Character Development Questions [Archive] - Wizards Community

Character Development Questions [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Rood_Inverse
12-02-07, 08:44 AM I need to give my writer's-blocked player some writing prompts. There used to be a "1001" thread around here, I thought, that asked those kinds of questions.

Does anyone have a link? Or have it archived, so I can pass the questions off to her?
Mysteria
12-02-07, 04:13 PM I can't help you, but you might also want to ask your question here:
http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&f=340
darkneolink
12-03-07, 01:50 PM well... I use this

First: ask for help (to your DM to your fellow players and to us)

Now ask yourself:

Who is my character?: I don't mean the name nor his age nor his race... but who is he... why is he an adventurer? Is he an only child? does he has 25 brothers and/or sisters? were did he lived? why did he decided to leave that place? was he the son of an honest farmer? or the son of a Noble in disgrace? or maybe the son of an evil warlord?

This will help you decide his past... wich will help you pick a class choose your skills and/or feats next

What hapened to him X (X=1<X>5) year(s) prior to the adventure start?: maybe you filled this in the previous question... maybe not... this will help you come to an Alignment (Remember the Alignment is just a guide not a shackle)

What does he want?: Well... he went out of his home... maybe some raiders destroyed it and now he wants revenge... or he wants to honor his family legacy as one of the greatest knights! or just live a happy life and know many people

This will help you decide Short-Mid-Long term goals for your character once you come with this talk to your DM and find out if you can add some of the info into the campaign i.e.

Sir Igneo Argentlam LG Human Paladin

Sir Igneo Argentlam was the older son of a humble but honest farmer. He lived with his both his parents and his 3 little brothers and one baby sister... he was born in a time of war between his home nation and their neighbours... altough his hometown "fictionalville" wasn't near the border every now and then the forces of the kingdom of "somewere" attacked the village... the town decided to form a city guard and asked for help to the capital of "nowere" the city of "this place" to send someone to organize the guard... the soldiers they send started doing a fine job but after two years without attacks the soldiers grew overconfident and started bullying the townspeople along with some of the teenagers of the city... one day a Paladin came to the town... it was Igneo's 12th birthday... he saw the threatment the guards gave not only to the towns people but also to the foreigners so he arrested the soldiers and sended them back to "this place" with his companions and trained a militia to help them protect the place... Before he left "fictionalville" Igneo asked him to train him to be a knight... the Paladin talked to his father and took the young Igneo with him... Igneo took the paladin's last name as his own to be accepted in the order and start his training.

With this first paragraph we can make an idea of what moves Igneo... he suffered in the hand of corrupt law force and he wouldn't like to see it happen again... due to his farming background he might be used to a simple life or maybe he spends lots of wealth to compensate for the lack of privileges he had when he was young... he has a family back at "fictionalville" so he might want to go there every now and then... now on to the second question

Sir Igneo was knighted at a young age and soon after it he was send to scort a Cleric of "Deity" during the vollage he met an elven maiden named "Vorel" who was a Bard and the misterious but powerfull wizard "Boomer" during his firsts 2 years of paladinhood he tryed to force his own code not only to his companions but to everyone he saw... he had little patience for evil deeds and there was not petty evil in his mind... the code must be honored no matter what... son after the first mision his hubris made him fall from paladinhood and he reclused himself away from everyone blaming his falling on everyone and everything but him... this internal hate atracted the attention of a demonlord who wanted to get a blackguard to destroy the beutiful land of "nowere" to take revenge on those who sealed him... he attracted the young and proud Igneo towards his quarels and tryed to convince him to take the Black ritual and turn into a Blackguard... right before he could start the door of the hidden chamber opened and the 3 beings who loved him the most were there... first there was the now old Sir Argus Argentlam, next to him the beautiful Vorel and finally boomer... Igneo saw in their eyes their concern and decided not to continue walking this dread path... the demonlord was angered and lashed against the group mortally wounding Vorel... then Boomer and the 2 Argentlams fought the demon weakened because of the strengh of the 2 argentlams and the mitical sword "Ohmightyshinnyslashingthingy" and was banished from the land... again... feeling sorrow for his beloved friend Igneo decided to ask for a second chance to walk the true path of goodnes and realized that his fall was because altough he followed the leter of his code he forgot about the meaning and spirit of it... now he decided to roam the world until the day he would be able to regain his status as a paladin

Here we have a little about what moves Igneo in the "now" he is probably NG now (if we started the campaign right after they healed or raised Vorel)... he is a humble man who doesn't force his point of view on the others... maybe both Vorel and Boomer are other party members so they have a reason to trust each other... Sir Argus can be a patron or an ideal for the young Igneo and maybe he would try to live his life as he did.

Now onto part three

Igneo regained his paladinhood and the shadow of a new war is falling over the kingdomes of Nowere and Somewere... he doesn't want to see people suffering so he is now trying to get a peacefull and diplomatic solution... but he is not fool so he is training militias among the many villages of his hometown... his only wish is to avoid this war...and any other war that might come in a future... Train new paladins not only to know the code but to live its spirit... and have a nice and comfortable life with Vorel

So we have a short term goal: train as many nowerers as he can
A mid term goal: reach a peacefull solution between the kingdoms
A long term goal: train new paladins in the future and teach them from his past mistakes
And another long term solution (and probably an idea of what the player wants to do with his character after the campaign): have a nice life with vorel and live happily everafter
PurpleRain
12-03-07, 05:42 PM might not help, but here is a character generator http://www.pathguy.com/cg35.htm
Also if you need new races/classes there is a nice site for that too http://www.d20forge.com/
go to contributions. If you sign up (it's free) you can even submit your own races and classes. It also comes with a forum
KillerVole
12-03-07, 06:40 PM I use this:
http://www.roleplayingtips.com/downloads/supplemental_05_character_questionnaire. txt

