Have the npc panic and accuse them of being a fae, screaming and running away. If it happens in a populated area, guards show up and start asking questions. Hopefully the sheet inconvenience will deter them in the future.

Just pull a Slartibartfast and get really sad about how much your name sucks and then try to make the players feel bad about it.

That's why I keep a name list and just cross them out as needed.

Just pull a Slartibartfast and get really sad about how much your name sucks and then try to make the players feel bad about it.

> Falamshar the Kalashtar Falashnikov the Kalashnikov.

This is how my campaign ended up with Grond the ogre and Fëanor the magic item craftsman.

"Yes, okay, my name is... kllllaaaarrrrrg... i-ifer. Klargifer Caltrop." "Klargifer is a strange name for a halfling." "Yuh- yeah. Yeeesss. I suppose it is. That's why I hate my parents." "Yeah? And what are their names?" [Suddenly, a wizard or something appears and casts silence on everyone. So you can't ask that the question anymore]

I love how the party gravitated and dragged "Wheel Well" along, in Dimension 20: Skyward Ho. DM Brennan is rarely caught off guard, but Maxwell's younger brother bring named "wheel well" felt like an improv moment. The way the party made sure to drag "wheel well" with them as long as possible is just adorable.

protip: don't cross them off, write who they are on the list (eg "Rivermeadow blacksmith") so you can remember when the players come back to them a million sessions later

One of my favorite things is giving fantastic creatures ordinary human names. My group will never forget Walter the minotaur who did absolutely nothing interesting aside from being named Walter.

And how mine has Kevin, Kevyn, Keven, Kyvyn, etc. A a family of gnomes (all pronounced Kevin) that are traveling merchants and blame not remembering an incident by saying it was a different Kevin.

the one group I was defacto DM for my players would do this knowing the more off guard they caught me the more likely somebody was likely to be called Chungus or some shit

Wingus and Mingus Caltrop. They hated their names and parents too. It's a family tradition.

John and Sara Caltrop just wanted their son Wingus to have a unique name, unlike their entirely common names

Chungus? you related to Big Chungus over in Nathlee city?

Start using the persons asking's real name and make them real goofy. This? This pants shitter Dave.

^john^ ^and^ ^sara^ ^are^ ^uncommon^ ^for^ ^halflings.^ ^they^ ^were^ ^just^ ^mean^

His name is... Jizzmop Pintglass. Hey, you asked.

Nah, he's part of the Bungus clan, I'm clan Chonker