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[A Pointy Object]

Attention all! I have a crucial problem!

See, I'm in line for DMing nect in my group, and I've been planning for the group to start out at Level 2 or 3. The story starts as the PCs, along with two dozen other people, arrive in a large port town on a ship. The PCs do or do not know each other at this point (depending on the personalities), but they all have time to explore the town for two days while the ship restocks its supplies. However, the PCs are unaware that the town will come under attack by an enemy nation (which the PCs will figure out eventually, and why) in less than 36 hours. My question, which may decide the outcome of the entire story is this:

WHAT SHOULD THE SHIP BE NAMED?

This world is homebrew, with three main kingdoms based upon Medieval Europe (a mesh of all races), The Roman Empire (mostly humans and dwarves), and The Japanese Empire (humans, some elves, and other exotic races).

[Folie]

Behold! Seventh Sanctum's Ship Name Generator!
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/genera...name=shipnamer

Or you can steal the name of our campaign's ship: the Kraken's Whip. (The "whipped" hand gesture and sound effect is optional.)

EDIT: Two other ship names I'd like to see come from songs about seafaring: the Cruel Mistress (Flogging Molly) and the Mariner's Revenge (The Decemberists).
EDIT2: One other name that I just thought of: the Snowball's Chance.

[Amotis]

"We've been here literally since you have."

[Demented]

First off from that random ship name generator has a minute flaw....
"The Devistation Circlet"

In any case, it would be best as "The Piña Colada".

[Carrion_Humanoid]

The livley seal? Awsome

The False Rebellion? Im stealing that one.

The Spider's Hour? No. . . Just no. . .

The Killer? Mabye. . . IN HELL!

[Windhammer]

Tip of the Hat to Neil Stephenson (from Snow Crash)

"The Whirlwind Reaper"

[Demented]

random ship names

Can't be worse than:
The Romantic Pedro
The Tactical Teacher

<_<

[Hamster_Ninja]

The concrete slab

The Budafuco Fiber

[MandibleBones]

At risk of invoking the 1000+ list of things the Worst Party in Eberron is No Longer Allowed To Do...

The Forgotton Freedom

[Logic]

The only one I liked was "Caller's Sandals"

[Folie]

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My question, which may decide the outcome of the entire story, is this:

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Question: what exactly is the tone (or tones) you'd like to set with this campaign? If you're trying to be serious, I'd like to know that before I (and possibly some of the other posters) spend any more time coming up with a bunch of silly names. Then again, you could be going for irony, so perhaps a silly name would fit just right.

[Grey Watcher]

The Plot Device

Or The Wicked Wench, but that might be tipping your hand a bit too much.

[purple gelatinous cube o' Doom]

seems to me that your focus shouldn't be the name of a ship. Personally, I would think it would be how to get all your PCs to defend the city they're in. I've been apart of parties that will do nothing that you want them to, and everything you expect them not to do. To me, it looks as if none of them are from the town, so unless they're all good aligned, they probably don't have any personal reason to save the town, just themselves.

[NEO|Phyte]

The Flying McGuffin

[Shadow of the Sun]

The Ocean Soul. Yes, I just looked through my playlist in winamp for a suitable name. Sue me.

[pita]

I'll take a leaf out of Terry Pratchett's page book and call it Unnamed Ship. It's how the book refers to it. With the italics and all.

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The Ocean Soul. Yes, I just looked through my playlist in winamp for a suitable name. Sue me.

In the same vein I suggest The Infanta

[Neo]

The Wayward Traveller
The Eternal Vigil
The Spirit Soaring
The Valiant Charge

All I've got for now at short notice.

[Gorbad the Limb Rippa]

Lady of the Blue,
cliche, i know

[stainboy]

I'd call the ship The Prancing Weasel. I'd also name the first bar the PCs set foot in The Prancing Weasel. In fact I'd establish that The Prancing Weasel is a franchise, which includes ships, bars, magic item shops, and houses of ill repute all across your campaign world.

This will save you a lot of work, trust me.

[Beleriphon]

I'd call the ship The Prancing Weasel. I'd also name the first bar the PCs set foot in The Prancing Weasel. In fact I'd establish that The Prancing Weasel is a franchise, which includes ships, bars, magic item shops, and houses of ill repute all across your campaign world.

This will save you a lot of work, trust me.

The Prancing Weasel? Nice work on that one.

Sara's Courage is my personal suggestion.

[blackout]

The Black Knight. Seriously. It fits in with the fantasy setting(somewhat)and sounds cool.

[prufock]

The "Pat and Irene."

[Scorpina]

Queen *insert setting appropriate name here*'s Revenge.

Totally.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Heh. The Raft of Charon would be a good one and if you are an evil DM, a sign of things to come.

[Spasticteapot]

The FUBAR.

More seriously, though

The Duck Hawk

The Sun's Ray

The Wandering Sun

The Slippery Eel

The Drake

The Ambition's Decree

The Swiftanchor (due to a time when the anchor chain was too short - hence "swiftanchor")

The Teapot's Omen (tea traders?)

The Great Fred

[A Pointy Object]

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Question: what exactly is the tone (or tones) you'd like to set with this campaign? If you're trying to be serious, I'd like to know that before I (and possibly some of the other posters) spend any more time coming up with a bunch of silly names.

The campaign's serious, I was just having a major case of writer's block with the name. There IS a point to this.
Anyway, thanks for all the names. I know now what to use now.

[Halcyon_Dax]

"The Pride of the Pixies"

[Ikkitosen]

Are they pirates, privateers or adventuring types? If so call it the "Hazardous Venture".

[A Pointy Object]

The ship they initially debark from is a short of public transport ship; they pay to get to places, and the boat docks in various ports to restock itself.