For example my DM has ilariously named a rogue quadrone as "Gamecube".. :D
so, what do you think about this absolutely useless (but perhaps fun) idea?
cheers
Bariaurs
Male Names: Arwuen, Bryne, Ergyl, Ezra, Hargin, Konnor, Ohme, Rahm, Shek, Tirag.
Female Names: Altha, Borna, Ema, Hiamore, Kara, Mokka, Nomala, Tarsta.
Githzerai
Male Names: Arja'rok, Beezil, Dak'kon, Fri'hi, Hailcii'n, Kars'ten, Retholien, Selqant, Toryg, Tovus, Try'ig'or, Vilquar, Yves, Zerchai.
Female Names: Ach'ali, Devorxa, Elezpah, Imogen, Jebeel, Ji'li'kai, K'atzn'ii, Kii'na, Lar'il, Moraan, Ro'jhi, T'cha, Torpel'lin.
Modrons
Widget, Gear, Boxer, Strontium 90, Gizmo, X-51, Dee Six, Lemon Lime, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Collator, Box-In-Bloom, SIDREM, Kilojoule, Ki, Optimal, Optimus, Pariah, BERK, Rorty Cube, and Eye.
All the modrons I have known...
Modrons
Widget, Gear, Boxer, Strontium 90, Gizmo, X-51, Dee Six, Lemon Lime, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Collator, Box-In-Bloom, SIDREM, Kilojoule, Ki, Optimal, Optimus, Pariah, BERK, Rorty Cube, and Eye.
... what, no Primus?
... what, no Primus?
And no HAL? Or Megatron?
... what, no Primus?
I've always wanted to play a rogue that said it was Primus before going rogue...I just thought it was an interesting idea that couldn't be proven one way or another.
And no HAL? Or Megatron?
And no Pentium IV or Athlon (those ones should certainly be enemies of each other)?
Larsdana Ap Neut
Shylara Akt'Atarm
Lazarius Ibn Shartalan
Jezifreth Nar Harsindrian
Tellura Ibn Shartalan
Chorazin
etc. There's no real true setup to the names outside of a vague connection to the sound of some elements of real world languages. For the most part they're just made up because they sound cool.
Dai Khulus
Caron
Ifor bin A’kin
Some 'loth names I made up for a story I'm writing, most of them bastard combinations of Arabic and Welsh:
Dai Khulus
Caron
Ifor bin A’kin
*'lothy ears perk* So what's the story about? And by the way, did you ever write up more of those 'Faces of Balance' Rilmani?
Strangely, for Elven names i often use names form Asimov's Foundation Cycle..don't know why, but i find the sound of names such as Endor Levanian, Gleb Andorin or Quindor Shandess quite Elvish....
All the modrons I have known...
Modrons
Widget, Gear, Boxer, Strontium 90, Gizmo, X-51, Dee Six, Lemon Lime, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Collator, Box-In-Bloom, SIDREM, Kilojoule, Ki, Optimal, Optimus, Pariah, BERK, Rorty Cube, and Eye.
How about slaad names?
*'lothy ears perk* So what's the story about? And by the way, did you ever write up more of those 'Faces of Balance' Rilmani?
It's called "Twin Furnaces," and it's the result of watching all the episodes of the Twin Peaks television series in rapid succession. Also, it should have the promised Mydianchlarus/Lie Weaver connection. I don't know when I'll finish it, because it's going on rather longer than I expected.
The only new rilmani I've been playing with is "Basiliv," an argenach assigned to Oerth (and an old rival of Jemorille's).
How about slaad names?
From my slaad page:
Slaad Master Zgotar, Dread of Limbo (of the Game)
B'sot Ramm
Ygordrim
Qatmos
A-OK Number One Slaad BlueOgThree Littleaye Nine ("BlueOg" for short)
Nino, Stripe, Glimmer, Portnoy, Slaadzilla, Noitolver, Shagados, Badasses, Getawayoo, Superslaad, Slaademgood, Bicmuppetchairmop, Hashgropper, Another Slaad, TrueChaosFuzz, Odinvilive, Samboni, and a mercury dragon.
