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Fantasy name for fixer

Started by Soylent Green, October 05, 2012, 01:04:54 PM

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Opaopajr

#15
October 06, 2012, 02:19:18 AM
I dig basket weaver. :rotfl:

I'd probably scrounge medieval professions for anything that sounds decent and then mock it up:
Page Errant
Limner of Vouwes
Remedie-monger
Apotheca Venia ('storehouse' 'permission')
Reconsyler (of Middle English, reconsyle: to recover, regain the possession of)
Recouerer (Mid English; restorer, savior. "returner of one's heart"?)
Vouche Sauf (vouchsafe)

here's the online Middle English Dictionary I used.
Gutenberg MED: Intro
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
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The Traveller

#16
October 06, 2012, 02:34:06 AM
Best name I've ever heard for one of these guys, I think it was ripped off a song, was "the cadging rambler", referring to a gypsy king with an enormously loaded wagon who travelled from burgh to burgh bringing news and lifting whatever wasn't nailed down.
"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
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#17
October 06, 2012, 02:56:27 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;589466Bawd.

Pimp.
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#18
October 08, 2012, 12:54:19 AM
In my Albion campaign, his name's "Sean the Cyrmi Bastard".

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#19
October 08, 2012, 01:14:52 AM
Agent?
Yeah, but who gives a fuck? You? Jibba?

Well congrats. No one else gives a shit, so your arguments are a waste of breath.

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#20
October 08, 2012, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: Imp;589491Courtier, possibly, or panderer, depending on what kind of default assumptions you want to evoke... "Jack" as in the character on the deck of cards... or "villain" in a more Shakespearian sense, perhaps? Or you can just play with current pop culture and call the class "Littlefinger."

Like I said, "Pimp."

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#21
October 09, 2012, 07:19:12 PM
Does it need a single name? If it did, I would probably just suggest "rogue". Though in some campaigns, "Tavern-owner" might be more appropriate.

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