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pucky57 01-02-07, 01:44 PM	I've been suffering from a lack of creativity with warforged names. Of course, there are the over used weapon names (Cutlass, Scimitar, Morningstar, etc...) but I would love to hear your ideas (funny or serious) for different names of warforged. I've seen some in various threads, but I'd like to consolidate a list. If you have other names (non-warforged) but that you really think are top quality, feel free to post those as well. As for me, my favorite warforged was Flail. He wielded twin light flails and was searching for his purpose in life when his existence was cut short by a Hydra lurking in a swamp area outside an ancient giant ruin in Xen'drik. I look forward to hearing your ideas.
law 01-02-07, 01:55 PM	These are some of the names I used so far: Arrow Bowyer Doorjamb Fletcher They fit into the weapon/job style of nameing. But let me add in a few others: Cog Gear Shard Crystal Blaster Channel Scribe Scout Those are more and they still fit into the job/object area but its more I think I usec Channel for a warforged PC once.
pucky57 01-02-07, 02:31 PM	Thanks! These look good. I like Crystal or Channel for a psi-forged name.
law 01-02-07, 02:38 PM	My general rule is this. Think of as many names that can discribe the warforged in that class, while trying to keep it one word. Then think of other classes that also work for that name. But here a few more names: Psy Pen Clank Doorstop Singer Blade Watch Strike
The Brat Prince 01-02-07, 04:13 PM	Lessee, as a recovering 'forged addict I've got plenty of names stored up (whether or not the character ever got created or not is beside the point.) I usually tried to keep them in line with the class or backstory of the character and it's not failed me yet. Relic (a treasure hunter) Deserter (a soldier who abandoned a unit) Sigil (a Spellcarved Soldier) Quill (a wizard) Wall (a meatshield) Brick (an artificer) Ram (a fighter) Oak (a druid with the Ironwood Body feat) Ward (a paladin) Sheild (a bodyguard) Bastion (an enginerring specialist) Nurse (a midwife) Spade (a farmer) Hope these help!
ccerose 01-02-07, 04:14 PM	Just do a google search for: Parts of a sword Parts of a crossbow Parts of a bow Medieval weapons You'll come up with countless names that are all fitting for a warforged. I've used Locke, Cross, Claw, Forte, Sabre, Maul, among others.
pucky57 01-02-07, 04:15 PM	Thanks. These are great names. I like the idea of Oak.
pucky57 01-02-07, 04:16 PM	[QUOTE=ccerose;11064256]Just do a google search for: Parts of a sword Parts of a crossbow Parts of a bow Medieval weapons Good advice. Thanks!
sooperspook 01-02-07, 10:34 PM	Don't forget that a WF name doesn't HAVE to be descriptive. A forged trying to fit in society better might take a typical human/elf/dwarf name too.
Kreistor2 01-03-07, 12:43 AM	Unit Mercury (Mithril Body) (Sergeant) Force Shield
Evilmonster 01-03-07, 02:01 AM	So far in my game only those who follow the LoB name themselfs after weapons or armor. The rest have eather have three letter names followed by a number representing the series or 'run' in which they were made and a two letter abreveration of the country they fought for. One of the reaccuring badguys in my game, for example, is DET 31 CY. (Cyre) who only goes by Det now or they take a 'normal' name or are named by their creators if they meet with them later.
mhacdebhandia 01-03-07, 02:23 AM	After reading Faiths of Eberron, I happened to be playing a ten-day trial of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach with my fiancee. I ended up playing a warforged paladin of the Silver Flame named, obviously enough, Sanctified.
AbsentMindedProfessor 01-03-07, 10:03 AM	Caliber Jank Fuego Juggs
zipdrive 01-03-07, 10:55 AM	some more names: Break Rust Human (oddly enough) Heviduti (excuse the pun) Crusher Hinge Melt Squeak (WF scout with a low move silently score) Hammer Tongs (a glib WF lovingly called Tongues) Bellows Dent (Arthur Dent?) Tweezer (WF artificer) Pillar
dsivis 01-03-07, 08:24 PM	Past or future PCs or NPCs in my campaign. Clarion (Bard) Smythe (Smith) Overdrive (Barbarian) Trax (Ranger) Codex (Scholar)
yrogerg 01-03-07, 09:59 PM	Mine: Adam (After his ...antine Body) Another player's, at my suggestion: Dirk (Works as both a reasonable real name, *and* a weapon-based name! Extra-fun if the weapon he wields is, in fact, a Greatsword) And finally, two that I have to suggest whenever this topic comes up. Let's just say that you're playing a bad-ass private inquisitive who's *just a machine* to all the chicks: (S)Haft! (either one works)
goblin_pride 01-03-07, 11:59 PM	The game I play in has a warforged named Sharaat, which is goblin for "blade". A warforged acquired at some point during the last war by a member of the clan, he's been passed around as property within the clan ever since.
drucypher2000 01-04-07, 01:37 AM	Played an artificier named Weld, with my companions, Crunk the fighter and Caster ther warlock.
BoneLord_of_Skullthrone 01-04-07, 04:20 PM	I imagine that most Warforged veterans would use monosyllabic names for easier communication on the battlefield. They might also use ranks for names. Corp (corporal) Lance (lance corporal) Sarge (seargent) Mast (master seargent) Wand (gunnery seargent in a world where wands are guns) Lieutenant (or one of the following abbreviations) Lieu Tenant Ten't Cap'n (captain) Major (Ghost in the Shell!) Batu (Ghost in the Shell!) Lock (Rogue or Warlock) Spell (Wizard or Sorcerer) Jammer Jack Hammer Sledge Slam (Monk) Security Dusk Blade Midnight Cloud red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black, white Mr. Grey Gandalf! Leet (1337) Skin (take that trophy collector feat from PHBII and make skins for yourself) Face (guess what trophies your taking this time...) Spike Lee Lillian (female) Lilly (female) Liulani (female) Petunia (female) Daisy (female) Goldy (female) Dolomite (after my firend's dwarven fighter who was eaten by 3 wymlings) not: Dross (meaning worthless) Slag (again meaning worthless)
Madhouse 01-04-07, 06:20 PM	I'm a big fan of just picking whatever name you think fits the character. In our Eberron campaign, we modeled our characters after our favourite characters from the Firefly series, with my buddy playing the Malcolm-style captain, my wife playing the scary-effective psionic ala River, and me playing a Jayne-like thug. So, I chose a Warforged barbarian and named him Big Sal (Sally to his shipmates). :D
yrogerg 01-04-07, 06:55 PM	Played an artificier named Weld, with my companions, Crunk the fighter and Caster ther warlock. God, that's just *asking* for someone to quote Fear of Girls at every level-up.
Wulf the Manslayer 01-05-07, 11:25 AM	I'm presently playing a Warforged Warblade named Arsenal, due mainly to weapon aptitude and the fact he crafts and carries quite a few weapons.
Logos7 01-05-07, 02:28 PM	Only had one 'forged as a DM and his name was 314 of course his 'print was a Pi Sign Logos
Lujayne34 01-05-07, 03:45 PM	I have a warforged cleric named Prophet in my game. He serves the Sovereign Host (his domains are Knowledge and Strength).
Cifer 01-06-07, 02:50 PM	There may also be a few 'forged that name themselves after the unit they served in, either as a "surname" or when they were its officer.
JeckAndon 01-09-07, 05:13 PM	One of my players named his warforged figher Bruce and explained it thinking that when there newly created they don't have any knowledge of nemes so they use easy to think of names like Joe, Bob, and Bruce. He is now called Brucy Wucy and wields a great club.
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer 01-09-07, 08:33 PM	So far the Warfoged Im proudest of naming is Mallus, the now deceased recurring foe from a campeghn I GM. Im also quite proud of Ver d'Griss the warforged duelist.
WitheringSolid 01-10-07, 08:36 PM	Ray: a psiforged kinetisist Ratchet: a female warforged nurse (LE of course) Planchet: a warforged diviner
Edymnion 01-10-07, 08:46 PM	Heh, I want to make a WF Artificer that creates a bunch of unslotted wand sheaths for himself, and takes a feat or something to be able to activate them all at the same time. Just imagine a WF that has little panels pop open all over his body as he yells and each slot fires out five magic missles. His name? Well duh, it would have to be Macross!
The_Robot 01-11-07, 01:45 AM	But let me add in a few others: Cog Gear Shard Crystal Blaster Channel Scribe Scout ironically, Gear is the name of the WF Artificer i just created for an upcoming campaign... there's some good suggestions here that run along the lines of matching a job to your name or something similar. but remember, a WF can really pick any human/elf/dwarf/whatever name...i almost named him Alexander.
