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[Araph]

Abecedarian (before today, I had never heard read the word) does not necessarily mean fitting. As funny as the names may be, and as fitting with your character's personality they may be, they simply aren't good for the time period. Try things that sounds d&d-ish. And are alphabetical.

[Criptfeind]

They do not fit because they come from three (two maybe) different cultures, one of which only exists inside your head.

[Heron TSG]

Abecedarian (before today, I had never read the word) does not necessarily mean fitting. As funny as the names may be, and as fitting with your character's personality they may be, they simply aren't good for the time period. Try things that sounds d&d-ish. And are alphabetical.

I was mainly doing it for utility. Abecedarian meaning 'pertaining to the alphabet'. Ahnold. Barry. Cal. I actually used a medieval name generator for them, believe it or not. Ahnold actually used to be Arnold, but it sounded more D&D-esque with an unvoiced consonant instead of a voiced consonant as the second letter.

They do not fit because they come from three (two maybe) different cultures, one of which only exists inside your head.

Arnold -  A masculine name derived from the Old High German 'Arenwald'. It literally means "having the strength of an eagle," from aro "eagle" + wald "power". Skeletons are pretty weak, thus the 'Strength of an Eagle'. (Eagles have pretty crappy strength scores.)


Barry - A masculine name that is an anglicized form of the Irish 'Bairre', which itself is a diminutive of Fionnbharr or Barrfhionn. Both Barrfhionn and Fionnbharr are a combination of the Gaelic root words for 'white' and 'head', both of which refer to the visible skull of the skeletal warriors.


Cal - Sometimes short for Calvin. Calvin is derived from the Latin word Calvus, meaning bald. Being dead, skeletons don't have much for hair.

Yes, I have a prepared set of named for skeletal minions that all have references to the fact that they are indeed skeletons. You have no idea how deep my madness runs.

[Criptfeind]

So you have Latin, Irish, and 'almost German'.

Note that none of them are really the same. Er... Well... Old German might be pretty close to Latin.... I guess most of the languages of that time period in that place had some Latin in them.

The almost German was where the 'only exists inside your head' part came in.

[Heron TSG]

How's a skeleton going to articulate a voices consonant anyhow?

[Criptfeind]

How's a skeleton going to talk anyhow?

[Heron TSG]

Magic. Telepathy, specifically. However, telepathy doesn't usually include a physical voice.

And here I am, spending my Monday night bickering about skeletal semantics. All because I gave my skeletons normal human names. They used to be people, too!

[Criptfeind]

And a fine way to spend the night it is?

Also, why should they not be able to say 'r' in telepathey if they can say other things?

Also, do you really want a big old army of undead following you?

[Heron TSG]

Because R is a silly sound to make with your mind. Moving on, I do not in fact want an undead horde to follow me. I want to teach them to dream. I want to set them free.

[Cthulhu]

Skeletons can't communicate.

It's not the names, but the spirit of the thing.  Plus, you have a reputation in my mind for silly names.  Remember the Burning Hoedown Sultan who Something Words?

[Araph]

This is such a weird conversation...

[Heron TSG]

The Burning Hoedown Sultan who Grasps Words was named using the table for naming Grippli pets in 2e, thank you very much.

[Cthulhu]

More like the Pantsburning Hoedown Liar who Grasps Lies.

[Criptfeind]

What do you guys want to do next weekend? I assume finish the mapping stuff. Anything else you want to tackle if we happen to have enough time?

[Heron TSG]

I'm all for completifying this adventure. Finding that bandit would be neat too, but that may need to wait.