Character Sheet & Interview Questions

1. If you could change anything about your life what would it be?
2. Give a two or three word description of yourself. (Describe the persona's concept.)
. Do you have any nic!na"es# street na"es# titles# or aliases?
$. %hat is your full birth na"e?
&. %here do you live?
'. %hy do you live there?
(. %hat is your citi)enship status?
*. %hat is your "ost obvious blessing or strength?
+. %hat do you perceive as your greatest strength?
1,. %hat is your "ost obvious flaw or wea!ness?
11. %hat do you perceive as your greatest wea!ness?
12. %as there any event or cause to cause these wea!nesses?
1. %hat would you li!e to be re"e"bered for after your death?
1$. %hat !ind of threat do you present to the public?
1&. If your features were to be destroyed beyond recognition# is there any other way of identifying your
body?
1'. -ow "uch is a pint of "ead or ale?
1(. .s a player# if you could# what advice would you give you? /pea! as if he0she were sitting right here in
front of you. 1se proper tone so they "ight heed your advice...
1*. -ow old are you?
1+. %hat is your gender?
2,. %hat is your species0race?
21. -ow tall are you?
22. -ow "uch do you weigh?
2. %hat is your general body type# fra"e# bone structure# and poise?
2$. %hat is your s!in colour?
2&. %hat is your hair colour?
2'. %hat is your hair style?
2(. Do you have any facial hair?
2*. %hat is your eye colour?
2+. Does it change?
,. -ow attractive are you?
1. %hat is your "ost distinguishing feature?
2. Do you have any scars# tattoos# or birth"ar!s?
. If so# how did you ac2uire the"?
$. %hat do these distinguishing "ar!s loo! li!e?
&. Do they have any special significance?
'. %here are they located?
(. %hat is your handedness (left0right)?
*. Do you rese"ble so"e currently !nown person?
+. %hat is your hand si)e0description?
$,. Do you wear a unifor"?
$1. %hat !ind of clothing do you wear?
$2. %hat is your clothing's style or level of sophistication?
$. %hat si)e are you for various pieces of clothing?
$$. Do you wear "a!eup?
$&. Do you wear glasses0contacts?
$'. %hat sort of vocal tone do you have?
$(. Do you get sic!?
$*. %here is your ho"eland?
$+. %hat are its people li!e?
&,. .re you aware of its history?
&1. .re you patriotic or a social outcast?
&2. %hat are your opinion of ho"e?
&. %here is your ho"e town?
&$. %hat is your ho"e town's na"e?
&&. %hat was the area li!e and how did it affect you?
&'. Did you witness any historical events?
&(. If so# how did that event i"pact you?
&*. .re your real "otivations different fro" what you tell others?
a. If so# how "ight such secrets be revealed?
b. -ow far would you go to !eep such secrets fro" being revealed?
c. %hat would you do if the truth beca"e !nown?
d. %hat do you fear would occur if the truth beca"e !nown?
&+. .re you particularly graced (or cursed) with particular traits or s!ills?
a. If so# were these a result of your past?
b. -ow have these affected your life so far?
c. Did you affect you in your chosen profession?
',. %hat about your race# growing up were you in the "a3ority or a "inority?
a. -ow were you treated by other nearby races?
b. %ere you persecuted for your race?
c. Did this i"pact your outloo! in any way?
d. Did it affect your personality?
e. -ow do you feel about other races?
f. Do you have any 3ustification fro" your past e4perience for holding such views?
'1. %ere there any trau"atic e4periences in your early years (death of a fa"ily "e"ber# abandon"ent#
orphaned at an early age# etc.)?
'2. 5riefly describe a defining "o"ent in your childhood and how it influenced your life.
'. %hat was childhood li!e for you?
'$. %as it cal" and peaceful or turbulent and trau"atic?
'&. Did you have any childhood friends?
a. If so# who and where are they now?
b. .re you still close to the" or have you grown apart?
''. %hat stupid things did you do when you were younger?
'(. %hich toys fro" your childhood have you !ept?
a. %hat do they "ean to you?
b. If you didn't !eep any# why not?
c. %hat did you do to the" all?
'*. Do you have any deep# dar! secrets in the past that "ay co"e bac! to haunt you?
'+. %hat conflicts "ight arise fro" your past?
(,. .re you who you clai" to be?
(1. Do you have any sort of cri"inal record?
(2. -ow do you view the heroes0legends of your country?
(. %ho were your parents?
($. %ere you raised by the"?
(&. If not# then why didn't they and who did raise you?
('. %hat is your father's full na"e?