Grotesque, Bankil, Shasherashadon, Highway, Oozing Nature, Slaad And a Half, Eggman, The Slaad With No Arms, the Green Slaad, Ffinmu Eahd, Pir, Soup Slaadi Slaad, Classic Pediatry, Mixacronym, the Great Slaadini, Reginald P. Ostrango, Obscurro, Quickfin, Gary the Unicorn, Great Githzerai, the Lady of No Pain, Broken Gravity, "Missy" Mysteriotron, Not A Slaad, Punch and Hardy, Three Slaadi, and Wet Omen.
Rigomort
Sorrowful Executioner
Thuruppl the Kicker
Froot, Makaronee, Poh Tayto, Ruhshin
Shef, Toonah, Seezar, Lohkal
Laughing Jemmy
And no Pentium IV or Athlon (those ones should certainly be enemies of each other)?
I ran a few planescape sessions and the rogue modron in the party was called Z80 :D
Ifor bin A’kin
Interesting if true. I anticipate it will be an excellent story, Rip.
It's called "Twin Furnaces," and it's the result of watching all the episodes of the Twin Peaks television series in rapid succession. Also, it should have the promised Mydianchlarus/Lie Weaver connection. I don't know when I'll finish it, because it's going on rather longer than I expected.
The only new rilmani I've been playing with is "Basiliv," an argenach assigned to Oerth (and an old rival of Jemorille's).
I keenly await reading this
And just out of curiousity, what actually in the writing process takes you the longest? Is it that the story develops into something much longer than you expected originally, and you keep writing to do it justice, or is it finding the time and/or motivation to sit down to actually write for more than ten minutes at a time.
For me it's the latter lately with individual stories that aren't storyhour related. I've got tons of ideas but I can't seem to sit and stay focused for maybe more than an hour at a time. Plus I don't write in a linear fashion, I jump around to different parts of a story as I'm writing it and then go back and plug up the holes as I finish. Perhaps that's bad, perhaps it's normal. I can't say. I've got at least eight unfinished stories and story fragments that I want to write up and finish, but I start one and then get a cool idea for another and jump to that one. And of course this makes it nearly impossible to finish any of them in a timely fashion.
For the storyhour(s) I find it's the former reason. I sit down to write a 6-8 page update and I look up at the clock and it's 5am and I've blasted out a 14-16 page update. This happens alot I find. Maybe it's just a quirk of my mind, or the amounts of caffeine I drink. Dunno.
I'd be curious to see how you approach your own writing.
? Is it that the story develops into something much longer than you expected originally, and you keep writing to do it justice, or is it finding the time and/or motivation to sit down to actually write for more than ten minutes at a time.
Probably more the latter, but also the former. Right now, what's sticking it is the technical issue of how to do justice to an encounter with the most powerful of the gehreleths.
But yes, I'm probably as distractable as you are in these matters.
Plus I don't write in a linear fashion, I jump around to different parts of a story as I'm writing it and then go back and plug up the holes as I finish. Perhaps that's bad, perhaps it's normal. I can't say.
I do that. If I'm stuck on one part, I often go to some part I'm sure about and return to the other later. Sometimes I'll even start over from the beginning if I'm frustrated enough, and I'll bring "abandoned" sections that I like back as I'm able to.
The "tainted by darkness" story I rewrote the first paragraph of five or six times before starting it in a completely different way a week or so later - the revised paragraph ended up being used somewhere in the middle.
I have another story, not Planescape related, that has two or three entire first chapters in the same Word document, and it is itself a complete rewrite of a different story I've told from a different character's point of view. I've already written the ending (or, at least, an ending - the final product may have more than one) and two quite substantial middles but I have no idea which beginning is the right one. At least one middle will be dropped, since it has completely the wrong tone.
I've got at least eight unfinished stories and story fragments that I want to write up and finish
I'm sure I've got more than that.
I think it would be fun to collect in this tread as many manes for the variuos planar races as possible[...]
