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Re: Namebank CAF (Unusual Names)
I used the count-along method using the 10-sided dice. Then switched names around to suit my preference.
Last names: Anyone with good knowledge about two of Sigourney Weaver's iconic characters, will recognize which characters last names I've used for my family's last names.THE RIPLEY-BARRET FAMILYWenonah Clea Daenerys [Barrett] ♥️ Haidee Xanthe Corisande [Ripley]DD1: (15) Morgaine Phryne Tuppance
DD2: (14) Tigerlily Dulcinea Isolde
DS1: (12) Alisander Birk Kay
DD4: (9) Fairmay Amore Lilofee
DD5: (7) Galadriel Lalage Lowanna
DS2: (7) Bedivere Lestat Lot
DS3: (4) Thackery Pyro Loras
DD5: (2) Cressida Arya Glimmer
DS4: (NB) Florimond Yvain Arthum

Top 3 Names:
Nikita, Amelia, & Teresa
Elliott, Bastian, & Nathan
Top 2 Combos:
Nikita Celestine Zenobia
Elliott Hawthorne Maximus

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- I like count-alongs when there’s larger namebanks, so I used a d10 to count then switched the FN & MN if I liked it better that way. ;) I didn’t skip names when going back through each namebank, and if I landed on one I’d used, I used it again if it made sense to (i.e. to honor a family member). If not, I rolled again.
- I didn't bother with surnames.
- I added the children’s families and rolled d3 to see each would get SOs and/or kids (d1=no, d2=yes, d3=yes, but they broke up, and d1=no kids, d2=yes kids) then I rolled d6 to see how many children they’d have. I made kid results multiples/adoptions when I felt like it (I usually went with adoptions when the names didn’t fit with the family’s name style, if there happened to be one, or if someone had a child but not an SO. If any adopted kids had names assigned at birth that their parents chose not to keep, I struck them out and rolled for the name their parent(s) chose for them).
- I rolled d3 to determine genders where they weren’t already specified, with d1=male, d2=female, d3=other genders and gender identities (intersex=DI; transgender=DTS, DTD, DTGN; non-binary/gender fluid/genderqueer/gender neutral=DGN - note: I use GN so as not to confuse NB with newborn and GF with girlfriend, though non-binary & gender fluid are perhaps the more widely-used, and to limit any offense through the use of the term queer if I used GQ).
- For d3 kids and spouses, I sometimes rolled again for their chosen name(s) after rolling for their name assigned at birth (NAAB – which I then stroke out), or just chose a name from wherever I felt like it because it seemed fitting to do so. ;) THE ?? FAMILYDW: Aelita Niniane ♥ DW: Immalee WenonahDD1: (15) Jadis Haidee
DD2: (14) Medora Malvina
DS1: (12) Aramis Aberforth
DD4: (9) Nienna Desdemona
DD5: (7) Isolde Kashmira
DS2: (7) Atticus Bedivere
DS3: (4) Lestat Pyro
DD5: (2) Coraline Elsinore "Cora"
DS4: (NB) Loras Mordred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DD1: (15) Jadis Haidee

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