What’s in a name? How about an anagram?

No matter what role-playing system you end up playing there’s always a need to come up with names for people and places. Instead using the old standbys (like baby books or the name of a character from your favorite book) why not try something different – an anagram.

For those not familiar with the term an anagram is a word or phrase that’s created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase such as:

Leaping Lory – a thief who makes thier escape by jumping from rooftop to rooftop
Gale Olin Pry – that kindly admin behind the desk at the library whose been very helpful with the group’s research
Pale Gin Rory – the drunk at the local bar, pale because he never sees the sun and gin because that’s his drink of choice

As you can see not only can you get a name from an anagram but also something of the personality and background as well.

Now I’ll admit it’s fun to come up with various anagrams but it can be a bit time consuming but there is a short cut you can take. The
Internet Anagram Server is a free online anagram engine and it works great.

I used it to create the three examples above and for those interested the root word was roleplaying.