I stumbled Upon this one day and thought it would help everyone a great deal, from http://www.squidoo.com/CharacterProfiles#module3943714
Question is, do you as a writer, really know as much as you should about your characters? Together we shall explore the art of creating character profiles and help you create better more lifelike characters for your next story.
Profile Survey #1: The Basics
How well do you the basics of your character? Take this quiz and find out!
What is your character's full name?
How old is your character throughout the majority of the story?
Date of birth?
Place of birth?
Male or Female?
Current Address?
How many brothers/sisters does your character have? Older? Younger? Which one is he/she closest to?
What is your character's overall health like?
What type of personality does your character have?
Zodiac sign?
Chinese zodiac sign?
Lives with?
Marital status?
Ethnic background?
Profile Survey #2: Lifestyle
How does your character live his/her life? Are you sure you really know? Answer these questions to find out:
Note: for each answer, be sure you can also explain why your character "picked" that answer.
Preferred nickname?
Current occupation?
Dream occupation he/she wishes to do?
Occupation he/she finds the most revolting and would never do?
Religion raised as by parents?
Religion now conforms to?
Political affiliation(s)?
Type of education received? Current education level?
Hometown?
Has/wants children?
Has/wants pets?
Profile Survey #3: Hobbies
What does he/she like to do in his/her spare time?
How many hobbies does he/she have?
Are these hobbies old (from childhood) or new?
Do the hobbies take up a lot of time or cost a lot of money?
Does he/she follow through on the hobbies or does he/she start a lot of projects and never finish any of them?
Profile Survey #4: Likes
What does your character like?
Enjoy?
Love?
Interview your character and see what he/she has to say.
Profile Survey #5: Dislikes
For dislikes, you pretty much just reverse the questions for likes, using the same list above.
Profile Survey #6: If I Were...
Ask your character to complete each of these phrases.
If I were a month, I would be
If I were a day of the week, I would be
If I were a time of day, I would be
If I were a planet, I would be
If I were a sea animal, I would be
If I were a direction, I would be
If I were a historical figure, I would be
If I were a liquid, I would be
If I were a bird I would be
If I were a cat I would be
If I were a dog I would be
If I were a tree, I would be
If I were a tool, I would be
If I were a flower, I would be
If I were a type of weather, I would be
If I were an animal, I would be
If I were a season I would be
If I were a holiday I would be
If I were a color, I would be
If I were an emotion, I would be
If I were a sound, I would be
If I were an element, I would be
If I were a car, I would be
If I were a food, I would be
If I were a place, I would be
If I were a body of water I would be
If I were a song I would be
If I were a book I would be
If I were a gemstone I would be
If I were a metal I would be
If I were a word, I would be
Profile Survey #6: If I Were...
An Example of What Your Character's Answer's Might Look like:
These answers came from my main character Etiole:
If I were a month, I would be September.
If I were a day of the week, I would be Wednesday.
If I were a time of day, I would be twilight.
If I were a planet, I would be Venus.
If I were a sea animal, I would be an electric eel.
If I were a direction, I would be East.
If I were a liquid, I would be salt water.
If I were an animal, I would be a harbor seal.
If I were a season I would be Summer.
If I were a holiday I would be La Kermeese.
If I were a color, I would be red.
If I were an emotion, I would be love.
If I were a sound, I would be laughter.
If I were an element, I would be the water.
If I were a car, I would be a Cadillac.
If I were a food, I would be star gazing pie.
If I were a place, I would be Otter Cove.
If I were a body of water I would be the North Atlantic Ocean.
If I were a song I would be "Look What The Cat Dragged In" by Poison.
If I were a book I would be Jane Eyre.
If I were a gemstone I would be a star sapphire.
If I were a metal I would be silver.
If I were a word, I would be unforgettable.
Proflie Survey #7: Childhood Memories
Profile Survey #8: Fears
What is your worst/greatest fear? Why?
Are you afraid of the dark?
Do you fear spiders?
Who do you fear the most? Why?
What one event had the biggest impact of the fears you have today? How?
Do you think you could ever overcome your fears?
Do you sleep with the light on?
Do you faint at the sight of blood?
Was there someone whose life, perception of the world, or beliefs affected what you fear today?
Who scares you more: God or Satan?
Are you afraid to die?
What fear do you have that hampers part of your life to the extent that you really wish you could put an end to this fear?
What Does Your Character Really Look Like?
Do you really know?
