(07-14-2017, 03:00 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Oh, and as far as sharing names:
I know of at least one NPC named Osric, someone PM Melkire and tell him he's illegal now.
It's actually become a huge... well, not problem, but just a thing? In the xaela RP community I'm familiar with. Like, there are only so many resources online about 15th century Mongolian names.
Which leads to things like that FATE where 3 out of 4 of the NPCs share first names with RPers I know (Altani, Anarba, Sokhatai)... the fact that literally every second xaela NPC in the Steppes has a name I recognise from roleplay (seriously, I know of at least two Cirina's dating back before 4.0)... or the multiple roleplayers named with small variations on Altani / Arslan / Koko / etc etc. in general. Hell, even with my character's name being a bastardisation of a regular noun and not a "real name", I've still seen another RPer with a recognisably similar name (their Aghul, my Aghurlal).
It's just a thing. People using the same resources will come up with ideas inspired by the same knowledge - it's more stark in the xaela community because of the lack of resources, but it's a thing everywhere.
TL;DR if repeating names (from other players or from NPCs) was forbidden, the xaela RP community would be screwed.
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