Unique Names...

[Oubliette_Red]

15 minutes ago, WumpusRat said:

Hence the examples listed. Use a different language, use an adjective, use a slightly different term, etc. It's not just a dismissive "get creative, noob", it's "here's a bunch of things you could try". 

I get the sense that some folks don't actually want to use any of the often suggested tools. What they want is for the mechanics to be changed to cater to their own inflexibility.

 

There are times that I really wish that the game had a random name generator.

[PaxArcana]

17 minutes ago, WumpusRat said:

Hence the examples listed. Use a different language, use an adjective, use a slightly different term, etc. It's not just a dismissive "get creative, noob", it's "here's a bunch of things you could try". 

Except, really it is.  There are people who will, to create a name, stare blankly at a thesaurus (or google translate, or whatever) for an hour .... and get nothing.

 

At least my workaround might actually work for someone like that ("add a roman numeral").

[WumpusRat]

4 hours ago, PaxArcana said:

Except, really it is.  There are people who will, to create a name, stare blankly at a thesaurus (or google translate, or whatever) for an hour .... and get nothing.

 

At least my workaround might actually work for someone like that ("add a roman numeral").

This feels a lot like you're being argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, Pax.

 

"Pfft, YOUR suggestions might not work for absolutely every single person. MY suggestion might work for the people yours don't! So there!"

 

There's a reason the expression "et cetera" exists, and is used.