If someone was to ask you what your character looked like, what could you say? Tall, dark, and handsome? Well, okay, but is that good enough? See how many of these questions you can answer...
What is your character's hair color?
What is your character's eye color?
What is your character's skin color?
What is your character's fingernail color?
Writing Exercise: The Police Sketch
Let's Take That Last Quizz One Step Farther...
As a writer it is your job to let your readers know what your characters look like. But do you know how to describe your characters? Try this exercise to find out just how well you know what your main character looks like. In this example, imagine that your main character is the man the police want you to describe.
There is a serial killer on the loose. He is in your town. He has been on the news for several months. Everyone is on the lookout for him, but no one knows what he looks like. There are no living witnesses to describe him.
You are walking home, and witness this killer's latest attack. You lived, because he did not see you hiding in the shadows. You got a good look at him before he left.
Now you are sitting at the police station. Officers are gathered around you waiting to hear what you saw. A police artist sits across from you, waiting to draw the man as you describe him.
You got a good look at him. You can see his face in your mind. But can you give an accurate description of what he looks like?
The police man speaks to you: "Ma'am, would you please answer the following questions to the best of your knowlege? Try to remember any details that stand out. If you think of something I don't ask, please speak up. Let's see if we can't get an accurate drawing of this man...
What was his facial structure?
Just the facts ma'am.
Did he have high cheekbones? Shallow check? Flabby jowls?
Wide, sturdy jaw? Narrow pointy jaw?
Broad forehead? Wrinkled brow?
A jutting chin? No chin? Square chin? A double chin? Does his double chin have a double chin?
Does he have full thick lips or pale thin lips?
Big nose? Small nose? Was it long or short? Rounded? Bulbous? Crooked? Did he appear to have ever broken his nose in the past?
What about his eyebrows? Full? Thick? Thin? Fair? Dark? Bushy? Wide spread? Did they connect in the middle?
Was there any facial hair? Sideburns? Bangs? Did he hair cover his eyes? Beard? Mustache?
You didn't happen to notice what color his eyes were did you? Were they wide set? Close together? Large? Small? Round? Almond? Popeyed? Did he wear glasses?
Oh, that's fine. You did good. Now what about his hair?
Did he have hair? Was it think or balding? Did it look natural or could he have been wearing a wig?
What color was it? Brown you say? Was it a light sandy brown or a dark chestnut brown or could it have been more of an auburn brown?
Did it look natural? Could it have been dyed? Did you notice any highlights or streaks? Was there a root line? Was it going grey?
How long was his hair? Crew cut? Short? Ducktail? Ponytail?
Was it messy or did it seem rather neat? Greasy? Well groomed? Hair sprayed?
Straight? Thick? Wavy? Frizzed? Natural curls? Permed curls? Dreadlocks?
You're doing good. Could you give us a body type now?
How tall was he? Tall? Short? Average? Could you tell his exact height?
What about weight? Was he thin? Underweight? Overweight? About average? Athletic? Muscular? Pot bellied?
Would you say he resembled more of a clean-cut business professional or a more rough rowdy type or something else? Why would you say that?
Was he particularly handsome or a bit more plain or would you say he was down right ugly?
Did you notice the way he walked? Did he have a limp? Did he move slowly or quickly? Long strides or little steps?
You're almost done. Just a few more questions.
How old would you guess he was? What made you think that?
Did he have any distinguishing features? A mole? A birthmark? Any visible scars? Any deformities?
Smooth skinned or wrinkled? Pale? Light? Olive? Tan? Dark? Did he have a suntan?
Could you tell what race he was? What made you choose this particular race? Could he have been any other race? Why or why not?
Did you notice if he had any tattoos? If so, could you describe them for us?
What about jewelry? Did you notice any ear rings, nose rings, or other piercings? Was he wearing a watch? Wedding ring? Necklace? What did the jewelry look like?
How was he dressed? What type of cloths was he wearing?
Of everything you can remember, what one thing stood out the most about him? What would make him stand out in a crowd?
If you would say he resembled someone famous, who would you say he most looked like?
Overview of "A Police Sketch"
Now that you have finished reading that example, let's look at other ways you could use it, to help you describe your characters to your readers.
First off, you'll notice that I used a man in the example. If your main character is a woman, than just adjust the questions accordingly.
