How do you create your in-game party in RPGs with custom party members?

[MondayAtTheBeach]

I'm a really big fan of Etrian Odyssey and i have recently been playing through Dragon Quest III, both games that make you build a party of several characters to use in the game, and i've been wondering how do you guys form and name the party members? I usually either base them on my friends and try to think of what classes they would be if they were video game characters or i do the same thing but with fictional characters i like. How do you do it?

 

[Fietto!]

When it comes to Etrian. I just name em after Food. Examples like Pomodoro & Farina.
(I picked Option 3 anyway, as I imagined up lore. Hell, that’s what I love about these games. You use your imagination when story is absent, it’s valuable freedom.)

 

[HoyeBoye]

I try to guess how the story will go and assign the characters my friend’s names based on my predictions. After they are named, I usually run out the game with who I’d rather hang out with than who works strategically.
TBH, I’m not that good at RPGs.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Same concept as with my virtual sports teams: book characters!

You'd think I wouldn't have enough favorites to fill an entire roster with... but I do love my books xD