The Great Modron Relay
The Plague-Mort 500
The Karysuthra Derby
.Race, Gender, Name, Source
aasimar, f, Qaida, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
aasimar, f, Vayshora, Dr 297
aasimar, m, Cauldronborn, Great Modron March
aasimar, m, Iarmid, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
aasimar elf, m, Quondi, Dr 292
archon, hound, m, H'jyord, Dungeon 100
archon, hound, na, mirror-of-opposition, Dungeon 100
archon, sword, f, Alziel, Great Modron March
archon, sword, m, Gog, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
archon, sword, m, Kubriel, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
asuras, m, Koe, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
azer king, m, Amaimon, Monster Manual II 1E
bariaur, f, Tussa, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
bariaur, f, Yissa Nyclar, Great Modron March
bariaur, m, Brot the Mad, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
bariaur, m, Denrac Grundarein, Great Modron March
bariaur, m, Isel Three-Thumbs, Great Modron March
bariaur, m, Terwolfe, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
bariaur, m, Wooly Cupgrass, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
bariaur, m, Yamnu Kaskulak, Dr 305
bladeling, f, Adamok Ebon, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
bodak, m, Sir Cleve, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
cambion, m, Drath, Dr 292
coatl, f, Nachipetakal, Dr 314
composite elemental, na, Rar-Tum, Dungeon 112
composite paraelemental, na, Kesh-Gurn, Dungeon 112
cranium rats, pack of 112, The Us, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
Demogorgon, nickname, Ahmon-Ibor, Dr 290
Demogorgon, nickname, Oeridian, Dr 290
Demogorgon, nickname, the Siblant Beast, Dr 290
demon, f, Malcanthat ''Mother of Succubi'', Dungeon 112
demon, f, Suraala Mora, Dr 298
demon, m, Kerzit the Guardian, Dungeon 112
demon, m, Turgalas (the Devourer/the Ebon Maw/the Hunger Eternal), Dr 312
demon, m, Y, Dungeon 112
demon prince, na, Gresil, Dr 294
demon, balor, na, Ndulu, Dr 277
demon, balor, na, Ter-Soth, Dr 294
demon, glabrezu, m, Mizferac, Servant of the Shard
demon, glabrezu, na, Haeshkarr, Evermeet
demon, glabrezu, na, Narithulitan, Great Modron March
demon, glabrezu, na, Quinix, Shinning South
demon, goristro, goristro demon, Owantz, For Duty & Deity
demon, hezrou, na, Gsstarkaneth, Dr 295
demon, marilith, f, Arythyzl, Dungeon 100
demon, marilith, f, Charsultketh, Lands of Intrigue
demon, marilith, f, Skothyx, Dungeon 112
demon, marilith, f, Verin, For Duty & Deity
demon, marilith, f, Xabb'arrnah, Spellbound
demon, marquis cambion, m, Rule-of-Three, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
demon, nalfeshnee, m, Fekrex, Dungeon 100
demon, nalfeshnee, m, Judge Gabberslug, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
demon, nalfeshnee, m, Turlathane, Dungeon 112
demon, nalfeshnee, na, Thraxxia, For Duty & Deity
demon, succubus, f, Myzzri, Dungeon 100
demon, succubus, f, Siffilys, Dungeon 100
demon, vrock, m, Clyddis, For Duty & Deity
demon, vrock, na, Jareel, Dungeon 100
deva, astral, m, Gethan, Dungeon 100
deva, movanic, m, Unity-of-Rings, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
devil, baatezu noble, na, Bileworm, Dr 283
devil, erinyes, f, Eshaeris, Ruins of Zhentil Keep
devil, erinyes, f, Hesthe, Dr 292
devil, erinyes, f, Kastilla, Dr 297
devil, pit fiend, f, Kartha, Dr 283
devil, pit fiend, m, Archduke Thuikazt, Dr 313
devil, pit fiend, m, Baazka, Hordes of Dragonspear
devil, pit fiend, m, Balrukh the Invincible, Dr 306
devil, pit fiend, m, Xarcallon, Dr 292
devil, pit fiend, na, Abarax, Ruins of Zhentil Keep
djinn, m, Aeraldoth, I4 Oasis of the White Palm
djinn, m, Amul al-Habn, Spellbound
djinn, m, Balooshi, L1 Secret of Bone Hill
djinn, na, Hasar Al-Yasan, TSR trading cards
djinn, na, Jamaliyah, TSR trading cards
dog petitioner, m, Jhaxon, Great Modron March
draegloth, m, Jeggred, Dr 302
duthka'gith (githyanki/dragon, red hybrids), f, Ur'yel, Dungeon 100
duthka'gith (githyanki/dragon, red hybrids), m, Zr'kiil, Dungeon 100
