Things I think about when I should be working

[ishmann]

While filling prescriptions at my store today I realized that drug names make excellent character names.

Alprazolam would be a great wizard.
Crestor would be an awesome dwarf or fighter.
Plavix is a great cleric name.
Zoloft sounds like a thief.
And of course there is Cialis...the wood elf.

Anybody else find good character names in unexpected places.

[scottenkainen]

That's great. Someone's got to use Cialis the Wood Elf as an NPC.

~Scott "-enkainen" Casper

[Finarvyn]

Very cool idea. Nice to know that other folks think about gaming when they ought to be working.

My sister said that there is a comedic mystery novel "We'll Always Have Parrots" which was set at a scifi convention for a TV show. In the fictional TV show, all of the characters and place names were swiped from a medical dictionary. She figured it out when she recognized the name of an ingredient in poison ivy medicine.

Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an inspired place to sell her hand-crafted weapons. And so far, she was dealing pretty well with the costumed fans camped outside, the batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel...and the minefield of egos lurking behind the show's success.

But soon after Meg goes head-to-head with egomaniacal series star Tamerlaine Wynncliffe-Jones, the "Queen B" turns up brutally murdered. Now, with Michael in the running as prime suspect, Meg will go up against an all-star cast of not-even-innocent parties, hidden identities, and buried motives. And she'll cross swords with a deviously obsessed murderer determined to write her out of this picture for good.

www.amazon.com/Well-Always-Parrots-Langslow-Mysteries/dp/0312996756

[Torreny]

Often I collect interesting names from the brands of alcohol where I work, for all manner of names or ideas. Some of them make great (and weird) tavern names, among other things. Though, usually if I'm thinking about game stuff, I'm drawing up maps, doodling, or making world lore at the office desk on the slow days.

"The gnome knows", this potion tastes like cat's pee on a berry bush, etc.

[cleverkobold]

I had a Commander Yeldongren NPC whose name came from a 'Yield on Green' sign.

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Feb 20, 2014 16:29:58 GMT -6 ishmann said:

Things I think about when I should be working...

I applaud to your high degree of sophistication, good Sir.

For me, personally, it's mostly bacon, I have to confess.

[coffee]

Feb 20, 2014 16:29:58 GMT -6 ishmann said:

While filling prescriptions at my store today I realized that drug names make excellent character names.

Anybody else find good character names in unexpected places.

I've adventured alongside a Patanol and a Pataday, each based on drug-rep post-it notes the DM had lying around on his table.

Also, once I played a Balrog named Sneerglaw, which is simply Walgreens spelled backwards.

[ishmann]

Feb 23, 2014 8:38:58 GMT -6 coffee said:

Feb 20, 2014 16:29:58 GMT -6 ishmann said:

While filling prescriptions at my store today I realized that drug names make excellent character names.

Anybody else find good character names in unexpected places.

I've adventured alongside a Patanol and a Pataday, each based on drug-rep post-it notes the DM had lying around on his table.

Also, once I played a Balrog named Sneerglaw, which is simply Walgreens spelled backwards.

That's funny... I am the Store Manager of a Walgreens! I have been working for them for 24-years.

[benoist]

One of the greatest warriors I've ever known in D&D was named Advil.