You may be saying, "But my main character isn't even a villain, let alone a serial killer!" Okay, so maybe turning your main character into a serial killer wasn't the best choice. Why did I pick a serial killer for this exercise? Well, because a serial killer is most likely to have a big "manhunt" out to find him; he's more likely to have never been seen; and once a witness does come forward, that witness is more likely to be run through the wringer, by the police, in a mass attempt to get an accurate police sketch of the killer. Long story, short, the end result will be a much more accurate description given by you the witness.
However, that was just an example. You could just as easily pretend that your main character is a missing person and you have no photo of him, so you must describe him to a police artist and once again, you'll have to describe him to the police artist with just as much detail as you would your readers.
It doesn't matter what you pretend your character is for this exercise, so long as you force yourself to write down a description of your character, that is so accurate that any one of your readers could draw his face and you'd say: Yep! That's him!
1,001 Questions
Well, maybe not quite 1,001 questions, but close enough. Here are a list of questions for you to ask your character, just to see how s/he responds to them:
Who was your first crush, and when?
What's in your pockets right now?
There are three doors in a room (not including the exit), they're unmarked. One leads to death, one to riches, and one to home, but you don't know which leads where. What do you do?
What's your favorite meal?
Your SO's (significant other's) hair color?
The TARDIS shows up, do you go with the Doctor?
What bad habits do you have?
Assuming that any "powers" (magic, telekinesis, super-strength, etc) you may have aren't working, what is your preferred weapon if you have to fight?
What's your weapon of choice?
If you could choose anyone, who would be in your party?
Who's your hero?
How do you define what is good or morally desirable?
Coffee or tea?
Where do you keep your lock picks?
What do you value more than anything else in the world?
If you have a power, what is it? And how did you get it?
What kind of magic is in your world?
Can you do magic?
How rigorously to you strive to perfect your beliefs and knowledge of the world, and to what extent do you allow your assumptions to remain unchecked?
Do you have a familiar and what is it if you do?
How do you feel about the arcane?
Do humans taste like chicken?
Do you have any close cousins?
Do you like to eat pumpkin?
Would you like to rule the world?
Would you sacrifice someone you loved, for a good enough cause?
What are your views on marriage?
What are you wearing right now?
What are you on today?
What virtue do you lack most?
What do you call that hairstyle?
How many people have you killed, and why?
If I was to hold your beloved over the ramparts and threaten to rip out his/her heart and eat it before dropping them over it unless you slaughtered their village-family-town-castle-significant other. What would you do?
Your friends were already happily slaughtered in front of you and nobody who cares about you can save you (some of whom are watching as you die in excruciating agony). There's really no way out. What do you do?
Any tattoos or piercings?
What do you think about telepaths?
What's your type?
Are there gods in your world? If there are, which on do you follow and why?
If you had to choose between a family member doing a great evil or a foe doing a great good, who would you side with?
Have you taken any really important vows? What were they?
What is your favorite form of combat?
What kind of clothes do you wear?
What kind of world do you live in?
What is your name?
What is your quest?
Is the glass half empty or half full?
When a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
What do I find in your trash can?`
Vampire or werewolf?
Would you take candy from a baby?
What do you see when you look up at the sky?
How old are you?
Sword and cape or tights and a big axe?
What is your favorite past time?
If someone extracted your soul from your body, what do you think it would look like?
Do you currently have someone in your life that you would willingly die for? Who? Why?
What is the most mundane, simple thing you like to do?
What moral value is most important to you?
Would you kill the one you loved for someone else you cherished?
What color is your house? Your roof?
Do you like coffee?
If you did want to take over the world, how long do you think it would take you?
Who are your three best friends?
If you had to sleep with your worst enemy to save the world, would you?
Would you say you are addicted to anything?
What do you think about "morals"? Do they exist, or do they not?
What do you like to eat?
How well do you get along with your parents?
Which country do you want to live in?
Anything in your life you still regret doing to this day?
Would you call yourself happy with your current life, and situation?
You open your fridge, what do you see?
You pass a homeless man on the street as your flipping through your wallet, you have a few spare ones. Do you give them to him?
You have to do 40 hours of community service for a law infarction, where do you serve it?
Is there any foods, you just can not abide?
It is 5 minutes to 8 and dinner is not ready. At 8, your guests are arriving. What do you do?
What is the longest distance you have traveled on foot?
Name your favorite story as a child.
Just what would you do, for love? for money? for power?
How many relationships have you been in?
Do you like or have any children?
What is your idea of a perfect evening?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What do you wear on a daily basis?
What was growing up like? Did you grow up with your family, or not?
The world is ending, and you can choose two people to save. Who, and why?
Favorite flowers?