((. %hat is your "other's full na"e?
(*. %hat did your parents and0or foster parents do for a living?
(+. %hat was their standing in the co""unity?
*,. Did your fa"ily stay in one area or "ove around a lot?
*1. -ow did you get along with your parents?
*2. -ow would your parents describe you?
a. .nswer this in the voice of your "other# then in your father's.
*. Do you have any siblings?
*$. If so how "any and what were their na"es?
*&. %hat was your birth position in the fa"ily (i.e.last born# only child# etc.)?
*'. -ow did you get along with each of your siblings?
*(. %hat was your fa"ily life li!e?
**. 6ist all current !nowledge of fa"ily locations# spouses# children# birth dates# schooling and any
i"portant incidents that only you and they "ight re"e"ber.
*+. .re any or all of your fa"ily still alive?
a. If so# where are they now?
b. Do you stay in touch with the" or have you beco"e estranged?
+,. Draw out your fa"ily tree# including living and dead relatives.
+1. Do you love or hate one "e"ber of the fa"ily in particular?
+2. Is any "e"ber of the fa"ily special to you in any way (perhaps# as a confidant# "entor# or arch7rival)?
+. .re there any blac! (or white) sheep in the fa"ily (including you)?
a. If so# who are they and how did they 8gain8 the position?
b. If this person is not you# then how do you feel about the"?
+$. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor?
a. If so# what did this person do to beco"e fa"ous or infa"ous?
b. %hat do people assu"e about you once your ancestry is revealed?
c. Do you try to live up to the reputation of their ancestor# try to live it down# or ignore it?
+&. -ave you begun your own fa"ily?
a. If not# do you ever want to have a fa"ily of your own so"eday?
b. If so# with who or what type of person?
+'. %hat type of person would be your ideal "ate?
a. %hat would you be willing to do to protect such a person?
b. Is there anything you wouldn't do to protect such a person and if so what?
c. %ould anything change your "ind on this issue and if so# what?
+(. Do you have any close friends?
a. If so# who and what are they li!e?
b. %hat is the history of their relationship(s) with you?
+*. Do you currently have a best friend who" you would protect with your reputation or your life?
a. If so# who are they and what caused you to feel so close to the"?
b. %hat would have to happen for you to end this relationship?
++. Do you have any bitter ene"ies?
a. If so# who are they# what are they li!e# and what is the history of their feud with you?
b. -ave you defeated the" before?
c. -ow "ight these ene"ies see! to disco"fit you in the future?
1,,. %hat valuable or i"portant contacts do you have?
a. -ow did you co"e to !now the"?
1,1. %hich person(s) or group(s) are you "ost loyal to?
1,2. 6ist any past serious relationships that you have had# and give a brief overview of the
relationship(s).
1,. -ow do you thin! others generally perceive you?
1,$. If so"eone crossed your path# what would you do?
1,&. %ho is your "ost trusted ally?
1,'. %ho do you trust# in general?
1,(. %ho do you despise and why?
1,*. 9a"e seven things you hate in others.
1,+. Is your i"age consistent?
11,. Do people see you in si"ilar ways?
111. Do you deliberately present yourself differently in different situations# and how?
112. %hat would you die for?
11. :or who" would you go to e4tre"es?
11$. %ho do you turn to when you're in trouble?
11&. %hat is the worst thing so"eone has done to you?
11'. %hat are your general reaction to an attractive "e"ber of the opposite se4 who lets you !now
they are available?
11(. -ow do you get along with others in the sa"e field and0or wor! environ"ent?
11*. -ow can you be blac!"ailed# beaten# and tric!ed (by ;<s or 9;<s)?
11+. -ave you lost any loves?
a. -ow did you handle the situation (short = long ter")?
12,. %ho would "iss you# should you go "issing?
121. %ho "ight protect you?
122. %ho "ight be convinced to sell you out?
12. -ow close are you to your friends?
12$. %hat do they !now about you?
12&. %hat do they not !now about you?
12'. %hat do you !now and not !now about the"?
12(. Do you live with anyone (house"ates# roo""ates# relatives# friends# near7strangers# fa"ily
friend# spouse# boyfriend# girlfriend# lover)?
12*. .re you a "e"ber of any special interest groups?
a. %hat is your level of involve"ent?
12+. %hat is your current status with local law7enforce"ent?
1,. Do you have a record of cooperation or non7cooperation with authorities?
