Having to name characters

[nonameyet]

Does anyone else have the problem of wanting to start a new character, having a bunh of new ides for class, playstyle, etc, and getting stonewalled at the end of the character cretion screen when you have to write a name? That's the part tht always gets me.

[BarbarianHeart]

I keep a list of names that I find interesting while reading novels and such so I always have several names for characters to choose from when I play Elder Scrolls games.

[nonameyet]

Originally posted by BarbarianHeart:

I keep a list of names that I find interesting while reading novels and such so I always have several names for characters to choose from when I play Elder Scrolls games.

That's a cool idea

[nonameyet]

I also had an interesting notion of naming characters after characters in old board games.

[ed]

Do you have the steam community in-game thing enabled? If so, you can hit alt+tab to bring it up and click "web browser." Just google for UESP (race) names and you'll be able to find big example lists of all NPC names of that race in every Elder Scrolls game ever.

If I'm stuck I like to either borrow a minor NPC's name from another game (Morrowind especially has tons of named bandits) or mix and match parts of names into something new.

Warning: DO NOT DO THIS ON THE SCREEN WHERE YOU ACTUALLY TYPE YOUR NAME. Do it at some other point in the character creation process, such as immediately *before* you're asked to choose a name. Pressing the "tab" key while typing your name essentially makes the game think the "tab" is another, invisible, letter in your name, so that your character actually becomes (tab)Hero McPerson.

This causes all sorts of fun glitches, like being unable to save.

[nonameyet]

Originally posted by ed:

Do you have the steam community in-game thing enabled? If so, you can hit alt+tab to bring it up and click "web browser." Just google for UESP (race) names and you'll be able to find big example lists of all NPC names of that race in every Elder Scrolls game ever.

If I'm stuck I like to either borrow a minor NPC's name from another game (Morrowind especially has tons of named bandits) or mix and match parts of names into something new.

Warning: DO NOT DO THIS ON THE SCREEN WHERE YOU ACTUALLY TYPE YOUR NAME. Do it at some other point in the character creation process, such as immediately *before* you're asked to choose a name. Pressing the "tab" key while typing your name essentially makes the game think the "tab" is another, invisible, letter in your name, so that your character actually becomes (tab)Hero McPerson.

This causes all sorts of fun glitches, like being unable to save.

Good idea. I may try this.

[Insomniac Jack]

It used to, among other things. I usually have a specific character archetype in mind before starting a playthrough. Then comes the mind boggling proccess of "molding" him, this is mostly getting him to look just right in the character creation screen. It extended to picking the right skills/attributes, choosing a name.

Since then, I've started a list with different characters and their builds (I felt like playing at some point) whenever one came to mind and wrote down all the basic info. Diminishes the whole proccess of being stonewalled as you put it, when you're in the mood for a new playthrough.

[killerninjatony]

If I really can't think of something I use a fantasy name generator, like one for WoW or even specifically an elder scrolls name generator, but I usually have a name in mind from someone I encountered from somewhere else.

[nonameyet]

All good suggestions. I think I now have the tools to solve this problem the next time I fce it.

[LazyPear]

This is a great place to get names for anygame when you are "Stonewalled" If I can't think of a name I usually go here and go to the game I'm playing, and the race I'm going as (example, would be elder scrolls and dunmer, or guild wars 2 and norn) http://fantasynamegenerators.com/#fantasyNames

[Maxar]

For nords I look up Norwegian names, for Imperials I look up Latin names