To Build A Character
The character introduction we have in this cult can be considered a little advanced, but this is to help you with your role playing. It's to really build and get into your character.
Our current character sheet is the following, and I will take you through each step and explain:
CHARACTER SHEET
*Base Name:
Preferred Name:
Birth name:
*Full Name:
Nicknames:
*Gender:
Age of Appearance:
*Real age:
Date of Birth:
Relationship Status:
*Sexual Orientation:
*Race:
Beliefs:
Homeland:
Pets:
*Power:
*Special abilities:
*Abilities:
*Alternate forms:
*Physicality:
Height:
Weight:
Hair color:
Eye color:
Skin color:
Piercings:
Tattoos:
Scars:
Marks:
*Personality
Favorites:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Disorders:
Habits:
Family:
Occupation:
Occupational History:
*History:
*Images
IMAGES:
Images are pretty difficult to find, and they don't have to be the first thing you find. A lot of people build their character first before they get their images. You can find bases (The person in your picture that will be playing your character) on modeling sights, on deviantart.com, by using real actors and cosplayers. It's really not that hard to find a person… even an alien person. Those can be found on deviantart mostly but they can be found from other places, like scifi movies. Tumblr also has a good deal of models and so does google.
Once you found the image/base you want to use you put it in your post by using the code:
<img src="URL" align="LEFT OR RIGHT">
Depending on what type of device you're using depends on how you get the url. On the computer you right click the image, copy image URL, then paste into the code where it says URL. You have to chose either left or right in the code as well, otherwise the code will be messed up.
If you are using a tablet, ipod, or kindle for this you'll have to press and hold on the image, a little thing should pop up asking whether you want to save image, copy the url or copy image. You want to copy it, then in the space hold your finger or tablet pen down until the thing pulls up saying paste.
NAME/NICKNAMES/PREFERRED NAME
Now these are pretty easy in themselves, but if you are bad with names it's not that hard to google baby names. Names are obviously what you call your character, giving them nick names and having a preferred name gives the character a little more, persona.
BASE
As said in the FAQ's, the base is the model your character is using, though if you are using artwork you'll have to know the name of the artist who drew the image. WE DO NOT ACCEPT UNKNOWN BASES. As the rules state what this is, we also do not accept anime and a few various other things. Be sure to double check the rules!
I'll give you an example of what I mean, my character Zahyo is being based by Joseph Morgan. He is an actor in several TV shows. So when I get to the field that says "Base" I'll put: Base: Joseph Morgan.
(Remember, his name is a noun, it must be capitalized.)
AGE
Some cults have restrictions on the age limit, some don't but you can't have a thousand year old man with five sentences. He's had to of done more than just blinked into existence and never done anything... so be sure to make your characters easy to represent.
SPECIES AND RACE
For the Species and Race that is pretty simple. Scientists in the real world have a classification system. As humans we are Homosapians for our Species, though our race can be from black to white to hispanic and so on.
GENDER, HAIR/EYE COLOR, HEIGHT/WEIGHT, DISTINGUISHED MARKINGS
These all have things in common. Gender is what sex your character is, is it male or female? What color is it's eyes and hair? (They should match your base.) How much does he/she weigh? How tall is he/she? Ever person has a height and a weight. Distinguished markings can be there or not. If you don't think they have any tattoos, scars, piercings, or birth marks then just say none.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, STATUS, AND RELATIONSHIP HISTORY
Well is your character gay, straight, pansexual, undecided?
Are they single, polyamorous (loves more than one), widowed, married, divorced?
The history is very simple, have they ever had a past relationship before? Any lovers or something? List it. Give them a relationship background. So they either know what they are doing with other people or are completely virginal.
D.O.B, HOMELAND, AND BELIEFS?
When where they born? You can pick the month and day as you want. (We might throw a party.)
Where are they from? You don't have to go into depth. Just make something up. It helps when people ask, "Where are you from?" It's already recorded so you don't have to keep making up something new. The story gets jumbled.
As for beliefs you can make those up too. It's your alien. They can fallow whatever you want them to, even mythological beliefs if you really want them to. They could just not have religious beliefs and believe that what their commanding officer says goes.
SKILLS AND SPECIAL ABILITIES
For skills, it can be hunting, cooking and cleaning or whatever they are good at. Music, dancing… stuff of that sort.
For special abilities? Can the manipulate the elements? Grow claws or quills? Flex and fold themselves into small places? Can they manipulate their own bodies? What can they do that is not exactly human or every day ordinary things.
PERSONALITY, LIKES/DISLIKES, STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES, AND FAVORITES
A few things here; what is your character like? Are they a firecracker? Do they get shy? Do they have split personalities?
What do they like: To do, eat, places, people and stuff like that?What do they dislike? Do they hate the sunlight, certain foods etc?
Strengths: Are they a kind hearted souls? Easily misled? Things of this sort...Weaknesses: Are they a sucker for big brown eyes? Can they not stand being in the sun or people crying?
What is their favorite thing to do? To sleep and eat and have sex?
FAMILY, OCCUPATION/OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
What kind of family do they have? Sixteen sisters and fourteen brothers? Three mothers and two fathers? Any cousins or aunts and uncles?
As for Occupation: What do they work as right now?
As for occupation history, you can build whatever you want kind of occupational history. Maybe they started by hunting on their planet, became a food server or something along those lines. If they haven't ever had a job then just say None.
HISTORY
This is their life, this gives them a background. What have they done? Where they born? What was it like for them as a child and growing up? Give them some details that make them who they are.
CHARACTER EXAMPLE
I'll let you all see my own character, The Captain. You can see his whole bioHere. I have other characters on that web page, but really everything is there that you'll need to be able to see.
