Post by izzi on May 26, 2012 18:45:45 GMT -5
1,001 Questions
Well, maybe not quite 1,001 questions, but close enough. Here are a list of questions for you to ask your character, just to see how s/he responds to them:
Who was your first crush, and when?
What's in your pockets right now?
There are three doors in a room (not including the exit), they're unmarked. One leads to death, one to riches, and one to home, but you don't know which leads where. What do you do?
What's your favorite meal?
Your SO's (significant other's) hair color?
The TARDIS shows up, do you go with the Doctor?
What bad habits do you have?
Assuming that any "powers" (magic, telekinesis, super-strength, etc) you may have aren't working, what is your preferred weapon if you have to fight?
What's your weapon of choice?
If you could choose anyone, who would be in your party?
Who's your hero?
How do you define what is good or morally desirable?
Coffee or tea?
Where do you keep your lock picks?
What do you value more than anything else in the world?
If you have a power, what is it? And how did you get it?
What kind of magic is in your world?
Can you do magic?
How rigorously to you strive to perfect your beliefs and knowledge of the world, and to what extent do you allow your assumptions to remain unchecked?
Do you have a familiar and what is it if you do?
How do you feel about the arcane?
Do humans taste like chicken?
Do you have any close cousins?
Do you like to eat pumpkin?
Would you like to rule the world?
Would you sacrifice someone you loved, for a good enough cause?
What are your views on marriage?
What are you wearing right now?
What are you on today?
What virtue do you lack most?
What do you call that hairstyle?
How many people have you killed, and why?
If I was to hold your beloved over the ramparts and threaten to rip out his/her heart and eat it before dropping them over it unless you slaughtered their village-family-town-castle-significant other. What would you do?
Your friends were already happily slaughtered in front of you and nobody who cares about you can save you (some of whom are watching as you die in excruciating agony). There's really no way out. What do you do?
Any tattoos or piercings?
What do you think about telepaths?
What's your type?
Are there gods in your world? If there are, which on do you follow and why?
If you had to choose between a family member doing a great evil or a foe doing a great good, who would you side with?
Have you taken any really important vows? What were they?
What is your favorite form of combat?
What kind of clothes do you wear?
What kind of world do you live in?
What is your name?
What is your quest?
Is the glass half empty or half full?
When a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
What do I find in your trash can?`
Vampire or werewolf?
Would you take candy from a baby?
What do you see when you look up at the sky?
How old are you?
Sword and cape or tights and a big axe?
What is your favorite past time?
If someone extracted your soul from your body, what do you think it would look like?
Do you currently have someone in your life that you would willingly die for? Who? Why?
What is the most mundane, simple thing you like to do?
What moral value is most important to you?
Would you kill the one you loved for someone else you cherished?
What color is your house? Your roof?
Do you like coffee?
If you did want to take over the world, how long do you think it would take you?
Who are your three best friends?
If you had to sleep with your worst enemy to save the world, would you?
Would you say you are addicted to anything?
What do you think about "morals"? Do they exist, or do they not?
What do you like to eat?
How well do you get along with your parents?
Which country do you want to live in?
Anything in your life you still regret doing to this day?
Would you call yourself happy with your current life, and situation?
You open your fridge, what do you see?
You pass a homeless man on the street as your flipping through your wallet, you have a few spare ones. Do you give them to him?
You have to do 40 hours of community service for a law infarction, where do you serve it?
Is there any foods, you just can not abide?
It is 5 minutes to 8 and dinner is not ready. At 8, your guests are arriving. What do you do?
What is the longest distance you have traveled on foot?
Name your favorite story as a child.
Just what would you do, for love? for money? for power?
How many relationships have you been in?
Do you like or have any children?
What is your idea of a perfect evening?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What do you wear on a daily basis?
What was growing up like? Did you grow up with your family, or not?
The world is ending, and you can choose two people to save. Who, and why?
Favorite flowers?
Are you a morning, or night - kind of person?
What are you wearing?
Do you have any super-special powers?
Have you ever hurt someone intentionally? Why?
What is your idea of a perfect evening?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What do you wear on a daily basis?
What's your MOAS? (Mother of all secrets)
What's the biggest (or best) lie you ever told?
You are invited to your world's biggest social event of the year. How did you get your hands on an invitation?
Circumstances force you to sleep outside. During the night you hear a strange sound that might be a scream, but could just be a bird. What do you do?
What member of your family is your favorite? Least favorite?
What color is the sky?
What's your preferred season and weather? (And why?)
