Random Character Creation: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
As part of the ongoing Prismatic Wasteland Randomness Blogwagon , I'm writing exactly 2,000 (so long as you don't count) words on random character creation in roleplaying games, why I think it's good, and why I think it's bad, because if nothing else Magnolia Keep is a land of (roll 1d6): Homosexuality Barely restrained, simmering rage Mangoes Autism A deep-seated void of self-loathing Contrast I'm always fascinated by the headers of Wikipedia articles. Like, the Wikipedia article for "Human anus"-what Japanese woman's asshole is that? Does she know? Did she upload it herself? Procedural Storytelling I'm a big fan of games like Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld where the mechanics are set up in such a way that it produces a story-a colonist gets in a fight with a cassowary, loses a lung, and then has it replaced with one we harvested from a prisoner. Two people fall in love, get married, have children together, then each decide to cheat on t...