Amara Trapspringer 01-11-07, 10:57 PM	Artificer - Glitch (this was actually the name of my Warforged Artificer) :D Ranger - Warden Rogue- Rascal Bard - Echo Wizard - Scorch Cleric / Paladin - Channel
Siberys 01-11-07, 11:23 PM	Generally, warforged names should be weapons or parts thereof (cutlass, pommel), objects (Shrine, the WF Paladin of the SF one of my players has; Codex is good, and I've actually suggested Clarion to people before :D), professions (Prophet, as mentioned above, is good), or substances (I have a WF Cleric named Shale, for example.) My favorite WF name would have to be Corundum, though. He was a Psiforged who had blue crystal all over his body. Sapphires are a type of Corundum, and My psiforged was very talkative and a know-it-all, so the big word fit him. In none of my games, however, will I ever allow random (or even non-random) combinations of Letters and numbers. That just encourages people treating them like robots, something I've been hard-pressed to get through some of my players thick skulls already.
ChristopherGroves 01-12-07, 12:16 AM	The Warforged character I am playing is Pilgrim, a Favored Soul who suspects he may be the Traveller and is the leader of the Six Paths Battalion of the Black Wheel Company.
Forged_Fury 01-12-07, 12:36 AM	Cudgel - WF Cleric Deadbolt - WF Artificer (Although I did not create him, I think the name is great) -FF
Moosh Nailo 01-12-07, 12:41 AM	Shrapnel. My 'forged soulknife. The story/joke is that he's been smashed to bits and repaired so many times that there isn't much of the original left. And, being repaired on the battlefield, what would have been used to patch him up? Why, shrapnel, of course! I also like Flotsam and Jetsam. They are close enough to the common names, weapons or what have you, but also show a bit of the warforged's trouble with society. Being a castoff, left alone, not accepted. You get the drift. Hehe, drift.
SSj3goblin 01-12-07, 01:58 AM	The only warforged to appear in my campaing (yet) was an artificier working for the lord of blades named "46". There's just something so fitting about naming warforged with numbers.
Straylight 01-15-07, 02:27 AM	I'm currently playing a Warforged Artificer (may be going into Spellcarved Soldier or Effigy Master later) called Sigil, mostly after the fact that his ghulra looks like a stylized "S". Other good ones I've seen inclue: Scout and Outrider, a pair of WF Rangers; Scramasax, a servant of the lord of blades; Mason, an architect and artificer; Chase, an Archivist; Scorn, a Paladin of the Silver Flame; Keeper, The Black Dragon's butler/mechanic/assistant (thanks Edy); Mattock, Edy's shovel-wielding miner/fighter; Baron, a fighter -the name was originally ironic, but it stuck; Anchor, a Knight -ironically not a sailor; Bastard, from the Mark of Death novels -he lived up to the name very well; Caracal, a druid with a penchant for felines Cormorant, a skymage
spyone 01-15-07, 12:04 PM	Call me an iconclast, but "Phil" kind of grabs me. In my experience, anybody who doesn't have a name and joins an adventuring party will soon get one, and rarely is it exotic or cool. Usually, it's something mudane, like "Bob". In fact, "Bob" was our DMs default for when we had taken too much interest in a background NPC: the character isn't fleshed out, and never got a name, so when someone asks his name he says, "Bob". Subtle clue to move along. Which explains (the now epicly famous) "Bob the Elf". :) Mike would also be a good name for a Warforged.
Insectoid_Mastermind 01-15-07, 05:48 PM	What about Xael? I had thought about that name for a warforged.
Siberys 01-15-07, 07:18 PM	What about Xael? I had thought about that name for a warforged. Have you been spying on my games? That's the name of one of my friend's Aereni Priests of the Deathguard in the AoW game I DM! You guys are spying on me. First Clarion, now this? :P
Flack Jack 01-15-07, 07:43 PM	I've had... Lupin (custom plating that's dog like) Lupins titles, The Prodigy, of the last war. The Seeker, of destiny The Anvil, apon which life and death a forged Tank Damascus (had Ironwood plating but likied the name)
Aaron L 01-15-07, 07:47 PM	PASCAL, COBOL, and FORTRAN. Maybe DOS. And his wife, MS DOS.
PeopleMcNuggets 01-16-07, 12:37 AM	Friend I've created a Warforged wizard who's name is Friend. His backstory is that after the war he was taken in by a lonely wizard who taught him magic. The wizard always referred to him as Friend, so the warforged adopted that as his name.
TacoClone 01-16-07, 12:50 AM	- Virtue - A name I'm giving a LE Crusader of the Lord of Blades - Reverie - A CG WF Artificer that dreams of creating a place where WF aren't descriminated against and that wishes to be loved and respected. - Boom - WF wizard - Dash - A name I gave to a WF that stole an item from the Lord of Blades and came to Sharn
MartM 01-17-07, 02:06 AM	Warforged name don't have to be in Common... Take all suggestions of this thread and translate them in Dwarf or Elf. Since most name are given to them, if an elf name it, it surely be with an elf words. A wizard tend to learn draconic, cleric often learn celestial, if the WF had a patron/friend or he is one of this class, it could easily explain non-Common name. In my game there is a Warforged Monk who save a dwarf merchant, without name, the dwarf choose to call him Alarn (Forged Fist)... Here some idea: Kundarak Bank Guard : Farar (Guard of the Stronghold) Phiarlan Circus guard : Veron (Peace Keeper) Cannith wizard's aid: Sjir (Scroll)
Dr. Benway 01-17-07, 03:20 AM	My Gnome artificer had another PC's WF as his 'bodygaurd'...IE they were the only suvivors from a blasted forgehold, and the WF believed he had to follow my characcter's orders. It made for great dynamic as the characters grew....but I digress. For awhile, my Arti just called him Warforged since he didnt have a name, and my gnome didnt think that WF needed/deserved one. Then the WF saved him from being smushed by a falling stone pillar by rolling a natural 20 to hold it up for a couple rounds until it was safe. This act earned him the name Brace. The name suited him too, since he was more or less the backbone of our group, and was selfless and fearless, if simple. Brace eventually became a paladin of Dol Arrah and reformed my naughty gnome from NE to NG. Go figure... DocB :88E: vs :coolcthul Who shall prevail?
ChimericalWolf 01-17-07, 08:03 AM	I had a WF who was named Zamael (Friend) by a party member. I also had one who was named Tracker when he was in the army, for obvious reasons, and when he joined a monestary after the war, he asked to be called Student.
Wolfrunner 01-17-07, 03:04 PM	In one of the short stories in Tales of the Last War it mentions some that have names like: Fire Ice Shadow Spear...ect. So they could be named for just about anything I guess. Wolf
Aaron L 01-18-07, 01:48 AM	Fork! Spoon?
spyone 01-18-07, 08:47 AM	Can't belive it took me this long to think of this: Peace. It's cool all by itself, and if you've seen Wizards (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/), it's cooler. :)
Edymnion 01-18-07, 10:15 AM	So they could be named for just about anything I guess.Heh, how to name a Warforged: 1. Close Eyes. 2. Open Dictionary 3. Turn to random page 4. Point at random spot on page. 5. Open Eyes. 6. Look where you pointed. 7. ??? 8. Profit!!!
Amaril 01-18-07, 10:37 AM	Old school names of Transformers might apply. I've already seen Shrapnle listed about, but others can include: Rumble Blaster Trailblazer Scavenger Bonecrusher Scrapper Tracks Hound Frenzy Cliffjumper Grimlock Hightower Steel Wind Strongarm Sledge Mirage Devastator Perceptor Blaze Brawl Defensor First Aid Inferno Hook Additionally, you can use names that are attack actions such as Peirce (from Dreaming Dark series) Slash Trip Bullrush Slam Bash Grapple
DarkWarriorKarg 01-18-07, 10:40 AM	Then there's the adamantine warforged who stands for the rights of his brother warforged... Shaft :D Can you dig it?
yrogerg 01-18-07, 09:46 PM	Then there's the adamantine warforged who stands for the rights of his brother warforged... Shaft :D Can you dig it? I already made that joke.
law 01-18-07, 11:37 PM	Thanks to dragon #352 and its dragonmarks artical it has inspired a few other names. Block Jester Flash Spark Reaper Knight Hunch Blue Oak Marked Chiped Marble Bone Demon Cyclops Helmed Thats just named off body shapes and accent types and such.