The holiday you enjoy most? (And why)
You're in a burning building. The exists are right there, but you hear someone shouting a floor above you. What do you do?
What is your greatest regret? Would you go back to change things if you could?
If you do celebrate birthdays, how do you celebrate? If not, why don't you?
What is your favorite piece of technology and why?
What was your first mode of transportation (horse or car, depending on subgenre)? How did you feel when you lost it (death, crash)?
If you celebrate Halloween, what was your first costume? If you don't, what would you have been (as a kid)?
What story/song did you mom/dad tell/sing to you as a kid?
What's in your bathroom medicine cabinet right now?
Have you ever killed someone (accidental or otherwise)?
Do you believe in ghosts?
Would you rather be eaten by a tiger, or a grue?
So... how you doing?
If you could own anything in your world, what would it be? (and why)
What are you/want to be when you grow up?
Have you ever killed someone? If so, why? If not, would you kill to save your life?
You have to spend the night in a hotel instead of your usual dwelling. What happened and why are you there?
What extreme sport have you always wanted to try?
A spell you cast goes horribly wrong and affects one of your co-characters.
Which co-character is affected and how do they feel?
Do you consider yourself normal?
Are you short?
Are you a frog?
How would you kill your worst enemy?
A little girl is crying because her cat is stuck in a tree. How do you respond?
Supposing they had television in your world, what would your favorite show be and why?
If you had to take one person with you to a desert island, which person would it be and why?
What is your least attractive trait?
Do you have a favorite animal? What is it and why?
Why is your enemy (if you have one, or a group of them) your enemy?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Do you talk out loud to yourself when no one can hear you?
What skill are you best at?
If you could have one animal for a pet, what would it be.
What would be your first, second and third thoughts if your consciousness was suddenly transported into another the body of someone of the opposite gender?
What would be your first course of action if you realized you were in a time loop (ie. no consequences.)
Which matters more, justice or the law?
What are your religious beliefs, and are they the same as most peoples' in your setting?
What's the furthest you've traveled from your birthplace?
Do you have any children? If not, do you want to eventually?
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Have you ever ridden a horse?
Have you ever considered sky diving?
Who is your best friend?
If you could bring someone back from the dead, who would it be?
What is one item you wish you hadn't lost?
What is your favorite article of clothing or armor?
Is there a song that drives you nuts?
Two men come in to the place you are working. Both are injured. One is your countryman, and his wounds aren't lethal. One is a foe, and he is dying. Who do you help?
Do you have any scars?
Is there a person or a cause that you would happily die for?
What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?
A homeless kid tries to pick your pocket, but you catch him. Your reaction?
What was it that last pushed you over the edge, if ever?
What was the last book/ piece of literature you read?
Oh no! The Big Bad has captured your SO (if you don't have one, just imagine) how do you get them back? Is it a noble rescue or downright irresponsible?
Do you ever want to have children? If so, with who?
Ah, the damsel (or prince) in distress. Cliched as it sounds, people rush off to save them. However, what if you came across a situation where you wouldn't want to save them? What would be your main reason for not saving someone in need?
Who was your first kiss?
Shag, marry, throw off a cliff: a dragon-riding hero/heroine, a fairy-tale prince/princess, an elf.
You've just gotten a letter from your mother saying she misses you and wants you to come home. What do you do?
Boxers, briefs, boxer-briefs, or chain-mail?
You've just found out your significant other was secretly plotting to kill you. What do you do?
If you absolutely have to go into a situation where the odds are one in a hundred of coming out alive, and there have to be two of you that go, no more, no less . . . who do you want with you and why?
You are allowed to choose any creature strong enough to bear you as a mount. It will be tame and obedient. What do you pick?
What is your favorite animal?
Do you have any pets?
What causes do you believe in/support?
You are faced with a great decision, and told the fate of all living things hang in a balance. Do you take up a great burden to restore- or maintain- order in the world? Or do you flip the bird to destiny and allow things to descend further into chaos?
If you had a choice between being good and dying for everyone you loved and being evil and living what would you choose?
What do you do for a living?
You run into someone you hate from your past, what do you do?
If you were not doing what you're doing, what would you be doing instead?
You get offered the chance to make one wish, the only limit being that you can't change the past in any way -- what do you wish for?
You meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with . . . at the reception for your own arranged marriage. That person feels the same as you do, that you two are meant to be together. So . . . what do you do now?
You've found some treasure guarded by a dragon. The dragon may be a bit too tough for you to fight. Do you go after the treasure anyway?
A former enemy of yours has approached you with gestures of friendship, saying he/she has mended his/her ways. Do you trust them?