Are you a morning, or night - kind of person?
What are you wearing?
Do you have any super-special powers?
Have you ever hurt someone intentionally? Why?
What is your idea of a perfect evening?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What do you wear on a daily basis?
What's your MOAS? (Mother of all secrets)
What's the biggest (or best) lie you ever told?
You are invited to your world's biggest social event of the year. How did you get your hands on an invitation?
Circumstances force you to sleep outside. During the night you hear a strange sound that might be a scream, but could just be a bird. What do you do?
What member of your family is your favorite? Least favorite?
What color is the sky?
What's your preferred season and weather? (And why?)
The holiday you enjoy most? (And why)
You're in a burning building. The exists are right there, but you hear someone shouting a floor above you. What do you do?
What is your greatest regret? Would you go back to change things if you could?
If you do celebrate birthdays, how do you celebrate? If not, why don't you?
What is your favorite piece of technology and why?
What was your first mode of transportation (horse or car, depending on subgenre)? How did you feel when you lost it (death, crash)?
If you celebrate Halloween, what was your first costume? If you don't, what would you have been (as a kid)?
What story/song did you mom/dad tell/sing to you as a kid?
What's in your bathroom medicine cabinet right now?
Have you ever killed someone (accidental or otherwise)?
Do you believe in ghosts?
Would you rather be eaten by a tiger, or a grue?
So... how you doing?
If you could own anything in your world, what would it be? (and why)
What are you/want to be when you grow up?
Have you ever killed someone? If so, why? If not, would you kill to save your life?
You have to spend the night in a hotel instead of your usual dwelling. What happened and why are you there?
What extreme sport have you always wanted to try?
A spell you cast goes horribly wrong and affects one of your co-characters.
Which co-character is affected and how do they feel?
Do you consider yourself normal?
Are you short?
Are you a frog?
How would you kill your worst enemy?
A little girl is crying because her cat is stuck in a tree. How do you respond?
Supposing they had television in your world, what would your favorite show be and why?
If you had to take one person with you to a desert island, which person would it be and why?
What is your least attractive trait?
Do you have a favorite animal? What is it and why?
Why is your enemy (if you have one, or a group of them) your enemy?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Do you talk out loud to yourself when no one can hear you?
What skill are you best at?
If you could have one animal for a pet, what would it be.
What would be your first, second and third thoughts if your consciousness was suddenly transported into another the body of someone of the opposite gender?
What would be your first course of action if you realized you were in a time loop (ie. no consequences.)
Which matters more, justice or the law?
What are your religious beliefs, and are they the same as most peoples' in your setting?
What's the furthest you've traveled from your birthplace?
Do you have any children? If not, do you want to eventually?
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Have you ever ridden a horse?
Have you ever considered sky diving?
Who is your best friend?
If you could bring someone back from the dead, who would it be?
What is one item you wish you hadn't lost?
What is your favorite article of clothing or armor?
Is there a song that drives you nuts?
Two men come in to the place you are working. Both are injured. One is your countryman, and his wounds aren't lethal. One is a foe, and he is dying. Who do you help?
Do you have any scars?
Is there a person or a cause that you would happily die for?
What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?
A homeless kid tries to pick your pocket, but you catch him. Your reaction?
What was it that last pushed you over the edge, if ever?
What was the last book/ piece of literature you read?
Oh no! The Big Bad has captured your SO (if you don't have one, just imagine) how do you get them back? Is it a noble rescue or downright irresponsible?
Do you ever want to have children? If so, with who?
Ah, the damsel (or prince) in distress. Cliched as it sounds, people rush off to save them. However, what if you came across a situation where you wouldn't want to save them? What would be your main reason for not saving someone in need?
Who was your first kiss?
Shag, marry, throw off a cliff: a dragon-riding hero/heroine, a fairy-tale prince/princess, an elf.
You've just gotten a letter from your mother saying she misses you and wants you to come home. What do you do?
Boxers, briefs, boxer-briefs, or chain-mail?
You've just found out your significant other was secretly plotting to kill you. What do you do?
If you absolutely have to go into a situation where the odds are one in a hundred of coming out alive, and there have to be two of you that go, no more, no less . . . who do you want with you and why?
You are allowed to choose any creature strong enough to bear you as a mount. It will be tame and obedient. What do you pick?
What is your favorite animal?
Do you have any pets?
What causes do you believe in/support?
You are faced with a great decision, and told the fate of all living things hang in a balance. Do you take up a great burden to restore- or maintain- order in the world? Or do you flip the bird to destiny and allow things to descend further into chaos?
