(Tragic) Character Backstory Creator
Let's see how tragic we can make this!
General Questions
- Is your character typical for his/her/its race? Why (not)?
- Is your character typical for his/her/its class? Why (not)?
- Where does you character come from?
- Does your character have a family? How are his/her/its family connections?
- Does your character have a romantic relationship with someone or an unanswered love?
- Has your character experienced any traumatic experiences?
- Are there any moments of pure joy in your characters life?
- How have other people treated your character in the past? Do you hold any grudges or have a fondness towards certain people(s)?
- Does your character have any enemies (or maybe even a nemesis…)?
- Does your character have a pet? Did he/she/it have a pet in the past?
- What is the vilest thing your character has ever done?
- What is the nicest thing your character has ever done?
- Does your character have a home he/she/it can return to or a place he/she/it is welcomed with open arms?
- Does your character have any regrets?
- Does your character do drugs? (if yes, tell DM) Or has your character done drugs?
- How important is religion for your character?
- What attitude does your character have towards dumb people (aka your fellow players)?
- What is your character’s attitude towards fighting?
- How does your character generally treat other people?
- What brings a tear to your character’s eye?
- Does your character like travelling?
- What is your character’s darkest secret?
- What is your character’s greatest pride?
- What is your character’s biggest fear?
- What is your character’s fondest memory?
- Does your character hold any prejudices towards certain races or classes?
- Is your character shy in meeting new people or very outgoing?
- If someone crossed your character, how much would that person regret it (on a scale of to Gollum after he grabbed the Ring from Frodo in Mount Doom)?
- What is your character’s favourite weapon/spell/item?
- What can’t your character do without?
- Does your character drink alcohol? Which types?
- Does your character enjoy being in the city or being in nature most? What parts of nature or the city?
- Does your character have any obsessions or addictions?
- Are there things your character absolutely, positively loathes/hates?
- What is your character’s opinion of heroes? Does your character consider him/her/itself a hero?
- Does you character have secrets (that your most terrific DM can (ab)use)?
- What does your character consider beautiful?
- Does your character have any physical deformities, marks, etc?
- Is your character considered intelligent?
- What does your character think is funny?
- Does your character follow the rules/laws or are they more of a suggestion?
- Describe your character's worst nightmare.
- What does your character do (to you) if you wake her/him/it up at am in the morning with a megaphone?
- What is the one thing you can wake your character up for at am in the morning (with or without a megaphone)?
- Write down six rumours about your character: two that are true, two that are false and two that are as far from the truth as can be.
- Does your character have any catch phrases, signature moves or favourite dramatic poses/actions?
- Which actor would play your character or which (fictional) person resembles your character?
- What does your character like finding best behind a locked door and what least?
- What are his/her/its goals and ambitions?
- Where do you see your character in five levels?
Expert questions
For those who know their character like the back of their hand
- Would your character listen to Christmas music in the summer?
- What is the weirdest encounter your character ever had?
- What would your character do with a book?
- Which things would your character lick? Which things not?
- Which Disney princess would your character be?
- Which superhero would your character like to be?
- Which profession did your character want to become as a kid?
- Has your character ever kissed a non-living thing?
- What is the one thing that that triggers your character?
- Does your character believe in any conspiracy theories?
- Wed, bed, behead: A zombie, a merfolk, a dragon?
- What would your character rather do: cover him/her/itself in peanut butter and have a unicorn lick him/her/it clean or wrestle an angry owlbear while wearing only a loincloth?
- Does your character sing along to Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit? Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody? Toto’s Africa? Justin Bieber’s Baby?
- As your character, write a love poem.
- Would your character be able to catch a thrown peanut in his/her/its mouth?
- Would your character love or kill Captain Jack Sparrow? What about Captain America? Or Elmo from Sesame Street?
- What does your character (or you) think a Pergola is?
- What is your character’s favourite dinosaur?
- What does you character smell like?
- Is mayonnaise an instrument?
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