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No, I'm not an unoriginal hack.

>>54142938

Often. I find it's much more compelling and interesting to create a setting in which pre-existing figures from mythology and/or history are placed together and to find ways in which they fit most appropriately.

For example, taking Merlin, Galileo, and Thor, then looking into all the history, backstory, and etymology surrounding them to find a cohesive theme. They can become gods, or great heroes, or leaders of nations, but with the right aspects highlighted to bring it all together.

I suppose it comes down to this: do you want to avoid all recognised and familiar figures to try to force originality that doesn't exist, or do you want to try to form a world with a sense of pseudo-reality because of the sources it borrows from?

Those names make sense for pistols, because they are ravenous for death and greedy for souls.

I too struggle with this. I often find myself looking into ancient historical figures and into obscure deities for inspiration. The hardest part is finding ways of hiding the more well known ones. I love Athena, but its difficult to work her in because she is so recognizable. The stigma of coming off as unoriginal is there but so is the stigma of being a hack or pretentious. In our group we have a member who lives pretension, so huge makes any pretension around him more noticeable.

>>54146478
This.

>>54146478

No, you're just a hack.

>>54142938
Tbh Greedy and Ravenous are pretty badass names for twin pistols. Your character should be bandanas enough to go with them though otherwise just give up