Saturday, October 23, 2010

Random Chart: Quick Greek Name Generator...

Good Morning, All:

Here's another random chart, this time to allow for quick Greek Name generation. Given that Achea from the World Within setting is based on ancient Greece, I thought it would prove helpful to have a random name generator for characters and NPCs. I'm sure this random chart will have use beyond just the Hollow Earth campaign, as Greek character names are very popular in many settings, particularly for spellcasters.

Using this chart is pretty easy. You simply roll once on the Prefix table and once on the Suffix table, putting the results together to make the character's name. The Prefix and Suffix tables are both d66 tables. Those familiar with this blog already know how to create a d66 roll. For those that aren't, roll two d6s and read them similar to percentile dice. The first d6 represents the tens digit, and the second d6 represents the ones digit. For example, rolling a 2 on the first d6 and a 6 on the second d6 would create a result of 26.

So, by way of demonstration, let's create a random Greek Name. I make two d66 rolls, which are, in this example, 26 followed by 56. That gives us a prefix of "Char" and a suffix of "onius", or the name Charonius. Not bad.

This table was generated by parsing a list of Greek names pulled from various Wikipedia articles on Ancient Greeks, and pairing down the resulting list of prefixes and suffixes by frequency and by flavor to arrive at the 36 best choices for each.

Table: Greek Name Prefix
d66Prefix
11Ach
12Act
13Al
14Alex
15Andr
16Ant
21Arg
22Arist
23Artem
24Athan
25Cal
26Char
31Chrys
32Cor
33Dem
34Ech
35Er
36Eum
41Eur
42Hel
43Her
44Kyr
45Mar
46Med
51Mel
52Nik
53Panth
54Pel
55Soph
56Spyr
61Thad
62Than
63Theod
64Theoph
65Xen
66Zen

Table: Greek Name Suffix
d66Prefix
11a
12achus
13as
14ates
15aus
16e
21ea
22eas
23edon
24eia
25ene
26enes
31eon
32eos
33es
34etus
35eus
36ia
41ias
42ides
43ina
44inus
45ion
46ios
51is
52ius
53o
54ocles
55on
56onius
61or
62oros
63orus
64os
65us
66ys

With Regards,
Flynn

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