Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 17:04:53 GMT
A character profile does not have to be pretty. We have trackers and post templates for that. A character profile just has to contain all the necessary information. How about something like this:
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REAL NAME: Your character's name outside of Elder Tale
REAL GENDER: Your character's gender outside of Elder Tale
GAME GENDER: Your character's gender inside Elder Tale
AGE: No less than 10 years
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Pansexual, Piesexual, etc
FACE-CLAIM: character, SERIES
PLAYED BY: Cbox Name
RACE: Human/Elf/Half-Alv/Wolfhair/Foxtail/Elf/Dwarf/Ritual
FACTION: Adventurer or Person of the Land
-- APPEARANCE --
(Minimum of 100 words is necessary. You can also insert links to pictures as reference. Describes things about the character not otherwise apparent by pictures alone)
Having trouble with this section? Try answering the following:
- Do they have any unusual or noticeable physical characteristics? Scars, tattoos, birth marks, injuries?
- What is their body shape and how fit are they? Are they muscular? Chubby? Thin? Anywhere in between?
- Are they very tall? Rather short?
- What do their eyes look like? Rounded eyes? Squinty eyes? Large, expressive eyes? Half-open and constantly sleepy?
- How is their hairstyle like? Do they stick with the same style or does it change occasionally? Do they tie their hair up in public but leave it down in private?
- What type of clothing do they generally prefer wearing, both in real life and in game? Pretty but impractical? Comfy and unassuming? Favorite color choices?
- Do they have any disabilities that is apparent from seeing them in real life?
- How do they present themselves in public and in private?
- What is their walking posture? Slow and relaxed? Extremely rushed and pushy?
- Are there any stereotypes that they seem to fit based on appearance? Is this an accurate impression of the character? If not, why do they dress the way they do?
- If Adventurer, are there any apparent differences between how they look in real life and how they look in game? Is this a preferential choice based on their ideal type of person? If the character is the opposite gender in game compared to real life, is this more fitting of their true self?
-- PERSONALITY --
(Minimum of 200 words is necessary. Explains the character's personality from their basic demeanor to how they get along well with other people.)
Questions to get started:
- Introversion / Extraversion: Is the character more likely to keep to themselves or do they seek people to socialize with? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Intuition / Sensing: Is the character more interpreting, the type to think about patterns of what had happened before in order to decide the best course of action? Is the character more observing, one who learns from experience and by observing how the world works? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Thinking / Feeling: Is the character more likely to analyze a situation and weigh the pros and cons without bias? Or do they prioritize peoples' emotions and feelings when deciding what to do? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Judging / Perceiving: Does the character like to convey to others that they want to feel in control of their way of life, making clear decisions and organizing plans carefully? Or do they portray themselves a little more flexible with how things happen, able to improvise based on the situation? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- What are their views on honesty? Very important or not so important depending on the circumstances?
- How trusting is the character? Are they more likely to doubt people they meet or do they want to believe in others?
- How do they deal with people they don't know very well? Are they more willing to get to know them or are they more reserved?
- How do they deal in larger groups of people as opposed to small groups or one on one conversations?
- How do they prioritize people? Do they value their family, friends, party members, lovers, any specific group over the other?
- How competitive is the character, in terms of smaller things like winning a PvP match and larger-scale challenges like becoming one of the strongest of their class?
- What are the character's personal strengths and virtues?
- What are the character's personal weaknesses and fears?
If you're looking for help describing your character's personality, I suggest you also try taking some personality tests. Pretend that you are your character; how would they answer these questions? The results should hopefully give you something that can help you write this section.
Myers-Briggs: www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Enneagram: similarminds.com/embj.html
-- EXTRA --
(Post anything not covered in the rest of the template here. You can include things not already described in the previous sections like blood type, dominant handedness, character trivia, personal comments, etc. No word minimum.
