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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by DestroyYouAlot[/i] [br]So, I've compiled a chapter of names of human, male characters from Cormyr for the Everchanging Book of Names. (For those of you not familiar with this program, you can get it here ([url]http://ebon.pyorre.net/[/url]), and it's probably the best random name generator around.) I thought I'd make it available here for anyone who could use it. The list is compiled from canon sources; specifically (so far) the FRCS (3e), FRQ1 Haunted Halls of Eveningstar, and Volo's Guide to Cormyr. I've tried to stick to the Ed Greenwood-penned sources available to preserve the linguistic structure that he gave the dialect. Where there's been doubt as to whether a name was a first name or a surname (usually where the name is that of a business owner), I've tried to err on the safe side and leave it out. Where there's reason to believe a character's not native to Cormyr, I've left him out, except where his land of origin is definitively Chondathan-speaking (Sembia, neighboring heartlands), or where the character is famous enough and long enough dead for the name to have found its way into local use. The program is shareware, and usable without registration, but I highly recommend purchasing it if you find it useful. Sami has created an absurdly useful tool for roleplayers, and at $10 you can't go too far wrong. The options I've set for the chapter are the ones I've had the best luck with, but play around and see what works for you. In particular, knocking the Fit level down to 2 will result in a much wider variety of names - and some more unusual ones, too. There are, obviously, more names of kings, nobles, and adventurers available than those of common folk, and the list will reflect that. As such, you should use your own judgement as to which name fits which character. Of course, no random generator can replace your judgement as a DM (or player). It's far from perfect, but such is the way of things. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.