Our current character sheet is the following, and I will take you through each step and explain:
CHARACTER SHEET
*Base Name:
Preferred Name:
Birth name:
*Full Name:
Nicknames:
*Gender:
Age of Appearance:
*Real age:
Date of Birth:
Relationship Status:
*Sexual Orientation:
*Race:
Beliefs:
Homeland:
Pets:
*Power:
*Special abilities:
*Abilities:
*Alternate forms:
*Physicality:
Height:
Weight:
Hair color:
Eye color:
Skin color:
Piercings:
Tattoos:
Scars:
Marks:
*Personality
Favorites:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Disorders:
Habits:
Family:
Occupation:
Occupational History:
*History:
*Images
IMAGES:
Images are pretty difficult to find, and they don't have to be the first thing you find. A lot of people build their character first before they get their images. You can find bases (The person in your picture that will be playing your character) on modeling sights, on deviantart.com, by using real actors and cosplayers. It's really not that hard to find a person… even an alien person. Those can be found on deviantart mostly but they can be found from other places, like scifi movies. Tumblr also has a good deal of models and so does google.
Once you found the image/base you want to use you put it in your post by using the code:
<img src="URL" align="LEFT OR RIGHT">
Depending on what type of device you're using depends on how you get the url. On the computer you right click the image, copy image URL, then paste into the code where it says URL. You have to chose either left or right in the code as well, otherwise the code will be messed up.
If you are using a tablet, ipod, or kindle for this you'll have to press and hold on the image, a little thing should pop up asking whether you want to save image, copy the url or copy image. You want to copy it, then in the space hold your finger or tablet pen down until the thing pulls up saying paste.
NAME/NICKNAMES/PREFERRED NAME
Now these are pretty easy in themselves, but if you are bad with names it's not that hard to google baby names. Names are obviously what you call your character, giving them nick names and having a preferred name gives the character a little more, persona.
BASE
As said in the FAQ's, the base is the model your character is using, though if you are using artwork you'll have to know the name of the artist who drew the image. WE DO NOT ACCEPT UNKNOWN BASES. As the rules state what this is, we also do not accept anime and a few various other things. Be sure to double check the rules!
I'll give you an example of what I mean, my character Zahyo is being based by Joseph Morgan. He is an actor in several TV shows. So when I get to the field that says "Base" I'll put: Base: Joseph Morgan.
(Remember, his name is a noun, it must be capitalized.)
AGE
Some cults have restrictions on the age limit, some don't but you can't have a thousand year old man with five sentences. He's had to of done more than just blinked into existence and never done anything... so be sure to make your characters easy to represent.
SPECIES AND RACE
For the Species and Race that is pretty simple. Scientists in the real world have a classification system. As humans we are Homosapians for our Species, though our race can be from black to white to hispanic and so on.
GENDER, HAIR/EYE COLOR, HEIGHT/WEIGHT, DISTINGUISHED MARKINGS
These all have things in common. Gender is what sex your character is, is it male or female? What color is it's eyes and hair? (They should match your base.) How much does he/she weigh? How tall is he/she? Ever person has a height and a weight. Distinguished markings can be there or not. If you don't think they have any tattoos, scars, piercings, or birth marks then just say none.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, STATUS, AND RELATIONSHIP HISTORY
Well is your character gay, straight, pansexual, undecided?
Are they single, polyamorous (loves more than one), widowed, married, divorced?
The history is very simple, have they ever had a past relationship before? Any lovers or something? List it. Give them a relationship background. So they either know what they are doing with other people or are completely virginal.
D.O.B, HOMELAND, AND BELIEFS?
When where they born? You can pick the month and day as you want. (We might throw a party.)
Where are they from? You don't have to go into depth. Just make something up. It helps when people ask, "Where are you from?" It's already recorded so you don't have to keep making up something new. The story gets jumbled.
As for beliefs you can make those up too. It's your alien. They can fallow whatever you want them to, even mythological beliefs if you really want them to. They could just not have religious beliefs and believe that what their commanding officer says goes.
SKILLS AND SPECIAL ABILITIES
For skills, it can be hunting, cooking and cleaning or whatever they are good at. Music, dancing… stuff of that sort.
For special abilities? Can the manipulate the elements? Grow claws or quills? Flex and fold themselves into small places? Can they manipulate their own bodies? What can they do that is not exactly human or every day ordinary things.
PERSONALITY, LIKES/DISLIKES, STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES, AND FAVORITES
A few things here; what is your character like? Are they a firecracker? Do they get shy? Do they have split personalities?
What do they like: To do, eat, places, people and stuff like that?What do they dislike? Do they hate the sunlight, certain foods etc?
Strengths: Are they a kind hearted souls? Easily misled? Things of this sort...Weaknesses: Are they a sucker for big brown eyes? Can they not stand being in the sun or people crying?
What is their favorite thing to do? To sleep and eat and have sex?
FAMILY, OCCUPATION/OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
What kind of family do they have? Sixteen sisters and fourteen brothers? Three mothers and two fathers? Any cousins or aunts and uncles?
As for Occupation: What do they work as right now?
As for occupation history, you can build whatever you want kind of occupational history. Maybe they started by hunting on their planet, became a food server or something along those lines. If they haven't ever had a job then just say None.
HISTORY
This is their life, this gives them a background. What have they done? Where they born? What was it like for them as a child and growing up? Give them some details that make them who they are.
CHARACTER EXAMPLE
I'll let you all see my own character, The Captain. You can see his whole bioHere. I have other characters on that web page, but really everything is there that you'll need to be able to see.