If you had a choice between being good and dying for everyone you loved and being evil and living what would you choose?
What do you do for a living?
You run into someone you hate from your past, what do you do?
If you were not doing what you're doing, what would you be doing instead?
You get offered the chance to make one wish, the only limit being that you can't change the past in any way -- what do you wish for?
You meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with . . . at the reception for your own arranged marriage. That person feels the same as you do, that you two are meant to be together. So . . . what do you do now?
You've found some treasure guarded by a dragon. The dragon may be a bit too tough for you to fight. Do you go after the treasure anyway?
A former enemy of yours has approached you with gestures of friendship, saying he/she has mended his/her ways. Do you trust them?
If you had to kill a best friend to help (say, like he was a vampire and didn't want to be) him would you?
If faced with the option of making your life perfect but having somethings in your current life change would you take the chance?
A monster has just killed all your friends what do you do to it?
If you could have a bed made of anything you wanted, what would it be like?
You're walking along a path to a split in the road. One's with thorn bushes and the other is made of yellow bricks. Which path do you take?
What is your favorite expression?
If you were a superhero, what kin'na powers would you have?
Would you wear spandex and colorful panties on the outside of your clothes if it meant you got ta' be a superhero with the powers you wanted from my last question?
What would y'do if you came up to a locked briefcase that was beeping faster and faster and faster and faster....
What are your thoughts on music? Are you musical at all?
Oh no! You've been captured by your enemy, he's quick-witted but narcissistic, how do you escape?
What was your favorite game as a child? (Be it practical, imaginative or of the board variety.)
Who do you hate most?
Who do you love most?
Do you trust your friends?
Favorite color?
Favorite outfit?
Favorite person?
How did you get your hair to do that?
What was the best meal you ever ate?
Do you ever talk to yourself?
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus (or your world's equivalent imaginary being)?
Have you ever considered running away from home?
What element fits your personality best and why? (Earth, fire, water, air)
What makes you easy/hard to get along with?
What superpower would you pick and why? (If you have one, what would you have chosen for yourself and why/are you happy with what you have?)
What makes you sick? As in, completely and utterly disgusted?
Is there anyone you secretly like (romantic or platonic) that you'd never admit to?
If you could go anywhere in your world, where would it be, and why?
You ever been in a gang? Maybe you didn't call it a gang, but you ever run with people that would watch your back and trust you to watch theirs?
What is the one thing about society that aggravates you most?
You're 'running away' aka leaving in the middle of the night and you can only pack enough to fit in an average sized backpack. What do you take?
What is your favorite season, if there are any where you live, and why?
Ever committed a crime? I ain't talkin' shoplifting a CD or shit, I'm talkin' a felony. Big, bad, for-real crime. Ever done one?
Did you ever say "Hey, let's do that again!" and earned shocked gazes from everyone else?
What is your opinion about rabits?
Want a cookie?
When someone says "let's go home," what's the first place you think of?
How old is "too old"?
What advice would you give to someone going on a long and possibly dangerous journey.
Have you ever lost anyone? If so, who?
Do you have pets?
Do you wish you were younger or older and why?
If you could push a button and vaporize all the evil ones in the world would you do it?
What could you possibly know of pain?
Have you ever left anyone behind?
You're leaving and can only say goodbye to one person. Who would you choose to see?
What's your secret desire?
What's your goal in life?
Favorite food?
Ever been knocked unconscious?
Favorite weapon?
Milk or water?
Are you tall, short, or somewhere in between?
Melee weapons or ranged weapons -- what's your preference?
In a huge crowd, would you blend in or stick out?
Again, in a huge crowd have you ever felt alone?
If asked to donate to a good cause would you?
How do I go about killin' the devil? Y'know, Satan. Lucifer. That dude. (Hey, somebody HAS to know, right?)
How many siblings do you have?
In what way do you prefer to 'remove' your enemies?
Is anyone in love with you?
According to your own standards, do you consider yourself a good person?
What do you think happens after death if anything at all.
Ever been arrested? Not gotten a ticket, but cuffed, booked and put in a cell? (Or the nearest equivalent of cuffed and booked, for those of you on the wacked-out LotR worlds and crap like that.)
Do you have a food that you cannot live without?
What is one lost comfort that you miss?
What is your opinion of zombies?
Ever had to kill a person? Not a monster, or a critter -- a person. Someone of your own race. (And I ain't talkin' skin color, I'm talkin' as human as you are -- or as elven as you are, or mer-human as you. Whatever.)
