posted: January 23rd, 2007, 9:55 pm |
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Joined: 03 July 2005 Posts: 9846 Location: city that never sleeps
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Eruraina, are you a DnD fan?
I have random moments where I spontaneously come up with names, but I get inspiration from books and computer games.
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Post subject: Posted: January 23rd, 2007, 9:58 pm |
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Joined: 18 August 2006 Posts: 4169 Location: Camelot, via TARDIS
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Ah, thanks, all! And I have LOTS of trouble with names... And my system is kinda wierd... I usually leave the name till last, and if any of y'all have looked at my bios right after I've posted them, you've probably noticed that I have a knack for forgeting to put the names before I post the bio. Anyway, my system is to write out apearences, history, and all the works out first, and then I picture them in my head. Now, for me, at least, everyone I know has a 'letter' when I think of someone, I think of a letter, if you follow me, and so, once I find my charrie's 'letter' I build off that. Still really hard to come up with names though... And lately I've noticed that I especially like the letter 'K' and the letter 'T'.
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Post subject: Posted: January 23rd, 2007, 9:59 pm |
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Joined: 27 February 2006 Posts: 11433 Location: My Imagination Country:
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a little... I've got a DnD dragon species poster! It's really cool!
And I like using the same names in most rpgs... so I can remember them all! If I have different names that I usually don't use, I have to right them down on a sticky note thats always on my desk...
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Post subject: Posted: January 24th, 2007, 4:21 pm |
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Joined: 02 January 2006 Posts: 5728 Location: Mithlond Country:
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I think up my own names--I only use name generators if its a LotR thing or something else where the names mean things in the language of the land (e.g. Aerandir means sea-wanderer).
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Post subject: Posted: January 24th, 2007, 6:01 pm |
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Joined: 04 June 2005 Posts: 5471
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For fantasy, I usually use names I've already come up with, or a generator. For LotR names, I usually use some website.
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Post subject: Posted: January 24th, 2007, 6:44 pm |
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Joined: 23 October 2005 Posts: 8345 Location: Rivendell Country:
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I need to join this club.
 Hi!
As for RPG ideas... yeah, my brain juices are dead.  I like ones where there's more than one set of characters, like, crossover RPGs. Everybody is confused and its fun. 
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 3:17 am |
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Joined: 02 January 2006 Posts: 5728 Location: Mithlond Country:
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Lol--I tend to join other people's RPGs instead of cooking up my own, unless its a really cool idea that nobody I know is likely to think up.
Welcome to the club, SwedishMoose!
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 4:04 am |
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Joined: 06 January 2006 Posts: 1036 Location: Battlestar Galactica
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I've never used a name generator. I like to choose names that either have a meaning related to the charrie, or just modify a name from books I've read - but it has to intuitively 'sound' like it fits. A lot of my names tend to end with 'a', I've noticed, and be three syllables or less.
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 9:21 am |
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Joined: 02 January 2006 Posts: 5728 Location: Mithlond Country:
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Lol, Valera. I think most of my names end in an "l" or "n." Most of them start with a "D," "J," or "T." And occasionally an "S" or an "A."
But like I said, I only use name generators if I want my name to actually have a meaning or something instead of just looking cool or feeling right.
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 11:09 am |
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Joined: 18 August 2006 Posts: 4169 Location: Camelot, via TARDIS
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^Dito Aerandir. I tried the name generator...  Lets just say that... We're not good friends, the name generator and I. I've gone back to my ever-tedious job of wracking my dead brain for name ideas.
 SwedishMoose!
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 4:58 pm |
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Joined: 23 October 2005 Posts: 8345 Location: Rivendell Country:
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My brain doesn't have ideas for names. 
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 7:19 pm |
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Joined: 05 July 2006 Posts: 12949 Location: With her nose in a book Country:
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Eruraina wrote: My ideas I literally dream up! Exept maybe the Strange World one that didn't last too long... that one was based off a little adventure in a wood I had with a friend...
I've got lots of crackpot ideas! You'd be suprised at how many! Though most do have one main character...
Over half my RPG's come from my dreams! 
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 8:16 pm |
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Joined: 01 June 2006 Posts: 8449 Location: Adragonback
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My muses have been awesome lately, I have three different RP ideas I'm contemplating sending in. I think I know which one it's going to be, but that one also happens to be the only one that's not typed out and ready to go
Names...hmm...*thinks of main characters in RPs* Currently I have Merrin, Nakaida, Rhaeryn, Silvryn, Aedha and Kiarryn. Merrin was completely off the top of my head, probably some subconscious manipulation of the name Erin (which is my best friend's name) and Nakaida I thought was original until I discovered that the composer of my new piano piece was Yoshinao Nakada (though Nakada is Nah-kah-dah and Nakaida is nah-kie-duh). So I guess some of my names are semi-original, and others are manipulated names I've discovered. I use www.geocities.com/fantasynames somewhat, which I believe is where I found inspiration for Silvryn, Rhaeryn and Kiarryn. I like names that end with -ryn.
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 9:09 pm |
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Joined: 23 October 2005 Posts: 8345 Location: Rivendell Country:
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Turwaithiel Shadeslayer wrote: Eruraina wrote: My ideas I literally dream up! Exept maybe the Strange World one that didn't last too long... that one was based off a little adventure in a wood I had with a friend...
I've got lots of crackpot ideas! You'd be suprised at how many! Though most do have one main character... Over half my RPG's come from my dreams! 
I have dumb dreams, an RP after one would... not work. 
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Post subject: Posted: January 25th, 2007, 9:15 pm |
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Joined: 27 February 2006 Posts: 11433 Location: My Imagination Country:
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Blue Riders rpg was a dream! Yeah... I've beeen having this one strange dream thats really wierd... like I dream each chapter every night! lol! It's gotten way out of hand!
One of them was kind of in the Kingdom Hearts style... thats when I played KH for hours on end... once I had a strange dream about me not being able to post on A-U... and then I was playing LotR the 3rd age till the late hours of the night and had a dream like that! So what ever I do before I go to bed effects my dreams! It's really wierd...
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