Banned names

banned_names.toml holds the words a player character name may not use. Matching ignores case.

starts_with = [
    "admin",
    "counselor",
    "gm",
]

words = [
    "adept",
    "apprentice",
]

Field	Meaning
starts_with	Words a name may not start with: gm also bans GMaria.
words	Words a name may not contain as a whole word: mage bans Aria the Mage but not Magenta.

The loader trims every word and returns one BannedNamesContent. At character creation a banned or malformed name becomes Generic Player (CharacterCreationRules.ValidateName). Names are not unique.

Validation at startup

The server stops when:

• banned_names.toml does not exist;
• a word is empty after trimming, which would ban every name.

See also

• Data files overview: file locations, loading order and shared value formats.
• Check your changes: validate edited data before restarting.