I thought it might be fun to come up with a long list of Gnomish names, the longer the better, that a player or GM might roll on an obnoxious number of times, 15 or so, to generate a proper Gnomish name.
To that end, I'm asking you to provide your best Gnomish names below. Again, the idea is that the player or GM would roll or pick on the table multiple times and then string the names together to come up with something so ridiculously long that the rest of the PCs will groan and take a short rest (this is a hyperbola) every time somebody asks the Gnome what his name is.
I can't remember where I heard this - but it was the suggestion to just throw some darts at a map of Australia. Some of the town names there are perfect for Gnomes.
I do not know if you have Xanathar's guide, but if you do at the back they have a list for all humanoid names. I would really just use that if you need gnome names, it workes great for me. And also in the Gnome section of the players handbook, it has a couple if you like them.
I can't remember where I heard this - but it was the suggestion to just throw some darts at a map of Australia. Some of the town names there are perfect for Gnomes.
It actually works exceedingly well. Basically, almost any two Australian town/city names put together make the best Gnome names ever of all time ever. My favorite so far is Doomagee Hermannsburge.
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I can't remember where I heard this - but it was the suggestion to just throw some darts at a map of Australia. Some of the town names there are perfect for Gnomes.
I love this. Toowoomba Wollongong, gnome barbarian.
I can't remember where I heard this - but it was the suggestion to just throw some darts at a map of Australia. Some of the town names there are perfect for Gnomes.
I can verify this is true: Adelaide Brisbane Rockhampton!
I thought it might be fun to come up with a long list of Gnomish names, the longer the better, that a player or GM might roll on an obnoxious number of times, 15 or so, to generate a proper Gnomish name.
I would rather use basic name generator, based on theme of DnD. I've searched for such online name generators, I could find some great services like this aasimar name generator from Generator1 site. It works pretty awesome, and makes really unique names based on your additional input text.
I thought it might be fun to come up with a long list of Gnomish names, the longer the better, that a player or GM might roll on an obnoxious number of times, 15 or so, to generate a proper Gnomish name.
To that end, I'm asking you to provide your best Gnomish names below. Again, the idea is that the player or GM would roll or pick on the table multiple times and then string the names together to come up with something so ridiculously long that the rest of the PCs will groan and take a short rest (this is a hyperbola) every time somebody asks the Gnome what his name is.
Honestly I just use generators for this. fantasynamegenerators.com has been a life saver lol.
That being said I think we can all agree that the best gnome name is Gnomercy
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the problem with a generic fantasy name generator is that it usually doesn't include ridiculous gnomish names such as Turnip.
That makes sense. Definitely wouldn't see Mr. Bigs on the list of normal gnome generators
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I can't remember where I heard this - but it was the suggestion to just throw some darts at a map of Australia. Some of the town names there are perfect for Gnomes.
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I do not know if you have Xanathar's guide, but if you do at the back they have a list for all humanoid names. I would really just use that if you need gnome names, it workes great for me. And also in the Gnome section of the players handbook, it has a couple if you like them.
It actually works exceedingly well. Basically, almost any two Australian town/city names put together make the best Gnome names ever of all time ever. My favorite so far is Doomagee Hermannsburge.
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Start a phrase with "No m-something", and remove the "No m-" for the Gnome name and see how long it takes for the party to figure it out.
Ad, the Wanderer
(Gnome Ad, the Wanderer - Nomad, the Wanderer)
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(Gnome Unny, the Beggar - No Money, the Beggar)
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(Gnome Ercy, the Cruel - No Mercy, the Cruel)
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(Gnome Enclaychur, the Miner - Nomenclature, the Miner)
Ollo G., the Scholar
(Gnome Ollo G., the Scholar - Nomology, the Scholar)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
The World of Warcraft Gnome Name Generator gets you names like Fiflili Pumpfluke and Lolkick Buzzinstrip, so it is probably a good place to start.
For scientific titles, I would use the Guild Wars Asura one. Swann the Terrologist or Golementalist Swex are two that it spat out for me.
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I love this. Toowoomba Wollongong, gnome barbarian.
I can verify this is true: Adelaide Brisbane Rockhampton!
I would rather use basic name generator, based on theme of DnD. I've searched for such online name generators, I could find some great services like this aasimar name generator from Generator1 site. It works pretty awesome, and makes really unique names based on your additional input text.
If you ever need a name for a gnomish character just throw two darts at a map of Australia.
Trust me. It works.
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Anzio Faro. Protector Aasimar light cleric. Lvl 18.
Viktor Gavriil. White dragonborn grave cleric. Lvl 20.
Ikram Sahir ibn-Malik al-Sayyid Ra'ad. Brass dragonborn draconic sorcerer Lvl 9. Fire elemental devil.
Wrangler of cats.