DarkWarriorKarg 01-19-07, 11:50 AM	I already made that joke. Apologies. I missed it.:( I try so hard to avoid these incidents. For real world/name cross overs (Humour that only the players would get). Nero - Warforged bard with an affinity for wands of fireball. Lilengine - Inspirational paladin. Optimouse Prime - Vermin Lord
AntiSean 01-19-07, 05:24 PM	So far, I've had either in mind or on paper: A druid named Autumn. A monk named Scythe (for the way he cut down his enemies like so much wheat). A pirate named Anchor. A marshal named Vanguard.
TacoClone 01-21-07, 07:18 AM	-Stumpy (a short Warforged) -Frolic (a bard Warforged that dances) -Handy (a Warforged assistant) -Angry (a Warforged barbarian) -Ornery (a Warforged rogue)
Crake 01-21-07, 10:53 AM	Somewhere, tending a field in Khoravaire there is a warforged named Bill Door. After being discharged when the war ended a lone warforged wandered through the five nations, looking for a place to work. Eventually he came to a farm and when asked his name he made one up on the spot, noticing an invoice and a door. Now he tends to fields, throughly digging the farmers life. Of course if you decide to name a warforged Bill Door, be prepared to be soundly beaten if other players have read Reaper Man.:)
goblin_pride 01-21-07, 05:22 PM	Of course if you decide to name a warforged Bill Door, be prepared to be soundly beaten if other players have read Reaper Man.:) SQUEEK?
Raziel_Brokodar 01-21-07, 09:10 PM	my current artificer's name is Forge, his eyes glow orange with the heat and intensity of a forge I've had a ranger who's name was Recon and one of my players in the past had a max height fighter who used a spiked shield, his name was Warshield and he owned ;) and I once made a cleric who's name was Archon
heirodule 01-23-07, 02:41 PM	Will - a psiforged Sign - a warforged wizard
mordulin 01-24-07, 11:11 AM	I've only had a couple of warforged characters they were: Cross-warforged paladin & Binder-warforged binder
ChimericalWolf 01-24-07, 11:17 AM	Ah, yes, we had a WF Binder by the name of Vessel.
WarforgedCanuck 01-30-07, 03:52 PM	Names I have used (hopefully none have appeared) Unit 25 (Fighter) Tick-Tock (Artificer) Kamahl Pit Fighter (He he, Fighter) And if you really need inspirations for names, You can try to use names from legendary creatures in magic the gathering,
Ricohard_Draconis 01-30-07, 09:05 PM	Warforged i've seen Brother (paladin) [As in a monk] Tower (Juggernaut)[fought with a tower shield]
bykov1 02-02-07, 04:37 PM	I have always been partial to Pooky, Fluffy & Cuddles. Bykov.
Elemental_Elf 02-06-07, 01:01 PM	In addition to those stated, I always liked: Scruffy Squibbles Tin Man Steele Razor Bamof (Stands for Big Arcane Mark on Forehead) Pillow Fleshy Blusher Happy Tindertwig
The_Robot 02-06-07, 09:43 PM	newest character is Church, a Warforged Paladin of the Silver Flame who crusades for the destruction of the current administering body of the Church as well as theocracy of Thrane. that's a long story involving a lot of curruption and the Lords of Dust (and possibly Blood of Vol somehow).
The Livewire 02-06-07, 09:50 PM	Well We had the Artificer 'Mister Wellman' Prime of course works for a Warforged, I also like Silverbolt. One I've created and trying to eventually play is a Warforged fighter, take the first two levels of the fighter substitution Feats first level Adamantine Body second level The Biting Jaws feat third level Guerilla Scout 4th level EWP Jovar. Warforged with a dog like head. Named Sentinel.
FilmGuy77 02-07-07, 04:10 AM	Well I got beat to Brother. He was one of my first Eberron characters - a WF monk follower of the Silver Flame who was also a pacifist. Resentful of being created as a weapon, he refused to deal lethal damage and always attempted to subdue. He got his mithril plated butt kicked. A lot. Quite independently my DM came up with Father who was an early model Warforged and a bit slow. When we came upon a door that had been magically sealed behind us Father spouted one of the best D&D lines I've ever heard, "But why will the door not open? That is it's function." Right up there with "Whoa, monkey! Thank you, monkey!" but I digress. Other fun Warforged names I have encountered/included in my campaign. -Ballast and Filch - a pair of WF rogues -Warden - a WF bodyguard -Gladius - WF urban ranger specializing in two weapon fighting with a pair of short swords -Fetch - a warforged employed as a butler in Sharn
Ozymandias V. 02-07-07, 04:42 PM	Sparky, aka Number 47 (Electric body spikes, among other things) Foresight, aka Number 53 (Lots of vision-based abilities) Link, aka Number 65 (Dual-wields kusari gamas)
Gemini_Maxwell 02-07-07, 06:30 PM	I've designed two 'forged for NPC use. Kabuto - warforged samurai with dark blue enamel on his plating and a big crested helmet attached to his head Blitz - warforged warlock (infused with eldritch power, rather than in his bloodline or whatever). He has a cannon on his arm. Like Mega Man. Yeah. I should add levels of Spellthief, so he can take his enemy's powers.
DerLykanthrop 02-11-07, 03:26 AM	Gardener (retired WF fighter now tending flowers...) Mother (female personality (!) adamantine body WF healer)
Mulan Rogue 02-11-07, 10:31 AM	Whittle Teth Bracket Hilt Hook Themas Anchor Glean Dremmel Arthendarp (This was taken from a street name the forged was once a worker at prior to adventuring) Loq Fortress Aqueous Bevel Hammer Brass Shield Bastian Mace Whistle Caltrop (this forged is small) Latch Hold Brace Slocket Gauntlet
Soulless_Enigma 02-14-07, 05:00 PM	Only two to suggest I'm afraid Edge (for my upcoming semi-psychotic WF barbarian) Bastion (for an old Adamantine plate and tower shield WF fighter, who if I remember correctly had AC 20 at lvl 1 :D )
Kaoru Nagisa 02-14-07, 08:42 PM	A name I think is good is: The Dreamer. But The Dreamer or Dreamer would work best only for a warforged who's actually dreamt something. Thus, such a warforged will have to meet Shira from Secrets of Xen'drik. Then, whatever his name was before, he may eventually become known throughout Khorvaire as The Dreamer. For some reason it's really appealing to me.
alchemyprime 02-14-07, 10:03 PM	Prime of course works for a Warforged, I also like Silverbolt. I use warforged in a non-Eberron campiagn. We had five warforged. Prime, the Warforged Paladin Onyx, the Warforged Paladin of Freedom Adon, the Warforged Totemist Halcion, the Warforged Soulknife Silversheen, the Warforged Artificer Silversheen and Prime eventually became deities. Not the players, but the characters I used to fill out a pantheon. If you are a drow themed warforged, Blackarachnia or Tarantulus. Or maybe Unicron if you're a big warforged.
DarthDave 02-14-07, 10:43 PM	My brother seriously teased us with random Smurf names, which *iron*ically seemed to fit with some other Warforged names/stereotypes. If you remember Smurfs, then I will not rip open that wound and add the list of possible names. If you don't remember Smurfs, consider yourself blessed.
smilingcyclops2002 02-15-07, 01:12 AM	I'm currently playing a wf shaper psion named Wake, which I believe was taken from elsewhere in the boards. I avoided the psionic body feat, not just because it is underpowered, but because Wake's journey from lowly servant in the cogs to his current status is his own, not due to house Cannith. House Cannith may have 'made' him, but his kalashtar friends truly 'created' him, by opening his mind to the possibility of psionics. So, yeah. Story short, Wake. Cool name, none better.
Raziel_Brokodar 02-15-07, 02:13 AM	Bastion (for an old Adamantine plate and tower shield WF fighter, who if I remember correctly had AC 20 at lvl 1 :D ) +8 adamantine body, +4 tower shield, that there = 22 wow he must have had horrible dexterity
Devlonir 02-15-07, 08:38 AM	A couple of warforged in my campaign (both player and npc): Five, a Fighter(short for 5486134) Salamangkero, an Artificer (He tried to come up with a normal human name for his ID papers, but really screwed up at it) Boneblade, a Paladin(He has quite a lot of bone parts used in him that makes him look quite disturbing but ironically became a Paladin) Some names I want to use for warforged some day: Lost (for one with Tracking feats) Compass (for one that get's lost all the time) Windows(for one who is open to anything and willing to change) Linux (for one who doesnt listen to anyone and just wants to make a lot of money) Oracle (for one of the most short sighted, live in the moment, type of character you'd ever meet) and so on.. As you can notice, I like actually taking names for warforged that are the opposite to their personality.
