Editing In a Wicked Age (section)

===Character Generation===
At this point players write down all of the characters named or implied by the story elements. For instance:

*The woman
*The harvest god
*The leader of the desert horsemen
*The virgin
*The exorcist
*The spirit
*The local boy in love with the virgin

They may also add any character they feel like to the list, although presumably adding 'Mickey Mouse' is frowned upon. After beating the shit out of the guy who isn't taking it seriously, play continues with each player selecting a character from the list and describing them.

In the example, the player of the virgin decided that she was also the woman being hidden by the desert horsemen, being escorted to her wedding. Once all the players have chosen a character, the GM gets the rest.

Character stats are generated quickly by assigning dice from a standard array to the six attributes (or three for NPCs). Finally each character must be given one, and preferably two, 'Best Interests'. These are goals that will bring the character into conflict with others. PCs are often competing, and NPCs are nearly always out to screw over one or more PCs. The GM determines all NPC goals while the players invent goals for their characters. There is no mechanical benefit to actually completing your goal, so goals need not be achievable.