What's the one thing you'd be least likely to tell anyone, even your closest friend?
Do you have a hobby? If so, what?
If you could do one thing without having to worry about the consequences, what would it be?
Would you rather perform -- sing, play an instrument, act, do stand-up comedy, whatever -- or watch someone else perform?
Are you addicted to anything (coffee, pretzels, illicit drugs, etc.)?
Is your current location agreeable, or would you prefer to live somewhere else? If so, where, and why?
What is your biggest ambition?
Are there any songs or nursery rhymes from your childhood that make you all nostalgic?
What one word sums you up?
If you could spend a single day as someone, anyone else, who would it be and why?
Is morality a relative thing?
Do you believe in an ever-lasting love?
Do you believe in angels?
Have you ever seen a ghost?
Would you ever try to take over the world?
If someone is in a position of authority, does that automatically make them a responsible person?
Do you have a pet? If not, do you want one?
You come home one night to find your worst enemy waiting for you at your door. What do you do?
What's your favorite pizza topping? (If pizza does not exist in your dimension or you do not ingest human consumables, let's just pretend for a moment that you do.)
Have you ever watched the sunrise? If so, when?
What was your greatest achievement?
Who was/is your best friend?
Do you have a religion?
Do you have any hidden talents?
Who would you do anything for?
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Would you rather sleep under a roof or under the stars?
What's the most useful thing your parents or guardians taught you as a child?
What feature do you look for in a significant other?
What makes a creature a person to you? Not a human, but a person?
Did you follow in your parent's footsteps (occupation wise), or have you made your own way in life?
What was your weirdest dream?
When was the last time you indulged yourself?
Where did you grow up?
If you had all the money you could ever dream of, what would you buy?
How far would you go fro your SO?
Alright so you're mother just tells you you were adopted. What's your reaction?
If you could chose any animal to be your permanent companion, what would it be and why?
What's your typical outfit?
How many pints before you're on the floor?
Your sister wants you to help her with her spell casting - the last time she asked things didn't turn out so well - do you agree once again or tell her to find someone else?
Have you ever been in the air? And not just falling, I mean flying or gliding.
Why do you bother? What makes whatever you do better than giving up, or even just laying down and dying?
Do you like frogs?
A government official brings you a reqest to supply certain items for the army - but he gets you mixed up with another tradesman and asks for something you can't make - what do you do?
Armor for protection, or no armor for freedom of movement?
How would you react to the concept of a world with NO magic?
What is your preferred form of apocalypse? Flashy and impressive, or fast and quiet, or something else? Or, if you've seen the apocalypse, what was it like?
Suppose you have somehow gotten into an arranged marriage with a powerful being, whether a dragon, elf, extremely powerful wizard(ess), etc.. How do you react? If you resist, how do you get out of it?
What prejudices do you have, if any?
We've heard all about lies... what's the hardest truth you've ever had to tell?
Adventure comes knocking on the door - do you answer it? Or do you roll over and go back to sleep?
You're walking down the street when you see a coin stuck to the floor. When you try and pick it up, it doesn't move. What do you do?
What have you done in your life that you are most proud of?
How would you feel and what would you do if a friend you weren't really close to suddenly started telling you about their tragic past?
What is your favorite color... and why?
you see a piano falling on your deaf best friend, but your too far away to reach them and save yourself too. what will you do?
What's your favorite memory of your parents?
What's your favorite kind of music?
Do you like socks? (If you're from a medieval or other historical world and don't know what socks are, do you like leggings/tights/stockings?)
Do you believe emotions should be embraced or controlled?
Something comes up and it seems your in for a long journey. Regardless of how you're getting there, what must you bring with you, other than the obvious (food, water, etc)?
What is your favorite food?
Would you rather be able to breathe underwater or fly?
Can you use magic?
Do you keep a journal? Why? Why not?
whats the first word you think of when reading this?
You find your workshop is not how you left it, and your favorite tools have gone missing. Do you launch a full investigation to track down who did this, or do you just replace the tools and move forward?
Given a choice, would you rather be super intelligent or super strong?
What are your views on sex?
What makes you laugh?
What is your best memory?
Which comes to you first: Love or passion?
Who is your favorite person to be with and why?
Do you ever wish you were someone else?
Have you ever considered learning to ride a dragon?
Is the enemy of your enemy your friend, or is that just philosophical BS?
