Re: Namebank CAF (Unusual Names)
in reply to a message by Charlie Blue
- 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 ?? FAMILY
DW: Aelita Niniane ♥ DW: Immalee Wenonah
DD1: (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
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DD1: (15) Jadis Haidee
xDH: Figaro Goldmund
DH: Owain Ossian
~~~~~~~
DD2: (14) Medora Malvina
DW: Fantine Norma
- DD: Arya Roxil
- DTS: Lorelei Annelle Tybalt Mehrab
- DS: Elrond Archy "Ron"
- DD: Lucasta Griselda "Lucy"
- DS: Tommen Sherlock "Tom"
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DS1: (12) Aramis Aberforth
~~~~~~~
DD4: (9) Nienna Desdemona
DW: Snow Mountie
- DD: Niniane Nívea "Nina"
- DD/DD: Aida Éowyn / Jorinda Belladonna "Jora"
- DS: Thorin Othello
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DD5: (7) Isolde Kashmira
- ADD: Tigerlily Phryne Alemandine "Lily/Tiger" (depends on who's addressing her ;) )
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DS2: (7) Atticus Bedivere
xDBf: Asterix Percival "Aster"
xDGf: Ophelia Galadriel
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DS3: (4) Lestat Pyro
~~~~~~~
DD5: (2) Coraline Elsinore
DGN: Elessar Tuor “Ellis”
- DD: Leeli Nimue
- DI: Arwen Olivetti “Oli”
- DS: Geraint Mycroft
- DS: Jorah Kay
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DS4: (NB) Loras Mordred
DH: Benvolio Pippin "Ben"
- ADS: Athos Benvolio
- ADD: Elanor Titania
- 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 ?? FAMILY
DW: Aelita Niniane ♥ DW: Immalee Wenonah
DD1: (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
xDH: Figaro Goldmund
DH: Owain Ossian
~~~~~~~
DD2: (14) Medora Malvina
DW: Fantine Norma
- DD: Arya Roxil
- DTS: Lorelei Annelle Tybalt Mehrab
- DS: Elrond Archy "Ron"
- DD: Lucasta Griselda "Lucy"
- DS: Tommen Sherlock "Tom"
~~~~~~~
DS1: (12) Aramis Aberforth
~~~~~~~
DD4: (9) Nienna Desdemona
DW: Snow Mountie
- DD: Niniane Nívea "Nina"
- DD/DD: Aida Éowyn / Jorinda Belladonna "Jora"
- DS: Thorin Othello
~~~~~~~
DD5: (7) Isolde Kashmira
- ADD: Tigerlily Phryne Alemandine "Lily/Tiger" (depends on who's addressing her ;) )
~~~~~~~
DS2: (7) Atticus Bedivere
xDBf: Asterix Percival "Aster"
xDGf: Ophelia Galadriel
~~~~~~~
DS3: (4) Lestat Pyro
~~~~~~~
DD5: (2) Coraline Elsinore
DGN: Elessar Tuor “Ellis”
- DD: Leeli Nimue
- DI: Arwen Olivetti “Oli”
- DS: Geraint Mycroft
- DS: Jorah Kay
~~~~~~~
DS4: (NB) Loras Mordred
DH: Benvolio Pippin "Ben"
- ADS: Athos Benvolio
- ADD: Elanor Titania
This message was edited 10/4/2020, 10:35 AM