RPG Resources - Behind the Name
It's the feeling of dread for every DM/GM/Storyteller or whatever label the RPG you're playing gets when the player says... "What's their name?" I took, and still take, great joy, when I'm a player, to notate names of inconsequential NPC's, like shop keepers, random guardsmen, or any other profession. I like to feel immersed. I like my players to feel immersed. You walk down the street in any place and see people, each one of them has a name. Same should be for any TTRPG you play. Everyone should have the ability to be named as the player's interact with them. There are countless source books out there for every system that names "Notable inhabitants" of the various modules, locales, governments, etc. But what do you do when they want to know the name of "flavor text mention bar patron A"? For a long time I'd come off the top of my head... and thus King Bob Bobertson the 5th was born. All because a player asked the