11. Do you have a file with local# national or internation law enforce"ent?
12. Do you# or did you# have any role "odels?
1. Do you have any heroes or idols# either conte"porary or fro" legend?
a. If so# have you ever "et the"?
b. Did you ever beco"e disillusioned with for"er heroes or idols?
c. If so# why and what were the circu"stances?
1$. :or adventuring 0 ris!7ta!ing personas>
a. %hen did you decide to beco"e an adventurer?
b. %hy have you chosen to ris! your life as a career?
c. %hat do you e4pect to get out of being an adventurer (satisfaction# glory# "oney# rede"ption#
etc.)?
d. %hat# if anything# would "a!e you stop adventuring (death of a loved one# "arriage# "utilation#
"oney# position# old age# etc.)?
1&. Do you have any drea"s or a"bitions?
a. If not# why?
1'. %hat are your short ter" goals (what would you li!e to be doing within a year)?
1(. %hat are your long ter" goals (what would you li!e to be doing twenty years fro" now)?
1*. If these goals see" at odds with each other or with your drea"s# how do you reconcile the
differences?
1+. -ow do you see! to fulfill these drea"s# goals# = a"bitions?
1$,. Do you have any great rational or irrational fears or phobias?
1$1. If so# what are the origins of or reasons behind the"?
a. %hat# if anything# would it ta!e for you to be able to overco"e this?
b. -ow do you react when this fear "anifests itself?
c. .re you willing to discuss# or even ad"it to# the situation?
1$2. %hat are your attitudes regarding "aterial wealth?
a. .re you "iserly with your share of the wealth# or do you spend it freely?
b. .re you greedy or generous?
c. Do you see wealth as a "ar! of success# or 3ust as a "eans to an end?
1$. -ow do you generally treat others?
1$$. Do you trust easily (perhaps too easily) or not?
1$&. .re you introverted (shy and withdrawn) or e4troverted (outgoing)?
1$'. .re you a hu"ble soul or blusteringly proud?
1$(. Do you act differently than you feel (concealing your true thoughts)?
1$*. %hat habits would you find "ost annoying in friends?
1$+. Is there any race# creed# align"ent# religion# class# profession# political viewpoint# or the li!e
against which you is strongly pre3udiced# and why?
1&,. -ow do others typically react to you?
1&1. %hy# in your opinion# do they act that way?
1&2. %hat are your "ost annoying habits?
1&. %hat is your favourite food? %hat is your favourite drin!?
1&$. %hat is your favourite treat (desert)?
1&&. Do you favour a particular cuisine?
1&'. Do you savor the tastes when eating or 8wolf down8 your food?
1&(. Do you li!e food "ild or heavily spiced?
1&*. .re there any specific foodstuffs that you find disgusting or refuse to eat?
1&+. .re you allergic to any food?
1',. %hat are your favourite colour(s)?
1'1. Is there any colour that you disli!e?
1'2. Do you have a favourite (or hated) song# type of "usic# or instru"ent?
1'. %hat is your favourite bard song?
1'$. If you have a favourite scent# what is it?
1'&. %hat is your favourite type of ani"al?
1''. %hy do you have an affinity for that creature?
1'(. Do you have an ani"al tote" or affinity# and if so for what?
1'*. Is there a certain type of ani"al that you hate or fear?
1'+. .re you allergic to any !inds of ani"als?
1(,. Do you have any allergies?
1(1. Is there anything that enrages you?
1(2. Is there anything which e"barrasses you?
1(. -ow do you react to being teased about it?
1($. Do you en3oy 8roughing it8# or do you prefer your creature co"forts?
1(&. Do you believe in god(s) or not?
1('. Do you have a patron Deity?
1((. .re you devout or i"pious?
1(*. Do you actively worship and proselyti)e or do you si"ply pay lip service?
1(+. %hat lengths would you go to defend your faith?
1*,. %as your faith influenced or "olded by anyone special?
1*1. Do you belong to the orthodo4 church# or a fringe ele"ent thereof (and is the group accepted#
frowned upon# or considered heretics)?
1*2. -ow has this i"pacted your faith and life?
1*. Is your church an accepted religion where you grew up or did it have to conduct its services in
secret?
1*$. -ow did this affect your faith and life? -ave you ever been persecuted for your faith? If so#
when and -ow did you handle it?
1*&. <an you !ill?
a. %hen did you decide (or learn) that you could?
b. %hat happened and how did you handle it?
1*'. %hen do you consider it o!ay to !ill (under what circu"stances)?
1*(. %hen do you consider it wrong to !ill (under what circu"stances)?
