Phaera
09-19-2001, 08:29 PM
Saw a pretty nice guideline for developing your character's personality, history, etc. Pretty nice and well in depth.
Character Questionnaire
Childhood
Who raised your character? Your parents or someone else? If not your parents, why? What happened to them?
What was your homelife like as a child?
What were your parents' or primary caregivers' occupations?
What was your relationship like with your parents or caregivers? Loving? Strained? Distant?
Did you have any siblings? What was your relationship like with them?
Occupation
How did you come to choose your current profession?
What was your training like for your profession?
Who/what are your role models now and in childhood?
Describe any traumatic experiences that may have affected your choice of occupation
Personal
Do you have an intimate relationship with another character? How did that relationship form?
What are your fears or phobias?
What are your main strengths and weaknesses?
What is your favorite food?
What personal tragedies have affected you?
What are your personal goals and ambitions? What drives you?
Religion/Ethics
What deity/deities do you worship/honor? Why?
How do you show respect to your deity/deities?
What would cause you to kill another person? How would you feel about it if you had to?
Do you abide by the laws of the area or do you follow your own set of laws?
What would you do when confronted by a beggar?
Are you prejudiced against another race or realm? Is it slight or severe? Why does this prejudice exist?
Character Questionnaire
Childhood
Who raised your character? Your parents or someone else? If not your parents, why? What happened to them?
What was your homelife like as a child?
What were your parents' or primary caregivers' occupations?
What was your relationship like with your parents or caregivers? Loving? Strained? Distant?
Did you have any siblings? What was your relationship like with them?
Occupation
How did you come to choose your current profession?
What was your training like for your profession?
Who/what are your role models now and in childhood?
Describe any traumatic experiences that may have affected your choice of occupation
Personal
Do you have an intimate relationship with another character? How did that relationship form?
What are your fears or phobias?
What are your main strengths and weaknesses?
What is your favorite food?
What personal tragedies have affected you?
What are your personal goals and ambitions? What drives you?
Religion/Ethics
What deity/deities do you worship/honor? Why?
How do you show respect to your deity/deities?
What would cause you to kill another person? How would you feel about it if you had to?
Do you abide by the laws of the area or do you follow your own set of laws?
What would you do when confronted by a beggar?
Are you prejudiced against another race or realm? Is it slight or severe? Why does this prejudice exist?