Choose a gender and a name

Fairly essential elements, really, although I find that the part that takes the longest about character generation is choosing a name for your character. Sorry, thinking of a name that isn't sad (ie Throg-Bane the 3rd), downright stupid (Beetle-Bop of Thingamy) or boring (Brian). I tend to go for words out of no where. For instance my best Warhammer characters were called 'Perilous' (from the blurb on the back cover of the Warhammer Rule book) and 'Choisi' (from that afternoon's french lesson). After a while the words become your character, not just random words. Rant over...:-)

Next, choose a gender. Lots of scope for dodgy role-playing here.