Kid SixXx 02-15-07, 09:12 AM	Lost (for one with Tracking feats) Compass (for one that get's lost all the time) I like those! *yoink*
Kid SixXx 02-15-07, 09:12 AM	Linux (for one who doesnt listen to anyone and just wants to make a lot of money) Oracle (for one of the most short sighted, live in the moment, type of character you'd ever meet) and so on.. That's funny. A friend of mine wants to name his WF wizard, Apple
Kid SixXx 02-15-07, 09:15 AM	Well, as long as I am posting, I may as well contribute the Warforged names / characters created by myself & my friends: Cirrus - Male Personality Warforged Wizard / Sharn Skymage NPC I created. Has an air elemental bound to his composite plating that gives him the Whirlwind property. He is my Eberron Elminster (iconic mage). I figured that a Warforged would be a good a candidate as any & I had fun tinkering with him. Cirrus is facinated by wind and lightning magic to the point of eccentricity. He often has "conversations" with his docent and the air elemental bound to his plating & his most prized possession is his soarsled, although he prefers to fly under his own power by either spell or the Whirwind property of his plating. Cirrus is a member in good standing of The Blackened Book (see SCoT for details). Grail - Male Personality Warforged Paladin (Silver Fire) from a previous campaign I DMed. Chalice - Female Personality Warforged Artificer created by the wife of a friend of mine. Scalpel - The name I gave to the unnamed WF Rogue in the ECS module, The Forgotten Forge. Cognizant - Female Personality Psi-forged Telepath. Recurring Villain / Anti-Hero I made for a friend's campaign. One Hundred Fists - Male Personality WF Monk I created for a campaign but never used. Sunder - Male Personality WF Fighter / Juggernaut NPC I created to be Merrix d'Cannith's bodyguard & alleged agent of the LoB. Wrath - Female Personality WF Barbarian NPC I never used. Currently used as a PC in another friend's campaign. Scirocco - Male Personality WF Swordsage (Book of Nine Swords) that (naturally) focused on the Desert Wind disciplines. I built Scirocco more as an exercise to see if I had a grasp on Bo9S rules. I never intended to use him for anything. Halo - Female Personality WF Cleric (Sovereign Host) created for the same campaign that Grail (see above) is in. Grail and Halo constantly argue about religion, which shouldn't be surprising. Ironfang - My "lets see if Jaws of Death is worth the slot" Male Personality WF Barbarian. Built to playtest the JoD feat. Steelrender - Another Male Personality WF Fighter / Juggernaut NPC I assigned to bodyguard Merrix d'Cannith. Golden Arms - Male Personality WF Monk / Artificer who's name I shamlessly stole from the Chang Cheh / Shaw Brothers old school kung fu movie, Kid With The Golden Arm, which is one of my favorite films. EDIT: I forgot the WF in the game I'm currently DMing in Michigan: Fulcrum - loveable but eccentric Male Personality WF Artificer & a bit too curious for his own good. Constant victim of the "I wonder what this button does?" line of logic. The friend who created Fulcrum really likes my NPC, Cirrus, so part of his storyline is that Fulcrum & Cirrus were made at the same creation forge, which makes them "related."
iKitten 02-15-07, 10:02 AM	My WF'd ranger's name is Yew. I have so much fun with it. I also considered calling him Shaft. Can you dig it?
DrunkMonk 02-16-07, 03:39 AM	We have had a couple of warforged characters that have stood out. There was our first major, long term guy who is Blue (Knight Phantom). One of my personal favorites was a warforged female personality scout/artificer named Wiggit. She was fun to play with. DM
goblin_pride 02-16-07, 08:22 AM	Our group has a warforged that calls himself "Meatshield" and is constantly saying bloody stupid things like "I shield the meat", "Where is my meat" and when speaking to awakened wolf "this is my meat". So naturally my goblin PC started calling him Codpiece, he hasn't figured out why the whole rest of the group starts snickering every time I talk to or about him yet.
ChaoticGood 02-21-07, 12:27 AM	It's been suggested at least three times already, but we had an un-named Warforged PC in our airship-based campaign who was quickly dubbed "Anchor" by the other players. (I was calling him "Bucket," to go along with the NPC WF swabbie named, uh, "Swab.") I've got two WF NPCs for use in my current campaign, as well. One is a Cleric of the Sovereign Host named Preacher, and the other is a WF Fighter/Monk of the Silver Flame named Pure. I don't remember all the details, but I once created a WF NPC (actually a series of them) for an Epic-level campaign named "Flyboy", which were Artificer/Rogues with magical flight capabilities and Dual Wand feats, carrying - IIRC - wands of maximized acid orb and maximized sonic orb. That was fun! I've also encountered a WF PC named Trull, derived from his Last War-era military designation, TR-11. Other suggestions: Demon (optimized combat monkey) Imp (Demon's WF Scout buddy) Thick (hard to break, or a dullard, your choice) Steady Porter (carries things) Carver (woodcarving skills, or how it makes swathes in enemy lines) Spring (Spring Attack, or maybe ranks in Tumble?) Lump Scrap Slag (I like these last few names for a Warforged who feels like he has no place in society.)
Tetujin 02-22-07, 12:36 PM	The WF I played, after a series of interesting plot events ended up with multiple personalities, which he interpreted as multiple souls, he called his tri-personality "Rife". One of my players has a WF that works as a gardener and caretaker for animals, his name is "Scarecrow".
Nightshade 02-23-07, 04:43 PM	Monolith - this was my Warforged Fighter/Juggernaut Book - Warforged Wizard I was thinking about making Here are some other names I've thought of: Seer - self-expanatory oracle - (seer) Trailblazer Pathfinder Nomad - rangers or scouts Shepherd Messiah - Warforged Cleric or Favored Soul Mountebank - Rogue
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer 02-28-07, 12:41 PM	How about Nails, as in 'Hard as' good for an adamantine body or someone a shade thuggish.
ChimericalWolf 02-28-07, 12:47 PM	How about Nails, as in 'Hard as' good for an adamantine body or someone a shade thuggish. I like that a lot. "And if you don't have our money by then...well, Nails here is gonna have to have a little...discussion...with you."
Ashlock 02-28-07, 03:11 PM	I also like Flotsam and Jetsam. They are close enough to the common names, weapons or what have you, but also show a bit of the warforged's trouble with society. Being a castoff, left alone, not accepted. You get the drift. Incidentally, there is a warforged character in the novel Thieves of Blood named Flotsam; he spends a good deal of time underwater. And Flotstam is also the name of the cat from Ed Bolme's Orb of Xoriat.
Kryptonian Scion 02-28-07, 03:50 PM	My group has taken to using adjectives to name Warforged instead of nouns like object names and such. We've had 'forged named Strong, Holy, Tall and Gray. Additional non-adjective names include my warforged Truenamer Verbatim and a friend's hunk-of-junk brawler with a bad attitude, Scrap. (The latter was intended not in the same sense as "junk" or "scrap metal," but in relation to the term meaning "to fight.")
helzapoppn 03-02-07, 05:31 PM	Had a WF Cleric of the Silver Flame -- very devout, very earnest -- who went by Argent. While DMing, I had a minor villain, a Warforged Scout follower of the LoB called Garrotte, along with a female-personalithy Warmage called Pitch. And in my current campaign, there's an NPC 'forged who joined a family of Cyran homestead farmers, and renamed himself Plow. Just thought I'd throw those out there.
fiendish_platypus 03-02-07, 08:17 PM	Bling Ace Snowflake Conqueror (as in the game) Quill Luni Tuni Dime Nikle Peni Frosti Blizzard Forgive me if any of these have already been posted
Tethryn Lahralein 03-03-07, 01:53 AM	I don't think these have been used or mentioned before... The last time I played a Warforged was an adamantine-skinned, bastard sword and tower shield wielder, heedlessly plowing into the enemy. His name? Tank. Now, for a couple others... For a Paladin, Knight, or Crusader, 'Guardian'. For an artificer/'warforged medic', 'Rivet'. For a Wizard, Warlock, or perhaps other arcanist, 'Grimoire'. Let us not forget about a skinny, sociopathic, rust-hued fighter/rogue/assassin (perhaps employed by the Lord of Blades to venture into distant places and remove a troublesome meatbag or two)... simply known as 'Four-Seven'. :D
spyone 03-04-07, 10:51 AM	This one has been festering in my brain since I encountered it: Bling.