If you had to kill a best friend to help (say, like he was a vampire and didn't want to be) him would you?
If faced with the option of making your life perfect but having somethings in your current life change would you take the chance?
A monster has just killed all your friends what do you do to it?
If you could have a bed made of anything you wanted, what would it be like?
You're walking along a path to a split in the road. One's with thorn bushes and the other is made of yellow bricks. Which path do you take?
What is your favorite expression?
If you were a superhero, what kin'na powers would you have?
Would you wear spandex and colorful panties on the outside of your clothes if it meant you got ta' be a superhero with the powers you wanted from my last question?
What would y'do if you came up to a locked briefcase that was beeping faster and faster and faster and faster....
What are your thoughts on music? Are you musical at all?
Oh no! You've been captured by your enemy, he's quick-witted but narcissistic, how do you escape?
What was your favorite game as a child? (Be it practical, imaginative or of the board variety.)
Who do you hate most?
Who do you love most?
Do you trust your friends?
Favorite color?
Favorite outfit?
Favorite person?
How did you get your hair to do that?
What was the best meal you ever ate?
Do you ever talk to yourself?
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus (or your world's equivalent imaginary being)?
Have you ever considered running away from home?
What element fits your personality best and why? (Earth, fire, water, air)
What makes you easy/hard to get along with?
What superpower would you pick and why? (If you have one, what would you have chosen for yourself and why/are you happy with what you have?)
What makes you sick? As in, completely and utterly disgusted?
Is there anyone you secretly like (romantic or platonic) that you'd never admit to?
If you could go anywhere in your world, where would it be, and why?
You ever been in a gang? Maybe you didn't call it a gang, but you ever run with people that would watch your back and trust you to watch theirs?
What is the one thing about society that aggravates you most?
You're 'running away' aka leaving in the middle of the night and you can only pack enough to fit in an average sized backpack. What do you take?
What is your favorite season, if there are any where you live, and why?
Ever committed a crime? I ain't talkin' shoplifting a CD or shit, I'm talkin' a felony. Big, bad, for-real crime. Ever done one?
Did you ever say "Hey, let's do that again!" and earned shocked gazes from everyone else?
What is your opinion about rabits?
Want a cookie?
When someone says "let's go home," what's the first place you think of?
How old is "too old"?
What advice would you give to someone going on a long and possibly dangerous journey.
Have you ever lost anyone? If so, who?
Do you have pets?
Do you wish you were younger or older and why?
If you could push a button and vaporize all the evil ones in the world would you do it?
What could you possibly know of pain?
Have you ever left anyone behind?
You're leaving and can only say goodbye to one person. Who would you choose to see?
What's your secret desire?
What's your goal in life?
Favorite food?
Ever been knocked unconscious?
Favorite weapon?
Milk or water?
Are you tall, short, or somewhere in between?
Melee weapons or ranged weapons -- what's your preference?
In a huge crowd, would you blend in or stick out?
Again, in a huge crowd have you ever felt alone?
If asked to donate to a good cause would you?
How do I go about killin' the devil? Y'know, Satan. Lucifer. That dude. (Hey, somebody HAS to know, right?)
How many siblings do you have?
In what way do you prefer to 'remove' your enemies?
Is anyone in love with you?
According to your own standards, do you consider yourself a good person?
What do you think happens after death if anything at all.
Ever been arrested? Not gotten a ticket, but cuffed, booked and put in a cell? (Or the nearest equivalent of cuffed and booked, for those of you on the wacked-out LotR worlds and crap like that.)
Do you have a food that you cannot live without?
What is one lost comfort that you miss?
What is your opinion of zombies?
Ever had to kill a person? Not a monster, or a critter -- a person. Someone of your own race. (And I ain't talkin' skin color, I'm talkin' as human as you are -- or as elven as you are, or mer-human as you. Whatever.)
What's the one thing you'd be least likely to tell anyone, even your closest friend?
Do you have a hobby? If so, what?
If you could do one thing without having to worry about the consequences, what would it be?
Would you rather perform -- sing, play an instrument, act, do stand-up comedy, whatever -- or watch someone else perform?
Are you addicted to anything (coffee, pretzels, illicit drugs, etc.)?
Is your current location agreeable, or would you prefer to live somewhere else? If so, where, and why?
What is your biggest ambition?
Are there any songs or nursery rhymes from your childhood that make you all nostalgic?
What one word sums you up?
If you could spend a single day as someone, anyone else, who would it be and why?
Is morality a relative thing?
Do you believe in an ever-lasting love?
