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Anagrams are super cool! I use them to name characters, by creating an anagram from their inspiration.
For example,
The inventor of word puzzles using mixed-up letters might be:
Gar Masan
The champion of evil who is secretly the protagonist's father would be:
Derath Vrad
What do you think?
Any other cool anagram names or uses for anagrams?
Celestia
2018-01-18, 10:55 PM
How about the name Mr. Manana Sage?
Khi'Khi
2018-01-18, 11:16 PM
"Fulbowe" and "Legern" for a warrior and his beastly rival
The Random NPC
2018-01-19, 12:33 AM
While I've never used an anagram, I have named my mule Elum, and one time in a Star Wars game I named my gambling scoundrel Relb Ma’ag.
weckar
2018-01-19, 04:16 AM
This thread hurts my head. Would it hurt people to actually say what words they are anagramming? :P
Celestia
2018-01-19, 06:26 AM
This thread hurts my head. Would it hurt people to actually say what words they are anagramming? :P
If I did that, it would ruin the punchline, and killing a joke hurts me emotionally.
weckar
2018-01-19, 06:41 AM
If I did that, it would ruin the punchline, and killing a joke hurts me emotionally.
Allow me, then:
Mr. Manana Sage = Anagram Names
FULBOWE = Beowulf
Legern = Grendel
Elum = Mule
Relb Ma’ag = Gambler
Altair_the_Vexed
2018-01-19, 06:48 AM
This thread hurts my head. Would it hurt people to actually say what words they are anagramming? :P
At your service...
How about the name Mr. Manana Sage?
=Anagram names
"Fulbowe" and "Legern" for a warrior and his beastly rival
= Beowulf & Grendel
While I've never used an anagram, I have named my mule Elum, and one time in a Star Wars game I named my gambling scoundrel Relb Ma’ag.
= Mule & A gambler
EDIT: Aiee! Sword-saged!
For those who didn't get the answers to mine:
Anagrams are super cool! I use them to name characters, by creating an anagram from their inspiration.
For example,
The inventor of word puzzles using mixed-up letters might be:
Gar Masan
The champion of evil who is secretly the protagonist's father would be:
Derath Vrad
What do you think?
Any other cool anagram names or uses for anagrams?
Gar Masan = Anagrams
Derath Vrad = Darth Vader
Celestia
2018-01-19, 08:51 AM
Allow me, then:
Mr. Manana Sage = Anagram Names
FULBOWE = Beowulf
Legern = Grendel
Elum = Mule
Relb Ma’ag = Gambler
Alack! I am wounded!
Malimar
2018-01-19, 12:30 PM
I recently incorporated an ancient prophecy by a dude named Tarsus the Nomad. At least one player has made comparisons mentioning Nostradamus by name, but they still haven't noticed the anagram.
In a 2E one shot game I did play a wizard named Rekovin.
martixy
2018-01-19, 03:42 PM
In my world I have a seminal work of magic theory called "Philosophić Naturalis Principia Arcanum" written by Eon Swain Arctis, which is an anagram of guess who...
Nifft
2018-01-19, 03:53 PM
In my world I have a seminal work of magic theory called "Philosophić Naturalis Principia Arcanum" written by Eon Swain Arctis, which is an anagram of guess who...
Eris Wanna Cot, obviously indicating that Chaos has a headache at seeing the integrated solution to an infinite infinitesimal sequence of magical progression, and Chaos should just go take a nap.
Or perhaps Sir Ace Wanton, the famously lionized flying duelist.
Certainly not that falling apple guy.
Psyren
2018-01-19, 03:59 PM
I do enjoy these, and use them liberally in video games too (e.g. Skyrim.)
I also like going to other languages for inspiration - using Native American words for my Tauren, Zulu and Swahili for my trolls, Chinese for Pandaren etc. (Sometimes I will even do both - finding another language word for the thing I want, then anagramming that.)
The Random NPC
2018-01-21, 11:53 AM
At your service...
=Anagram names
= Beowulf & Grendel
= Mule & A gambler
EDIT: Aiee! Sword-saged!
Oh! It was a better anagram than I thought. I really just spelled it backwards and added a random a to make it sound better
ATHATH
2018-01-21, 11:21 PM
Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Dimers
2018-01-22, 03:01 AM
I hate to nitpick -- no, wait, actually I love to nitpick -- but "Grendel" has a D in it and "Legern" doesn't.
I have the best RL anagram name. My full name works out to "A cerebral blond twerp", which I totally am. :smallsmile:
eru001
2018-01-22, 09:35 PM
not much of an anagram but one of the villians in a campaign I ran was, Skotto Orzeny
Otto Skorzeny
Bohandas
2018-02-11, 04:39 PM
The anagram thing would probably also be a good way if you need to make a name up on the spur of the moment, just scramble the letters of something in the room like you're Verbal Kint or something.
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