Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names (Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume IV) 
asked by geo on November 15, 2006 2:18 PM
The ultimate book of names! With over 100,000 names, name generators, and more, this sourcebook is a must-have for any game designer or writer. A veritable host of nationalities and cultures are covered from Indian, Korean, and Mongol to Aztec and Mayan. From Medieval English to Spanish, from the fantastic to the mundane, from Italian, Jewish, Polynesian, and more, this extraordinary collection covers it all. Furthermore, a whole chapter is dedicated to place names and another to epithets. For the d20 enthusiast, a new core class, the Onomancer, comes to life with new rules on the magic of names and the naming conventions used by your world's powerful magi.
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Looking for names? Try a phone book!
Gary Gygax invented D&D, appeared in the best episode of Futurama, and is now credited with the most pointless 208 pages ever published. What an achievement, the nerds really will rule the Earth, and when they do they can use this book to name their new utopia, their children, pets, D&D characters, imaginary girl friends, etc...
About as useful as the gelatinous cube hooker I plan to play in my next adventure.
Gary Gygax invented D&D, appeared in the best episode of Futurama, and is now credited with the most pointless 208 pages ever published. What an achievement, the nerds really will rule the Earth, and when they do they can use this book to name their new utopia, their children, pets, D&D characters, imaginary girl friends, etc...
About as useful as the gelatinous cube hooker I plan to play in my next adventure.
reviewed by smiling on November 18, 2006 9:20 PM
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I have always wondered about finding names for other cultures, but could not find any good source, especialy for surnames. This book has names for all areas on earth, along with ideas for the future and generating names for demons and creatures of magic.
The only negative aspect of this book is that the names are not arranged in any random rolling tables, but a very useable book otherwise.
The only negative aspect of this book is that the names are not arranged in any random rolling tables, but a very useable book otherwise.
reviewed by blueoasis on November 23, 2006 8:12 AM