Olav 03-07-07, 07:48 PM	Had a WF Fighter with AD Body feat that used a Greatspear from CW called "Point"
Siberys 03-07-07, 09:30 PM	Had a WF Fighter with AD Body feat that used a Greatspear from CW called "Point" Which works great because it has a double meaning - "Take point" is, IIRC, a command for "Attack". I think this is from the WF section of RoE, under Warforged Speech.
Splendide 03-08-07, 03:35 AM	I've played one warforged, name of Packer. An obsessive neat freak, was actually trained as a warmage. There was an `incident' when he was responsible for sending the bodies of the fallen back from the frontlines, and he sorted the corpses by limb, torso, head and so forth so as not to waste valuable space. I also had an idea for a warforged based on Clint Eastwood's character in "Unforgiven". All the other soldiers went back home to be farmers, so he gave it a go too. It has not gone according to plan.
Lancer2010 03-08-07, 10:35 AM	Heh, I want to make a WF Artificer that creates a bunch of unslotted wand sheaths for himself, and takes a feat or something to be able to activate them all at the same time. Just imagine a WF that has little panels pop open all over his body as he yells and each slot fires out five magic missles. His name? Well duh, it would have to be Macross! Call the feat: Macross' Magic Missle Massacre OR The 4M
FartKnocker 03-12-07, 01:25 AM	The warforged in our group had a name but I cannot remember what it was. We just called him, "Bolts". FartKnocker
Lord Kale Fangblade 03-13-07, 03:22 PM	The Warforged name that i've always had stuck in my mind is "Citadel", currently im considering naming my epic characters bodygaurd this. A Name i picked up from the boards here, Carrion, after that piece of artwork. maybe i'll one day make a 'Forged dread necromancer called such... Here's a few other names i've thought up: Hurricane ( Air specialist) Whirl Pool ( Water specailist) Mountain ( fitting for an earth specalist or a really big immovable one) Pyro ( Pyromanic fire specalist) Cryo Goblet Drake (Dragon shaman) Ashes Thunder Lightning Harbringer Gatherer Mortis Contagion Pestilence
Moccanime 03-18-07, 01:19 PM	Had two warforged in my last game. The players had decieded to name them Bob and Steve.
Lancer2010 03-19-07, 02:21 PM	Had two warforged in my last game. The players had decieded to name them Bob and Steve. Were these players fans of Stargate: Atlantis?
TheMadman007 03-20-07, 04:17 PM	Didn't see this one, how about "Bill Hook" :D
Hufish 03-22-07, 06:21 PM	My favorite was a warforged fighter named Cestus, overly fond of a battlefist. :) Lots of fun until that darned stone giant splatted him.:yuck:
ryanroyce 03-22-07, 11:09 PM	I once had a WF pirate (barbarian/rogue/swashbuckler) named Bulkhead who wore two battlefists with huge anchors carved into the forearms. :monk: note: this board needs a pirate smilie! yaargh!
ChimericalWolf 03-23-07, 08:41 AM	I once had a WF pirate (barbarian/rogue/swashbuckler) named Bulkhead who wore two battlefists with huge anchors carved into the forearms. :monk: note: this board needs a pirate smilie! yaargh! While talking about a pirate-type game in my group, in addition to the common Anchor, I came up with Barnacle, who would look a lot like Bootstrap Bill from PotC2. Joins the crew when the ship gets beached and they notice him attached to the side.
Kemmotar_veon 03-26-07, 02:57 PM	double post... sorry
Kemmotar_veon 03-26-07, 02:58 PM	when Eberron just came out my whole party played an ALL WARFORGED party... must I say that I am the DM and they are from 9 to 12 players... their names were Forge: He who rule them all (died as a Artificer 12) Keys: he who steal them all (rouge 7/scout 4) Hide: He who guide them all (Ranger 10/figther 1) Barb: He who kill them all (Barbarian 3/figther 5/Ranger 4 he has spiked adamntine body) Silverspell: He who save them all (favored soul 12 (silverflame)) Blackhand: he who blast them all (Warlock 13) Sudden: He who surprise them all (Ninja 6/rougue 5) Relic: He who heal them all (Cleric 11) Scroll: he who cast it all (Sorcerer 10) Case: he who cast better than Scroll (Wizard 11) Katana: He Who protects the honor (Samurai 10) Strings: He who learn from them all (Artificer 1/Rouge1/ranger 1/barbarian 1/bard 5/warlock 1/sorcerer 1/ninja 1) it was a funny campaign... until they all died in the hands of the lord of blades A.k.a He who killed them all :schemes:
Hulldown 03-26-07, 04:17 PM	In a 'power' campaign that's just started up, I'm playing a 14th level Swordsage/Monk Gestalt. He escaped his initial battlefield assignment, and became a underworld thug in Sharn. There, he was tricked by a old human swordsage into chasing said old man clear across Sharn to the House Deneith wardhouse (whereupon he was quickly incarcerated). He was 'rescued' by the old sage a month later, in exchange for becoming the old man's apprentice in the Sublime Paths. As the training to change from being a 'might makes right' brute force bruiser, into a thoughful, but deadly martial artist (perhaps the first Warforged follower of the Sublime Paths) was so difficult, he chose the name Harsh Path. :cool:
robi300 03-27-07, 10:31 AM	I had at one point a WF wizard named RoBi; of course I had named him after myself but people assumed a short cutier from of robot. It work out well.
Vael 03-30-07, 01:18 PM	To get away from weapon names, I tend to name Warforged after a distinctive element of their appearance or character. Glimmer: Incarnate, named for the blue sparkles of essentia around his eyes. Stalwart: great name for a 'Forged bodyguard. Chime: Generic 'Forged that sounds a lot like a Vorlon when he speaks. I also like Mineral or Gem names like Obsidian, Emerald, or Jade.
korcheck 03-30-07, 09:08 PM	It truly astounds me that this thread has gotten this friggin' long over such a simple quetion. Ok having said that how about an arti named gadget?
mrrodgers 03-31-07, 12:09 PM	Really, they'll take any name,just to fit in. Some of them dont even have names (the traditionalist ones who don't want to fit in) Some names i've used Ironfoot (fighter) Steelwill (cleric/monk yay multiclass!) Fastfingers (artificer) Handbow (ranger, named after his signature weapon, which, obviously, is the handbow. hooray free bolts!)
DrOfDemonology 04-01-07, 12:24 PM	I've been suffering from a lack of creativity with warforged names. Of course, there are the over used weapon names (Cutlass, Scimitar, Morningstar, etc...) but I would love to hear your ideas (funny or serious) for different names of warforged. I've seen some in various threads, but I'd like to consolidate a list. The Warforged NPC in my campaign in known on the streets of Sharn as Brother Forge. He's a self-determined cleric (Fighter 1/Cleric 2) who heals for free and does what he can to help. I named him Brother Forge simply because I liked the sound of it, the way it rolls; that the word Forge goes well with Brother. I have another NPC named Origin, also called Master Origin by many folks in Sharn, who's a 6th-lvl Artificer. He recently created a new mechanical/magic right arm for a PC who had his bitten off by an Abyssal Maw. He's not cheap, but he does damn good work :) That said, while I think you can name your Warforged anything you wish, I prefer the idea of not naming them after weapons or objects. Break the stereotype, be different. Give them normal names like other characters, such as Merrix or Thora or Cathil or even Fred; whatever works and suits the personality :)
Taejix 04-01-07, 12:35 PM	Hmm... I think I used a Warforged Artificier as an NPC in one of my games. His name was Grit, for no reason other I liked the name.
TinDragon 04-03-07, 03:18 PM	:D I prefer My own Although Titanis Mechuah Mastik Xalt Crux Mangle(r) Charlie Bob Flea MonoGlut Goliath Megolon Optimus (hell any transformer name) RIP(er) Fleet Abner and of course, HAL
LoneStranger 04-09-07, 02:57 PM	The current Eberron game that's going on I have a Warforged named Blade (pretty obvious there) A campaign I was in a while back I had one name Diehl, he took that name since Die wouldn't go over too well. And if I need to at some point I have the name Defective for another warforged, for people that don't like the warforged stats as they are now.
