The Usual Need A Name Sorta Thing

[Misery Lad]

I wouldn't normally do this simply because it seems to come up again and again in the posts and I would think by now that a lot of people would be tired of seeing it but the issue of a team name has reared its ugly head in our gaming group and it's the usual thing - no one seems to be able to either agree on the few names that have been suggested or they simply have no ideas. I've even gone (God help me) to the Hero System Almanac 2 on the off, off, off, off chance that something might come of it. No luck.

Here are the details. The group is currently a loose association of four members (all player-characters), but this could easily change. No base, no vehicle (They haven't been together that long). Character #1 (HARMONY) is a super martial artist with something of a Kwai Chang Kane outlook on life. Character #2 (CAMEO) is a shape-shifter (from people to animals to things)/shrinker/bioweaponer. Character #3 (RAIN) is a 13-year-old girl with pretty impressive powers of weather/elemental manipulation. Character #4 (TITUS) is a 6+' foot tall ebony energy being with great strength, full life-support, megascale flight, high defenses, etc.

Harmony is the current leader of the team with Cameo serving as second in command. Harmony's player has expressed an interest in a name that reflects the eclecticism of the group as well as the innate synergy between its members. The first name suggested was Balance. Unfortunately, this didn't go over well as it seemed that their individual personalities often clashed to the point of detriment to their overall effectiveness. This hardly made for a good case-in-point of balance in action.

But the sentiment is a good one. What is desired is a name that punches up the themes of diversity, honor and/or acceptance. Remember that the quantity of members that the group can have will not intrinsically be an issue so names that leverage some kind of number in the title probably wouldn't work. Didn't seem like such a tall order when this whole thing started but looks have definitely been deceiving. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Hermit]

Synchronicity

[Dust Raven]

Synergy

Shift (a synomym for diversity)

Equilibrium


Actually, if it wasn't for Cameo, I'd suggest HART as an appropriate acronym of the team members names. Of course, you could use Heart as a name too.

[philnicau]

Phalanx when they work together they can resist almost anything thrown at them, but when they are at crosspurposes they are easily defeated.

[Doug McCrae]

The team members have excellent names, particularly Cameo and Rain. I was going to use the name Cameo myself, for a disguised shapeshifting assassin. Anyway, diversity and acceptance, huh?

Jigsaw... the pieces are different. But they fit together.

Rainbow
Spectrum

[winterhawk]

The Alliance

[Witch Doctor]

Well, I'm noticing a four elements theme here
Titus = Earth (strength and stability)
Rain = Air (obvious enough)
Cameo = Water (highly mutable)
Harmony = Fire (the great purifier)

So, you could go with "the Elementals".

and if they ask you about the fifth element (Void), do that GM thing - smile and make them nervous

[freakboy6117]

go all high brow

the convocation
teh concordat
the fundament

[Mister E]

How about:

Motley Crew
Chaos Incorperated
Secret Soldiers
Mixed Nutsoes
The Enigmen
The Psychedelic Transcendental Astromonkeys... or the PTA (Do you mind if I use this one?)

[Misery Lad]

Well, I'm noticing a four elements theme here
Titus = Earth (strength and stability)
Rain = Air (obvious enough)
Cameo = Water (highly mutable)
Harmony = Fire (the great purifier)

So, you could go with "the Elementals".

and if they ask you about the fifth element (Void), do that GM thing - smile and make them nervous

Cool observation, Witch Doctor. You know, I'd never seen that at all. Actually, your parenthetical encapsulations pretty well fits the character's personalities.