Names & Aliases for PC's & NPC's, Got any really bad ones? Options

[Shrapnel]

I once had a player who's character's street name was "Jeff".

Yes, "Jeff".

What was really funny was after a few sessions in, he decided he now wanted to be called "Cobra"...

Imagine trying to tell all of your criminal companions, who know you as "Jeff", that you suddenly want to be refered to as "Cobra"...

[Nidhogg]

I was in a campaign once where a player went an entire three sessions without naming his character(!). He was so disinterested in the roleplaying aspect of the game that it bothered him very little.

"It doesn't realy matter what his name is," he said, "besides, I'm still thinking of a name that would fit him."

His character, an ogre razorboy, was just getting outfitted for a run, when the GM asked to see his character sheet for a minute. Alarmed that his character, was, indeed still nameless, he scribbled something on his sheet.

"There." our GM stated, "Your new name is 'Cleace Rougepelt'. Next time be more decisive."

The incident became our group's running gag for a while.

[Lazarus]

Here are some characters with "street names"

Troll Physad: Porter
Elven Spec Ops Decker: Barabus
Former Force Recon Officer: Lazarus
Ork Physad Gangbanger: Lord Allah

[emo samurai]

[brohopcp]

[Lazarus]

[EVLTIM]

The best ever came up in a old Star Wars game .

Bush Winecooler Jedi Knight .


Course the came from the guy that a smugler named Ker Minor because there was a snickers bar on the table .

[Mr.Platinum]

Man some of you guys are really harsh about the names.


Player:" My name is Max Payne"

GM: out of the blue you get thored.

[Lagomorph]

I gave my players a fixer named "Spotty on the john" which he told them he took because "Johnny on the spot" was already taken by a more important fixer.

[Jrayjoker]

Now that made me spit my coffee back into the mug. Very funny.

[Critias]

[SL James]

[Kagetenshi]

Some contact names:

Zbyhnev Miklosko

Sigrun Utskjoer

~J

[Nyxll]

My favorite char's name was Platinum, but everyone once in a while I would change it, because I didn't want a rep that would draw too much attention. It was very plain to see that the character was a professional and acted like it, even if the name was not always a well known one. other aliases he had were chef, paragon, and sonic. He did the blue mohawk for a run or two ... then decided that it was best to not be so distinctive.

There have been some very colourful characters and npc's in the group over the years.
Some characters just got branded with new names in the middle of runs because of some event, or in one instance, got a new handle because he joined a magical group. The group was called "the system" and each member was named after a planet. their followers were named after a moon or satellite circling the planet. I thought it was well thought out.

[Birdy]

I have the tendency to plunder movies/books so I had:

Tom Doniphan
John S. Chisum
Heywood Floyd
Martin Brody
Jacob McCandles
William Bonney
J. P. O'Hara
Pat Chambers
Phillip Marlow
Alexander Hamish
Victor Henry
Juri Schiwago
Josef Wissarionowitsch Dschugaschwili

[hyzmarca]

Straight, Square, Ess, Two, Tee, Ell, and Backwards Ell, the Block siblings. Complete and blatent ripoffs from Tetris.

[stevebugge]

I included a pimp named Haywood Jablowme as an NPC once, which probably stands as my worst abuse.

[Kyoto Kid]

[Kagetenshi]

[Catsnightmare]

Some of the contact names my GM's have inflicted on me.

The Dread Pirate Roberts - a Carribian pirate captain we were forced to sail with as crew in exchange for passage out of Amazonia after escaping from prison.

Spit - A local snitch, no clue as to how he got the name as we didn't play that campaign long enough.

Dr Feelgood - the ganja smoking Jamaican vodoo magician and fixer.

The Nazi - metahuman racist pawnshop owner/gear fixer based off of the crazy pawnshop owner from Falling Down.

[Bastard]

I had a mage that specialized in fire spells. There were some who called him.... Tim?

[Dog]

[ElFenrir]

I pull out odd names for NPCs and the like. I like the idea of using old movie chars for fake SINs tho I must say.

I usually, when coming up with names, just go around sites for whatver country my character is from, and pick a cool sounding first name and last name. Street name, whatever i think of.

Ive been in games where folks have been named after anything from games to movies to whatever.

[Guest_MK Ultra_*]

For on-the-fly NPC I often use any written words, that catch my eye in the room, like the name of a softdring and just twist them a bit. The fastest name I could think of by the forum layout was Newton Pollack for instance. If I´ve got some more seconds and my laptop, I´d randomly chose names from a list (like the Namelist on the FanPro homepage).

My favourit names (as I remember them on the spot) I ever created vor SR were:
NPC: Noodle (perver matrix nudist with an uncommon reality filter)
fake SIN: Ares Jhonson (naturaly not for an Ares Jhonson or companyman)
PC: Karaokemon (Merc/Medic type, guess what his biggest hobby was)

If my players are so lazy, they do not have a name of there own way into the first gaming session. I would punish tham with crappy nicknames, there Contacts won´t stop using anymore!

[stevebugge]

The guy that inspired me to post this in the first place had another one last night. One of the characters in our group supplements his cash by pit-fighting. So this put Seth on the spot to create 2 match cards (because the PC was the second match) so get this fight 1 Rocky vs. Bullwinkle and in match 2 the PC vs. a troll named Block.