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Title
Treasury of Archaic Names (1st Printing)
Publisher
Sub-category
Author
Bill Owen
Publish Year
1979
Pages
64
Dimensions
8.5x11x.22"
NKG Part #
2022714886
MFG. Part #
JUD0096
Type
Softcover

Description

This 64-page tome with handsome cover provides tables for random generation of olden names, nicknames, titles, town and tavern names for fantasy and science-fiction role-playing games. The English language and its antecedents such as Celtic, Teutonic, Scandinavian, Latin and Greek tongues have been used as sources, so that name meanings would be on the fringes of the familiar and exotic simultaneously. A good name will establish a chracter's personality or an inn's or village's atmosphere and history; it encourages a credible rapport and reminds players that all of the characters have a strong self-interest and identity in the game. Forty-six pages of various tables are provided with extensive guidelines to their application. The various tables provide 320,000 possible name combinations.