efreet, m, Jukar, Ruins of Zhentil Keep
eladrin, firre, f, Cirily, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
elemental, air (elder), na, Aelem, Dungeon 112
elemental, air (pegasus), f, Shimmer, Dr 307
elemental, air (pegasus), m, Bolt, Dr 307
elemental, blackfire, na, Synfernal, Dungeon 100
fensir, m, Morvun, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
fensir, m, Phineas, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
formian, city, Klicktrik, Tales from the Infinite Staircase
formian, city, Mercantus, Planes of Law
formian, hive-city, Hradec, Beyond Countless Doorways
formian, hive-city, J'dicha, Beyond Countless Doorways
formian, hive-city, Mandible, Planes of Law
formian, hive-city, Skemet, Beyond Countless Doorways
formian, hive-city, Trzik, Beyond Countless Doorways
formian, worker, Ara-d'ch Lac'tor-chin (Aralec), Beyond Countless Doorways
formian, na, Demansiq, Tales from the Infinite Staircase
formian, myrmarch, m, Phyton, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
formian, queen, f, e'Crp'tal-isk (Talis), Planes of Law
formian, queen, f, Hvix'mnac, Tales from the Infinite Staircase
formian, queen, f, I'tra-Kell, Planes of Law
formian, queen, f, K'ltk'thra (Clarity), Planes of Law
formian, queen, f, n'Cir-ks'tl (Xerxes), Planes of Law
gehreleth, shator, m, Xideous, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
genasi, air, f, Liata, Dr 307
genasi, air, f, Vellia Maeke, Dr 307
genasi, air, f, White Orchid, Dr 307
genasi, air, m, Parthen Maeke, Dr 307
genasi, air, m, Tolden Maeke, Dr 307
genasi, water, f, Prisine, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githyanki, f, Aan'achi, Dungeon 112
githyanki, f, Djek'Nlarr, Dr 285
githyanki, f, Djhek'nlarr, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githyanki, f, Kel'i'lec, Dungeon 100
githyanki, f, Sukh'an, Dr 309
githyanki, f, Tcha, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githyanki, f, Torrenth, Great Modron March
githyanki, m, Ellv, Dungeon 100
githyanki, m, Fashtar, Dr 309
githyanki, m, Gr'ay'kryt, Dungeon 100
githyanki, m, Khosuvh, Dr 309
githyanki, m, Xam'kras, Dungeon 100
githyanki, m, Zetch'r'r, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Ar'dru, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Calli'tao, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Geatroth, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Gharvag, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Jr'da'kr, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Karluth, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Khlasath, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Khosuvh, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Ll'ir'ath, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Madivh, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Na'a'rai, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Quith, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Rech, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Ris'a'n, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Sziin, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Tehv'in, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Yrthyx, Dungeon 100
githyanki, na, Zr'adi, Dungeon 100
githyanki lich, f, Vlaakith CLVII the Lich-Queen, Dungeon 100
githzerai, f, Fhas'kir, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githzerai, f, L'Renci, Dr 310
githzerai, f, Saarys, Dungeon 100
githzerai, f, Thelinagra, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githzerai, m, Belthomais, Dr 281
githzerai, m, Drathac, Dungeon 100
githzerai, m, Grimmbold the Gith, Skullport
githzerai, m, Haeronimil, Great Modron March
githzerai, m, Karan, Great Modron March
githzerai, m, Kelchurion, Dr 281
githzerai, m, Leggis Scrog, Great Modron March
githzerai, m, Lil'z Rou, Great Modron March
githzerai, m, Niil, Dungeon 100
githzerai, m, O'pok the Fawning, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githzerai, m, Parakk the Ratcatcher, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
githzerai, m, Zer'lym, Dungeon 100