Lazaro 04-09-07, 04:24 PM	Ironhide; Juggernaut from my AoW campaign
The Ubbergeek 04-10-07, 07:59 AM	You could use descriptive, technical terms as suggested there frequently.... But translated. Like german, by example, or french, or japanese (if you are ready for the possible 'weeboo!' call). Tetsujin could be the name of a band of Warforged, communards, a sect, etc.... It was the name of the robots race in the SNES game Seventh Saga. Jonkeer for a warforged/psiforged with a certain air of elitism about him? D'Acier for a good ol' warrior one. And such. :)
Blackivarr 04-10-07, 12:27 PM	I'm my current Ebberon game we have a Warforged named OX. ( con 20, Int 6) Insert Arnie accent ....OX...its spelled with a circle and 2 crossed lines. Make sure the circle comes first.
Warforged Goblin 04-12-07, 10:08 AM	Let's see, some warforged who have been in some of my campaigns... Scabbard - Warforged charger who had a bag of holding-type compartment in his chest. The Daggers - Four warforged scouts who popped out of Scabbard's chest. Surprised the hell out of the PCs. Dolemite - Spiked chain fighter PC. Named as a blatant Futurama reference. "I don't give out when there's heat all about!" 'Leum - Short for "Mausoleum". Another PC who was left inert in Cyre during the Mourning and was awakened by a chance breaking of a repair light damage oil. Seven Ironsoul - Formerly "7 of 10". My fiance's reforged cleric. Fort - Formerly "4 of 10". Town tinker and plot hook. Butcher - Formerly "10 of 10". Bad seed of the bunch and BBEG. Coldforge - Half-far spawn fighter warlock and spawn of the Mournland. Xaern - NPC Wizard Cobalt - NPC Expert/Artificer Sapphire - Female personality NPC reforged artificer Zhang - NPC Fighter/Reaping Mauler. Based of Zangief. Squalor - NPC Barbarian Hook - NPC whip-dagger fighter Furnace - NPC Warmage and HK-88427 - PC non-Eberron setting warforged Fighter/Disciple of Dispater. He was created by rogue githyanki and had his compostie plating enchanted into demon armor. Not a nice guy, but we had fun running him.
sidneysockosai 04-20-07, 01:12 PM	Bastion is the name of my Adamantine Shield fighter :P
Celas Evriamytholin 04-20-07, 03:50 PM	There are many cool names here... The name of the Warforged Barbarian (level 9 now) in our group is Battlecrank. Whenever he goes into his rage, a wire starts to sputter sparks in his neck =)
yossarius 04-20-07, 04:41 PM	If my current character bites the dust, I already have a warforged samurai ready named Revere.
Cloud Divider 04-20-07, 07:39 PM	In most cases, myself and my players have treated WF names as either something they choose for themselves (after being emancipated), or is bestowed upon them by someone else. For some, a name doesn't matter particularly. Alternately, even the basic number they were given (like "42" below) has taken enough meaning that they don't bother to change it. I've had: Soldier 42 ("Soldier" or "42") - PC Mithral-body Warforged Ranger/Barbarian/Fighter. We both figured that towards the end of the war, the Cannith didn't bother as much with names for the rank-and-file. Soldier 57 (42's "brother" and squadmate), now rechristened "Saber" after joining the army of the LoB after being abandoned during a retreat during the War. We had an angsty reunion of the two atop a speeding Lightning Rail... "Monocle" - former military intelligence WF who's since gone on to a postwar life with the Sharn police. He fancies himself a bit of a detective (though it's not technically his day job). He reads a lot of the Khorvaire-equivalent of Sherlock Holmes novels. He chose his name after he decided what to do with his life after mustering out... "Hammer" and "Anvil" - pair of gold-filigreed Adamantine WF used as personal bodyguards by a wealthy and influential information broker residing in Sharn. The employer picked the names, they're happy to keep them. They don't talk much... Also referred two as "The Two Mountains." Big, burly bodyguard types, present for intimidation value as much as actual protection duties. I hadn't decided if the employer commissioned them from Cannith or not... I've reserved the weapon names to be primarily for those WF associated with the Lord of Blades. Most importantly, they're given to a relatively select chosen within his ranks. The sort of concept is that when the LoB rechristens them, he's "re-forging" them into the weapons which he'll use to fight his war.
Benicus 04-20-07, 08:25 PM	One of my pc's is named "Slave" and is the 'slave' of a House Cannith noble (LE against 'forged rights) who is also another PC. Cool names could be: Lore-Another PC, Wizard 'forged Thorp Godsmack the Cleric ;) Sul or any other day of the week Zarantyr or any other month Aasterinian or any other constellation Magewright C++, BASIC, COBOL, or Java could be good for laughs Kicks, and Giggles. Two 'forged jester/muggers.
Doc Phobia 04-23-07, 01:57 AM	Two I have used with great success Triage: A cleric of the Sovereign Host - War & Healing domains Leaf: A monk. Found at the side of the road awaiting orders, a monk passed by and said, "You are but a leaf blown in the wind. Come with me." :D I'm also fond of using any old noun as the 'forged's name.
Lucas_Garczewski 04-23-07, 06:23 PM	Warforged get a serial number upon creation, rather than a name, and that if they do have a name proper it is (a) a nickname used by their fleshy comrades OR (b) something they've chosen to get in touch with their "human" side. While this is not true for all games, it is an idea I've seen floating around in this thread, on the boards and in some of the books IIRC. When one of my players was pondering what name to give him, he figured that the serial number should have some meaning, too, rather than being just a random string of digits. So, we came up with a rough structure for a warforged serial number/designation. Here's the formula: Prime number: This represents the 'forgeds place in the batch and is usually not higher than 100. Special designation (optional): If the warforged has any special qualities that set him apart from the standard version, a letter is added after his batch number. M for Mithral Body, A for Adamantine Body, and so on. FoO, or Forge of origin: A country code (e.g. CY for Cyre) and number which point to the Cannith Creation Forge that the construct was created in. This helps sort the constructs during transport and processing by Cannith and is almost never used after they are delivered to their buyers. BN, or Batch number: This comes in YY-MM-DD format and identifies date of the creation run during which the warfoged was assembled. Similarly to FoO, this is primarily used during early training in House Cannith facilities and is replaced by a military designation once the construct begins regular military service. Military designation: A string of numbers and/or letters precisely defining the bearers place in military structures. The exact naming scheme may vary from country to country, but a basic model is: Regiment-Battalion-Company-Platoon. Example: A warforged named 23A CY1 92-01-20 was produced to serve in the Aundarian army. Upon finishing training he was delivered to his unit and renamed 23A 4-1-C-2. What this means is: It was the 23rd 'forged to emerge from the Creation Forge at House Cannith's headquarters in Cyre on Zarantyr 20, 992. It was fitted with adamantine body plating. It currently serves in the 4th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company C, 2nd Platoon of the Aundarian Army. This attaches the warforged PC to his brothers and sisters (created in the same run, in the same forge - they bear the same FoO and BN) as well as to his army comrades (same military designation). Hope you find this useful.
MikelAmroni 04-24-07, 02:53 PM	In the first campaign we played in Ebberon, we had a wf paladin of the silver flame (admantine body) named Iron. I've got a npc in mind for a new game I am going to call Silver (mithril body sneaky type). Metal names seem to be very appropriate for warforged, some more appropriate than others. A funny note about Iron, we always joked that instead of a swim score, he had a "sink" score, and his move silently roll was actually a roll to move loudly, etc. Admantine Body is great for a front line fighter, less so for a front line fighter in a sneaky group, heh.
elbrop 04-25-07, 03:14 AM	My first Eberron character is a Warforged with the cumbersome name of Pride of the Harrowcrown Front – he got this name after being the only survivor of a Breland warforged regiment that fought one of the last and most vicious of the battles between Thrane and Breland (across the Harrowcrown forests). Normally his name just gets dropped to Pride.
LoneStranger 04-25-07, 07:05 PM	Hey Benicus, you forgot FORTRAN and Binary. The former for the people who know older programming languages, and the latter for a warforged just smart enough to say yes or no ;)
Breeder 04-27-07, 12:19 AM	I didn't see a warforged named Skillet here. So... Skillet.
Joni-san 04-30-07, 01:24 AM	How about Candlejack, it's a good na
ChimericalWolf 04-30-07, 03:09 AM	How about Candlejack, it's a good na Candlejack is a stupid name for a warf
LoneStranger 05-03-07, 07:58 PM	Eh I dunno, Candlejack could work... Warforged Rogue that would need a candle to see in a house at night, then just take the candle with him after he's cleaned out the place.
ChimericalWolf 05-03-07, 08:03 PM	Eh I dunno, Candlejack could work... Warforged Rogue that would need a candle to see in a house at night, then just take the candle with him after he's cleaned out the place. http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Candlejack
The Ubbergeek 05-03-07, 08:22 PM	The name of elements and matters could work as a general rule for warforged... cadmium, Bismuth, Xenon... That ring nicely.
