Hello! I made the mistake of introdusing a npc called "Bob" into my campain. The players really love the npc so I do not want to kill him, but I really wish I had used a better fantasy name. Does anyone have a suggestion on a decent "fantasy sounding" FULL name, that someone had shortened into "Bob"? This NPC is a half elf, so human or elven names (or really anything better then "Bob") would work.
Thankfull for your ideas here, I have not come up with anything good myself.
Use almost any of the Elven names suggested in the Player's Handbook. That's Bob's real name. If the players ever ask about it, Bob can tell them that they got so tired of their name being mispronounced that they just started telling people to call them "Bob" and it stuck.
It might help to know Bob's race. Dragonborn often have long complex names that work in draconic but are hard to pronounce in common, so maybe "B.o.b." is really just his initials for his draconic name and he was tired of everyone mispronouncing it, so he just goes by his initials to outsiders. Or maybe he's like a tiefling or some other unusual race and his parents wanted to name him some "exotic foreign sounding name" and Bob may be a perfectly normal name to a human but to the tiefling community it's the equivalent to whatever the f*ck Elon Musk named his kid. Or maybe he's a human and his name is just Bob. What's wrong with Bob? Lots of fine folks have been named Bob. I've got a brother named Bob. There's Bob Dylan, Bob Ross, Bob Marley, Bob Barker, Bob Hope, Bob Seger, Bob Newhart, Bob Geldof. Heck, in "Titan A.E." there's even an entire planet named Bob.
Bob's fine. Stick with Bob.
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This reminds of an adventure I saw for an unknown RPG called "Bob, Lord of Evil" don't know if it was good but the title stuck with for like the last 25 years or so lol.
Bob’s on the run. From a bookie he owes 10 grand, from The Man, from something that doesn’t even exist but he still thinks is out to get him, from the crime lord he used to cook the books for, whatever. Bob’s changed his name so many times now he barely remembers the one his mother gave him and he’s run out of inspiration to come up with fancy new ones. That’s how he ended up with Bob.
Bob’s a perfectly good name, if you think about where it might have come from. Bob might become an Ed next month, come to think of it.
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Bob doesnt have to be short for a name that has "bob" in it or whatever.. my name is Joseph, in high school a friend of mine called me Frank. No reason, just decided that would be my name.
(edit to stay on point) Make him have some ridiculous fantasy name, and people call him Bob because its easier and he just rolls with it
Bob doesnt have to be short for a name that has "bob" in it or whatever.. my name is Joseph, in high school a friend of mine called me Frank. No reason, just decided that would be my name.
(edit to stay on point) Make him have some ridiculous fantasy name, and people call him Bob because its easier and he just rolls with it
Further to this point, lots of nicknames relate to an idividual’s specific characteristic or hobby or some other identifier that is not related to their given name. There are plenty of people called Stretch or Tiny or Blue, that sort of thing. Maybe Bob likes to swim or is known for a particular hairstyle?
Rigoberto Amalfi Vanzetti couldn’t catch a break. Not ever. His bad luck was legendary among his peers. Women didn’t want to be with him, and men for damn sure didn’t want to be him. So one day, desperate enough to try anything, he sought out the tzigane witch woman selling love potions and telling fortunes out in Five Bridge Square and begged for her wisdom. And for the low price of 8 silver and the fancy cravate he was wearing that caught her eye, she told him his name was no good. Change your name, she said, and your fortunes will rise! For an additional 2 silver, she calculated the numerologically most advantageous monicker for him to adopt: Bob.
Rigoberto had lost his job earlier that morning, but Bob was offered a secretarial position by a well-to-do local baronet he ran into not half an hour after taking his leave from Arabella the witch. Rigoberto’s purse couldn’t even jingle anymore, containing but a single copper piece after paying for her mystical advice, but on his return home Bob found a box of valuable jewelry hidden under the fireplaces while sweeping the ashes, undoubtedly left there by his late uncle. Rigoberto had never won a wager in his life, but Bob accidentally backed the wrong entrant in the annual donkey race - having mistaken it for the odds-on favourite - only to see Three-legged Garry cross the finish line first in the biggest upset of the last three decades.
People sometimes find his name odd or slightly ridiculous (especially since he refuses even to add a surname). Bob however is extremely protective of it, to the point of cutting short any attempts at nicknames by his friends and breaking off any contact with people mentioning his old one. It’s Bob. Definitely, absolutely, immutably Bob. Nothing but Bob either, thank you kindly.
Their full name is the entirety of the lyrics to "Bird is the Word" by the Trashman, requiring the surf rock instrumentation. Everyone just calls them Bob instead.
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There's an ongoing campaign where one of the characters is named "Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong" or "Bob" as everyone calls him - a rather atypical psychotic High Elf.
Bob has had to start rolling death saves 3 times in as many sessions despite changing dice several times. (Nobody else has. It's not his stats or tactics. It's his rolls.)
Instead of an acronym, you can also go with "We don't know your name - We don't care what your name is - We're going to call you 'Bob'."
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Hello!
I made the mistake of introdusing a npc called "Bob" into my campain. The players really love the npc so I do not want to kill him, but I really wish I had used a better fantasy name. Does anyone have a suggestion on a decent "fantasy sounding" FULL name, that someone had shortened into "Bob"?
This NPC is a half elf, so human or elven names (or really anything better then "Bob") would work.
Thankfull for your ideas here, I have not come up with anything good myself.
