Creating Characters for Character-Driven Games - Revision history

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	7. Now at last you can sit down and write up your character sheet. By this point you should know exactly what skills and abilities to take. If you wouldn't normally be allowed something that is an established part of your background, ask the GM to make an exception for it. He will if he knows what's good for him.		7. Now at last you can sit down and write up your character sheet. By this point you should know exactly what skills and abilities to take. If you wouldn't normally be allowed something that is an established part of your background, ask the GM to make an exception for it. He will if he knows what's good for him.

	[[Category:Roleplaying]]		[[Category:How-To Guides]][[Category:Roleplaying]]

2016-08-22T00:44:33Z

What is your Name?

2016-08-15T10:46:23Z

Background & Hooks

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	*A reputation, deserved or otherwise		*A reputation, deserved or otherwise
	*An ongoing relationship, good or bad		*An ongoing relationship, good or bad
	*A destiny (go easy on this one, it's the weakest option, and ~~alway~~ talk to the GM first)		*A destiny (go easy on this one, it's the weakest option, and always talk to the GM first)

	You don't necessarily have to specify what the secret is if you're using a secret; you can let the GM surprise you.		You don't necessarily have to specify what the secret is if you're using a secret; you can let the GM surprise you.

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Concept & Identity

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	*An amnesiac		*An amnesiac
	*A wanderer whose parents were killed by orcs		*A wanderer whose parents were killed by orcs
	*A thief who presses all buttons and steals from the party ~~(unless actually playing a Kender)~~		*[[Kender\|A thief who presses all buttons and steals from the party]]

	If so, you should probably start over.		If so, you should probably start over.

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categorizing

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	==Statistics & Abilities==		==Statistics & Abilities==
	7. Now at last you can sit down and write up your character sheet. By this point you should know exactly what skills and abilities to take. If you wouldn't normally be allowed something that is an established part of your background, ask the GM to make an exception for it. He will if he knows what's good for him.		7. Now at last you can sit down and write up your character sheet. By this point you should know exactly what skills and abilities to take. If you wouldn't normally be allowed something that is an established part of your background, ask the GM to make an exception for it. He will if he knows what's good for him.

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2014-12-20T05:59:43Z

What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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	===What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?===		===What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?===
	An African ~~swallow,~~ or a European ~~swallow~~?		What do you mean, African or European?

	==Finishing Touches==		==Finishing Touches==

2013-11-26T00:23:13Z

What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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	===What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?===		===What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?===
			An African swallow, or a European swallow?

	==Finishing Touches==		==Finishing Touches==

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Interview

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	Don't just answer these questions, talk with the GM about the answers. The back and forth will often give both of you ideas. Particularly for the last question - maybe the GM wants to run a game about feckless rogues wandering from town to town one step ahead of the law and their creditors, in which case the whoring cleric will fit right in; if he wants to tell a tale of epic heroism then you'll be able to discuss with him what it would take to make your whoring cleric sober up.		Don't just answer these questions, talk with the GM about the answers. The back and forth will often give both of you ideas. Particularly for the last question - maybe the GM wants to run a game about feckless rogues wandering from town to town one step ahead of the law and their creditors, in which case the whoring cleric will fit right in; if he wants to tell a tale of epic heroism then you'll be able to discuss with him what it would take to make your whoring cleric sober up.

			===What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?===

	==Finishing Touches==		==Finishing Touches==