Character Questions
Some questions to help you define your character. Just pick the ones that give you ideas, and work from there. Email me a copy, maybe. ( pokwas ATSYMBOL gmail.com ).
Give a one line description of yourself. (Describe your character concept.)
Do you have any nicknames, street names, titles, nom de plume?
What is your full birth name?
Where do you live?
Why do you live there?
What is your citizenship status?
What is your most obvious blessing or strength?
What do you perceive as your greatest strength?
What is your most obvious flaw or weakness?
What do you perceive as your greatest weakness?
Was there any event or cause of these weaknesses?
What is your general body type, frame, bone structure, and poise?
What is your hair style?
Do you have any facial hair?
What is your most distinguishing feature?
Do you have any scars, tattoos, or birthmarks?
If so, how did you acquire them?
What do these distinguishing marks look like?
Do they have any special significance?
What kind of clothing do you wear?
What sort of vocal tone do you have?
Do you get sick? Maybe you catch the flu twice a year and that’s it? Or maybe you have a weak immune system and catch anything that goes around?
Are your real reasons for becoming an adventurer different from what you tell others?
If so, how might such secrets be revealed?
How far would you go to keep such secrets from being revealed? What would you do if the truth became known?
What do you fear would occur if the truth became known?
Do you have any particularly high or low ability scores?
If so, were these scores a result of you past?
How have these scores affected your life so far?
Did you affect you in your chosen profession?
What about your race, growing up were you in the majority or a minority?
How were you treated by other nearby races?
Did it affect your personality?
Were there any traumatic experiences in your early years (death of a family member, abandonment, orphaned at an early age, etc.)?
Briefly describe a defining moment in your childhood and how it influenced your life.
Did you have any childhood friends?
If so, who and where are they now?
Are you still close to them or have you grown apart?
Do you have any deep, dark secrets in the past that may come back to haunt you?
What conflicts might arise from your past?
Who were your parents?
Were you raised by them?
If not, then why didn’t they and who did raise you?
What is your father’s full name?
What is your mother’s full name?
What did your parents and/or foster parents do for a living?
What was their standing in the community?
Did your family stay in one area or move around a lot?
How did you get along with their parents?
Do you have any siblings?
If so how many and what were their names?
What was your birth position in the family (i.e.-ast born, and child, rd, etc.)?
How did you get along with each of their siblings?
Are there any black (or white) sheep in the family (including you)?
If so, who are they and how did they “gain” the position?
If this person is not you, then how do you feel about them?
What valuable or important contacts do you have?
How did you come to know them?
Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?
If someone crossed your path, what would you do?
What is the worst thing someone has done to you?
When did you decide to become an adventurer?
Why have you chosen to risk your life as a career?
What do you expect to get out of being an adventurer (satisfaction, glory, money, redemption, etc.)? What, if anything, would make them stop adventuring (death of a loved one, marriage, mutilation, money, position, old age, etc.)?
Do you have any dreams or ambitions?
If not, why?
What are your short term goals (what would you like to be doing within a year)?
What are your long term goals (what would you like to be doing twenty years from now)?
Are you introverted (shy and withdrawn) or extroverted (outgoing)?
Are you a humble soul or blusteringly proud?
Do you believe in the gods or not?
.Do you have a patron Deity?
Are you devout or impious?
Do you have any unusual habits or dominant personality traits that are evident to others?
If so, describe them and how you acquired them, as well as when they might be more noticeable and what causes them?
Who trained you in your class or job?
Look at your skills. How did you acquire them (especially the unusual ones)?
How do you function in combat (maneuvers, weaknesses)?
Where do you normally put your weapons, magic items, or other valuables when you are sleeping?
What would you like to be remembered for after your death?
If your features were to be destroyed beyond recognition, is there any other way of identifying your body?
