OneTaskBy Tim King · Updated
Giff Name Generator
Pompous Hippo-Folk Names With Ranks, Regiments and Battle Honours
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How the Giff Name Generator works
A giff name generator for D&D's hippo folk, the gun-loving, rank-obsessed mercenaries of Spelljammer. Giff take military life extremely seriously, so a giff name is incomplete without a rank, and ideally a regiment and a battle honour. The names are grand and a little pompous, which is exactly right.
How the giff name generator works
Giff are large hippo-headed people who love order, uniforms, firearms and above all rank. They take grand, old-fashioned first names like Horatio and Hortensia and hearty surnames about thunder, mud and toughness. Every giff wants a rank, and a giff without one tends to invent it. The Regiment mode adds the unit they serve with, and Honour gives a decoration or a battle they are famous for. The effect is a proud, slightly comic military officer who is also genuinely formidable in a fight.
Giff characters
Giff are best played with total sincerity. A giff introducing themselves as Brigadier Wellington Thunderbelly of the Royal Mudguards, twice decorated, should mean every word of it.
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Dungeons and Dragons and Spelljammer are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast. This site is not affiliated with them. Names are original.
FAQ
Why do giff care so much about rank?
In D&D lore, giff culture is built around military service. Rank is status, and a giff's rank tells others how to treat them. Giff often promote themselves or each other in the absence of an army. A rank is the most important part of a giff name.
What first names suit a giff?
Grand, old-fashioned names with a whiff of the officers' mess: Bartholomew, Montague, Winifred, Augustus. They should sound like they belong on a regimental portrait. Pair them with a sturdy surname and a rank for the full effect.
What are giff battle honours?
Decorations and famous battles a giff is proud of. Giff love to mention them, often unprompted. The Honour mode adds one, either a decoration or "hero of" a battle. They work well as running jokes, since the battle can be as obscure as you like.
Can I use giff names for other military characters?
Yes. The pompous officer style suits any comic or proud military character, from a dwarf colonel to a goblin general who promoted himself. The ranks and regiments are original and fit any fantasy army with gunpowder or without.
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