Do you believe in angels?
Have you ever seen a ghost?
Would you ever try to take over the world?
If someone is in a position of authority, does that automatically make them a responsible person?
Do you have a pet? If not, do you want one?
You come home one night to find your worst enemy waiting for you at your door. What do you do?
What's your favorite pizza topping? (If pizza does not exist in your dimension or you do not ingest human consumables, let's just pretend for a moment that you do.)
Have you ever watched the sunrise? If so, when?
What was your greatest achievement?
Who was/is your best friend?
Do you have a religion?
Do you have any hidden talents?
Who would you do anything for?
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Would you rather sleep under a roof or under the stars?
What's the most useful thing your parents or guardians taught you as a child?
What feature do you look for in a significant other?
What makes a creature a person to you? Not a human, but a person?
Did you follow in your parent's footsteps (occupation wise), or have you made your own way in life?
What was your weirdest dream?
When was the last time you indulged yourself?
Where did you grow up?
If you had all the money you could ever dream of, what would you buy?
How far would you go fro your SO?
Alright so you're mother just tells you you were adopted. What's your reaction?
If you could chose any animal to be your permanent companion, what would it be and why?
What's your typical outfit?
How many pints before you're on the floor?
Your sister wants you to help her with her spell casting - the last time she asked things didn't turn out so well - do you agree once again or tell her to find someone else?
Have you ever been in the air? And not just falling, I mean flying or gliding.
Why do you bother? What makes whatever you do better than giving up, or even just laying down and dying?
Do you like frogs?
A government official brings you a reqest to supply certain items for the army - but he gets you mixed up with another tradesman and asks for something you can't make - what do you do?
Armor for protection, or no armor for freedom of movement?
How would you react to the concept of a world with NO magic?
What is your preferred form of apocalypse? Flashy and impressive, or fast and quiet, or something else? Or, if you've seen the apocalypse, what was it like?
Suppose you have somehow gotten into an arranged marriage with a powerful being, whether a dragon, elf, extremely powerful wizard(ess), etc.. How do you react? If you resist, how do you get out of it?
What prejudices do you have, if any?
We've heard all about lies... what's the hardest truth you've ever had to tell?
Adventure comes knocking on the door - do you answer it? Or do you roll over and go back to sleep?
You're walking down the street when you see a coin stuck to the floor. When you try and pick it up, it doesn't move. What do you do?
What have you done in your life that you are most proud of?
How would you feel and what would you do if a friend you weren't really close to suddenly started telling you about their tragic past?
What is your favorite color... and why?
you see a piano falling on your deaf best friend, but your too far away to reach them and save yourself too. what will you do?
What's your favorite memory of your parents?
What's your favorite kind of music?
Do you like socks? (If you're from a medieval or other historical world and don't know what socks are, do you like leggings/tights/stockings?)
Do you believe emotions should be embraced or controlled?
Something comes up and it seems your in for a long journey. Regardless of how you're getting there, what must you bring with you, other than the obvious (food, water, etc)?
What is your favorite food?
Would you rather be able to breathe underwater or fly?
Can you use magic?
Do you keep a journal? Why? Why not?
whats the first word you think of when reading this?
You find your workshop is not how you left it, and your favorite tools have gone missing. Do you launch a full investigation to track down who did this, or do you just replace the tools and move forward?
Given a choice, would you rather be super intelligent or super strong?
What are your views on sex?
What makes you laugh?
What is your best memory?
Which comes to you first: Love or passion?
Who is your favorite person to be with and why?
Do you ever wish you were someone else?
Have you ever considered learning to ride a dragon?
Is the enemy of your enemy your friend, or is that just philosophical BS?
You're meeting your SOs family for the first time. Do you behave normally, or do you wait until the next meeting to be yourself?
Imagine where you'll be in 10 years. What will you be doing? Who will you be with?
You're a regular at the town pub. One night, some stranger is occupying your favorite stool. What do you do now?
Your best friend and the love of your life are about to be squashed by a giant. You don't have the time or ability to save both. Which do you save?
You alone come across an ancient scroll with the secrets of the universe. Do you share this freely with everyone else? Or do you hide it waiting for the highest bidder?
Do you have any scars?
What are your favorite pair of shoes or boots?
Do you plan for children in your future?
Your SO (significant other) has just spent an entire day cooking a grand meal for you...except they're the worst cook ever and you fear for your health both from eating the food, and in refusing to do so. How are you going to survive the evening?
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
Ale or wine?
What is your earliest memory?
You've earned a reward - either one giant shiny cut gem, or a bag full of gold pieces - which one would you rather have?
