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<blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 1090428" data-attributes="member: 4545"><p>This is from the old DM's Netbook:</p><p></p><p>20 Questions for Any Character’s Creation</p><p>Author unknown</p><p></p><p>Players should try to consider these questions when designing a new character. The answers that one come up with will go a long way in defining the character as a person that is more than the collective sum of his or her statistics.</p><p></p><p>After all other parts of character generation are completed, sit down and answer the questions one at a time, considering their impact on the way the character will behave and view his or her world. When you have finished you will have created a character with a little character, ready for play.</p><p> </p><p>1. Who were the character’s parents? Did they raise the character? If not, why? If not them, who?</p><p></p><p>2. Did the character have any childhood friends? Any siblings? Where are they now? Does the character stay in touch with them or have they become separated? If they are separated, why?</p><p></p><p>3. What was childhood like for the character? Calm and peaceful or turbulent and traumatic?</p><p></p><p>4. Does the character have any or did the character have any role models? Describe them.</p><p></p><p>5. What did the character do before s/he entered the story? Who trained the character to do what s/he does now? What is the character’s relationship with his teacher(s)?</p><p></p><p>6. What are the character’s moral, ethical and religious beliefs? What lengths will the character go through to defend those beliefs? Who or what taught those beliefs to the character? Remember that a character’s moral and ethical beliefs, not necessarily his/her behaviors, define his/her alignment. What is his/her alignment?</p><p></p><p>7. Does the character have any unusual habits or physical traits? What are they? What do they stem from? How do others tend to react to them?</p><p></p><p>8. What is the general reaction to the character by other characters? Why, in the character’s opinion, do they act that way?</p><p></p><p>9. Can the character kill? When did s/he decide (or learn) that s/he could? Why would the character kill? Does s/he have any enemies at all? Would or could the character kill them?</p><p></p><p>10. What kind of relationships does the character currently have? Does s/he have any close friends or bitter enemies? If so, who? What are they like? What is the history of the character and this person’s relationship?</p><p></p><p>11. Does the character have any mental problems or phobias? If so, what are they and from what do they stem?</p><p></p><p>12. How does the character generally treat others? Does /she trust easily? How does the character relate to other people? Is s/he shy or withdrawn or outgoing and friendly?</p><p></p><p>13. What does the character look like? Does s/he have any scars or tattoos? If so how did s/he get them? Obviously this includes hair and eye color, but an unusual gait or accent comes into play here as well.</p><p></p><p>14. What is the character’s normal daily routine? How does s/he feel when it is interrupted for whatever reason?</p><p></p><p>15. Was the character present for any key events in the history of the campaign world? How did that event affect the character?</p><p></p><p>16. Does the character have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? What did s/he do? What do people assume about the character when his/her ancestry is known? Does the character try to live up to the reputation, try to dispel it, or try to ignore it?</p><p></p><p>17. Where is the character’s homeland? What is its history and what are its people like? Is the character patriotic, or a social outcast? What is the character’s opinion of home?</p><p></p><p>18. What are the character’s dreams, ambitions and or goals?</p><p></p><p>19. How does s/he seek to obtain them? How does adventuring fit into this dream, or does it at all?</p><p></p><p>20. Does the character ever want to have a family of his/her own? If so, who with or with what type of person?</p><p></p><p>Well done, a character is born!</p><p></p><p>PS: I bet these tabs look ugly when I post...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harlock, post: 1090428, member: 4545"] This is from the old DM's Netbook: 20 Questions for Any Character’s Creation Author unknown Players should try to consider these questions when designing a new character. The answers that one come up with will go a long way in defining the character as a person that is more than the collective sum of his or her statistics. After all other parts of character generation are completed, sit down and answer the questions one at a time, considering their impact on the way the character will behave and view his or her world. When you have finished you will have created a character with a little character, ready for play. 1. Who were the character’s parents? Did they raise the character? If not, why? If not them, who? 2. Did the character have any childhood friends? Any siblings? Where are they now? Does the character stay in touch with them or have they become separated? If they are separated, why? 3. What was childhood like for the character? Calm and peaceful or turbulent and traumatic? 4. Does the character have any or did the character have any role models? Describe them. 5. What did the character do before s/he entered the story? Who trained the character to do what s/he does now? What is the character’s relationship with his teacher(s)? 6. What are the character’s moral, ethical and religious beliefs? What lengths will the character go through to defend those beliefs? Who or what taught those beliefs to the character? Remember that a character’s moral and ethical beliefs, not necessarily his/her behaviors, define his/her alignment. What is his/her alignment? 7. Does the character have any unusual habits or physical traits? What are they? What do they stem from? How do others tend to react to them? 8. What is the general reaction to the character by other characters? Why, in the character’s opinion, do they act that way? 9. Can the character kill? When did s/he decide (or learn) that s/he could? Why would the character kill? Does s/he have any enemies at all? Would or could the character kill them? 10. What kind of relationships does the character currently have? Does s/he have any close friends or bitter enemies? If so, who? What are they like? What is the history of the character and this person’s relationship? 11. Does the character have any mental problems or phobias? If so, what are they and from what do they stem? 12. How does the character generally treat others? Does /she trust easily? How does the character relate to other people? Is s/he shy or withdrawn or outgoing and friendly? 13. What does the character look like? Does s/he have any scars or tattoos? If so how did s/he get them? Obviously this includes hair and eye color, but an unusual gait or accent comes into play here as well. 14. What is the character’s normal daily routine? How does s/he feel when it is interrupted for whatever reason? 15. Was the character present for any key events in the history of the campaign world? How did that event affect the character? 16. Does the character have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? What did s/he do? What do people assume about the character when his/her ancestry is known? Does the character try to live up to the reputation, try to dispel it, or try to ignore it? 17. Where is the character’s homeland? What is its history and what are its people like? Is the character patriotic, or a social outcast? What is the character’s opinion of home? 18. What are the character’s dreams, ambitions and or goals? 19. How does s/he seek to obtain them? How does adventuring fit into this dream, or does it at all? 20. Does the character ever want to have a family of his/her own? If so, who with or with what type of person? Well done, a character is born! PS: I bet these tabs look ugly when I post... [/QUOTE]
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