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[JoshBrickstien]

I think, that in adventure mode, we should be capable of naming our own weapons.
Ex:
Now: You kill a thousand dragons with your longsword, and it is named... SugarBeam the fires of love.
With this: You kill a thousand dragons, your sword is named... DragonBane The Glimmer of Hope

See What I mean?

Only in Dwarf fortress would a sword that has slain a thousand dragons be called "SugarBeam the fires of love"

[Capntastic]

While naming objects would be cool, keep in mind that language is still in-progress, and will tend to make more sense the more Toady works on it.

[The butcher]

Sounds great.

[ungulateman]

I'd like more control over names in general. I'd like if whenever something (a dwarf or item) recieved a title, you got the chance to pick a name in a similar way to naming your fortress and such.

*popup message*

Your dwarf / dwarf's weapon has earned a title! Would you like to choose a name?
Yes
No

No would generate a name at random, like currently.
Yes would lead you to the familiar naming screen.

[Megaman]

Personally I like the halarity and idiocy of the random names

[silhouette]

I'd like more control over names in general. I'd like if whenever something (a dwarf or item) recieved a title, you got the chance to pick a name in a similar way to naming your fortress and such.

*popup message*

Your dwarf / dwarf's weapon has earned a title! Would you like to choose a name?
Yes
No

No would generate a name at random, like currently.
Yes would lead you to the familiar naming screen.

Also if you WANT a name for your weapon at all...

[SlipshodDorf]

I can't agree with the naming thing, the RNG one works fine cause of how odd and funny they can come out.

I would be all for naming of a series though, like if a Dwarf and his family are known for making masterwork shortswords, they could always have a name type associated when they managed to craft one.

[Evil One]

I'd like more control over names in general. I'd like if whenever something (a dwarf or item) recieved a title, you got the chance to pick a name in a similar way to naming your fortress and such.

*popup message*

Your dwarf / dwarf's weapon has earned a title! Would you like to choose a name?
Yes
No

No would generate a name at random, like currently.
Yes would lead you to the familiar naming screen.

Wouldn't it be better if yes took you to the naming screen where there is a random name button, and no simply left your weapon unnamed?

[Kavalion]

Hmm, it could be a decent option to be able to rename things if we choose not to keep their original randomly generated name.

That said, I think the system could be worked out so that it would choose a name like DragonBane for a sword on its own if it had been used to kill a dragon before.  Might be a ways off in development, though.

[Pilsu]

ThisBane and ThatSlayer would get old really, really fast.

[GRead]

Although it could be nice to put some limits on the naming of non-artifact weapons. The weapon could receive a name with up to two portions. so you could have the front and rear compound, like a fortress' name, or 'the adjective noun', or 'the noun of noun', and so on and so forth. This way a dwarf doesn't name his mace 'fierydeath the ostentatious branding of marmots', but could name it 'doombodice' or 'the slaughter of gophers'
In the case of names it would also be cool if the RNG took the namer's personality into account. So instead of culling words based on the civilization, it culls them based on that creatures tastes.

[Arkenstone]

Actually, I have never seen an artifact with more than two compounds, at least not in this version...

[GRead]

Actually, I have never seen an artifact with more than two compounds, at least not in this version...

I'm not certain about items named through attachment or use, but as for regular artifacts, my last fort had three artifacts with four compounds each. Lanternsalved the bleached abundance, for instance. Perfectly acceptable for an artifact. For an axe some dude named because he's attached to it, or killed a forgotten beast with? Seems a bit excessive.

[Arkenstone]

I don't know, isn't excessive everything the theme of Dwarf Fortress?

Excessive force, excessive use of magma, excessive Fun...