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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    DwarfFighterGuy

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    Default Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Hello everyone!

    I like using lists of names when I need an npc I hadn't planned for. The players of my campaign are about to encounter a majority tabaxi (cat person) populated region, so I need some names ready to go. Unfortunately for me, the tabaxi have a particular naming scheme which makes it difficult to pull such a list off the internet, which is why I'm asking you, the Playground, for help.

    In my campaign, Tabaxi are given/earn names for noteworthy events or deeds done during their lives. They either choose the name or are given it by the people who know them. If the community agrees the name is appropriate, it sticks. Therefore it's not unusual for Tabaxi to have multiple names throughout their lives. As the population in question is rather insular and small, it's not too big of a deal to keep track of all the names. When talking to non-Tabaxi, they usually give shortened versions of their names initially unless they have reason to trust them. Below are several of the names I've already come up with. I'm looking for additional names that don't necessarily have plot-relevance but can be used in a pinch. If it's relevant, the society is from a tropical swamp surrounded by mountains.

    As always, thanks for any and all help!

    Twice-Bitten: very scarred tabaxi who's given up hunting

    Rides-Boars: young adult who accidentally fell out of a tree and landed on a boar's back

    Steps-Over-Sharp-Rocks: older woman with a limp who got injured stepping on a sharp rock

    Paints-False-Stripes: teenage albino tabaxi who tried to make himself less distinctive with paint (and failed)

    With-Grace-and-Dignity: refined butler

    Spears-the-Heart: renowned hunter and heartthrob

    Speaks-with-Conviction: an actor who gives powerful performances but is being blackmailed

    Drinks-Deeply-of-Scarlet-Waters: a scarily effective huntress who might be a vampire

    Shines-Brightly: a very pious and devout priestess

    Walks-Thin-Ropes: a teenage double agent trying to balance all her conflicting loyalties

    Small-Toes: an adorable toddler

    Shards-of-Glass: servant who is renowned for being clumsy

    Wanders-Far-Places: ranger and smuggler known for going on long treks

    Steps-Forward-When-Others-Hesitate: smuggler known for her boldness and recklessness

    Moved-too-Slow: Former Bodyguard whose client was murdered
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    Ettin in the Playground
     
    Planetar

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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Unsinged-Dancer: made his Reflex save when a Fireball trap went off.

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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Quote Originally Posted by NRSASD View Post
    Steps-Forward-When-Others-Hesitate: smuggler known for her boldness and recklessness
    Plot twist: she's not actually reckless, it's just that her name is so long that she's already done with whatever action she'd been attempting before someone can ask her to stop.

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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    DwarfFighterGuy

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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    @Nifft- hah, I like it!
    @Saintheart- Thanks!

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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    Lizardfolk

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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Well we have my pc... Ashen Forest- Wizard extraodinaire and master of artful squiggles.

    Some other names
    Cloud Over Mountain: Old monk who sticks to their ideals of helping others. Named after the fact that they live.. in a hermitage way up the cloud line of the mountain.
    Misty Brook: Emotional and easily manipulated bard who sings with the power of the emotion of rage. Named that for.. falling into a river.
    Ember of the Flame: Fierce warrior and chieftain who is protective of their tribe. Named that for utilizing fire in combat often.
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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Burning-Waters.
    Sadly, penicillin hasn't been discovered yet, and Remove Disease or equivalent may be a pretty high level spell for an ordinary NPC.
    Last-Dancer.
    Was the last to pass out from exhaustion during an extended dance off.
    Little-Tail.
    Human adopted into clan.
    Last edited by Ravens_cry; 2021-02-27 at 02:44 AM.
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    Dwarf in the Playground
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    Default Re: Building a list of NPC names: Tabaxi edition

    Broken Branch: climbed a tree and fell, breaking an arm on the way down

    Hot Soup: regularly complains about the temperature of food at various dining establishments

    Bump in the Road: accidentally got run over by a mule cart and survived

    Windfall: born as an unexpected twin during inclement weather

    Quiet Snow: almost always speaks in a whisper

    Magpie's Nest: notorious for petty theft and hoarding trinkets

    Reflection Pool: capable of scrying but is mostly just a narcissist in the most classical sense

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