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Spectralballoons
Acolyte
Pakistan
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 Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 13:56:58
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Spectralballoons
Acolyte
Pakistan
48 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 14:03:00
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Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
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Originally posted by Yoss
I've come to the realization that no matter what music/movies/books I try to borrow from, I can never select a decent name for a character. Or a message board handle, even. My hat's off to you folks who can.
<---who is named after their first WoW character (the short version, since he was originally named after Yossarian from Catch-22).
A cool way to come up with unique character names is to just randomnly type on your keboard and see what comes up. Interesting names may jump out at you when you add strategic vowels or tweak it a little. 
Kyjifhu Hepieaef shall be in my next game of Dwarf Fortress. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 14:41:45
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Originally posted by Spectralballoons
I'm getting a 404 error.
The page has likely been moved -- this was resurrecting a 6 year old topic.
I should have removed that part of the quote and only used the reference to the Scarlet Pimpernel character as an influence for Danilo. |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 21:15:39
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Many places, no doubt, but some of mine tend to come from songs.
Today's blog post tells a bit of backstory about Hedvig, a character in an upcoming Tales of Sevrin book. http://www.elainecunningham.com/2011/10/25/dwarf-girls-have-more-fun-no-really/
Some of you might remember Jill, the berserker dwarf from Silver Shadows. A few readers have identified the source of inspiration: Johnny Cash's song "A Boy Named Sue."
Danilo's roots include the adventure story The Scarlet Pimpernel. and Oscar Wilde's plays.
Bit of thread necromancy, here... I just finished reading The Scarlet Pimpernel for the first time, and I found myself thinking the character was a lot like Danilo. Now I know why.
A reader once described Danilo as "The Green Pimpernel." That amused me. |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 06 Nov 2017 : 16:35:22
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 06 Nov 2017 : 18:05:30
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Cale came in part from Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood's character) in UNFORGIVEN.
For a moment, I misread that as Bill Mumy.  |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 07 Nov 2017 : 14:38:12
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
Cale came in part from Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood's character) in UNFORGIVEN.
For a moment, I misread that as Bill Mumy.
Haha.
The real question, though, is: Does a Bill Mumy mentnion conjure LOST IN SPACE for you or BABYLON 5? ;-) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2017 : 15:38:18
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
Cale came in part from Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood's character) in UNFORGIVEN.
For a moment, I misread that as Bill Mumy.
Haha.
The real question, though, is: Does a Bill Mumy mentnion conjure LOST IN SPACE for you or BABYLON 5? ;-)
I know of Lost in Space, but it rather predates me. Babylon 5, though, gave me two of my all-time favorite characters from any media: G'Kar and Bester (or Dark Chekov, as I call him). G'Kar for his overall story arc and character development, and Bester because he's one of the best villains I've seen: the kind you can empathize with and understand, and the kind that represents the darker side of otherwise noble impulses. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 07 Nov 2017 : 20:26:47
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
Cale came in part from Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood's character) in UNFORGIVEN.
That's kind of funny... years ago when I first created Sleyvas I had actually used the picture of Clint Eastwood from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on my character sheet (and whenever I was using him as an NPC as well). I had him as a dual classed fighter / mage. Then when I ran a mini-ravenloft campaign I used him there as an NPC transferred over to whatever the domain was that had Bane available as a god (Nova Vaasa maybe?). I had him with smokepowder weapons. Then when they came out with the Gothic Earth piece of ravenloft, I was using him in stories with another person, and I had him get introduced to six shooters. So, he then transferred back to the realms, but time had passed weird, and though he was 20 years older or thereabouts, only 5 - 10 years had passed in the realms (yeah, my memory is fading). When he returned, he'd lost respect for the Zulkirs, had been living as a bounty hunter hunting mages, and eventually he meddled with time magic in order to rescue his dead wife... which led eventually to his betrayal of Thay and need to flee, faking his death by seizing someone else's body. |
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moonbeast
Senior Scribe
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2017 : 01:33:59
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Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
I always thought that characters are created when a mommy character and daddy character love each other very much....
Or when mommy found the Orc bartender somewhat attractive. |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2017 : 20:00:16
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Where do characters come from?