Bellator_33 05-04-07, 07:58 AM	Two of the best warforged in the current campaign are Shield 23 and Shield 24, who think of themselves as brother and sister. My only warforged character was a defective 'forged with strength 9, who spent most of the war following around a forgemaster recording everything he wanted, until he learned to memorise everything. he was called "Stylus", and was great fun as a bard
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer 05-06-07, 12:39 PM	'Shizle' Need I say more?
Kamikaze Chicken 05-07-07, 12:27 PM	Other Names that I find fun: Warforged druid [using the shapeshifting variant from PHB2 K-9 Warforged artificer who focuses on destroying other constructs: Rusty Amoral, yet charismatic Warforged bard who is constantly trying to "mimic" human life with out going reforged: Lore [cookie to the first to get this reference] KAMIKAZE! :chicken: out.
Joni-san 05-07-07, 05:01 PM	Amoral, yet charismatic Warforged bard who is constantly trying to "mimic" human life with out going reforged: Lore [cookie to the first to get this reference] Lore is the twin brother of Data. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Some random suggestions; Clock Line Lantern Smith
LoneStranger 05-07-07, 07:56 PM	Just saw the link ChimericalWolf and wow I forgot about him. What about a Warforged artificer named Mechanic though? Mr Goodwrench?
Trannic 05-11-07, 02:54 PM	I just thought of another one. In the TF: titanium series there's a transformer named The Fallen. A decent name for a fallen paladin/blackguard I think.
Runepriest 05-14-07, 11:03 PM	I'm a DM and to support my group I made a WF Artificier named Fusion that is a PC-like NPC.
clayball 05-15-07, 12:51 PM	A player in my campaign named his Warforger cleric Father Steele.
kentonblack 05-15-07, 07:29 PM	you know, fo rthe longest time, i ahd troubles with warforged names...I would come up with the classic titles like "flint' 'lock' 'gear' etc. but they would seem so hollow. Obviously you would name someone after their major traits (much like nicknaming people for great acheivements ie/killer, brick, tank, etc.) Then I read the Eberron novels(all of them, jesus theyre addictive) and Pierce came up again and again. Specifically, i thought his name fit for several reasons: -he uses primarially a bow and flail. piercing damage -he is a stealthy tracker, piercing shadows, seeking information -his personality has him asking direct simple questions without regard for anything like decorum, yet he doesnt seem crass, he seems only direct. so really, when you name your warforged, the name will eventually change who youre playing as well. If you play a character named brick, hes probably going to be be a bit stubborn, as well as having a great Ac;)
OctaviusIII 05-16-07, 04:48 PM	My two warforged have been named Andros and Renatus - I figured that he had named himself after seeing the utility of names. Andros means "human" in Greek (approximately), and Renatus means "reborn" in Latin (approximately). Seemed to fit with the character. By the way, my favorite place for finding names is Behind the Name (http://www.behindthename.com). Just assign certain languages to game languages (Gaelic = Elven, for example) and you have a treasure trove of names. For the warforged you might just take a name you like and use the meaning instead of the name itself.
Subtle Knife 05-16-07, 08:04 PM	I have a Warforged Swordsage 2/Warblade 2/Monk 1 named Vigil. I have also had a Warforged Artificer named Crux. SK
WarlockDa 05-27-07, 03:18 PM	I'm in the process of writing up a Warforged Scout Monk with a focus on daggers,....named Prick. Small guy attacking with what a medium sized warrior would think of as needles,....plus he's gonna have a rotten attitude. :D
gensuke626 05-27-07, 05:05 PM	I've got 2 warforged that I'm working on as characters...the first is the simpler of the two. Axe - Male Personality Fighter 2/Bard 1 - A frontline fighter in the last war, Axe found a new calling one night in a tavern. Obviously he plays the guitar. 6 - 6 is a cleric of the Becoming God. He awoke in the Mournlands, his memory blank except for his name, a few fleeting memories of the last war, and the knowledge of healing magic. An Architecht named Cornerstone found him and instructed him in the ways of the Godforged. While leading a party in search of the First Forge, 6 was ambushed by followers of the Lord of Blades and eventually wandered out of the mournlands. (Where he meets some members of his current party) 6 is the 6th in a line of Warforged created near the end of the Last war. He's part of an experiment to see how the introduction of religion affects the Warforged mind. So far he's only encountered 2 of his siblings; 4, a cleric of the Dark 6 and 7 a Gatekeeper Druid.
Eled_the_Worm_Tamer 05-27-07, 05:47 PM	Crucible, (Cruce for short) a fitting name for any alchemist type or simply a Foged seeking meaning in there nature 'We are steel in the crucible of war, we are the smith who shall forge that steel. Each deed is a blow of the hammer, by war i seek to temper myself'
thewizard3 05-28-07, 08:52 PM	A Warforged in my group was found in an inert state, couldn't remember his name or where he came from, so the party named him Rusty. Not that he was, of course, it just suited his personality
Ariath Ska'Vhor 06-05-07, 09:59 PM	I have a few warforged. Dent. (fighter/juggernaut) Etch. (binder) Cutlass. (soulknife) Tin. (barbarian) Friend. (warblade//warmage and a creation of a lonely gnome woman)
Arryn 06-05-07, 10:26 PM	I have an Artificer that was part of an elite military unit. He acted in a support role for the soldiers so they started calling him Fixit.
Revvecor 06-05-07, 11:04 PM	one of my fellow players has a warforged cleric named "chester not copper pot" he also has nipples on his Adamantine armor (because he could)
Freezy 06-10-07, 06:22 AM	my campaign currently has 2 warforged Tend - lovable warforged scout who is a cleric. He lost his jaw but that wont stop him from helping his friends. 13 - player character, named after the rune on his head which is the number 13 in dwarven, not much is known yet about his origins, though the players are finding out that the reason he has no memories is because he hasnt made any yet. Since the day he was created his body was controlled by another mind. Now that mind has been removed and 13 is getting the chance to thrive on his own. a few are coming up like Smite, a warforged paladin, basic stuff really Trinket, warforged artificer Zoe Alaxis, ancient warforged, she was left deactivated in a Xen'drik ruin for around tenthousand years. Hope it helps with generating new ideas
Need_A_Life 06-10-07, 07:27 AM	Hel Kaakhaar Who says warforged have to have names in Common? Cheers!
Freezy 06-10-07, 02:38 PM	Hel Kaakhaar Who says warforged have to have names in Common? Cheers! Lol that name means hell chinhair in dutch so its a fiendish hairy warforged?
kilikatheweird 06-16-07, 01:04 PM	A name mainly applies to what they do. For instance my Warforged Character in a campaign I currently am in is named Racket because he is an artificer and really you make a lot of noise while crafting things.
yrogerg 06-16-07, 01:58 PM	I once had a WF pirate (barbarian/rogue/swashbuckler) named Bulkhead who wore two battlefists with huge anchors carved into the forearms. :monk: note: this board needs a pirate smilie! yaargh! What, naming him "Pops" would have been too much of a giveaway?
zheader 07-14-07, 03:15 AM	My warforged monk with a heavy battlefist is named Fistandantilus. Everyone calls him fisty.
GrimAlchemist 07-14-07, 03:46 AM	Hey, someone bumped this old thing. :D I have a few... Barbarian named Brute, or Blunt. Rogue named Pin. Fighter in the employ of dwarves: Klahak (meaning Strength)
Machina 07-18-07, 01:26 PM	In my campaign I have a pair of comically inept Lord of Blades agents named Hilt and Pommel. They're the archetypical smart skinny guy and dumb fat guy, lots of fun. other names, how about parts from a gun? pit chamber casing hammer spring pin safety rib forestock barrel muzzle
Hideous Phidias 07-18-07, 02:03 PM	Hey, someone bumped this old thing. :D I have a few... Barbarian named Brute, or Blunt. Rogue named Pin. Fighter in the employ of dwarves: Klahak (meaning Strength) I once had a rogue warforged scout named Pin as a NPCin my long runnung campaign, he was one of my players favorite character to deal with. just thought it was funny
Hideous Phidias 07-18-07, 02:08 PM	ah.....yeah
Tavish 07-19-07, 11:17 AM	I named my warforged monk 'X'. He was designed by the Wayfinder Foundation to be the perfect explorer (don't need weapons, armor, food, sleep, etc.). He has the Kung Fu Genius feat so that his high Int. helps with his knowledge (history/etc.) skills, languages, crafting (armorsmithing), and cartography. X is a play on the whole "X marks the spot" and "Xendrik", where warforged originated. He is supposed to be devising a name for himself, but I'm still partial to X. :)
Warforged Goblin 07-19-07, 12:29 PM	I recently had two 'forged NPCs in my campaign. Both were level 2 warriors. Pummel focussed on the warhammer/heavy shield style while Harvester weilded a scythe and had max Intimidate. Good times.
