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Musician Motivation

  • Compelled to help anyone in danger. 0
  • Wants to reproduce with the fittest mate possible. 13
  • Wants to befriend and then manipulate a leader/badass. 5
  • To get revenge on the Silverthornes. 12
  • Learning the secrets of others. 0
  • To retain her humanity at all costs. 4
  • Thrill-seeker/searching for adventure. 2
  • To be the moral voice of reason. 0
  • To be the immoral voice of reason. 0
  • 2018-05-15
  • —2018-05-26
  • 36 votes
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Content

 Our Musician NPC so far.
  • Female
  • High medicine
  • PTSD
  • Covertly tracking the MC
  • Talkative, sarcastic, loyal

Now, let's get into motivations. Every NPC has a motivation: some want to be loved, some want to be the hero, some want to profit off the misery of others. But this is the apocalypse. We need motives/goals that work for the setting.

For a good read on character motivation, check out 5 Key Questions To Ask About Character Motivations  

This poll ends May 25 at 9pm EST.

Comments

Drew Halverson

Maybe they adopt the nephew and train him to be the next zombie apocalypse super soldier! Or they find a orphan child.

TheDrake

Wait, wanting to reproduce won out in the end?