Hi folks, apologies if this is covered elsewhere but is Nyryx the prostitute (Slide contact) the same as Nyryx the possessor ghost (Whisper contact) in the established fiction… Or is it just a slip/common name?
It’s just I have 2 players both picked him/her and I want to know if there is a reason for the same name, if not I will probably just rename one for clarity.
Why wouldn’t you make them the same entity? There is such potential there…
Our Whisper took Nyryx as an enemy (specifically, a creepy obsessed stalker) at character creation, then later on our Slide asked if he could hire Nyryx to work in their establishment. The look of horror on the Whisper’s face was delicious… So I had the prostitute be the spirit now “living” as a vampire.
Evil… I Iike it. Thanks!
I believe the repeated names are meant to be the same entity.
Yeah, my Slide picked Nyryx as a friend and he uses her to identify marks for the crew’s cons. Our Whisper joined later and picked Nyryx as a friend too, so we just said Nyryx was the most common girl’s name in Duskwall in the 820s. =D
Later, though, I noticed on the “GM REFERENCE” sheet that comes with the character sheets that there’s a list of “Doskvol notables” and one of the entries is: “Nyryx and Hoxan, rogue spirits possessing the bodies of streetwalkers, looking for a whisper to serve.” So they’re definitely intended to be the same Nyryx.
My two Lurks also picked the same locksmith Frake, one as an enemy and one as a friend. It’s been fun.
There is nothing in the fiction that says they have to be the same person; inside a city multiple people with the same name is not uncommon.
Edit: As everyone has already said, however, if they are the same, fun time madness may ensue. Do what’s best for your game.
Thank you all! Good to know what others are doing and the GM reference sheet makes it likely they really are meant to be the same entity.
The Iruvian Blades playbooks have the same name listed for a lawyer and an infernalist on different playbooks, which made me laugh really hard.
Both seem like viable options. Just go with whichever is easiest and most fun
I’ve learned to ctrl+f in the PDF whenever I look at names in the book. There are repeat names ALL OVER THE PLACE, and I fully believe that they are the same person.
Plus it’s way better when you find out how people are connected through these weird people.