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Character's Full Name:
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Date:
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GENERAL INFO:
Name origin:   
Nickname, if any
(if so, explain its origin – e.g. who created it?):   
Does s/he like the nickname?   
Birth date:   
Place of birth:   
Ethnic background:   
Religion:   
Degree of religious practice
(e.g. orthodox, casual, lapsed):   
Current address:   
Does s/he rent or own?   
Brief description of home
(apartment, house, trailer, etc.):   
 

 

 

Does s/he live with anyone?   
Describe the area in which s/he lives
(big city, town, rural, other):   
Is this his/her ideal home and location?
If not, what would s/he prefer?   
Home decor (check all that apply):    ___ Expensive ___ Inexpensive
___ Carefully planned ___ Comfortable
___ Neat ___ Cluttered
When someone walks in, what's his/her first impression?   
Pets?    ___ No (why?) ___ Yes
If yes, what kind and how many? Name(s)?   
How important are they? How well are they treated?   
Current occupation
(include length of time, location, job title):   
Job satisfaction (happy, discontent, ambitious...):   
Income level:   
Education:   
Does s/he drive? What kind of car does s/he own, if any? (Make, model, color, age, etc.):   
Sexuality
(e.g. straight, gay, bisexual, asexual, unsure...):   
Marital status:   
If married or currently romantically involved, with whom, and for how long?   
List any significant previous romantic partners:   
For current spouse/partner, what does the character call him/her (pet names, nicknames, etc.)?
 
How did they meet?
 

 

 

Any children (include names, ages, other parent if different from current partner)?
 

 

Describe relationship with each child (if any):
 

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Height:   
Weight:   
What is his/her body type (skinny, slim, athletic, curvy, overweight, muscular, etc.)?   
Eye color?   
Does s/he use glasses? Contacts? Hearing aid?   
Skin tone (pale, ivory, ruddy, tan, olive,
brown, black, etc.):   
Any prominent features, freckles/moles/scars/tattoos/
other distinguishing marks?   
Face shape (round, oval, chubby, thin, long, square, heart-shaped, etc.)?   
Whom does s/he most look like (e.g. famous person or relative)?   
General health (good, excellent, poor...)?   
Any chronic conditions?   
Any current health problems?   
How does s/he dress (mark as many as appropriate):   
PRICE:

__ Expensive     __ Average     
__ Inexpensive   __  Cheap

STYLE:

__  Haute Couture  __  Conservative   
__  Trendy    __  Eclectic   __  Business   
__ Sexy    __  Gaudy    __  Casual   
__ Sloppy               
Does s/he dress to be noticed? Why?   
 

 

Any special jewelry?
If so, why is it special?   
Other accessories:   
Grooming:    ___ Every hair in place, very neat (Why?)
___ Average grooming
___ Clean but sloppy
___ Unkempt (Why?)
Hairstyle
(long, short, crewcut, locs, bangs, side-part etc.):   
Natural hair texture
(thick, thin, wiry, smooth, wavy, curly, nappy, etc.):   
Current hair texture (if different from above):   
Natural hair color:   
Current hair color (if different from above):   

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION:
Pace (does s/he talk fast, average, slow?):   
Accent or dialect, if any:   
Voice tone
(shrill, high, average, deep, squeaky,
hoarse, harsh, authoritative, cultured, etc.):   
Any favorite/habitual words/phrases or curse words?   
 

 

Describe general vocabulary or speech pattern (e.g. educated, precise, pretentious, average, childish, uneducated, vulgar…):   
Mannerisms/demeanor?    ___ Cool/confident
___ Volatile/moody
___ Nervous/fidgety/shy
___ Other?
Typical posture:    ___ Stiff and rigid
___ Stands straight but not stiffly
___ Average, varies with mood
___ Slumped and defeated
___ Slouchy, careless
___ Relaxed
___ Other
Gestures:    ___ Doesn't gesture much
___ Deliberate and controled
___ Only when excited/upset
___ Most of the time
___ Wildly/weirdly
Common gestures (e.g. nail-biting, hair patting, drumming fingers, clenched fists, hands in pockets, etc.):   

