Naming Rules of Thumb
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Tips
Tips from the World Master on good naming themes:
- Is it Gnomish? Make it long, and don't skimp on "g"s and "n"s! Feel free to give places non-gnomish "alternate" names.
- Is it Odessan? Make it just left of conventional. Boooring.
- Is it Ubrekti? Latin that shit up! -i, -ae, -us, etc make great endings here.
- Is it Fresian? -berg or -burg are always good, if predictable, suffixes for major towns. This would be a good place to put those Z's you've been holding on to. Austrian, Polish, & Germanic flavored names all work well here, but careful not to stray too far into the Slavic.
- Is it Petaran? Persian and Turkish traditions are good places to start.
- Is it Bedowyld? No, of course not, because they don't have cities! But, they still name stuff, and when they do it's an Arab/Mongol mashup.
- Is it Flannari? Frenchify that shit! Focus on the fruity endings: -aux, -ailles, etc.
- Is it Celstian? Gaelic mashup! The mountainy parts are more Scottish flavored, while the lowland and foresty parts are more Irish themed. I do believe the Gaelic language likes consonants.
- Is it Alexian? Hardly matters, since it's a polyglot culture. You could do worse than looking at the Ancient Greek cities.
- Is it Hakni? Iberian works well here, though Portuguese is probably better than Spanish when push comes to shove.
- Is it Dwarven? So far been naming them after Dwarves from LotR (Port Turin) or just making stuff up whole cloth (Draglet).
- Is it Sidhe? Leave it to the WorldMaster usually.
Tools
- Donjon random name generator - Can generate town names, character names, etc.
- Squid RPG Name Generator - Generate along popular themes
