I'm having a hard crush on this article.  I absolutely love the idea of turning characters' motives and interests into "actions" to help portray them.  It makes a lot of sense to me.  I'm not a big fan of FATE or AW.  I personally find the concept of "Moves" to be...lacking.  That's not really my take-away from this article though.  Usually when you puzzle out an NPC, you might give them some physical, mental, or personality traits to fill in some details.  I love that this approach takes those passive qualities and turns them into actions that really help define a character.  

So rather than this:

The Old Dame

• Longs to recapture her youth
• Loves to throw elaborate parties
• Is the laughing stock of the local social set

...you instead might have this:

The Old Dame

• Act Younger than I am
• Name drop and associate to elevate myself
• Mistake mockery for flattery
• Add invitees to the next guest list

Rather than tell me who a character is, it tells me what a character will do.  Which is a subtle difference.

Actually putting this into action is something I'm still trying to wrap my brain around and not overthink it.  But I wanted to share because I think the concept fits very will into 7th Sea, especially given the light stat load for NPCs.  Am I the only one?

If anyone else wants to riff on this a bit, let's do it!