EVERYDAY BEHAVIOR / HABITS:
Finances: (prudent/cautious, average w/some debt, lives paycheck to paycheck, deep in debt, criminal activity, etc.):   
Describe any personal habits, e.g. smoking, drinking, drugs, gambling, etc. Are any of these addictions?   
Morning Routine:

Describe the character's morning rituals. Who else is sleeping in the same bed? What time does he/she wake up? Is he/she cheerful in the morning? What wakes him/her up -- alarm, spouse/lover, kids, pet? What does he/she do during breakfast-read, watch tv, feed kids, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Afternoon/Workday:

Now describe the character's workday or afternoon behavior. Does s/he work outside the home? How does he/she get there? Does he/she anticipate, dread, resent the work ahead? Does s/he give the job genuine attention and effort? Does s/he enjoy this work? Is s/he good at this job? What would he/she rather be doing? How long and hard is the work day?

 

Does s/he stop for lunch? Where?

 

 
Dinner:

Does s/he eat at home or go out a lot? If the latter, what is/are his or her favorite restaurant(s)? At home, who prepares the meal? Who does he/she eat it with? What does it typically consist of? What goes on during dinner -- tv, conversation, fighting, reading, etc? Who cleans up?

 

 
Evening:

What does your character do on a typical evening? Where? With whom? How much does he/she enjoy it? What is the ideal evening for him or her?

 

 

 

 

 

Bedtime:

Does he/she go to bed at a consistent time? Alone or with someone else? Does s/he usually fall asleep right way, or is s/he an insomniac? Does he/she dream -- a lot, a little, never? Are most of his/her dreams scary, pleasant, sexual, imaginative? Are there any recurring dreams? Does s/he sleep well or poorly (e.g. tossing & turning)?

 

 

 

Skills/Talents:   
What is s/he particularly unskilled at?   
Any hobbies (sports, arts, collecting, gaming, etc.):   

THE PAST:
Home town (if different from current home):   
Was his/her childhood happy? Troubled? Dull? (And does the character remember it accurately?)   
 

 

Earliest memory:   
 

 

Saddest memory:   
 

 

Happiest memory:   
 

 

How much school did s/he attend, if any?
Did/does s/he like school? Why or why not?   
 

 

 

Most significant childhood event:   
 

 

Other significant childhood events, if any?   
 

 

Significant past jobs:   
 

 

Any police record?   
If so, what was the arrest for? When/where?   
Convictions? Sentence(s) served?   
First crush or romantic love?   
 

 

What was his/her first sexual experience?
Is it a positive/negative memory?   
 

 

Major accidents or traumas?
How is s/he still affected, if at all?   
 

 

 


FAMILY OF ORIGIN:
Mother's name (include maiden name if known/applicable):   
Mother's current status:    ___ living ___ deceased
(If living, her age: ____)
Mother's occupation, if any:   
Describe the mother's relationship with character:   
 

 

Father's name:   
Father's current status:    ___ living ___ deceased
(If living, his age: ____)
Father's occupation, if any:   
Describe the father's relationship with character:   
Any step-parents, foster parents,
or birth parents (if not same as above):

 

 

 

 

If s/he is adopted, does s/he know?   
Any siblings (include age and birth order, i.e. relative to main character):   
Relationship with each:   
Nieces/Nephews, if any:   
In-Laws, if any:   
Other than the above, who else in the story is part of his/her extended family (e.g. cousins, aunts/uncles, grandparents, etc.)?   

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS:
Who, if anyone, is his/her best or closest friend?   
Other close friends:   
How in general does s/he react to or is perceived by...
Friends?   
Strangers?   
Spouse/Lover?