You're meeting your SOs family for the first time. Do you behave normally, or do you wait until the next meeting to be yourself?
Imagine where you'll be in 10 years. What will you be doing? Who will you be with?
You're a regular at the town pub. One night, some stranger is occupying your favorite stool. What do you do now?
Your best friend and the love of your life are about to be squashed by a giant. You don't have the time or ability to save both. Which do you save?
You alone come across an ancient scroll with the secrets of the universe. Do you share this freely with everyone else? Or do you hide it waiting for the highest bidder?
Do you have any scars?
What are your favorite pair of shoes or boots?
Do you plan for children in your future?
Your SO (significant other) has just spent an entire day cooking a grand meal for you...except they're the worst cook ever and you fear for your health both from eating the food, and in refusing to do so. How are you going to survive the evening?
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
Ale or wine?
What is your earliest memory?
You've earned a reward - either one giant shiny cut gem, or a bag full of gold pieces - which one would you rather have?
Out of these, which would you choose to fight with?
a) a pebble
b) a scroll
c) a rubber chicken
d) all of the above
Communism. Failed idea, or just not yet implimented correctly?
Magic bean stocks - true or false?
The last three books you've read (and I mean read, not just flipped through, but you can give me those too)?
What is your favorite saying?
A traveling salesman has this "awsome" magical item he'll give you a really great deal on - take it or leave it?
Do you believe it is better to imprison an innocent, or let a criminal go free?
Describe (with great detail!) the last stupid thing you did, and why you did it. if it was an accident, that last part obviously doesn't apply. ^^
What is your dearest possession- how did you get it and why does it mean so much to you?
What would you prefer to do if given a choice - study as a scholar, become a mage, or learn a trade?
Who is the one person you want to see right now? Alive or dead, it doesn't matter.
Would you kill a child if you knew with complete certainty that they would commit horrendous acts of evil when they grew up?
Which is your greatest weapon: your physical abilities or your mental prowess?
Chocolate or vanilla?
When was the last time you had a nice, hot bath?
What do you hate about yourself but would never change?
Who are you thinking about right now?
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
If you could turn into any kind of animal, what would you be?
When was the last time you drove a car?
When your headed into a big fight who do you want to have your back?
Drink of preference, coffee, tea, hot chocolate or other? If other, what?
What's your biggest secret?
Continued, yet again . . .
Are you like your parents, or unlike them -- and how?
Have you ever sacrificed for the greater good, and what have you sacrificed?
What makes you a better person?
What are you most afraid of and why?
Do you have any dietary restrictions? If so, what are they and why?
What is your most prized possession?
What is your favorite song?
What's something you've always dreamed of doing, but never got around to?
How would your best friend describe you?
What's the worst lie you ever told?
Would you die to save your honor, or compromise your honor to save your life?
What's the most stupid brave thing you ever did?
What do you see when you look up at the sky?
Ever been in love with a family member?
There's a shiny thing guarded by and evil thing. Do you try and get the shiny?
If you encountered the mirror of Erised from the Harry Potter series (magical mirror that shows the one thing you desire most in the world) what would you see?
What makes you the most angry in the world?
If you were trapped on a desert island and could only bring three things with you, what would you bring?
What is your drink of choice?
What is your favorite kind of weather, and why?
If your quest required you to sacrifice one sense, which would it be?
What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you?
What about the best?
If I were ice cream, how would you eat me? ;)
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep?
If you could change one decision in your life, what would it be?
Do you ever limber up before a battle? Why or why not?
Have you ever been dancing and with who?
What sort of songs do you prefer?
Have you named your weapons? If so, what are there names?
What do you do to keep yourself occupied when you're in an annoying situation? (i.e. boring class, lecture, etc.)
What is your favorite food?
If you were going to choose a companion of the following, which would it be and why: wolf, fox, tiger, owl, eagle, cat, or dog?
Who is the person you trust most?
Who is your best friend?
Confronted by a hungry, annoyed dragon, what would you do?
What is your favorite pastime?
When you're waiting, how do you pass the time?
Are you normal?
Which is better, black or white?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If someone came and slaughtered your entire family, would you seek revenge, or turn to the path of peace and try to put it behind you?
Do your gods mess up your life as much as mine do?
How many scars do you have?
Where exactly were you born/created?
What is your educational background?
What is your relationship with your parents/guardians like?
How do you take your tea?
Magic - inborn talent, or earned by hard work?
What is your secret, innermost dream?
It's a dark night and someone close by is screaming, what do you do?