Oh yes, while we're at it, after you post up your completed character app, you might want to stick it in archive.org/web/. Go to the bottom right of the page, paste in the link to your profile and then save the page. That way you can recover it in case it gets accidentally deleted or overwriten.)
-- BIOGRAPHY --
(Minimum of 200 words is necessary. Explains the character's history prior to beginning their adventure in Elder Tale.)
First of all, we do ask that you keep the history somewhat believable given the time of the story (2018). Some suspense in belief is okay, but "cyborgs traveling 4 years back through time to play the game" is not such a good idea.
Might be best to take your time and start with the early history. Not necessarily too early, but enough to give you a background.
If Adventurer, how was your character's childhood? Did they have a happy life with friends and family? If not, explain the troubles they've had in their years and how they've managed to deal with it. How was their schooling? Were they one of the better students or were they the delinquent type? However much more you can add depends on how old your character is. Perhaps you can talk about whether they've been in relationships, whether they've had jobs, whether anything that happened in their past shapes how they behave today. Hopefully you should have a long enough history as is, but now you can talk about how your character discovered Elder Tale too. Were they a gamer? If not, were they asked by friends and family to try the game? What were their initial thoughts about Elder Tale, a game that's likely as old or even older than they were, finally available for them to play? Did they have any goals for how they wanted to play the game?
Playing as a Person of the Land is different. They are essentially NPCs of Elder Tale, having gained their own personalities due to the transition. Therefore, their history is much more relevant to the world setting. In the Unfounded Kingdom, many of the noble ruling class have disappeared a long time before, leaving mainly the common citizens. Over a few generations, these people banded together to attempt to rebuild their society. They returned to a more simpler lifestyle beside the land - hence their title as People of the Land. They are born from the earth and will someday return to the earth. Unlike Adventurers, if their HP should reach 0, they suffer a permanent death. If you choose to play as a Person of the Land, you must heed your physical limitations. We're not out to get your character, but just know what you're getting yourself into before you decide to play as a Person of the Land.
-- INVENTORY --
(If your character's subclasses allow another item, such as arrows/bolts/puppets, place them here. Otherwise leave blank.)
-- EQUIPMENT --
.:LEFT HAND:.
.:RIGHT HAND:.
.:ARMOR:.
.:ACCESSORY #1:.
.:ACCESSORY #2:.
.:ACCESSORY #3:.
.:ACCESSORY #4:.
.:VANITY ARMOR:.
.:VANITY WEAPON:.
-- SKILL --
.:MAIN:.
.:ROLEPLAY CLASS:.
.:CRAFTING:.
-- CHANGE LOG (MODS ONLY) --
Write change logs here.
REAL NAME: Your character's name outside of Elder Tale
REAL GENDER: Your character's gender outside of Elder Tale
GAME GENDER: Your character's gender inside Elder Tale
AGE: No less than 10 years
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Pansexual, Piesexual, etc
FACE-CLAIM: character, SERIES
PLAYED BY: Cbox Name
RACE: Human/Elf/Half-Alv/Wolfhair/Foxtail/Elf/Dwarf/Ritual
FACTION: Adventurer or Person of the Land
-- APPEARANCE --
(Minimum of 100 words is necessary. You can also insert links to pictures as reference. Describes things about the character not otherwise apparent by pictures alone)
Having trouble with this section? Try answering the following:
- Do they have any unusual or noticeable physical characteristics? Scars, tattoos, birth marks, injuries?
- What is their body shape and how fit are they? Are they muscular? Chubby? Thin? Anywhere in between?
- Are they very tall? Rather short?
- What do their eyes look like? Rounded eyes? Squinty eyes? Large, expressive eyes? Half-open and constantly sleepy?
- How is their hairstyle like? Do they stick with the same style or does it change occasionally? Do they tie their hair up in public but leave it down in private?
- What type of clothing do they generally prefer wearing, both in real life and in game? Pretty but impractical? Comfy and unassuming? Favorite color choices?
