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Greyhawk Name Generator
Old-School Archmages, Lords, Thieves and Free Cities for D&D
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How the Greyhawk Name Generator works
A Greyhawk name generator for D&D in the style of the original campaign world. Greyhawk names have an old-school feel, where famous archmages were named by anagram, lords were barons and landgraves, thieves had nicknames and every dungeon was a lost temple or a sealed crypt. Generate archmages, lords and knights, thieves, free cities and dungeon names.
How the Greyhawk name generator works
The first D&D campaigns named their characters in a playful, homemade way, and the style stuck. Wizards had strange invented names, often built by rearranging a player's real name into something arcane, so the archmage mode assembles odd syllables into names with an epithet, the Mad, the Reclusive. Lords and knights get sturdy medieval names and a feudal title, landgrave, viscount, marshal. Thieves get a plain short name and a nickname. Free cities follow the grey, practical sound of a medieval trading city. Dungeon names follow the classic module title: the Sunken Temple of the Chained God, the Pits of the Iron Lords.
Anagram names
A fun old-school trick is to anagram a player's own name into their wizard's. Try it: rearrange the letters of your name and add an epithet. If it comes out unpronounceable, that is part of the charm.
Not affiliated
Dungeons and Dragons and Greyhawk are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast. This site is not affiliated with them. Names are original, though some generic first names may coincide with published characters.
FAQ
What do Greyhawk names sound like?
Old-school and slightly homemade. Wizard names are odd and invented, lords sound medieval and English, and thieves have short names and nicknames. The setting has less elvish polish than later fantasy worlds and more grit.
Why do some wizard names look like anagrams?
Early campaign players often named wizards by scrambling their own names or friends' names into something that sounded arcane. The archmage mode imitates that feel with unusual syllable combinations.
What should a classic dungeon be called?
Follow the old module pattern: an adjective, a place and a threat. The Sealed Crypt of the Mad Archmage, the Ruined Halls of Chaos. The Dungeon mode builds names in exactly that shape.
Can I use these in any old-school game?
Yes. The names are original and fit any classic dungeon crawl or retro-style game. The site's OSR name generator has more names in the same classic spirit.
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