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[Tack]

... Damn, I think you got me there.

[nenjin]

That said, your post got me thinking about all the compound word combos in 40k. And I think you might be on to something. Short of a couple Chapters like the Salamanders, and pretty much all the Xenos races, a ton of shit in 40k does seem to be made up of that.

Dethkorps.
Iron Guard.
Imperial Guardsmen.
Astratelepathica.
Adeptus Anything.
Leman Russ.

[Trekkin]

I feel like some advertising exec somewhere has decided that two part poly-syllablar names are consumer crack somehow but all I can think is how much I don’t want this. Every time I say “boomdakka Snazzwagon” I feel more and more ridiculous.

I just wrote an Ork name generator based on this principle, and just sticking random orky words together works surprisingly well. I don't know what a Rumblafist is, but it sure sounds like a wargear option for a Nob of some sort, and Shokkchoppa Gubbinz-Krump just sounds like a really bougie Mek of some kind.

[nenjin]

I think you're required by law to post this generator in a web-accessible place.

[Teneb]

Mashing up two words is the go-to method of creting names for fantasy or sci-fi.

Every now and then is fine, but authors go overboard.

[Trekkin]

I think you're required by law to post this generator in a web-accessible place.

Here; it's just a Python script.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

#!/usr/bin/python
import random

adjectives = ["mega","tuff","'ard","deff","snazz","flash","'arda","'ardest","war","shokk","gut","warp","proppa"]
name_components = ["kopta","deth","blasta","shokka","bomm","bomma","fighta","boy","rumbla","shoota","choppa","klaw","fist","brikk","krumpa","bitz","grot","git","nob","tred","trukk","trak","WAAAGH","gubbinz","killa","wrencha","sky","storm","gutz","head","thumpa","stikk","wagon","rok","flag","bludd","gitz","stompa"]
for x in range(20):
    full_output_name=""
    more_name = True
    while(more_name):
        output_name=""
        if(random.random()>(float(len(name_components))/float((len(name_components)+len(adjectives))))):
            output_name = output_name+adjectives[random.randint(1,len(adjectives)-1)]
        else:
            output_name = output_name+name_components[random.randint(1,len(name_components)-1)]

        output_name=output_name.capitalize()

        if(random.random()<0.25):
            output_name=output_name+"-"
            second_part = name_components[random.randint(1,len(name_components)-1)]
            cap_second_part=second_part.capitalize()
            output_name = output_name+cap_second_part
        else:
            output_name = output_name+name_components[random.randint(1,len(name_components)-1)]
        if(len(full_output_name) > 0):
            full_output_name = full_output_name+" "
        full_output_name = full_output_name+output_name
        if(random.random()>0.25):
            more_name = False
    full_output_name = full_output_name.replace("waaagh","WAAAGH")
    full_output_name = full_output_name.replace("Waaagh","WAAAGH")
    print full_output_name

EDIT: minor bugfix for python 2

[Egan_BW]

full_output_name = full_output_name.replace("waaagh","WAAAGH")

That may be the best line of code I've seen yet.

[Trekkin]

Thanks! I tried to make the code itself Orky as well as the results; that's why it's got bits working at cross-purposes and nothing is alphabetized.

[LordPorkins]

So who's seen the New Snakebites Strategem?

It basically makes us the bane of Imperial Guard and Tyranid players. +1 to wound on a target model for your WHOLE ARMY is insane.

If you're in a bigger game, it may be worth it to take a dedicated group of Snakebite Tankbustas as a sort of "Specialist Crew"

[Tack]

Ohhhh. I was wondering why it was 3 CP. I was sighing internally going 'Well, VotLW is totally getting nerfed'.

[Andres]

When's Wrath and Glory coming out?

[KingofstarrySkies]

heard it ain't great but it was from my kinda douchey rpg elitist friend so i've still got hopes

[Rowanas]

A group of mates have been playing it, I've not heard much about it from them.  I'll ask for a brief brief tomorrow when I see them.

[Trekkin]

To answer Andres: It's out now, actually.

That said, from what I've heard and read it does several things that raise concern. It has mechanics with per-session refresh rates, for example, and ambiguity between what constitutes a test and what constitutes a roll (which matters, since different mechanics apply to each.) It also suffers from the same problem as some editions of Shadowrun: dice pools, especially dice pools that need to be subdivided, slow down play, and its initiative system works by player consensus rather than any kind of statistic.

[Andres]

On the tabletop, who would win in a fight between a Lord of Change and a Bloodthirster?