Evil Machinations

Beyond “Fred”: Anglo-Sax...

Posted on Jul 22 2010 | No Comments

Finding a good name is sometimes the hardest part of designing an NPC. You want something more exotic than “Fred the Fighter”, but “Frewxyque the Grand Thunder Duke” becomes too hard to say with a straight face... Read More »

Beyond ‘Fred’: Italian N...

Posted on Feb 12 2010 | 2 Comments

Image by cloudsoup via Flickr Tired of games where all the characters are named Ariel or Thorin? What a character name that sounds distinctive but not too far out? What about using a real-world name? Perhaps something historical... Read More »

Beyond ‘Fred’: Russian N...

Posted on Nov 06 2009 | 4 Comments

Sometimes the hardest part of building a character is coming up with a good name. You can always take a name from Tolkien or other fantasy novels, but you’ve seen those names over and over and you want something... Read More »

Beyond ‘Fred’: Roman Nam...

Posted on Oct 05 2009 | 6 Comments

Finding a good name is sometimes the hardest part of designing an NPC. You want something more exotic than “Fred the Fighter”, but “Frewxyque the Grand Thunder Duke” becomes too hard to say with a... Read More »