- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Troll Lord Games (Mar 17 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931275564
- ISBN-13: 978-1931275569
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.6 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,020,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The ultimate book of names! With over 100,000 names, name generators, and more, this sourcebook is a must-have for any game designer or writer. A veritable host of nationalities and cultures are covered from Indian, Korean, and Mongol to Aztec and Mayan. From Medieval English to Spanish, from the fantastic to the mundane, from Italian, Jewish, Polynesian, and more, this extraordinary collection covers it all. Furthermore, a whole chapter is dedicated to place names and another to epithets. For the d20 enthusiast, a new core class, the Onomancer, comes to life with new rules on the magic of names and the naming conventions used by your world's powerful magi.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonder Reserch Tool, Jan 29 2005
By Michael T. Monson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gary Gygax's Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 4: Extraordinary Book Of Names (Hardcover)
I have always wondered about finding names for other cultures, but could not find any good source, especialy for surnames. This book has names for all areas on earth, along with ideas for the future and generating names for demons and creatures of magic.The only negative aspect of this book is that the names are not arranged in any random rolling tables, but a very useable book otherwise.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
No More Phone Books . . . . . . ., Jun 7 2008
By The Silent Gondolier - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gary Gygax's Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 4: Extraordinary Book Of Names (Hardcover)
This book is not only useful for gamers (of which I know so very little about) but for writers as well (of which I am a struggling one). I have at times resorted to my local phone book, which is not as useful as you would think. And yes, this book is a bit pricey, but well worth it to save myself hauling out a near useless phone book and/or different baby-name books chock-full of meanings for each name that I really don't need. What I love most about this book are all the surnames. This is the only one which features such extensive lists of surnames from all around the world. The sections of this book include:Guide to Names and Naming
People
Britain (Anglo-Saxon, Cornish, English, Medieval English, Scottish, Medieval Scottish, Irish, Med. Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Med. Welsh)
Africa (African, Berber, Ancient Egyptian)
American (Amerindian, Aztec, Inca, Mayan)
Asia (Chinese, Med. Chinese, Indian, Sanskrit, Japanese, Med. Japanese, Korean, Mongol, Tibetan)
Europe (Armenian, Dutch, Finnish, French, Celtic, German, Germanic, Gypsy, Hungarian, Norse, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)-throw in Medieval for most of these cultures
Mediterranean (Arabic, Greek, Ancient Greek, Italian, Med. Italian, Roman, Jewish, Hebrew, Phoenician)
Oceania (Aboriginal, Papuan, Polynesian)
Epithets, Titles, and Groups
Places (British place names, world place names, fantastic place names, Inns and taverns)
Fantastic (Creating fantasy names, generic, strange syllables, fantastic species, comical)
I highly recommend this book for all writers (and gamers). I'm sure it will replace quite handily all your other baby name books and ease the burden on your back as you no longer need to haul out that heavy phone book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Freaking. Awesome., July 22 2007
By Dane M. Scott - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Gary Gygax's Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Volume 4: Extraordinary Book Of Names (Hardcover)
Right, I love this book. Alot. That's about all there is to it. I'm a wannabe writer by trade, and my biggest problem in writing is that I can never come up with realistic sounding human names. THis book has... more than I could ever need, Male, Female, and Surname, arranged first by nationality, and then alphabetical order if I remember correctly.
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