1**. %hat would you do if so"eone else atte"pted to (or successfully did) !ill under the wrong
circu"stances# what would be your reaction?
a. %hat if it were your ene"y?
b. %hat if it were your friend?
c. %hat if it were an innocent?
d. %hat if the opponent were not in control of their own actions (i.e.7under duress# char"ed#
do"inated# possessed# etc.)?
1*+. %hat would you do if so"eone shot at (attac!ed) you?
1+,. %hat would you do if so"ething were stolen fro" you?
1+1. %hat would you do if you were badly insulted publicly?
1+2. %hat would you do if a good friend or relative were !illed by "eans other than natural death?
1+. %hat is the one tas! you would absolutely refuse to do?
1+$. %hat do you consider to be the worst cri"e so"eone could co""it and why?
1+&. -ow do you feel about govern"ent (rulers) in general?
a. %hy do you feel that way?
1+'. Do you support the current govern"ent of your ho"eland?
a. If so# how far are you willing to go to defend the govern"ent?
b. If not# do you actively oppose it?
1+(. Do you belong to an anti7govern"ent organi)ation?
a. If so# describe the group and its ai"s.
1+*. %hat for" of govern"ent do you believe is the best (de"ocracy# "onarchy# anarchy# aristocratic
rule# oligarchy# "atriarchy) and why?
1++. -ave you ever been persecuted for your political stance?
a. If so# describe the occurrence and how it affected you?
2,,. .re you a "e"ber of any non7religious group# cause# order# or organi)ation?
a. If so describe it# its goals# and "e"bership.
b. -ow loyal are you to this group and why?
c. -ow did you beco"e a "e"ber?
d. If you are a for"er "e"ber# did you leave voluntarily or involuntarily and why?
e. %as it under good (a"icable) conditions or bad?
f. .re you being sought or hunted by the organi)ation?
g. If so# by who" and with what intent (to "urder you# to force your return through blac!"ail or
coercion# to spy on you and "a!e sure they do not reveal any of the groups secrets)?
2,1. Do you have any unusual habits or do"inant personality traits that are evident to others?
a. If so# describe the" and how you ac2uired the"# as well as when they "ight be "ore noticeable
and what causes the"?
b. -ow do you react if "ade fun of for any of these things?
2,2. Do you have any unusual or nervous "anneris"s# such as when tal!ing# thin!ing# afraid# under
stress# or when e"barrassed?
a. If so# are there any reasons behind the" fro" your past?
2,. Do you have an unusual gait or accent?
a. If so# where did you ac2uire the"?
b. .re there any circu"stances where they beco"e "ore (or less) evident?
c. -ow do you feel and react if "ade fun of for any of these things?
2,$. %hat is your favourite colour?
2,&. %hat place would you "ost li!e to visit?
2,'. %hat annoys you the "ost?
2,(. %hat (if any) are your favourite for"s of art?
2,*. %hat is your "ost treasured possession?
2,+. %hat things could you not live without?
21,. Do you have a good luc! char"?
211. If your life were to end in 2$ hours# what & things would you do in those re"aining hours?
212. Do you have a 85lac!7and7%hite8 view of reality or can you see shades of grey?
21. Do you prefer to tear down or build up?
21$. .re you deliberate or spontaneous?
21&. Do you prefer the town or the country?
21'. If "ade to decide# would you rather be deaf or blind? %hy?
21(. -ow do you feel about "agic# "yth# and the supernatural?
21*. Do you re"e"ber your drea"s?
a. Describe a typical drea" you "ight have.
b. Describe your worst night"ares.
21+. %hat was (or is) your pri"ary profession?
22,. %here and how were you educated?
221. %ho trained you?
a. %hat was your relationship with your teacher(s)0"entor(s)?
b. -ow did you happen across this teacher or "entor?
c. %as your "entor !ind# stern# cruel# indifferent?
222. Is this person or institution still in e4istence?
22. %ere you forced into your profession by parents or peers?
22$. Did circu"stances dictate your choice of profession?
22&. %ere you a pri)e student or did you 3ust barely pass?
22'. 6oo! at your s!ills. -ow did you ac2uire the" (especially the unusual ones)?
22(. -ave you ever done anything else for a living?
22*. -ow do you function in co"bat ("aneuvers# wea!nesses)?
22+. -ow would you best be defeated?
2,. -ave you ever received any awards or honours?
21. %hat have you done that was considered 8outstanding8 in your occupation by others in your
field?
22. %hat are your long7ter" goals in wor!?
2. Describe any trau"atic e4periences in your present occupation that has affected you deeply in
so"e way.
2$. -ow do your relatives and friends view your present occupation?