- Do they have any disabilities that is apparent from seeing them in real life?
- How do they present themselves in public and in private?
- What is their walking posture? Slow and relaxed? Extremely rushed and pushy?
- Are there any stereotypes that they seem to fit based on appearance? Is this an accurate impression of the character? If not, why do they dress the way they do?
- If Adventurer, are there any apparent differences between how they look in real life and how they look in game? Is this a preferential choice based on their ideal type of person? If the character is the opposite gender in game compared to real life, is this more fitting of their true self?
-- PERSONALITY --
(Minimum of 200 words is necessary. Explains the character's personality from their basic demeanor to how they get along well with other people.)
Questions to get started:
- Introversion / Extraversion: Is the character more likely to keep to themselves or do they seek people to socialize with? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Intuition / Sensing: Is the character more interpreting, the type to think about patterns of what had happened before in order to decide the best course of action? Is the character more observing, one who learns from experience and by observing how the world works? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Thinking / Feeling: Is the character more likely to analyze a situation and weigh the pros and cons without bias? Or do they prioritize peoples' emotions and feelings when deciding what to do? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- Judging / Perceiving: Does the character like to convey to others that they want to feel in control of their way of life, making clear decisions and organizing plans carefully? Or do they portray themselves a little more flexible with how things happen, able to improvise based on the situation? Doesn't have to be one or the other, but most people align toward one.
- What are their views on honesty? Very important or not so important depending on the circumstances?
- How trusting is the character? Are they more likely to doubt people they meet or do they want to believe in others?
- How do they deal with people they don't know very well? Are they more willing to get to know them or are they more reserved?
- How do they deal in larger groups of people as opposed to small groups or one on one conversations?
- How do they prioritize people? Do they value their family, friends, party members, lovers, any specific group over the other?
- How competitive is the character, in terms of smaller things like winning a PvP match and larger-scale challenges like becoming one of the strongest of their class?
- What are the character's personal strengths and virtues?
- What are the character's personal weaknesses and fears?
If you're looking for help describing your character's personality, I suggest you also try taking some personality tests. Pretend that you are your character; how would they answer these questions? The results should hopefully give you something that can help you write this section.
Myers-Briggs: www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Enneagram: similarminds.com/embj.html
-- EXTRA --
(Post anything not covered in the rest of the template here. You can include things not already described in the previous sections like blood type, dominant handedness, character trivia, personal comments, etc. No word minimum.
Oh yes, while we're at it, after you post up your completed character app, you might want to stick it in archive.org/web/. Go to the bottom right of the page, paste in the link to your profile and then save the page. That way you can recover it in case it gets accidentally deleted or overwriten.)
-- BIOGRAPHY --
(Minimum of 200 words is necessary. Explains the character's history prior to beginning their adventure in Elder Tale.)
First of all, we do ask that you keep the history somewhat believable given the time of the story (2018). Some suspense in belief is okay, but "cyborgs traveling 4 years back through time to play the game" is not such a good idea.
Might be best to take your time and start with the early history. Not necessarily too early, but enough to give you a background.
If Adventurer, how was your character's childhood? Did they have a happy life with friends and family? If not, explain the troubles they've had in their years and how they've managed to deal with it. How was their schooling? Were they one of the better students or were they the delinquent type? However much more you can add depends on how old your character is. Perhaps you can talk about whether they've been in relationships, whether they've had jobs, whether anything that happened in their past shapes how they behave today. Hopefully you should have a long enough history as is, but now you can talk about how your character discovered Elder Tale too. Were they a gamer? If not, were they asked by friends and family to try the game? What were their initial thoughts about Elder Tale, a game that's likely as old or even older than they were, finally available for them to play? Did they have any goals for how they wanted to play the game?
