A comment on my Treasure Junks post asked about names, and I remembered that many years ago I created a table for randomly generating junk names. I dug around on my hard-drive and there it was, in it's 20 year old glory. So I thought I'd share it.
It should be obvious how you use it - roll a D20 on Column A and one on Column B and combine the results to create a suitable name. Enjoy.
Roll |
Column A |
Column B |
1 |
Celestial, Heavenly |
Dragon |
2 |
Western |
Wind |
3 |
Eastern |
Maiden, Princess |
4 |
Northern |
Leopard,Tiger |
5 |
Southern |
Mountain, Island |
6 |
Fortunate |
Son |
7 |
Harmonious |
Cloud |
8 |
Jade |
River |
9 |
Golden |
Castle, Fortress |
10 |
Mighty, Powerful |
Warrior |
11 |
Virtuous |
Lotus |
12 |
Winter |
Wind |
13 |
Autumn |
Pilgrim |
14 |
Summer, Fire |
River |
15 |
Spring, Reborn |
|
16 |
Hidden, Secret |
Fist |
17 |
Righteous |
Spirit, Ghost |
18 |
Iron |
Fish |
19 |
Bronze |
Valley |
20 |
Cunning, Swift |
Fox,Wolf |
So to get a complete junk name, you use a little from column A and a little from column B?
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly it :)
DeleteThanks KK, that’s useful. FWIW IMO the best ever name for a G&G junk (a merchant vessel) is “Imperial Tea Caddy”. It’s one of Nic Wrights. I wish I’d thought of it.
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