guardinal, cervidal, m, Laenis, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
guardinal, ursinal, m, Tripicus, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
hag, night, f, Styrix, MC15 Children of the Night
half air-elemental human, m, Hasken Maeke, Dr 307
harginn (fire grue), na, Kr'klckl, Great Modron March
harpy (fiendish), f, Sitheag McBane, Dr 307
harpy, half-fiend, f, Suzanelle, Greyhawk
hell hound, m, Cinders, Dr 271
imp, m, Mezzik, Dungeon 112
imp, m, Xthraxix, Dungeon 100
imp, na, Estryxx, Skullport
imp, na, Hsiv, Dr 302
imp familiar, na, Jarzizt, I8 Ravager of Time
kyton, m, Kunk, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
lillend, f, Cattariina, For Duty & Deity
lillend, f, Chyseria of the Luminescent Voice, Dr 321
lillend, f, Milori, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
lillend, f, Saleera, For Duty & Deity
linqua, na, Omott, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
malaugrym, n, Undarl, Dr 228
marid, m, Kasdu'ul, S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
marid, na, Rafiqa, Ruins of Undermountain II
mephit, dust, m, Seamusxanthuszenus, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
mercane, na, Kepuralyar, Dr 305
modron (rogue), n, Eight, Great Modron March
modron (rogue), na, Ylem, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
modron, decaton (rogue), n, Trictacalus, Great Modron March
modronoid (human), m, Valran Stonefist, Great Modron March
molydeus, na, Th'kalar, Spellbound
paragon infernal, m, Lascer, Dr 297
polymorphed into stench kow , f, Toskara, Dr 295
proxy of Ilsensine, n, Lugribossk, Ilithiad
quasit, na, Hertog, Dr 294
quasit, na, Shadow, Ruins of Undermountain II
quickling, m, Tephanis, Dark Elf Trilogy
rakshasa, f, Riyelikki, Ruins of Undermountain
rakshasa, f, Royappa, Four from Cormyr
rakshasa, m, Crimonil, Shinning South
rakshasa, na, Slakslime, I13
razorvine (sentient), na, Patch, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
rilmani, argenach, m, Jemorille the Exile, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
shadar-kai, f, Rhinashai, Dr 322
shadow demon, m, Ly'kritch, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
shadow fiend, na, Hrava, Great Modron March
slaad, blue, na, Guifren, Dr 295
slaad, blue, na, Xinzol, Dr 295
slaad, grey, na, Hjur'fiunt, Dr 295
slaad, grey, na, Thruzzl, Dungeon 100
solar, m, Cerebrus, I9 Day of Al'Akbar
tiefling, f, Alluvius Ruskin, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, f, Kylie, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, f, Muenscaal, Great Modron March
tiefling, f, Noxana the Unwilling, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, f, Taraere Illsmiser, Great Modron March
tiefling, f, Temmilar Isquain, Great Modron March
tiefling, f, Xaldra Miloni, Great Modron March
tiefling, m, Chinzpeter, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, m, Daros Hellseeker, Speaker in Dreams
tiefling, m, Leyruss Arn, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, m, Mefisto, For Duty & Deity
tiefling, m, Noshteroth of the Umber Scales, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, m, Setus, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, m, Sly Nye, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
tiefling, m, Spider, Skullport
tiefling, m, Villich, Great Modron March
tiefling, m, Warwick Osseyes, For Duty & Deity
tiefling, m, Zaleid, Dr 322
tiefling, na, Faylah, For Duty & Deity
titan, f, Zadara, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
titan, m, Endrigul, Wyrms of the North WOTC website
titan, m, Toevryn Taluth, Wyrms of the North WOTC website
titan, radiant, na, Riis, Dr 321
yugoloth, na, Yargdaar, Castle Spulzeer
yugoloth, arcanaloth, f, Shemeshka the Marauder, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
yugoloth, arcanaloth, m, A'kin, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
yugoloth, arcanaloth, m, Vilinathraxes, Great Modron March
A couple more 'loths, just a few from that list over there:
Larsdana Ap Neut
Helekanalaith
Duke Dyavin B'Wee
M'trenz Ro
Krell
Ailanreanter
Alcain Fem'at
Mydianchlarus