valadil
2011-09-12, 02:14 PM
I'm having a really stupid problem with my RPG system. I can't come up with a name for it. I'm totally hung up on this one problem and so I'd like to outsource naming to the playground.
I'm not designing a setting for this system. If I were I'd borrow something from the setting. But making a system is more work than I have time for already, so no built in setting for the name.
The system is diceless. Players have pools of willpower. They bid willpower to make stuff happen. The idea is that it make narrative control into an expendable resource. You can make your character succeed when it's important that he do so. I've got some earlier notes in my blog (http://gm.sagotsky.com/?p=9) from when i first had the idea. I'd post some newer notes, but that's dependent on my setting up a place to post them, which is dependent on having a name with which to post them.
Originally I was going to call the system Fate (as it was inspired by fate chips from Deadlands), but it turns out that was taken. I've been using Mind over Matter as a working title, but I've had this system in my head for three years and it still feels like a working title. I'd like a name that emphasizes that this is a storytelling game that lets players buy narrative control to resolve conflicts, but I just can't resolve that to a cute little 2 word title.
So any ideas? Any questions that might help lead you to ideas? I'll even take techniques you've used for coming up with names.
I'm not designing a setting for this system. If I were I'd borrow something from the setting. But making a system is more work than I have time for already, so no built in setting for the name.
The system is diceless. Players have pools of willpower. They bid willpower to make stuff happen. The idea is that it make narrative control into an expendable resource. You can make your character succeed when it's important that he do so. I've got some earlier notes in my blog (http://gm.sagotsky.com/?p=9) from when i first had the idea. I'd post some newer notes, but that's dependent on my setting up a place to post them, which is dependent on having a name with which to post them.
Originally I was going to call the system Fate (as it was inspired by fate chips from Deadlands), but it turns out that was taken. I've been using Mind over Matter as a working title, but I've had this system in my head for three years and it still feels like a working title. I'd like a name that emphasizes that this is a storytelling game that lets players buy narrative control to resolve conflicts, but I just can't resolve that to a cute little 2 word title.
So any ideas? Any questions that might help lead you to ideas? I'll even take techniques you've used for coming up with names.