_Radagast_ 07-19-07, 06:31 PM	I don't know if anyone has posted a similar name yet, but I helped come up with a name for one of my players who's character is a warforged barbarian. TEMPER!
Soulless_Enigma 07-23-07, 01:33 PM	The Latin or Latin-sounding words for various elements can work quite well. Cuprum (Copper) Mercurius (Mercury) Ferrum (Iron) Stannum (Tin) Aes (Bronze) Argentum (Silver) Cobalus (Cobalt)
Anguish2 07-25-07, 02:01 PM	I'm working on a warforged artificer named Shim. I played a (simultaneous) trio that had worked together in the Last War. They were the last survivors of Echo Platoon. So... named EP2, EP8 and EP12. EP2 was a paladin, EP8 an artificer and EP12 was a warforged scout scout. (As in the MM3 race, and the CAdv class.) I also had a warforged psion named Loquent. He was eloquent. Keith's idea regarding warforged naming was brilliant. It's a lot more fun than just coming up with some swishy name that "sounds elven". Or a dwarven name like Manhammer Smashsmashbreak.
LoneGunslinger 07-25-07, 07:51 PM	As I'm running an Eberron campaign currently, many of these will be way handy for me. My current Warforged fighter in DDO is named Gallows.
OgreBane99 07-26-07, 03:36 PM	In my campaign I have a pair of comically inept Lord of Blades agents named Hilt and Pommel. I think those would be great 'forged names too, but aren't those the names of the Lord of Blades' hommunuclus??
Embrodak 08-02-07, 12:20 PM	My first warforged was named Red. He was in the war and was coated with blood so his seregent named him that. Recently in a campaign another player was playing a warforged that had no name. They also stated they had no gender identity so I've been calling "it" Sam or Sammy.
LoneStranger 08-02-07, 07:29 PM	One idea I have for a Warforged for a future game, and the way he'd introduce himself: "Hello, my name is Translator, human-construct relations"
Oregwath 08-03-07, 02:28 PM	My backup char for when (not if) my psion, Keb (see sig) dies will be a warforged named D, not pronounced dee, just d. He was just stepping out of the creation forge when the mourning went down, and that was all the attendent was able to get out before he "stopped". :D
eehamburg 08-03-07, 03:43 PM	One idea I have for a Warforged for a future game, and the way he'd introduce himself: "Hello, my name is Translator, human-construct relations" and well versed in billions of languages including boche and moisture evaporators? hmmmm?
Freezy 08-03-07, 04:55 PM	"And so came the day, the day we shall all mourn. This scar will not heal, this wound shall remain. On this day, we bend the earth and rust the rain." ~ Hymn WF-scout bard
ZappoHisbane 08-05-07, 10:51 AM	My WF'd artificer's name was Tinker. Very smart, liked to figure out how things worked. Had a low WIS though, so didn't always pick the most appropriate times to be curious. :)
TorgSmackie 08-11-07, 12:26 AM	I'm just about to start playing a soulbow named Rock. His main trick is to ready psychic strike and gain focus, then next round fire a giant mind arrow. He charges up, see. I'm looking into getting him a dog to assist his Jump checks.
Keltorin85 05-19-08, 12:43 AM	I ran a warfoged Scout out of the Monster Manual III named LOCKPICK that served as a spy for house Cannith in the Last War. But later died on an expedition Xen'Drik. :weep:
jarisfein 05-19-08, 02:12 PM	IMA4NDVSNTT !!!
demonfey02 05-20-08, 01:22 AM	Patch (NG artificer/cleric) Shiny Lantern (warforged scout that thinks its a kender)
Snarky_Monkey 05-20-08, 02:14 AM	I have a current warforged cleric in the party I am DMing who is an armorless, silver tracery, acolyte of the Silver Flame who prefers unarmed combat. They call him Fist of the Flame, or just Fist for short.
Rageofthemodrons101 05-21-08, 08:25 PM	Ironsheath is a Warforged Warblade I made when I was bored and needed an NPC. However, I am awesome at Kobold names.
TiwazTyrsfist 05-21-08, 09:03 PM	I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I think the whole 'Function' name thing is getting overdone already. I personally like to give them kind of oldish human names. Bertram, Percival, Brodrick, Etc.
Kalanth 05-21-08, 10:25 PM	Warforged I have used in the past: Sanction - Warforged Cleric. Originally was to be Sanctuary, but that did not sound right. Weather - Warforged Fighter / Wizard with a love of weather like spells. Tempest - Warforged Rogue / Sorcerer with a love of storm like spells. Glitterdust - Warforged Rogue who always blinded his targets Tranqulity - Warforged Monk Silver - Warforged Paladin of the Silver Flame Oak - Warforged Ranger Khyber - Warforged Cleric dedicated to the Lord of Blades, but not named after a weapon. Whistle - Warforged Bard Zinc - Warforged Bard Sonar - Warforged Scout Blink - Warforged Wizard I love the warforged and use them a bit to much in my Eberron games, so I have a ton more names of NPC's and PC's that have graced the lands but don't want to clog the thread.
billytea 05-21-08, 11:08 PM	I had a warforged swashbuckler who'd originally been commissioned by a pirate and who later washed up on one of the Lhazaar islands. The people on said island called him Turtle.
Mr. Wilson 05-22-08, 01:06 AM	I have DM'd two warforged characters and their players took a similar approach to names. The first is a Ftr/artificer named 19 of 27, or "19". NPCs IMC started calling him Big Prime instead, since I feel people would be unsettled by a number. The second is a straight fighter who is going to multiclass into Warforged Juggernaut. His name is something rediculous like 1723-Q. People call him Q for now.
blargney the second 05-28-08, 03:54 PM	My warforged PC was originally called Fear, and was renamed Hatch when he became a dragonborn.
Euangelion 05-28-08, 07:39 PM	It seems (after a pretty careful reading of the whole thread) to me that the most obvious name for a warforged paladin is missing: Smite.
Ardegrath 05-29-08, 02:06 PM	I figure a good thing to do with warforged is too add place of origin or faith that they belong to as part of their name. So I end up having: Shield of the silver flame Blade of breland Revenge for Cyre Glory for the Eldeen Reaches Death to the humans another idea is to rip off names of specific magic items :P Also a player of mine likes to use names with codes in them to represent he was part of a batch that was sold to X country. Such as SP-00 "Yojimbo" SP-00 being his given name and "Yojimbo" the name he took for himself. Ala robocup.
GuyrtheadamantineOne 05-29-08, 02:52 PM	My warforged warblade character, Guyr Adamantine, got a long story for his name. At first, in his squad, he was called Gear. it was his task to tend for the various tools his team had to use. He was quite fascinated by metallic items, so the name stuck. Then, after the war, he saw how mankind frowned upon free warforged. Gear wanted to be accepted, to be given orders. He wanted to interact with humans, even if it would be through spiteful insults. They looked down on those who were nameless slaves before, and he thought having a name related to an object only emphasised his own ''inhumanity''. So, he changed the grammar behind it, becoming ''Guyr'' to the official papers, without throwing away his past. After, he traveled the world, driven by curiosity, and fell in ancient woods, older than civilisation itself. He fought beasts and men alike, both mad against his kind, but managed find more accepting being in these savage lands. Ironically, those were blessed by the moons, like the much feared were-creatures, and had just as poor reputations. These outcasts were scarred just like the warforged. Their past was bathed in blood, and were looked down by the more ''noble'' mens. Despite this, the shifters were proud of it, and made Guyr realise one thing. Humans hated him, because he lacked blood, because they built him. He wanted them to see him as a human, but he wasn't. He was forged for for war. Guyr realised that having a name made him a man, but he lacked what linked him to his brothers, a family name. So he chose Adamantine, as it was the ''blood'' that bound him to his teammates. Guyr no longer seeks himself, but adventure to carve his name in the world, so that his first quest had a purpose. Isn't that awesome? :cool:
Lord_Tirian 05-29-08, 03:15 PM	I had a PC warforged in a campaign who named himself "Voice of the Becoming God". He was a bit ticked off that everybody kept calling him "Voice", but it stuck! Cheers, LT.