Past spouse/lovers?   
Own children, if any?   
Other family members   
The opposite sex?   
Children in general?   
Others who are more successful?   
Others who are less successful?   
Boss (if any)?   
Underlings at work?   
Competitors?   
Authority (police, IRS, politicians, attorneys, doctors, etc.)?   
Anyone who challenges him or her?   
Anyone who angers him or her?   
Anyone who asks for help?   
What do most people consider likeable about him/her?   
What do most people consider his/her biggest flaw?   
Any secret attractions? If so, does the other person know it? Has there been any actual romantic/sexual activity?   
In romantic relationships, is s/he generally monogamous or uncommitted? (If the latter, is s/he honest w/ partners?)   
Is his/her sexual behavior inhibited, average, experimental, or reckless? Has this changed
(and if so, why)?   
Whom does s/he dislikes most, and why?   
Whom does s/he like most, and why?   
Who's the most important person
in his/her life right now, and why?   
 

 

Whom does s/he admire (nonromantic), and why?   
 

 

Biggest influence, and why (famous or not)?   
 

 

Whom (if anyone) does s/he consider an enemy, and why?   
Person s/he most misunderstands or misjudges:   
Person who most misunderstands or misjudges him or her:   
Has s/he's lost touch with anyone who was once significant in his/her life? If so, why?   
Worst end of a relationship (could be friend, romantic, colleague...)   
Whom does s/he most rely on for practical advice?   
Whom does s/he most rely on for emotional support?   
Whom, if anyone, does s/he support (e.g. advice or emotional support)?   

MENTAL ATTITUDE/PERSONAL BELIEFS:
Any psychological issues (e.g. phobias,
depression, paranoia, narcissism, etc.)?   
 

 

 

Is s/he an optimist or pessimist?   
 

 

Meyers Briggs Personality Type:
(Don't know? Take a sample test for your character.)   
Most comfortable when ...
(alone, hanging w/friends, drinking, etc.):   
Most uncomfortable when ...
(in a crowd, alone, speaking in public, etc.:   
Is s/he cautious, brave, or reckless
in his/her approach to life?   
What does s/he most value/prioritize?
(family, money, success, religion, etc.)   
Whom does he/she really love best?   
What would he/she be willing to die for?   
Is s/he generally compassionate, sensitive to others?
Or self-involved/selfish/oblivious?   
Personal philosophy:   
 

 

What is his/her biggest embarrassment?   
 

 

 

What is his/her greatest wish?   
 

 

 

Any prejudices (race, culture, sexuality, religion, etc.)?   
 

 

 

Political party or beliefs, if any:   
 

 

 

Does s/he believe in fate or destiny? Is s/he superstitious?   
 

 

 

Character's greatest strength:   
 

 

Character's greatest flaw:   
 

 

Other good characteristics:   
 

 

Other character flaws:   
 

 

What are his/her own favorite attributes
(physical and personality)?
What about least favorite?   
 

 

Are these feelings accurate?   
 

 

How does s/he think others perceive him or her? (And is this accurate?)   
 

 

Biggest regret:   
 

 

Other regrets:   
 

 

Proudest accomplishment:   
 

 

Other accomplishments:   
 

 

Biggest secret(s):   
 

 

Does anyone else know these secrets?   
 

 

If yes, how were the secrets revealed?   
 

 

How does s/he react to a crisis?   
 

 

What usually causes the problems in his/her life (romance, finances, friends, colleagues, personality flaws, health, etc.)?   
 

 

How does s/he react to change?   
 

 

Quirks:   
 

 

What would s/he most like to change about her-/himself, and why?   
 

 

 

Write a paragraph (~100 words) of the character describing him/herself:   
Short term goals:   
Long term goals:   
Does s/he plan to achieve these goals, or does s/he think they're unrealistic?   
Will others be affected?
If yes, does it matter to the character?   
What, if anything, is stopping him/her from achieving these goals?

 
What does he/she actively work to gain, keep or protect?

 
What event or occurrence does s/he most dread or fear?

 
Which person in his/her life would s/he most want to emulate?

 
Which person in his/her life would s/he least want to emulate?

