VR Dragon Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 I have been tinkering with a power armored hero with a large array of force field powers and force blasts. I have been thinking of a name for his Hero ID. But the only good one I can think if Defender. I don't think that would go over to well in a champs game. So what names can you come up with for a FF/FW power armored non-lethal hero? He has a Psy Lim of Protects the Innocent. Nothing really comes to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Well, synonyms for Defender (Protector, etc.) are always an option. If he's got some particular reason for it, foreign language translations of words can work too (Defenseur, French, or Protezione, Italian?) Alternately, look for his general function. Depending on campaign flavor/your own taste, some things like 'Last Line' (of defense) or 'Iron Guard' (though that might sound a smidge like you were on the wrong side of either WWII or the Berlin Wall) could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names off the top of my head... Citadel Bastion Bulwark Aegis Bunker Shelter Shepard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Also consider his origins. Might be possibilities there. Could also be some aspects of his armour that come into it - have the colour as part of the name (eg. the Blue _____ ). The armour might even have some styllistic aspect to it that emulates a particular myth or creature or trait or whatever. Otherwise: Guardian? Shield? Barrier? Maybe putting a colour in front of one of these names (or the others) would work for your Character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names The Shield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McManus Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Paladin, Guardsman, Crusader, StarShield, The Warder, or The Warden, Blok, Tower (a type of shield), ForceGuard, or go with a name that has nothing to do with the power/theme - Triumph, Captain Ultra, Mr. Wonderful, Steele, Rainbow Avenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names There is an almost identical character in Epic City called Aegis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names What color is the armor? Or the force field, for that matter? In my own campaign, I have a very similar character named Gold Guardian. Scarlet Sentinel, Blue Knight, or Shining Crusader could all work for someone like that. Maybe all he needs is a descriptive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyre-Archer Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Don't forget the power of words borrowed from other languages. 'Yuusha Senshi (Brave Soldier) Defender' has a nice ring to it. Or Panzer Knight, for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenIs Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names You just need to find a name that feels right. You could call him Shield of the Defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Defensor Innocentium (Latin for Defender of the Innocent), if you want a touch of class. Let's look through the thesaurus: Defender, Protector, Guard, Guardian, Bodyguard, Champion, Kight-errant, Paladin, Garrison, Ward, Resistor, Safeguard, Screen, Bulwark, Fortification, Moat, Rampart, Parapet, Battlement, Bastion, Buttress, Wall, Palisade, Stockade, Barrier, Barricade, Stronghold, Fastness, Citadel, Castle, Tower, Fortress, Fort, Buffer, Armor, Shield, Buckler, Fence, Hold, Panoply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names My first thought was Barrier, and it looks like a few other posters went that way too. That's what I'd go with. Since your character has the whole FF/FW thing going on, and since FF's and FW's are nothing if not barriers, there ya go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Frisbee Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names My personal favorite is actually a British ship name: Dauntless Matt "Never-short-a-historical-reference" Frisbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shike019 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Re: Super Hero Names Defensor Innocentium (Latin for Defender of the Innocent), if you want a touch of class. Let's look through the thesaurus: Defender, Protector, Guard, Guardian, Bodyguard, Champion, Kight-errant, Paladin, Garrison, Ward, Resistor, Safeguard, Screen, Bulwark, Fortification, Moat, Rampart, Parapet, Battlement, Bastion, Buttress, Wall, Palisade, Stockade, Barrier, Barricade, Stronghold, Fastness, Citadel, Castle, Tower, Fortress, Fort, Buffer, Armor, Shield, Buckler, Fence, Hold, Panoply What I've done is look through a thesarus and then go to an online language dictionary (I'm currently using Welsh and Japanese) and cross translating. Say get a Japanese translation for a word, then find all the meanings for that word, and then run a different meaning through the Welsh translator. (of course i've been working heavily on a fantasy campaign setting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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