Playing as a Person of the Land is different. They are essentially NPCs of Elder Tale, having gained their own personalities due to the transition. Therefore, their history is much more relevant to the world setting. In the Unfounded Kingdom, many of the noble ruling class have disappeared a long time before, leaving mainly the common citizens. Over a few generations, these people banded together to attempt to rebuild their society. They returned to a more simpler lifestyle beside the land - hence their title as People of the Land. They are born from the earth and will someday return to the earth. Unlike Adventurers, if their HP should reach 0, they suffer a permanent death. If you choose to play as a Person of the Land, you must heed your physical limitations. We're not out to get your character, but just know what you're getting yourself into before you decide to play as a Person of the Land.
-- INVENTORY --
(If your character's subclasses allow another item, such as arrows/bolts/puppets, place them here. Otherwise leave blank.)
-- EQUIPMENT --
.:LEFT HAND:.
Pick either two one-handed weapons, a one-handed weapon and a shield, or a two-handed weapon that falls under one of your class' proficiency.
If you choose a two-handed weapon, leave the other hand as N/A.
If you are a bard you also get your choice of a musical instrument that can be carried on hand (ex: flute, violin, clarinet, etc.), nothing big like a piano.
Bow users get a quiver of wooden arrows or wooden bolts (you'll have infinite ammo for now since it is too annoying for us to keep track of ammo usage, icly it is a limited amount though; and toss them in your inventory).
If you choose a two-handed weapon, leave the other hand as N/A.
If you are a bard you also get your choice of a musical instrument that can be carried on hand (ex: flute, violin, clarinet, etc.), nothing big like a piano.
Bow users get a quiver of wooden arrows or wooden bolts (you'll have infinite ammo for now since it is too annoying for us to keep track of ammo usage, icly it is a limited amount though; and toss them in your inventory).
.:RIGHT HAND:.
Pick either two one-handed weapons, a one-handed weapon and a shield, or a two-handed weapon that falls under one of your class' proficiency.
If you choose a two-handed weapon, leave the other hand as N/A.
If you are a bard you also get your choice of a musical instrument that can be carried on hand (ex: flute, violin, clarinet, etc.), nothing big like a piano.
Bow users get a quiver of wooden arrows or wooden bolts (you'll have infinite ammo for now btw since it is too annoying for us to keep track of ammo usage, icly it is a limited amount though; and toss them in your inventory).
If you choose a two-handed weapon, leave the other hand as N/A.
If you are a bard you also get your choice of a musical instrument that can be carried on hand (ex: flute, violin, clarinet, etc.), nothing big like a piano.
Bow users get a quiver of wooden arrows or wooden bolts (you'll have infinite ammo for now btw since it is too annoying for us to keep track of ammo usage, icly it is a limited amount though; and toss them in your inventory).
.:ARMOR:.
Pick an available type for your class (Ex: Plate for Guardians, Leather for Assassins, Cloth for Enchanters). If you're a Blacksmith, you can get one tier up as described in its skill list.
.:ACCESSORY #1:.
Words
.:ACCESSORY #2:.
Words
.:ACCESSORY #3:.
Words
.:ACCESSORY #4:.
Words
.:VANITY ARMOR:.
Words
.:VANITY WEAPON:.
Words
-- SKILL --
.:MAIN:.
Skill Name: Description. Main Class skill 1 of 3. Replace this text with the name and description of any Tier I skill of your choice from either your Main Class or the Adventurer skill list here: log-horizon.proboards.com/thread/4/04-twelve-classes
.:ROLEPLAY CLASS:.
Skill Name: Description. Replace this text with the name and description of the Level 1 skill available to your Crafting Subclass, found here: log-horizon.proboards.com/thread/11/05-various-subclasses
.:CRAFTING:.
Skill Name: Description. Replace this text with the name and description of the Level 1 skill available to your RP Subclass, found here: log-horizon.proboards.com/thread/11/05-various-subclasses
-- CHANGE LOG (MODS ONLY) --
Write change logs here.
