OK, this here's my little bit of
assitance to character background creation. This will help you
make your characters as detailed as possible. Answer the
questions completely and in as much detail as possible, as you
feel like, or as you can. You will be graded, and you will get
karma for this, dependant upon your grade. The better you did,
and the more detail you gave, the better off you'll be and the
more Karma you'll get. Remember, get personal. This is a real
person that you are creating, not just numbers on paper. Feel
free to copy'n paste. If you answer any of the questions in your
character history, just say refer to history or whatever, no need
to write stuff twice. ^_^
- What is your characters Sex?
- What is your characters physical
size?
- What is the color of the characters
Hair, eyes, and skin?
- What is the character's general
appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
- Where was the character born (City,
State)?
- What is the characters date of
birth?
- What was the character's family
life like?
- Has the charcter begun his own
family?
- Where or how was the charcter
educated?
- Has the character ever done
anything else for a living?
- What are the characters political
and religious beliefs?
- Describe the characters Moral code.
Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill
innocents, etc.
- What are the character have any
goals?
- Why does the character run the
shadows? (Why does he run the shadows still, rather than
getting a "real" job?)
- What kind of personality does your
character have? This should not necessarily be obviously
stated in the background, as it is more important for
actually playing the character, but it may colour or add
mood to the history.
- What special qualities does the
character posess? This does not refer to skills, but
rather at other things, such as How he gets along with
people, does he plan ahead, etc.
- Are their certain things the
character can't or won't do? Why?
- What things, people, or ideas does
the character hate?
- What things people, or ideas does
the character love?
- What is the character's name? Give
both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names,
etc.
- Determine what your character used
to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).
- Decide why your character left his
or her old job, if he had one (also important).
- Come up with a reason for why the
character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will
tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather
why he started running the shadows originally. What led
him to it?)
- How did your character come to know
his or her contacts? Contacts are an important part of
Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.
- Does the character have a SIN? Does
the character actually use it? Or is the character one of
the SINless masses? This may be affected by the
characters previous employment.
- Is the character a full-time
shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like
double existence?
- Which person(s) or group(s) do you
love the most?
- Which person(s) or group(s) do you
hate the most?
- Which person(s) or group(s) do you
respect the most?
- Which person(s) or group(s) do you
fear the most?
- What is your favourite colour?
- What is your favourite food and/or
drink?
- What place would you most like to
visit?
- Which person(s) or group(s) are you
most loyal to?
- What pastime (that you particiapate
in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning:
Sex is not a correct answer!)
- What pastime (that you participate
in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?
- What annoys you the most?
- What (if any) is your favourite
form of art?
- What is your greatest goal?
- What do you think is your
characters best quality?
- What do you think is your
characters worst quality?
- What is the most important thing
you have ever done?
- Which religion (if any) do you
follow?
- What is your most treasured
possession (and why)?
- What are your three most common
dreams?
- What is the Characters current
relationship with his family?
- If the characters family is still
alive, what do they do, and where do they live?
- Where did the character learn his
Skills?
- Does the character have a good luck
charm? What is it, and why?
- What type of music does the
character like?
- List any past serious relationships
that your character has had, and give a brief overview of
the relationship.
- Where does your character live? Why
does he live there?
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