YouDoNotKnowMyName Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Good afternoon everybody! I am currently working on a new worldspace mod and I am getting to the point where I start to think about adding some NPCs. Should NPCs that are not really important (not involved in quests) be named or should they just be named in a generic way (guard, citizen, farmer, ...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McclaudEagle Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Generic names are often used for characters than can be killed and respawned, such as guards. It would be odd to end up killing a named guard, only for him to appear again a few days later; generic names such as "Guard" solves this problem. In terms of civilian characters, I think it's not unreasonable to give non-quest related ones generic names because there's no real point in giving them a name, and realistically you wouldn't really know everyone's name anyway. It also depends largely on how big the location is. If it's just a small village then yes, it's definitely possible even in real life to get to know everyone's name who lives there. If it's a city though, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethreon Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Generic names are better because 1. your character has no way of knowing who they are so they shouldn't really have a name2. (much more important) avoids muddying the environment with loads of NPCs that might be important to the player but actually aren't and you avoid wasting their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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