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Rood_Inverse 12-02-07, 08:44 AM	I need to give my writer's-blocked player some writing prompts. There used to be a "1001" thread around here, I thought, that asked those kinds of questions. Does anyone have a link? Or have it archived, so I can pass the questions off to her?
Mysteria 12-02-07, 04:13 PM	I can't help you, but you might also want to ask your question here: http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&f=340
darkneolink 12-03-07, 01:50 PM	well... I use this First: ask for help (to your DM to your fellow players and to us) Now ask yourself: Who is my character?: I don't mean the name nor his age nor his race... but who is he... why is he an adventurer? Is he an only child? does he has 25 brothers and/or sisters? were did he lived? why did he decided to leave that place? was he the son of an honest farmer? or the son of a Noble in disgrace? or maybe the son of an evil warlord? This will help you decide his past... wich will help you pick a class choose your skills and/or feats next What hapened to him X (X=1<X>5) year(s) prior to the adventure start?: maybe you filled this in the previous question... maybe not... this will help you come to an Alignment (Remember the Alignment is just a guide not a shackle) What does he want?: Well... he went out of his home... maybe some raiders destroyed it and now he wants revenge... or he wants to honor his family legacy as one of the greatest knights! or just live a happy life and know many people This will help you decide Short-Mid-Long term goals for your character once you come with this talk to your DM and find out if you can add some of the info into the campaign i.e. Sir Igneo Argentlam LG Human Paladin Sir Igneo Argentlam was the older son of a humble but honest farmer. He lived with his both his parents and his 3 little brothers and one baby sister... he was born in a time of war between his home nation and their neighbours... altough his hometown "fictionalville" wasn't near the border every now and then the forces of the kingdom of "somewere" attacked the village... the town decided to form a city guard and asked for help to the capital of "nowere" the city of "this place" to send someone to organize the guard... the soldiers they send started doing a fine job but after two years without attacks the soldiers grew overconfident and started bullying the townspeople along with some of the teenagers of the city... one day a Paladin came to the town... it was Igneo's 12th birthday... he saw the threatment the guards gave not only to the towns people but also to the foreigners so he arrested the soldiers and sended them back to "this place" with his companions and trained a militia to help them protect the place... Before he left "fictionalville" Igneo asked him to train him to be a knight... the Paladin talked to his father and took the young Igneo with him... Igneo took the paladin's last name as his own to be accepted in the order and start his training. With this first paragraph we can make an idea of what moves Igneo... he suffered in the hand of corrupt law force and he wouldn't like to see it happen again... due to his farming background he might be used to a simple life or maybe he spends lots of wealth to compensate for the lack of privileges he had when he was young... he has a family back at "fictionalville" so he might want to go there every now and then... now on to the second question Sir Igneo was knighted at a young age and soon after it he was send to scort a Cleric of "Deity" during the vollage he met an elven maiden named "Vorel" who was a Bard and the misterious but powerfull wizard "Boomer" during his firsts 2 years of paladinhood he tryed to force his own code not only to his companions but to everyone he saw... he had little patience for evil deeds and there was not petty evil in his mind... the code must be honored no matter what... son after the first mision his hubris made him fall from paladinhood and he reclused himself away from everyone blaming his falling on everyone and everything but him... this internal hate atracted the attention of a demonlord who wanted to get a blackguard to destroy the beutiful land of "nowere" to take revenge on those who sealed him... he attracted the young and proud Igneo towards his quarels and tryed to convince him to take the Black ritual and turn into a Blackguard... right before he could start the door of the hidden chamber opened and the 3 beings who loved him the most were there... first there was the now old Sir Argus Argentlam, next to him the beautiful Vorel and finally boomer... Igneo saw in their eyes their concern and decided not to continue walking this dread path... the demonlord was angered and lashed against the group mortally wounding Vorel... then Boomer and the 2 Argentlams fought the demon weakened because of the strengh of the 2 argentlams and the mitical sword "Ohmightyshinnyslashingthingy" and was banished from the land... again... feeling sorrow for his beloved friend Igneo decided to ask for a second chance to walk the true path of goodnes and realized that his fall was because altough he followed the leter of his code he forgot about the meaning and spirit of it... now he decided to roam the world until the day he would be able to regain his status as a paladin Here we have a little about what moves Igneo in the "now" he is probably NG now (if we started the campaign right after they healed or raised Vorel)... he is a humble man who doesn't force his point of view on the others... maybe both Vorel and Boomer are other party members so they have a reason to trust each other... Sir Argus can be a patron or an ideal for the young Igneo and maybe he would try to live his life as he did. Now onto part three Igneo regained his paladinhood and the shadow of a new war is falling over the kingdomes of Nowere and Somewere... he doesn't want to see people suffering so he is now trying to get a peacefull and diplomatic solution... but he is not fool so he is training militias among the many villages of his hometown... his only wish is to avoid this war...and any other war that might come in a future... Train new paladins not only to know the code but to live its spirit... and have a nice and comfortable life with Vorel So we have a short term goal: train as many nowerers as he can A mid term goal: reach a peacefull solution between the kingdoms A long term goal: train new paladins in the future and teach them from his past mistakes And another long term solution (and probably an idea of what the player wants to do with his character after the campaign): have a nice life with vorel and live happily everafter
PurpleRain 12-03-07, 05:42 PM	might not help, but here is a character generator http://www.pathguy.com/cg35.htm Also if you need new races/classes there is a nice site for that too http://www.d20forge.com/ go to contributions. If you sign up (it's free) you can even submit your own races and classes. It also comes with a forum
KillerVole 12-03-07, 06:40 PM	I use this: http://www.roleplayingtips.com/downloads/supplemental_05_character_questionnaire. txt