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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Turns out he's two kobolds in a trench coat. His name depends on who's on top that day.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Hey if it's good enough for From software...

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The elves know me as Fi’ang Yalok. The dwarfs know me as Zoenen Hoogstandjes. And I am also known in the Northeast as Gaismunēnas Meistar.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But the local humans call me Phil the Drunkard

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Seriously, why are the local humans such dicks? Had a human wizard that was known as Katherine the Great by the wizard-hating dwarves, because she spoke draconic and brokered a peace between them and the kobolds. The orcs called her Katherine the Timeless, because she got ahold of a potion of heal, and a philosopher's stone before her 17th birthday, and made herself a potion of eternal youth/ immortality. The local humans called her Katherine Lady of Death......

[–] auroz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago

Zoenen Hoobastank

[–] CottyCat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Fangy Yelly

[–] No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For us, the opposite happened

The DM had a list of names but forgot to delete one and reused it 10 sessions later

Turns out the old noble is the grandpa of the guard drinking at the tavern, and therefore, they share their name

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Nah, do what Adventure is Nigh did. The first NPC they met was Jeremy Goodsex, and when a guard yelled at another guard, he used the name Jeremy. He then argued that it's a very common name, and lots of people are called Jeremy.

So for every NPC in season 1, about a quarter had the name Jeremy. It's a very common name.

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 years ago

Bimothy is a very common name for pirates

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I'm looking at you, Olórin, Mithrandir, Incánus, Tharkûn, Greyhame, Stormcrow, Láthspell, and/or Gandalf.

[–] rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Different scenario but in my first time dming I ended up naming two characters Phil... they were both bandits.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's when you turn it into a running gag, and see if anyone notices before they're clearing out whole camps simply named "Phil".

[–] rickrolled767@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 years ago

Lol, they didn't outright kill all the bandits so they ran into them again several levels later. It was a fun time

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Adventure is Nigh (a D&D actual play starring Yahtzee) had both a prisoner and a guard called Jeremy in episode 1. It was pointed out, so roughly a quarter of the NPCs in season 1 were named Jeremy.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hah, my first time, I had one of the bandits yell "Sammy!" to another, a name I just grabbed on impulse. Sammy was also one of the PC's names...