More Dwarven Names!

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Stormcrow » Tue May 06, 2014 6:42 pm

Michebugio wrote:Maybe you wonder if English is Tolkien's native tongue? :lol:
Tolkien also let other names past the giggleometer, such as Tirion upon Tuna.

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Michebugio » Tue May 06, 2014 6:52 pm

And of course, too bad we didn't get a Dildo Baggins :D

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Stormcrow » Tue May 06, 2014 7:07 pm

Of course, we all know that Frodo started out as Bingo Baggins.

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Rocmistro » Tue May 06, 2014 7:16 pm

It's also amazing that "Dingle Berry" didn't find it's way into the Hobbit codex of names.
Rignuth: Barding Wordweaver Wanderer in Southron Loremaster's game.
Amroth Ol'Hir: High Elf Vengeful Kin Slayer in Zedturtle's game.
Jakk O'Malli: Dwarven Orator Treasure-Hunter in Hermes Serpent's game.

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Post by Hermes Serpent » Tue May 06, 2014 7:33 pm

Groin, son of Loin is the epitome of smile producing dwarven names
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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Woodclaw » Wed May 07, 2014 7:38 am

Nice job, it reminds me of the old TSR "Dwarves of Rockhome" sourcebook, which included a table to create darven names by adding up a prefix and a suffix. That produced some hilarious results too, starting with having a dwarf called Morto (which is the Italian for "Dead").

Now all we need are some female dwarf names. ;)
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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Michebugio » Wed May 07, 2014 11:41 am

In 15 years of game mastering, I've never, never, NEVER seen a female dwarf character among my (many) players :P

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Yusei » Wed May 07, 2014 11:52 am

I have one at my table. Her name doesn't sound very dwarfish. But then again, we don't know of any female dwarf name besides Dis, I believe.

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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Woodclaw » Wed May 07, 2014 12:32 pm

Michebugio wrote:In 15 years of game mastering, I've never, never, NEVER seen a female dwarf character among my (many) players :P
I got a few, not many, but definitely enough to be remebered. I even got one lady once who only played female dwarves.
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Re: More Dwarven Names!

Post by Otaku-sempai » Wed May 07, 2014 2:02 pm

Michebugio wrote:In 15 years of game mastering, I've never, never, NEVER seen a female dwarf character among my (many) players :P
One of the players in our AD&D campaign has a female dwarf naemd Maude; I should kid her that her character's name should be pronounced Maw-ood-eh.

I have a dwarven cleric named Furd who was cursed to become a lady-dwarf. He hasn't given up on breaking the curse, but in the mean time he has been making the best of it and is calling himself (herself?) Furda.

Just for fun, here is a dwarven magical item from Dwarves (1982, Mayfair Games) an old RoleAids product:
Ring of Giving

This Ring, when worn, appears to be the type of ring most desired by the wearer (similar to a Ring of Delusion), but it is, in effect, a trap for the greedy. Once placed upon the finger of a Dwarf, this ring caused the character to have overwhelming fits of generousity. There is a 15% chance each day that the wearer will give away half of all the gold and jewels he possesses. This ring has no noticable effect on races other than Dwarves.
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