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Application sheet; This is your starting point for character creation.
Topic Started: Apr 17 2010, 10:47 PM (211 Views)
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The application sheet looks a little long and scary, we know, but it's neatly broken down for you into easy-to-handle sections. We've also provided plenty of information for you to help you work out your character's history and motivations.

Two things to remember when you're looking through this and thinking, "Oh no..."

  • We don't need a doctoral thesis about the character. Although we will ask you to expand or clarify if something raises questions, please don't feel pressured to write five hundred or a thousand words for any part of this application. There is no word minimum. It's fine if your character hasn't done much yet and your 'History' section reflects that. We promise. Don't 'pad' your application because you think it looks too short.
  • If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to contact an admin. We'll be more than happy to discuss any ideas with you. Feel free to start a topic in this forum (not in Pending Characters -- keep it here in the main forum) or PM an admin with your questions.

How to apply:

  • Make sure your forum username is your character's name, first and last. If you've signed up with another name and you'd like to change your account name to your character name, please send an application to change your username here.
  • Make sure you've read all of the relevant world information. It'll be easier to create a well-rounded character if you have some idea of where he or she might have come from, and what sorts of things they could be up to now.
  • Fill out the application form provided below. Give us as much detail as you can; we're not asking for thousand-word essays here, but it's helpful both for you to get into your character's head, and for the admins to figure out what sort of person you're playing.
  • Post a new topic in the Pending Characters forum, using your character's full name (given name and surname) as the topic title.
  • An admin will look over your application and get back to you with any suggestions or requests that may need to be made. At this point, character creation becomes a dialogue: we want to help you make your character fit in, while also making sure you have someone you're both happy to play and will enjoy using as a character.
  • As soon as your application has been approved, your entire application thread will be moved to Approved Characters. At that point, you're free to leap in and start playing!


We've also broken down the application sheet for you with some helpful hints, below. You can copy the codebox at the bottom of this post and paste it into your own application topic to keep the formatting tidy.



About
If you're a writer, think of this as your query. Summarise your character in just a sentence or two -- his name, age, profession, and motivations would do nicely. You can go into detail below. For example: Captain Archedamus Evegym ("Archie" to one and all) Ducere Aeros Hennick, 30, is a human man, the owner and operator of the contract cargo airship Elusive Dreamer. Though technically employed by the government of Cesopom as a privateer and cargo carrier, Archie and his crew are not opposed to the occasional bit of outright pirating.

Personal
Height: Is the character particularly tall or short for his race?
Weight/build: Is he muscular, stocky, lean, slender, overweight, athletic?
Colouring: What is his skin tone, eye colour, hair colour? Does he have any natural markings, such as freckles?
Markings/piercings: Does the character have any tattoos, scars, piercings or other non-natural body modifications?
Styling: How does he wear his hair? What sort of clothing does he prefer?

Skills and strengths: What abilities does the character have?
Weaknesses: What weaknesses does the character have? Is he deathly afraid of anything? Is he more or less affected by the generic weaknesses of his race?

Religion: Is the character religious, and if so, to what extent? Does he visit a temple once a week and consider that a done deal, or go every day and twice on the high holy day(s) of his order? Perhaps he doesn't prescribe to an organised religion at all, but has a private arrangement with a certain god or goddess.
Language(s): What language(s) can the character speak fluently? Can he struggle by in another tongue, or is he strictly monolingual?
Relationships: Is the character married, involved with someone, single or other?

Job: How does he pay the bills?
Guild membership: Does the character aspire to be a member of a certain guild? Since there's a posting limit before guild applications can be made, your character can't automatically be placed in a guild, but if his work history dictates that it makes sense for him to be a member, you're allowed to state that here and we'll work with you to sort it out as soon as possible.

Personality: What sort of persona does the character portray in public? Is this particularly different to how he feels inside, for any reason?

History
Home: Where was the character born, and where does he live now?
Family: Who were the character's parents? You don't need to give us their entire life stories, but a little background will help. Does he have siblings, half-siblings, or perhaps he was brought up with half a dozen cousins?
The story so far: How did the character come to be where he is today?

Magic
Innate magical abilities: Some races are born with a higher innate magical ability than others; even so, there is variation within most races as to the particular talents and strengths of individuals.
Learned magic: Has the character learnt any magic in addition to any talents he was born with? Perhaps he makes use of his natural talents, if he has any, and studied either by book-learning or under a tutor to improve those abilities, or maybe he shuns or ignores his natural talents in favour of a type of magic he prefers, which he set out to learn from scratch.
Taboo magic: Is there any type of magic he considers inherently 'wrong'? Perhaps he's a technomancer and can't see the value in natural magic, or an elf who thinks that any magic used for destructive purposes is wrong…


Copy and paste this and fill it in.
 
[b][u]About[/u][/b]

[b][u]Personal[/u][/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight/build:[/b]
[b]Colouring:[/b]
[b]Markings/piercings:[/b]
[b]Styling:[/b]

[b]Skills and strengths:[/b]
[b]Weaknesses:[/b]

[b]Religion:[/b]
[b]Language(s):[/b]
[b]Relationships:[/b]

[b]Job:[/b]
[b]Guild membership:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b][u]History[/u][/b]
[b]Home:[/b]
[b]Family:[/b]
[b]The story so far:[/b]

[b][u]Magic[/u][/b]
[b]Innate magical abilities:[/b]
[b]Learned magic:[/b]
[b]Taboo magic:[/b]
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