 

LIKES/FAVORITES:
Food:   
Drink:   
Color:   
Book:   
Film:   
Music/Song:   
TV:   
Sport:   
Motto/Quote:   
Hangout(s):   
Possession:

[dilly.]

THE 100+ QUESTIONS


Mandatory Questions
1. What about you is heroic?
2. What about you is social? What do you like about people?
3. Of what benefit could you be to the current group?
4. Why would you choose to join the current group?
5. Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake (as opposed to just tagging along)?


Personal Questions
1. What is your real, birth name? What name do you use?
2. Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
3. What do you look like? (Include height, weight, hair, eyes, skin, apparent age, and distinguishing features)
4. How do you dress most of the time?
5. How do you "dress up?"
6. How do you "dress down?"
7. What do you wear when you go to sleep?
8. Do you wear any jewelry?
9. In your opinion, what is your best feature?
10. What's your real birth date?
11. Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.?
12. Do you own a car? Describe it.
13. What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
14. What one word best describes you?


Familial Questions
1. What was your family like?
2. Who was your father, and what was he like?
3. Who was your mother, and what was she like?
4. What was your parents marriage like? Were they married? Did they remain married?
5. What were your siblings names? What were they like?
6. What's the worst thing one of your siblings ever did to you? What's the worst thing you've done to one of your siblings?
7. When's the last time you saw any member of your family? Where are they now?
8. Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?


Childhood Questions
1. What is your first memory?
2. What was your favorite toy?
3. What was your favorite game?
4. Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind? Who were they, and how did you know them? Why do they stick out?
5. Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
6. What is your fondest, childhood memory?
7. What is your worst childhood memory?


Adolescent Questions
1. How old were you when you went on your first date?
2. It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
3. What were you like in high school? What "clique" did you best fit in with?
4. What were your high school goals?
5. Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?
6. What is your favorite memory from adolescence?
7. What is your worst memory from adolescence?


Occupational Questions
1. Do you have a job? What is it? Do you like it? If no job, where does your money come from?
2. What is your boss or employer like? (Or publisher, or agent, or whatever.)
3. What are your co-workers like? Do you get along with them? Any in particular? Which ones don't you get along with?
4. What is something you had to learn that you hated?
5. Do you tend to save or spend your money? Why?


Likes & Dislikes Questions
1. What hobbies do you have?
2. Who is your closest mundane friend? Describe them and how you relate to them.
3. Who is your worst mundane enemy? Describe them and why you don't get along.
4. What bands do you like? Do you even pay attention?
5. What tape or CD hasn't left your player since your purchased it? Why?
6. What song is "your song?" Why?
7. What's been your favorite movie of all time?
8. Read any good books? What were they?
9. What do you watch on the Television?
10. When it comes to mundane politics, do you care? If so, which way do you tend to vote? If not, why don't you care?
11. What type of places do you hang out in with your mundane friends?
12. What type of places do you hang out in with your normal friends?
13. What annoys you more than anything else?
14. What would be the perfect gift for you?
15. What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
16. What time of day is your favorite?
17. What kind of weather is your favorite?
18. What is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
19. What is your favorite drink? (Coffee, Coke, Juice, Beer, Wine, etc.)
20. What's your favorite animal? Why?
21. Do you have any pets? Do you want any pets? What kind?
22. What do you find most relaxing? (Not as in stress relief, but as something that actually calms you down.)
23. What habit that others have annoys you most?
24. What kind of things embarrass you? Why?
25. What don't you like about yourself?
26. How would you like to look?


