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Basic Character Profile Template
Started by cosmic_evil

This is a basic character profile template, it is NOT required to fill one out at all, nor is it required that you use this one! Character Profile's can be helpful in establishing who a character is, and can be good fun to list relations and updates to the character with things like art, stories you've written, or major life events that happen to them! This post is to help along those of us who may be struggling to come up with one, or want some help fleshing out the character!

Feel free to add your own flair to it! Colors, Pictures like Dividers and Character Art, and Symbols all can be great resources to fitting the profile to your character's aesthetic!

 

Character Name

 

[Portrait]

 

Quote (optional)

Name: 

Age: 

Race: 

Culture: 

Sexuality:

Appearance: 

Describe your character’s appearance, include things like what they typically wear, what kinds of equipment they carry, and any references for their outfits and 

Story

This is where you would write your character’s backstory, how they got to the reach, where they’re from, that sort of thing. Write as much or as little as you want, and feel free to add and change things over time as rp develops!

Relations (optionally in an additional post)

Here’s where you would list your character’s relations with other characters, for quick reference or just generally 

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These are some prompts you can look at that may help you develop a character, they're not required - but can be helpful if you're struggling to get a whole concept down!

Spoiler

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  1. You just realized you accidentally shoplifted. Now what?
  2. When was the last time you peed the bed?
  3. You see an incident of domestic violence in the marketplace. What do you do?
  4. To whom did you pray when you were a child, and what did you pray for?
  5. How do you feel about mud?
  6. What is your morning routine at home? Abroad/adventuring? What is your bedtime routine at home and abroad?
  7. Do you want a romantic life partner? What about kids?
  8. Have you ever had a garden?
  9. Write six things about kneecaps.
  10. The first book you remember reading.
  11. What’s your handwriting like?
  12. Do you keep a journal? Write the entry describing the events of your most recent gaming session.
  13. Favorite food? Ideal meal? Worst food you’ve ever eaten? Do you know how to cook?
  14. What is a small luxury you allow yourself daily?
  15. When was the last time you took a bath?
  16. What is the story behind your biggest/smallest/most interesting scar?
  17. What is something you know how to do that is usually associated with another gender?
  18. How do you react to being kept waiting?
  19. What’s a personal rule you have that you’re absolutely inflexible about?
  20. Do you have an order in which you put your clothes on? (e.g. socks before or after pants)
  21. You’re buying a pair of boots and the merchant quotes you 5 crowns. Describe your haggling style and the debate that ensues.
  22. Look in the mirror. What is your favorite feature? How do you play it up? What are you most dissatisfied with? What have you done to change or hide it? What kinds of permanent body modifications (tattoos/piercings/scarification) have you done? What kinds of temporary body mods (hair cut or dye). Which is your favorite? Which did you regret?
  23. Describe the stupidest fight/argument you ever had with a sibling.
  24. If you don’t have siblings, talk about your childhood thoughts on them. What did you imagine having a sibling would be like? Did you have an imaginary friend?
  25. If you were an orphan, describe your favorite daydream about the family that you were born into, or about the family that would adopt you one day.
  26. You’re sitting by yourself, bored, and build a little tower of stones. Someone comes along and kicks it down. What do you do?
  27. What’s your creative outlet (e.g. music, dance, drawing, poetry, drumming, fiber art, cooking, heraldry, armor design, floral arrangement)? Is it something traditional or typical to your race/class? Is it traditional or typical to another race/class? How did you come to learn it?
  28. What’s something a stranger might do unintentionally that will have you unshakably annoyed for the entire rest of the day?
  29. What kind of tax or toll or fine or fee particularly galls you to pay?
  30. You are traveling along a road that is wide enough only for one person. You encounter another traveler going in the opposite direction. Do you make way or expect them to step aside?
  31. Do you have a favorite vice (e.g. pipeweed, alcohol, sex, breath mints, psychedelics, music/dance)?
  32. What do you do when you’re bored? Whistle/hum? Tap your foot? Chew on a blade of grass? Carry a coin across your knuckles? Meditate? People-watch? Doodle? Where or from whom did you pick up this habit? Describe your memory of being taught or learning it.
  33. What was your self-soothing technique when you were little? Do you still do some form of it now?
  34. What’s a physical remnant of the past that you carry with you now?
  35. What kind of jewelry do you like? (Metals, gemstones, items, magicked/blessed/not, styles, particular designers or craftsmen or traders…)
  36. When you arrive in a town, what is the first merchant you seek out?
  37. Who taught you how to read and write? Do you remember it?
  38. Favored sleeping position.
  39. Do you ever have dreams? Nightmares?
  40. Who taught you to fight? What was your first weapon?

 

Looking for character references? These can be helpful resources:

Spoiler

Picrew is a good website that has portrait templates made by a variety of artists! You can search terms like "Fantasy" and "Elf", or things like "Witch" to find good ones that fit what you're looking for! Be sure to link the picrew on the profile if you end up using one!

https://picrew.me/en/

This pintrest board has a lot of good character references on it!

https://ca.pinterest.com/montieadams/character-board/

Cooltext.com is great for making big fancy text arts! Make sure to upload it yourself to imgur, the link that it creates on the website only stays for a few days!

https://cooltext.com

Dividers can be used to spice things up, and add to the aesthetic you're going for in a profile! This is a good resource for them, though there are probably others!

https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/free%20dividers

To spice things up, you can make use of cool symbols from websites like:

https://coolsymbol.com

 

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