06-09-2019, 05:07 PM
I have to agree! Having to go to the GMs over things like a misspelled name or a surname change for marriage feels like a waste of GM's time for events and dealing with rulebreakers, and it feels like one of those things that wouldn't be too harsh for abuse if abused at all. There's not a lot you can do by just changing your name, in truth.
I like the idea of it being an IC thing like the shady guy as well since name-changes IRL is something you have to go to the government for. You could also do something like Google does and give it a 90-day cooldown so it cannot be used multiple times in a sitting and it'll make people think twice before changing their name. I'm sure the Empire would look at constant name changes as suspicious activity, so there's an IC reason for the denial too. An addition to the passport would also work just as nicely since it could function the same just without the charge for changing.
I like the idea of it being an IC thing like the shady guy as well since name-changes IRL is something you have to go to the government for. You could also do something like Google does and give it a 90-day cooldown so it cannot be used multiple times in a sitting and it'll make people think twice before changing their name. I'm sure the Empire would look at constant name changes as suspicious activity, so there's an IC reason for the denial too. An addition to the passport would also work just as nicely since it could function the same just without the charge for changing.