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    Default The World of Sajana

    Hello,
    I got hooked to D&D through Rollplay a while back. I started a group and ran a pregen module but now I want to start my own campaign in my own world.

    So I combined some tutorials I found here and started mapping.
    I´m pretty satisfied with the results, but i got some problems with name finding and finding interesting features for the world.
    Any suggestions for World/City/River etc names are greatly appreciated!

    Link to map( Its work in progress, I add tile by tile): click me!
    Last edited by Pabi; 10-25-2013 at 10:06 PM.

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    Try find a name generator, or try combining syllables with the characteristics of the name you want. for example, "desert" names: Halik, Al Jamur, Zoab, Minaj. "norse" names: Hoshtag, Throndheim, Gorland, Haeronland. good names for a world are: Asvalon, Thoron, Arganor, Gorion. This is in my opinion, but it is best you use a world name generator. And nice map!

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    Get an idea of what the people living in your world think about the world and what it means to them: Is it a cradle? A homestead? A refuge?
    Then try to find a language that makes the term you selected cound cool - Latin works most of the time for me



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    Thanks for the input =)
    The whole lore etc is another thing i have to come up with. But I can start there with only the region my players are at at the moment. =)
    Added a new Tile today and a new mountainrange/redirected a river to make the dessert more plausible.

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    As if a reason for Dessert is needed .. :-P
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    "Glestwyck"

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    Fantasy Name Generator gives you lots of names, not all of them are very good, but with like 50 a page, you can probably find a couple you like. I also enjoy how it gives you different types of names (short, long, vowel heavy, etc...)

    Good luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by schattentanz View Post
    As if a reason for Dessert is needed .. :-P
    Well for some people it is =P I wouldnt care that much either =P

    Thanks for the link, will try it on the next tile!

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    I use a website called Behind the name: Behind the Name: Meaning of Names, Baby Name Meanings

    It give the meaning of the names, so you can choose a name that way. It's good to have a great meaningfull name.

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    Behind the name is only for people names, or am I missing something?

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