2&. Is there anything that you don't currently !now how to do that you wish you could?
a. Do you ad"ire others who can do such things?
b. .re you sullen and "orose about it?
2'. Do you have a daily routine?
a. If so# what is it?
b. -ow do you feel and react when this routine is interrupted for so"e reason?
c. %hat does your "orning routine consist of?
d. %hat does your evening routine consist of?
e. Do you follow these routines during 'down' ti"e# or even when out in the world?
2(. %hat are your hobbies when you are not out in the world?
2*. %hat is your idea of a good evening's entertain"ent?
2+. %hat would you do if you had inso"nia and had to find so"ething to do to a"use yourself?
2$,. %hat do you do for rela4ation?
2$1. Do you en3oy reading? If so# what do you read?
a. /cientific te4tboo!s# historical novels# "yths and legends# "aps# coo!boo!s# ro"ances# news
"aga)ines# science fiction# fantasy# horror# the newspaper# short stories?
2$2. %hat "usic do you li!e?
a. Do you have a favourite artist# band or bard?
b. %ill you listen to or sing the sa"e songs over and over# or does it drive you nuts when people do
that?
2$. %hat things do you do for en3oy"ent?
2$$. %hat interests do you have?
2$&. -ow do you nor"ally dress# when not in your adventuring gear?
2$'. Do you li!e to dress up or down to rela4?
2$(. Do you have a loo! or style?
a. If so# describe it.
2$*. %hat do you nor"ally wear in bed at ho"e?
2$+. %hat do you nor"ally wear in bed while out in the world?
2&,. Do you wear any identifiable 3ewelry?
2&1. %here do you nor"ally put the tools of your trade or other valuables when you are sleeping?
2&2. %hat pasti"e (that you participate in regularly) gives you the "ost en3oy"ent?
2&. %hat pasti"e (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least en3oy"ent?
2&$. Do you read the newspaper?
a. If so# which sections and how often?
2&&. %hat are your hangout places?
2&'. Do you go to a bar after wor!?
2&(. Do you play pool?
2&*. Do you go dancing?
a. %ho goes with you?
2&+. -ow do you e4ercise? (%or! out at the gy"# wal!s in the "orning# run "arathons# play sports#
couch potato# etc.?)
2',. %here do you live?
2'1. Do you rent or own?
2'2. .part"ent# house or castle?
2'. -ow close are the neighbors?
2'$. Is it a good neighborhood?
2'&. %hat colour is the house?
2''. %hich floor are you on?
2'(. Do you have a lawn?
2'*. %hat about a flower garden?
2'+. Does your house have an attic or base"ent?
2(,. %hat does your furniture loo! li!e?
2(1. Do you buy anti2ues?
2(2. %hat are your walls covered with? %allpaper# art# photos?
2(. %hat sorts of curtains do you have? :rilly lacy ones# ?enetian blinds# pull7down shades?
2($. Do you !eep your house clean?
a. Is it dusty?
2(&. Is the bathtub "oldy or coated in rust?
2('. Do you clean it yourself?
2((. %hat does your des! or wor!space loo! li!e? /"all and cra"ped# huge and e4pansive# covered
in drifts of boo!s and papers?# neatly ordered and clean?
2(*. <an you find what you're loo!ing for when you need it?
2(+. %hat colour are your sheets? /atin or cotton? ;atterned with flowers# or covered with pictures of
toy robots?
2*,. %hat sorts of food do you eat?
2*1. Do you coo! your own dinners?
2*2. .re you a good coo!# a gour"et# or a terrible coo!?
2*. Do you eat out?
2*$. .re you on a diet?
2*&. -ow do you get around locally?
2*'. Do you get seasic!# airsic!# "otion sic! (auto or ani"al)?
2*(. .re there any "odes of travel that either thrill or terrify you?
a. %hat are they?
b. If terrifying# what would it ta!e to get you onto such a night"arish conveyance?
c. If thrilling# how far out of your way would you go to travel this way?
2**. Do you li!e riding ani"als?
2*+. %hat sorts of general belongings or e2uip"ent do you ta!e when traveling?
2+,. %here do you vacation# and how often?
2+1. Do you have any pets?
a. If so# do you ta!e the" with you?
b. %hat do you do with the" when you are out in the world?
2+2. Do you !eep a calendar or address boo!?
a. %here do you !eep it?
b. <ould others find it to trac! you down in your travels?
c. %ould it reveal things about you better left hidden?
2+. Did you leave a %ill?
a. %hat does it say?
b. If you were to disappear in your travels# could it be found?