Random Name Generator
by Avian
To generate orc names, type in the number you want and press da big button. There are 63,270 different orc name combinations and 1,330 different goblin name combinations.
You can also select the 'long' or 'full' options for orc names, generating some of the 1,917,270,810 and 4,609,617,517,650,600 combinations, respectively.
Now also with an Ogre option, with 3,213 different combinations! (note that the anglian 'Grea' starter has been replaced by the norse 'Gri')
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Doing in in Excel
I use these tabels in a spreadsheet on my computer with a random-function. Depending on your type of program it should read something like (using the orc name generator as an example):
| =FIND.ROW(ABS(RANDOM()*36+1);A2:D37;2) | =FIND.ROW(ABS(RANDOM()*36+1);A2:D37;3) | =FIND.ROW(ABS(RANDOM()*36+1);A2:D37;4) |
And the table itself is located on A2 through D35 with the first column consisting of the numbers from 1 through 35.
Alternately you could use two D6 in a system as indicated below. This is of course much slower and requires that you roll 6 D6 for each name.
| First D6 | Second D6 | First bit | Second bit | Third bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | b | abal |
| 1 | 2 | Ba | brak | ag |
| 1 | 3 | Bo | brov | akor |
| 1 | 4 | Bu | dro | am |
| 1 | 5 | Da | du | amsok |
| 1 | 6 | Do | ff | an |
| 2 | 1 | Du | g | ankar |
| 2 | 2 | Fo | gash | bad |
| 2 | 3 | Fu | gat | bag |
| 2 | 4 | Go | kha | bakka |
| 2 | 5 | Ha | kk | bakor |
| 2 | 6 | Ho | l | bar |
| 3 | 1 | Ka | lash | buz |
| 3 | 2 | Ko | ldar | dor |
| 3 | 3 | Gna | mar | fang |
| 3 | 4 | Lo | mor | hag |
| 3 | 5 | Lu | mul | han |
| 3 | 6 | Ma | nark | k |
| 4 | 1 | Mo | nk | kar |
| 4 | 2 | Na | r | khan |
| 4 | 3 | No | rak | kukor |
| 4 | 4 | O | rash | lag |
| 4 | 5 | Ra | rg | lum |
| 4 | 6 | Ro | rhug | nag |
| 5 | 1 | Ru | rim | nikov |
| 5 | 2 | Sa | rk | nog |
| 5 | 3 | Sha | rlor | ok |
| 5 | 4 | Ta | rot | olat |
| 5 | 5 | To | sh | rak |
| 5 | 6 | U | sham | ram |
| 6 | 1 | Va | t | tag |
| 6 | 2 | Wa | thark | umbar |
| 6 | 3 | Wo | tug | wak |
| 6 | 4 | Wu | tz | wog |
| 6 | 5 | Zo | z | zag |
| 6 | 6 | Zu | zog | zak |
Goblin Name Generator
Much shorter, simpler and a totally different style. I like to be able to tell if a character is an orc or a goblin, simply by knowing his/her name.
Here (if you don't use a spreadsheet) I suggest you use a D30 and re-roll any 26s or more.
| Number | First bit | Second bit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | bez |
| 2 | Bo | bit |
| 3 | Dof | ess |
| 4 | Gim | fen |
| 5 | Gof | gash |
| 6 | It | gin |
| 7 | Kim | git |
| 8 | Leb | glum |
| 9 | Lib | ink |
| 10 | Luk | itz |
| 11 | Mor | iz |
| 12 | Nif | let |
| 13 | Nog | lid |
| 14 | Nuf | lik |
| 15 | Rat | lob |
| 16 | Rub | mink |
| 17 | Shek | rak |
| 18 | Shim | rut |
| 19 | Skar | sham |
| 20 | Tid | snik |
| 21 | Tip | sub |
| 22 | Tob | sus |
| 23 | Top | wig |
| 24 | Zib | zag |
| 25 | Zig | zib |
This generates a mere 625 different goblin names, but still it should be enough.
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