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How do you normally come up with character names?

Iolo

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I tend to use these for the usual classes I play, male and female.

Fighter - Galloway, Crassus, Roman -- Oxanna, Eli, Agatha
Paladin - Alexander, Christian, Rycourt -- Sophia, Joan, Celine
Priest - Cromwell, Lazarus, Osmund -- Grace, Audrey, Rose
Ranger - Caen, Rames, Gunther -- Sylvia, Evelyn, Anya
Rogue - Judas, Sicari, Dimitri -- Jane, Natalya, Ivy

For fighters I went towards names that sounded no nonsense and straight to the point, easy to remember and punch in. For paladins I like names that sound more noble and impressive, I try to think of how it would sound if paired up with "Sir/Lady" and go off that. For priests I tend to play the males as either clerical warrior types or darker, cult leader sorts while for females I almost exclusively play them as good, kind hearted healers. For rangers I think of them similar to fighters in that their names are easy to remember but maintain some mystery behind it or being cute and thinking, 'rangers = hunters = woodsmen = forest = sylvan = Sylvia.' For rogues I borrow from history for the men, Sicari being from the assassin society and Dimitri based on the Black Hand of Serbia, and Judas is obvious enough. For the females I like "Jane" because it's so generic and fits well for someone that wants to remain hidden, while the other two fit well for femme fatale types.
 

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I tend to use these for the usual classes I play, male and female.

Fighter - Galloway, Crassus, Roman -- Oxanna, Eli, Agatha
Paladin - Alexander, Christian, Rycourt -- Sophia, Joan, Celine
Priest - Cromwell, Lazarus, Osmund -- Grace, Audrey, Rose
Ranger - Caen, Rames, Gunther -- Sylvia, Evelyn, Anya
Rogue - Judas, Sicari, Dimitri -- Jane, Natalya, Ivy

For fighters I went towards names that sounded no nonsense and straight to the point, easy to remember and punch in. For paladins I like names that sound more noble and impressive, I try to think of how it would sound if paired up with "Sir/Lady" and go off that. For priests I tend to play the males as either clerical warrior types or darker, cult leader sorts while for females I almost exclusively play them as good, kind hearted healers. For rangers I think of them similar to fighters in that their names are easy to remember but maintain some mystery behind it or being cute and thinking, 'rangers = hunters = woodsmen = forest = sylvan = Sylvia.' For rogues I borrow from history for the men, Sicari being from the assassin society and Dimitri based on the Black Hand of Serbia, and Judas is obvious enough. For the females I like "Jane" because it's so generic and fits well for someone that wants to remain hidden, while the other two fit well for femme fatale types.
Where are your barbarian names though?
 

DalekFlay

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I usually play female rogue/assassin/sniper/stealth characters and I use my wife's name. When I make alts that are different I tend to use my own or friends'. I guess I have zero imagination.
 

imweasel

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I also have zero imagination. I give my PC my name and other characters names of family members.

The only problem is that if the character with my daughter's name gets killed, then I have to reload. :lol:
 

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