Shifter Names [Archive] - Wizards Community

Shifter Names [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Onslaught[IT]
02-24-07, 09:16 AM Hello,

I'm going to play with a Shifter Ranger on Xen'driks Expeditions, but I stumbled into a problem: I have no source for good shifter names, nor can I come up with a good one.

Is there anyone that can help me with this ;)?
ChimericalWolf
02-24-07, 10:20 AM Well, in the ECS, it says they have rustic-y human names, so when I made my shifter, I just took an uncommon name that I might expect to find more often in more rural environments, and messed around with the sounds a bit until I came up with a simple name.

For instance, when I made my Eldeen Shifter Barbarian, I took the name Matthew, turned the hew into en, and turned the t's into a k. So Matthew became Maken. Simple name for a simple nature.
Onslaught[IT]
02-24-07, 10:33 AM I'm from Brazil, so I'm not familiar with rural names in English. Use a rural name in portuguese would be... trash, at best. I always prefere using english-like names when playing D&D for some unknown reason. Maybe I just feel it fits better ;)

The best name I could come up was 'Bok', wich isn't really a good name. He'll be a Covenant of Light Shifter Ranger, converted to the Church of the Silver Flame...
Nerdicus
02-24-07, 01:04 PM I always fealt that the shifters would either have neames similar to the area they hail from, or they would have names that sounded sort of...beastial.

Groth
Tordon
Geth( from the novels)
Sorsha
Narrdat
you get the point.
law
02-24-07, 01:21 PM Im playing a shifter named Zuka Bearclaw.

But I think that using Gypsy style names can give the feeling that is about right in my mind so names like:

Male Personal Names
Chuvula, Fero, Frinkelo, Illika, Miya, Terkari, Vaya, Yakali, Yerko

Female Personal Names
Dunicha, Malilini, Oraga, Orka, Rosina, Savina, Saviya, Tekla, Tereina, Viollca

Those I would think could be fairly common.

Then there are the animal style names that could also work as part of or just as the name:

Bah, Beh, Heek, Snik, Cheekk, Eep, Thriss, Ahou, Auw, Garoo, Bree, Breeka, Chree, Hrish, Lirr, Lith, Lyau, Slif, Swish, Gher, Grigm

But these are just my ideas plus it helps that I have Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names to help look for certon styles and such.
Darth Syntax
02-24-07, 04:21 PM Like all things, Shifter names depend on region of Origin.

Northern Eldeen Names

Male Names: Broga, Gadrin, Khoiln, Negm, Ognim, Vraus, Benik, Skado, Namag

Female Names: Skene (SKAY-nay), Magwene, Nedda, Ledri, Fradral, Neafra, Snyma, Lodghe, Faran

Western Brelish Names

Male Names: Shadroj, Raitn, Pratag, Kandrados, Udramo

Female Names: Kadri, Perlani, Edramah, Vashil
Nuclear_Buddha
02-24-07, 06:34 PM Generally, I assume they've got similar names to everyone else in the nation they come from (with Aundairan naming influence still lingering in the Eldeen Reaches). The Five Nations book is a great help.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Onslaught[IT] 02-24-07, 09:16 AM	Hello, I'm going to play with a Shifter Ranger on Xen'driks Expeditions, but I stumbled into a problem: I have no source for good shifter names, nor can I come up with a good one. Is there anyone that can help me with this ;)?
ChimericalWolf 02-24-07, 10:20 AM	Well, in the ECS, it says they have rustic-y human names, so when I made my shifter, I just took an uncommon name that I might expect to find more often in more rural environments, and messed around with the sounds a bit until I came up with a simple name. For instance, when I made my Eldeen Shifter Barbarian, I took the name Matthew, turned the hew into en, and turned the t's into a k. So Matthew became Maken. Simple name for a simple nature.
Onslaught[IT] 02-24-07, 10:33 AM	I'm from Brazil, so I'm not familiar with rural names in English. Use a rural name in portuguese would be... trash, at best. I always prefere using english-like names when playing D&D for some unknown reason. Maybe I just feel it fits better ;) The best name I could come up was 'Bok', wich isn't really a good name. He'll be a Covenant of Light Shifter Ranger, converted to the Church of the Silver Flame...
Nerdicus 02-24-07, 01:04 PM	I always fealt that the shifters would either have neames similar to the area they hail from, or they would have names that sounded sort of...beastial. Groth Tordon Geth( from the novels) Sorsha Narrdat you get the point.
law 02-24-07, 01:21 PM	Im playing a shifter named Zuka Bearclaw. But I think that using Gypsy style names can give the feeling that is about right in my mind so names like: Male Personal Names Chuvula, Fero, Frinkelo, Illika, Miya, Terkari, Vaya, Yakali, Yerko Female Personal Names Dunicha, Malilini, Oraga, Orka, Rosina, Savina, Saviya, Tekla, Tereina, Viollca Those I would think could be fairly common. Then there are the animal style names that could also work as part of or just as the name: Bah, Beh, Heek, Snik, Cheekk, Eep, Thriss, Ahou, Auw, Garoo, Bree, Breeka, Chree, Hrish, Lirr, Lith, Lyau, Slif, Swish, Gher, Grigm But these are just my ideas plus it helps that I have Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names to help look for certon styles and such.
Darth Syntax 02-24-07, 04:21 PM	Like all things, Shifter names depend on region of Origin. Northern Eldeen Names Male Names: Broga, Gadrin, Khoiln, Negm, Ognim, Vraus, Benik, Skado, Namag Female Names: Skene (SKAY-nay), Magwene, Nedda, Ledri, Fradral, Neafra, Snyma, Lodghe, Faran Western Brelish Names Male Names: Shadroj, Raitn, Pratag, Kandrados, Udramo Female Names: Kadri, Perlani, Edramah, Vashil
Nuclear_Buddha 02-24-07, 06:34 PM	Generally, I assume they've got similar names to everyone else in the nation they come from (with Aundairan naming influence still lingering in the Eldeen Reaches). The Five Nations book is a great help.