THE FIELD NOTES
Choose what kind of group you need
Each kind of group has its own vocabulary. An Adventuring party carries compasses and lanterns. Mercenaries favor blades and wolves, and Merchants deal in ledgers and caravans. Mages gather around tomes and sigils. Thieves prefer knots, locks and masked hands, and a Political faction rallies around oaths, torches and flags.
Three ways to shape the name
The + name is short and easy to shout across a tavern, as in The Quiet Hand. Name + group type sounds like a working organization, as in Golden Ledger Trading Company. Group type + of the + name is the most formal, as in Circle of the Azure Star.
Names for factions, parties and in-game groups
Use a result for a tabletop party, a story’s secret society or a group in an online game. It can also help to name a rival at the same time. Generate one group for your heroes and another from a different category, then decide why they want the same thing.
Before you use a group name
These are invented combinations of ordinary words, so another group in a game or story may already use a similar name. The tool does not check game servers, trademarks or availability, so check any rules that apply where you plan to use the name. Human editorial review is pending.