Why does he need a fantasy name and not just something like Robert?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Use almost any of the Elven names suggested in the Player's Handbook. That's Bob's real name. If the players ever ask about it, Bob can tell them that they got so tired of their name being mispronounced that they just started telling people to call them "Bob" and it stuck.
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Bobart, Bobath, Bobor, Boborn, Bobast, even Bobomir.
But seriously, a name that rolls the second B into another sound might nail it. Maybe Bobran or Bobramund? Or even Robran?
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It might help to know Bob's race. Dragonborn often have long complex names that work in draconic but are hard to pronounce in common, so maybe "B.o.b." is really just his initials for his draconic name and he was tired of everyone mispronouncing it, so he just goes by his initials to outsiders. Or maybe he's like a tiefling or some other unusual race and his parents wanted to name him some "exotic foreign sounding name" and Bob may be a perfectly normal name to a human but to the tiefling community it's the equivalent to whatever the f*ck Elon Musk named his kid. Or maybe he's a human and his name is just Bob. What's wrong with Bob? Lots of fine folks have been named Bob. I've got a brother named Bob. There's Bob Dylan, Bob Ross, Bob Marley, Bob Barker, Bob Hope, Bob Seger, Bob Newhart, Bob Geldof. Heck, in "Titan A.E." there's even an entire planet named Bob.
Bob's fine. Stick with Bob.
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Ikram Sahir ibn Malik al-Sayyid Ra'ad, Second Son of the House of Ra'ad, Defender of the Burning Sands. Lvl 9 Brass Dragonborn Sorcerer + Greater Fire Elemental Devil.
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His name is actually Zimmerman but everyone calls him Bob?
Why are the two options "give him a better name" or "kill him?" Just curious.
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This reminds of an adventure I saw for an unknown RPG called "Bob, Lord of Evil" don't know if it was good but the title stuck with for like the last 25 years or so lol.
Bob’s on the run. From a bookie he owes 10 grand, from The Man, from something that doesn’t even exist but he still thinks is out to get him, from the crime lord he used to cook the books for, whatever. Bob’s changed his name so many times now he barely remembers the one his mother gave him and he’s run out of inspiration to come up with fancy new ones. That’s how he ended up with Bob.
Bob’s a perfectly good name, if you think about where it might have come from. Bob might become an Ed next month, come to think of it.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Bob doesnt have to be short for a name that has "bob" in it or whatever.. my name is Joseph, in high school a friend of mine called me Frank. No reason, just decided that would be my name.
(edit to stay on point) Make him have some ridiculous fantasy name, and people call him Bob because its easier and he just rolls with it
Further to this point, lots of nicknames relate to an idividual’s specific characteristic or hobby or some other identifier that is not related to their given name. There are plenty of people called Stretch or Tiny or Blue, that sort of thing. Maybe Bob likes to swim or is known for a particular hairstyle?
In the spirit of Halloween... maybe "Bob" got his nickname by winning a bobbing for apples competition three years running or something.
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
Rigoberto Amalfi Vanzetti couldn’t catch a break. Not ever. His bad luck was legendary among his peers. Women didn’t want to be with him, and men for damn sure didn’t want to be him. So one day, desperate enough to try anything, he sought out the tzigane witch woman selling love potions and telling fortunes out in Five Bridge Square and begged for her wisdom. And for the low price of 8 silver and the fancy cravate he was wearing that caught her eye, she told him his name was no good. Change your name, she said, and your fortunes will rise! For an additional 2 silver, she calculated the numerologically most advantageous monicker for him to adopt: Bob.
Rigoberto had lost his job earlier that morning, but Bob was offered a secretarial position by a well-to-do local baronet he ran into not half an hour after taking his leave from Arabella the witch. Rigoberto’s purse couldn’t even jingle anymore, containing but a single copper piece after paying for her mystical advice, but on his return home Bob found a box of valuable jewelry hidden under the fireplaces while sweeping the ashes, undoubtedly left there by his late uncle. Rigoberto had never won a wager in his life, but Bob accidentally backed the wrong entrant in the annual donkey race - having mistaken it for the odds-on favourite - only to see Three-legged Garry cross the finish line first in the biggest upset of the last three decades.
People sometimes find his name odd or slightly ridiculous (especially since he refuses even to add a surname). Bob however is extremely protective of it, to the point of cutting short any attempts at nicknames by his friends and breaking off any contact with people mentioning his old one. It’s Bob. Definitely, absolutely, immutably Bob. Nothing but Bob either, thank you kindly.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Their full name is the entirety of the lyrics to "Bird is the Word" by the Trashman, requiring the surf rock instrumentation. Everyone just calls them Bob instead.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
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B.O.B.
How has nobody mentioned Boba Fett?!?
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There's an ongoing campaign where one of the characters is named "Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong" or "Bob" as everyone calls him - a rather atypical psychotic High Elf.
Bob has had to start rolling death saves 3 times in as many sessions despite changing dice several times. (Nobody else has. It's not his stats or tactics. It's his rolls.)
Instead of an acronym, you can also go with "We don't know your name - We don't care what your name is - We're going to call you 'Bob'."
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.
A Titan AE reference?
You can’t name a planet “Bob!?!”
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Blackadder reference for you all (paraphrasing to keep it short but its from an episode called Bells):
Kate is masquarading as a man and wants to become Lord Blackadders new servant.
Blackadder: So whats you name?
Kate is obviously enamoured by Blackadder replies: Kate
Blackadder: Kate, thats a strange name for a boy
Kate now flustered: Oh er, its short for...Bob....