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<blockquote data-quote="caelum" data-source="post: 5155282" data-attributes="member: 51656">Inspired in part by character creation in Dread and in part by the silly Facebook meme, here's the questionnaire I used for my most recent campaign.&nbsp; It was optional but the players seemed to love it and all did it.I wanted a mix of big picture questions and more specific ones that could develop character traits.&nbsp; I am unapologetic about including leading questions:&nbsp; those led to some of the most interesting aspects, and the players weren't afraid to say things like, &quot;I'd never be caught dead singing!&quot; and only pick up on the ones that resonated with them.There's also a questionnaire in Goodman Games' PC Pearls, but I find it too generic for my personal taste.25 Random Things About Your Character1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Why haven’t you settled down yet?2.&nbsp; &nbsp; What makes you lie awake at night?3.&nbsp; &nbsp; What have you been meaning to do for months, but haven’t quite gotten around to?4.&nbsp; &nbsp; What is your best childhood memory?5.&nbsp; &nbsp; At which game did you consistently beat your friends?6.&nbsp; &nbsp; When did you first realize that you weren’t like the other children?&nbsp; And what did you do?7.&nbsp; &nbsp; What did they do?8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Were you “baptized”?&nbsp; Why or why not?9.&nbsp; &nbsp; What won’t you even attempt to do, for fear of failure?10.&nbsp; &nbsp; What did the witch woman tell your mother the day you were born?11.&nbsp; &nbsp; When the world seems against you, what is the one thing that keeps you going?12.&nbsp; &nbsp; Where did you get those shoes?13.&nbsp; &nbsp; What do people automatically assume about you?&nbsp; Why are they wrong?14.&nbsp; &nbsp; How often do you make something up in order to avoid answering “I don’t know”?15.&nbsp; &nbsp; What’s the last song you sang?&nbsp; Did anyone throw anything at you?16.&nbsp; &nbsp; What will you do to make a living if this whole adventuring thing doesn’t work out for you?17.&nbsp; &nbsp; What happened to your first crush?18.&nbsp; &nbsp; What brought you to Garollos?19.&nbsp; &nbsp; How will you squander your first 10,000 gp treasure?20.&nbsp; &nbsp; What disappoints your parents most about you?&nbsp; What disappoints you most about your parents?21.&nbsp; &nbsp; What will the monument to you look like?22.&nbsp; &nbsp; Is it the journey, or the destination?23.&nbsp; &nbsp; Which of your nicknames did you hate?24.&nbsp; &nbsp; If you were king of the world, who would suffer most?25.&nbsp; &nbsp; Where are you going?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="caelum, post: 5155282, member: 51656"] Inspired in part by character creation in [i]Dread[/i] and in part by the silly Facebook meme, here's the questionnaire I used for my most recent campaign. It was optional but the players seemed to love it and all did it. I wanted a mix of big picture questions and more specific ones that could develop character traits. I am unapologetic about including leading questions: those led to some of the most interesting aspects, and the players weren't afraid to say things like, "I'd never be caught dead singing!" and only pick up on the ones that resonated with them. There's also a questionnaire in Goodman Games' [i]PC Pearls[/i], but I find it too generic for my personal taste. 25 Random Things About Your Character 1. Why haven’t you settled down yet? 2. What makes you lie awake at night? 3. What have you been meaning to do for months, but haven’t quite gotten around to? 4. What is your best childhood memory? 5. At which game did you consistently beat your friends? 6. When did you first realize that you weren’t like the other children? And what did you do? 7. What did they do? 8. Were you “baptized”? Why or why not? 9. What won’t you even attempt to do, for fear of failure? 10. What did the witch woman tell your mother the day you were born? 11. When the world seems against you, what is the one thing that keeps you going? 12. Where did you get those shoes? 13. What do people automatically assume about you? Why are they wrong? 14. How often do you make something up in order to avoid answering “I don’t know”? 15. What’s the last song you sang? Did anyone throw anything at you? 16. What will you do to make a living if this whole adventuring thing doesn’t work out for you? 17. What happened to your first crush? 18. What brought you to Garollos? 19. How will you squander your first 10,000 gp treasure? 20. What disappoints your parents most about you? What disappoints you most about your parents? 21. What will the monument to you look like? 22. Is it the journey, or the destination? 23. Which of your nicknames did you hate? 24. If you were king of the world, who would suffer most? 25. Where are you going? [/QUOTE]

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