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Rexer
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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 12:41 pm Post subject: What about creating a random NPC generator? |
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Could you design something that could generate NPCs for Game Master's to use? Put in just a few criteria such as Race, sex, class, affiliation (i.e. Rebellion, Empire, etc), and a few other non specifics. That could really help out Game masters trying to come up with NPCs for their adventures.
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Loc Taal
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, that's a cool idea, I like it! I'll have to work on that...
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Crell Damar
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:09 am Post subject: |
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that is a really good idea...
it could randomly pick a name from your huge list too |
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Rexer
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This could really help Game Masters out a lot. You could create a group of NPCs in a few minutes with names and everything. Half the challenge about being a Game Master is that you have to keep coming up with NPCs and all those names. 
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Crell Damar
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| the funniest thing that i use as a gamemaster when it comse to character creation is that i actually threaten my players with coming up with a name or else i send them to your list, which takes them hours to find an appropriate name (at least for that character)... it's hilarious... |
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Rexer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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 That is awesome. The funny thing is that a name is the toughest part of making a character. Yeah, players hate that.
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Rathe Ehtar
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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The idea of a random character generator is cool.
Gives a simple GM's job a little twist. |
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Vartax
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Not to mention for those people who can't seem to ever come up with a background/qoute/personality/objectives, they could borrow something from there. |
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Rathe Ehtar
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, I like that. |
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Ragnar
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| sounds convenient... |
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Crell Damar
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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for character names as of late, i look up in my Star Trek rpg book for some cool name suggestions... like Crell Damar is a Cardassian name... the only reason I do that instead of using the uber list on the site is because sifting through all the names gets to be a long and involved task...
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Loc Taal
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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That's a good idea. I also use non-Star Wars sources (books, movies, whatever) for names from time to time.
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Crell Damar
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, maybe i'll post up some of the names that aren't on the list you've got 
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Hellcat
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It would make things easier. I tend to come up with adventure ideas that never really get beyond the idea stage because I start creating the NPCs first and get bored with each after a little bit so I work on the next one. After three or four major NPCs are begun, and left unfinished no less, for the adventure, I just stop entirely.
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