As both a writer and a GM, I often use the Random Name Generator at Behind the Name. In the case of Descent Into Avernus, I began hitting the generator hard in Part 3 of the Remix when I needed names for murder victims. The generator ended up randomly giving me a couple of Limburgish names, and after diving into that a little bit I thought it would be a fun way to give the Elturians a distinct flavor.
Having done this, of course, I realized I would need to stick with it. And that would notably include improvising names for incidental NPCs in both the refugee camps outside Baldur’s Gate and in Elturel itself.
Which, of course, brings us to this addendum of Elturian names (which is somewhat idiosyncratic and not purely Limburgish). A full list of male, female, and last names appears on the next page for convenient printing and reference at the game table.
You might also check out my ol’ trusty list of fantasy names, Infinity: A List of Names, and The Names of Legend for other discussions of names (improvised and otherwise) in RPGs.
ELTURIAN NAMES
| Baer Lambaer Servaos Frenske Jan Antoon Edmao Jehan Jón Nöl Sjang Alfons Mao Pitt Lau Adriaan Hoebaer Wöllem Tuur Dulf Sjarel Ambroos Albaer Lor Alda Norbaer Braam Broen Sjra Remao Nölke Pitter Laurens Aldegonda Frens Maan Klaos Reneer Rutger Artur | Nora Betje Lucia Thei Mien Treis Margreet Justine Vera Aleena Gabreel Ina Noortje Elisabeth Mina Steena Margriet Veerke Katja Luus Eleonora Wilhelmina Mathilde Kerstina Amalia Theresia Nes Christine Theodoor Edelgard Veer Gallia Adele Albina Franziska Hanne Heidrun Kathrin Katinka Kornelia | Baert Wynia Alkema Laanen Gallas Ry Griffel Sprik Haren Sturms Heeg Pohle Koetje Kraai Ramaek Linden Mentink Loden Mont Minten Maas Ribbens Rood Ryken Moll Krol Taffe Langstraat Maat Terpening Triest Kaas Devaal Ulin Dol Vaas Boeve Warmoth Voort Zeedyk |
I count forty rows in total. I have a fair amount of ‘oddball’ dice (d3, d24, d30, d50, d60, and an actual d100 that is bigger than a golf ball), but no d40 comes up. So if you want to randomly generate some names, take a d4 and a d10, and use this formula: (((d4-1)x10)+d10)=row. Roll twice, one for the first name (either male or female) and one for the last name. It would be easy if it wasn’t for the fact that there is no ‘row’ column, so you will have to count it yourself. Do you think it would be smart to add a column like that in here, Justin? (There is an awful lot of whitespace here…)
In Roll20 you can make rollable tables of names, and then combine them in macros to generate full names. If you want it to look pretty you can do something like;
/w gm &{template:npcaction} {{rname= Elturel Name }} {{name= Random Name }} {{description= **Male:** [[1t[NameElturelMale]]] **Female:** [[1t[NameElturelFeale]]] **Surname:** [[1t[NameElturelSurname]]] }}
Hopefully that renders okay in the comment section!
I am dutch and so is my group. If I use any of these names, I’m pretty sure my party will laugh themselves to death. I know a lot of people with both these first and last names!