Evil Check
So today I’m mostly editing and expanding Troublemakers (yeah, I know, I’ve got books to finish, but I have to follow my muse) and I’ve got to the bit about creating your character.
Now, it’s an #ApocalypseWorld hack but as those of you who’ve seen my comments on #TheHood will know, I absolutely suck at making those little lists of names that reflect the character type for each playbook, so I was just going to throw in a line like “choose the name you like” and move on.
Then the little devil on my left shoulder chimed in: “You know, kids don’t choose their names, their parents do: when everyone is sitting around creating characters, why not get the other players to choose the given name for each PC?” Meanwhile, the little devil on my right shoulder was off knocking back tequila shooters in a bar in Soho, so I thought I’d calibrate my moral compass with the rest of you.
How would you feel if your character’s given name was picked by the other players in your game? You would still get to choose their nickname or common name, but their given name would be whatever their ‘parents’ had decided.