The police have arrested you for murder and you have one phone call - who do you call?
Huge steam-powered engines or horses?
It's 3am and you're awake. What are you doing?
What kind of weather do you like? Why?
Your worst enemy apologies for everything they've ever done to wrong you, how do you react?
If you woke in the night screaming, what would you have been dreaming of?
Do you believe in the power of love to change the world?
Where do you hide the bodies?
Do you like to look your enemy in the eyes as you kill them, or stab them in the back by surprise?
What advice your mother gave you have you obviously never followed?
A delicate but attractive magician and an over-muscled sword-bearing hero (gender of both up to you) have both asked you out. Which one do you accept?
there is no end . . . :)
What element fits your personality best and why? (Earth, fire, water, air)
What makes you easy/hard to get along with?
What superpower would you pick and why? (If you have one, what would you have chosen for yourself and why/are you happy with what you have?)
If you absolutely have to go into a situation where the odds are one in a hundred of coming out alive, and there have to be two of you that go, no more, no less . . . who do you want with you and why?
You are allowed to choose any creature strong enough to bear you as a mount. It will be tame and obedient. What do you pick?
What is your favorite animal?
Do you have any pets?
What causes do you believe in/support?2. You are faced with a great decision, and told the fate of all living things hang in a balance. Do you take up a great burden to restore- or maintain- order in the world? Or do you flip the bird to destiny and allow things to descend further into chaos?
If you had a choice between being good and dying for everyone you loved and being evil and living what would you choose?
What do you do for a living?
You run into someone you hate from your past, what do you do?3. If you were not doing what you're doing, what would you be doing instead?2) You get offered the chance to make one wish, the only limit being that you can't change the past in any way -- what do you wish for?
Where are you from?
When are you from?
What are your beliefs?3) You meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with . . . at the reception for your own arranged marriage. That person feels the same as you do, that you two are meant to be together. So . . . what do you do now?
What do you like to eat for breakfast?
How do you take your tea?
If you could take one object to the moon with you, what would it be?
Do you know anyone who can do magic?
What's your favorite animal?
What's your favorite thing to do?
The world ends tomorrow. How will you spend your last day (today) before then?
If you were a musical instrument, what would you be?
Your favorite weather conditions?
You can go back in time and change one (and only one) choice that you made in the past. What do you do differently, and why, and how does it change the present?
What's your favorite vegetable?
You're on a blind date at a restaurant that's world-famous for its desserts, and you find out that the person you're with is one of the bad guys. Do you run, try to kill him/her, or wait until after the cake?
How do you relax?
What is your wepon of choice?
Would you spend the night at the spooky motel that you were pretty sure is run by creatures out to eat you?
Who do you like, and does that person like you back?
How often do you go out with friends and what do you do?
Do you have a favorite book? What is it?
What is the color of your third cousin's aunt's brother's niece's husband's hair?
Hey, what's that behind you?
What's your most favorite thing in the world?
If you were asked to destroy your most favorite thing in the world, would you do it?
Once you've destroyed your favorite thing in the world, how would you feel? (And if you didn't, how do you feel now?)
Don't Yet Have a Character?
Be Your Own Character Generator:
Creating characters is fun, but sometimes coming up with new characters can be a challenge. Here's a fun trick to creating your own random characters. If you create enough of them, sooner or later you'll have some you can use.
Here's what you do: Below you well find a list of phrases that describe the new character you are about to create. Each phrase has a blank space in it. Put a random noun (or short phrase) in that blank space. Do that for each phrase and when you get done, read them all at once, to meet your new character.
For the sake of simplicity, I have used the pronoun "he" in these phrases, which would thus create a male character. If you need to create a female character, just put a she in the phrase instead.
This guy reminds you of a ______________.
He has _________ _________ eyes that are like two _________ __________.
He has ________ ________ hair the color of _________.
He is ______ and has a ______ build.
His skin is _______.
He has ________ ________.
His wardrobe is __________ with lots of __________ in it.
Here is an example of what you will have when you get done:
This man reminds you of a glorious phoenix. He has light brown eyes that are like two bronze coins. His has fine, curly hair the color of driven snow. He is very tall and has a lean build. His skin is pale. He has long thin fingers. His wardrobe is bizarre with lots of yellow in it.
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Okay guys, it's ... CUT! Now let's wrap this up -- and get those cameras outta here!
confuser
frankenstein we went over this you dont really eat the brain
arcane.weilder
"You made hulk hungry!!!!"