how do you come up with rp names for pets? / help my troll
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:46 pm
Ok!
So my Troll hunter (Motoshi) is a bit of a mess right now. She's no longer my main (and actually hasn't been for a long time, but yeah), and I've retamed some pets on other hunters that suit them better (like a... pet transfer almost haha). Anyways, I recently went through a stable purge for her. What remains are some new tames that I am trying out and pets that I am very attached to.
I have also recently been considering moving Motoshi to a roleplaying realm. I don't really plan to PvP anymore (maaaaybe on my main if my dumb friend levels his chars, but idk) and I've never been a raider. I've always had dumb backstories for my chars, so I thought maybe Motoshi could be the one to try out something different - ie. actual roleplay. As far as learning to roleplay myself - I'm casually perusing resources here and wherever else I find them about the subject. I'm coming up with kinda loose ideas for Motoshi herself as I'm inspired, but my interest in this post is on naming hunter pets for roleplay.
Basically what I've done so far is go through a Wowhead database on Troll npcs and modify names when I like them. Note however that I am not dead-set on using only this method. With that thought, my first question is: What is your method for naming your pets for roleplay purposes? What about for naming pets to fit with a specific race? I suspect it will be different for everyone, and I realize there are a lot of nuances to this.
My second question is: Do you have any troll-specific pet suggestions (Darkspear)?
Alternatively, tell me about some of your roleplay pets with interesting backstories? Or how you conjured up a name for them?
Thank-you in advance to any who shoot ideas my way.
So my Troll hunter (Motoshi) is a bit of a mess right now. She's no longer my main (and actually hasn't been for a long time, but yeah), and I've retamed some pets on other hunters that suit them better (like a... pet transfer almost haha). Anyways, I recently went through a stable purge for her. What remains are some new tames that I am trying out and pets that I am very attached to.
I have also recently been considering moving Motoshi to a roleplaying realm. I don't really plan to PvP anymore (maaaaybe on my main if my dumb friend levels his chars, but idk) and I've never been a raider. I've always had dumb backstories for my chars, so I thought maybe Motoshi could be the one to try out something different - ie. actual roleplay. As far as learning to roleplay myself - I'm casually perusing resources here and wherever else I find them about the subject. I'm coming up with kinda loose ideas for Motoshi herself as I'm inspired, but my interest in this post is on naming hunter pets for roleplay.
Basically what I've done so far is go through a Wowhead database on Troll npcs and modify names when I like them. Note however that I am not dead-set on using only this method. With that thought, my first question is: What is your method for naming your pets for roleplay purposes? What about for naming pets to fit with a specific race? I suspect it will be different for everyone, and I realize there are a lot of nuances to this.
My second question is: Do you have any troll-specific pet suggestions (Darkspear)?
Alternatively, tell me about some of your roleplay pets with interesting backstories? Or how you conjured up a name for them?
Thank-you in advance to any who shoot ideas my way.