Morality Questions
1. What one act in your past are you most ashamed of? What one act in your past are you most proud of?
2. Have you ever been in an argument before? Over what, with who, and who won?
3. Have you ever been in a physical fight before? Over what, with who, and who won?
4. What do you feel most strongly about?
5. What do you pretend to feel strongly about, just to impress people?
6. What trait do you find most admirable, and how often do you find it?
7. Is there anything you think should not be incorporated into the media or art (sex, violence, greed, etc.,)? If so, what and why, and if not, why not?
8. Do you have any feelings in general that you are disturbed by? What are they? Why do they disturb you?
9. What is your religious view of things? What religion, if any, do you call your own?
10. Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?
11. Is an ounce of prevention really worth a pound of cure? Which is more valuable? Why do you feel this way?
12. What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?
13. What's the worst thing you could actually do to someone you hated?
14. Are you a better leader or follower? Why do you think that? If you think the whole leader-follower archetype is a crock of [censored], say so, and explain why?
15. What is your responsibility to the world, if any? Why do you think that?
16. Do you think redemption is possible? If so, can anyone be redeemed, or are there only certain circumstances that can be? If not, why do you think nothing can redeem itself?
17. Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?
18. What do you think is wrong with MOST people, overall?


Post-Supernatural Awareness Questions
1. When did you go through whatever made you supernatural? What was it like (in your opinion)?
2. What do you think now of being supernatural? Is it cool, or have you been screwed?
3. Do you have a mentor? Who are they? How did you become their student?
4. Do you have any magical items? Where did you get them?
5. What do you think of the other denizens of the World of Darkness? Why for each? (If you haven't met something, do you think it exists, and if it does, is that bad or good?)
6. Think of a major event that happened during your training/initiation. What was it?
7. What is something you had to learn during your training that you hated? Why did you hate it?


Miscellaneous Questions
1. What is the thing that has frightened you most? Do you think there is anything out there that's scarier than that? What do you think that would be?
2. Has anyone or anything you've ever cared about died? How did you feel about it? What happened?
3. What was the worst injury you've ever received? How did it happen?
4. How ticklish are you? Where are you ticklish?
5. What is your current long term goal?
6. What is your current short term goal?
7. Do you have any bad habits? If so, what are they, and do you plan to get rid of them?
8. If you were a mundane person, what would you do with your life? What occupation would you want, and how would you spend all your time?
9. What time period do you wish you had lived in? Why? (Looking at this as an attempt to change history doesn't count.) What appeals to you about this era?
10. How private of a person are you? Why?
11. If you were to gain an obscenely large sum of money (via an inhertiance, a lawsuit, a lottery, or anything else) what would you do with it?
12. What would you wish for if you found a genie?
13. What do you do when you are bored?
14. What is the most frightening potential handicap or disfigurement you can conceive of? What makes it so frightening?


Deadly Sins Definitions

Lust -
Lust or lechery (carnal "luxuria") is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature.
Gluttony -
Gluttony, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning to gulp down or swallow, means over-indulgence and over.
Greed -
Greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods with the intention to keep it for one's self.
Sloth -
Sloth is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive.
Anger -
Anger is an emotion related to one's psychological interpretation of having been offended, wronged or denied and a tendency to undo that by retaliation.
Envy -
Envy (also called invidiousness) is best defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.
Pride -
Pride is an inward directed emotion that exemplifies either a high sense of one's personal status or ego (i.e., leading to judgments of personality and character) or the specific mostly positive emotion that is a product of praise or independent self-reflection.

Heavenly Virtue Definitions
Chastity -
Chastity refers to the sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization, or religion.
Temperance -
Temperance (Sophrosyne in Greek) is defined as "moderation in action, thought, or feeling; restraint.
Charity -
Charity, or love, means an unlimited loving-kindness toward all others.
Diligence -
Diligence is steadfast application, assiduousness and industry - the virtue of hard work rather than the sin of careless sloth.
Patience -
Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.
Kindness -
Kindness is the act or the state of being kind -ie. marked by goodness and charitable behaviour, mild disposition, pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others.
Humility -
Humility (adjectival form: humble) is the quality of being modest, reverential, even politely submissive, and never being arrogant, contemptuous, rude or even self-abasing. Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue in many religious and philosophical traditions, being connected with notions of transcendent unity with the universe or the divine, and of egolessness.

Sin X Virtue
Lust X Chastity
Gluttony X Temperance
Greed X Charity
Sloth X Diligence
Wrath X Forgiveness
Envy X Kindness
Pride X Humility