charname

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

name

The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.

Slang

"Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others."
"Valygar and Haer'Dalis were the other two romances for female CHARNAME, however they were cut due to time constraints."
"Y'all have some weird CHARNAMES."

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-entered name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

CHARNAMEs (plural)

Durge

Questions

What does charname mean?

The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.

Where does charname come from?

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-entered name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

How to pronounce charname

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