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Into the Odd Name Generator
Weird Fantasy Explorers, Failed Careers and Odd Places for Odd Adventures
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How the Into The Odd Name Generator works
An Into the Odd name generator for industrial weird fantasy, and the related Electric Bastionland style. In these games, explorers from a sprawling, smoky city head into the Underground and the Deep Country to find strange arcana. Generate explorers with failed careers, arcana, odd places and city districts.
How the Into the Odd name generator works
Explorers get Victorian-sounding first names and odd English surnames, Harriet Pilchard, since the city feels like a strange industrial London. Many carry a former job, since explorers in Electric Bastionland start with a failed career. Arcana are magical objects with simple, uncanny names like the Patient Kettle. Odd places and districts fill out the map.
Everyday objects, strange powers
Arcana work best when they are ordinary things with impossible properties. The name should be simple, the power strange.
Not affiliated
Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland are trademarks of Chris McDowall, published by Free League Publishing and Bastionland Press. This site is not affiliated with them. All names here are original.
FAQ
What do Into the Odd names sound like?
Victorian and a little absurd, like Dunstan Gristle or Mabel Snell. The setting mixes an industrial city with strange magic, so names feel grimy, English and slightly comic.
What is a failed career?
In Electric Bastionland, characters start as people whose old careers fell apart and left them in debt. A job like former Lamplighter adds humour and tells the table where their gear came from.
How should arcana be named?
Give an everyday object a strange adjective, like the Singing Birdcage or the Inverted Spoon. The plain object keeps it grounded, and the adjective hints at its impossible power.
Can I use these in other weird fantasy games?
Yes. The names are original and fit any industrial, Victorian or weird fantasy game or story, whatever system you use, and the arcana make good magic items in almost any campaign.
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