Good familiar names anyone?

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Well, long story short I'm about to start a new character (Danis Bowyn, Half-elf L15 Bard/Rogue/Sublime Chord, for something different to replace shadow-slain fallen Fighter :( ) and I'm hooked on the idea of a pseudodragon familiar via the Obtain Familiar/Improved Familiar feats.

I'm stuck on a name though.

So I'm throwing myself on the mercy of the creative community hereabouts and pleading for you to share your favorite familiar names. Names you've used, names you'd like to use, names someone else used you thought were cool, or just names you think might be cool now that you think about it.

Other players in my group have had familiars named Glim (short for Glimmer I think) and Brightflame. The last character I played with a familiar was years ago, and the familiar was an owl named Vigil.

I've never played a bard and the rest of the group lean toward 'just kill 'em fast' types so I can see a some work ahead for Danis to earn their respect. Casting Disintegrate occasionally will help, I'm sure, but a familiar name that won't cost me any RP cred will help too. ;)

So please, help me out!
 

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Roz, flicker, blaze, flare, glint, shine

trying to stick to fire names. sort of a mock of its dragon-hood (or lack of). Sort of like naming a really fat guy "Tiny".
 



Go for historical/Shakespearian familiar names! Pyewacket, Grimalkin, Paddock, and Sack-and-Sugar.

Or more appropriate for most familiars: Ohyeah, as in "Oh yeah, I have a familiar, right?"
 



Well, the thing you want to remember is, the psuedodragon is still a dragon. Take a look at some sample dragon names from the Draconomicon. See all those syllables, x's and l's? You want to have a grand name like that, which you can then easily shorten for casual conversation.

I had a wizard that was fond of using polymorph to change both himself and his psuedodragon familiar into red dragons. The familiar's name was Percyllinthranox, or Percy for short. He was a tiny terror, to be sure.
 

Templetroll Psteve

Full Point!
sjmiller I image that Lockheed is right out, isn't it?

Half Point!

Chiaroscuro23 In honor of the "eating your animal companions" thread I say you call him Stewart. Stew for short.

Full Point!

Chiaroscuro, if this was an Asian-themed game with the OP's familiar choice, would you have suggested (Dragon) Roll?
 

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