Out of these, which would you choose to fight with?
a) a pebble
b) a scroll
c) a rubber chicken
d) all of the above
Communism. Failed idea, or just not yet implimented correctly?
Magic bean stocks - true or false?
The last three books you've read (and I mean read, not just flipped through, but you can give me those too)?
What is your favorite saying?
A traveling salesman has this "awsome" magical item he'll give you a really great deal on - take it or leave it?
Do you believe it is better to imprison an innocent, or let a criminal go free?
Describe (with great detail!) the last stupid thing you did, and why you did it. if it was an accident, that last part obviously doesn't apply. ^^
What is your dearest possession- how did you get it and why does it mean so much to you?
What would you prefer to do if given a choice - study as a scholar, become a mage, or learn a trade?
Who is the one person you want to see right now? Alive or dead, it doesn't matter.
Would you kill a child if you knew with complete certainty that they would commit horrendous acts of evil when they grew up?
Which is your greatest weapon: your physical abilities or your mental prowess?
Chocolate or vanilla?
When was the last time you had a nice, hot bath?
What do you hate about yourself but would never change?
Who are you thinking about right now?
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
If you could turn into any kind of animal, what would you be?
When was the last time you drove a car?
When your headed into a big fight who do you want to have your back?
Drink of preference, coffee, tea, hot chocolate or other? If other, what?
What's your biggest secret?
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Are you like your parents, or unlike them -- and how?
Have you ever sacrificed for the greater good, and what have you sacrificed?
What makes you a better person?
What are you most afraid of and why?
Do you have any dietary restrictions? If so, what are they and why?
What is your most prized possession?
What is your favorite song?
What's something you've always dreamed of doing, but never got around to?
How would your best friend describe you?
What's the worst lie you ever told?
Would you die to save your honor, or compromise your honor to save your life?
What's the most stupid brave thing you ever did?
What do you see when you look up at the sky?
Ever been in love with a family member?
There's a shiny thing guarded by and evil thing. Do you try and get the shiny?
If you encountered the mirror of Erised from the Harry Potter series (magical mirror that shows the one thing you desire most in the world) what would you see?
What makes you the most angry in the world?
If you were trapped on a desert island and could only bring three things with you, what would you bring?
What is your drink of choice?
What is your favorite kind of weather, and why?
If your quest required you to sacrifice one sense, which would it be?
What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you?
What about the best?
If I were ice cream, how would you eat me?
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep?
If you could change one decision in your life, what would it be?
Do you ever limber up before a battle? Why or why not?
Have you ever been dancing and with who?
What sort of songs do you prefer?
Have you named your weapons? If so, what are there names?
What do you do to keep yourself occupied when you're in an annoying situation? (i.e. boring class, lecture, etc.)
What is your favorite food?
If you were going to choose a companion of the following, which would it be and why: wolf, fox, tiger, owl, eagle, cat, or dog?
Who is the person you trust most?
Who is your best friend?
Confronted by a hungry, annoyed dragon, what would you do?
What is your favorite pastime?
When you're waiting, how do you pass the time?
Are you normal?
Which is better, black or white?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If someone came and slaughtered your entire family, would you seek revenge, or turn to the path of peace and try to put it behind you?
Do your gods mess up your life as much as mine do?
How many scars do you have?
Where exactly were you born/created?
What is your educational background?
What is your relationship with your parents/guardians like?
How do you take your tea?
Magic - inborn talent, or earned by hard work?
What is your secret, innermost dream?
It's a dark night and someone close by is screaming, what do you do?
The police have arrested you for murder and you have one phone call - who do you call?
Huge steam-powered engines or horses?
It's 3am and you're awake. What are you doing?
What kind of weather do you like? Why?
Your worst enemy apologies for everything they've ever done to wrong you, how do you react?
If you woke in the night screaming, what would you have been dreaming of?
Do you believe in the power of love to change the world?
Where do you hide the bodies?
Do you like to look your enemy in the eyes as you kill them, or stab them in the back by surprise?
What advice your mother gave you have you obviously never followed?
A delicate but attractive magician and an over-muscled sword-bearing hero (gender of both up to you) have both asked you out. Which one do you accept?
there is no end . . .
What element fits your personality best and why? (Earth, fire, water, air)
What makes you easy/hard to get along with?
What superpower would you pick and why? (If you have one, what would you have chosen for yourself and why/are you happy with what you have?)
If you absolutely have to go into a situation where the odds are one in a hundred of coming out alive, and there have to be two of you that go, no more, no less . . . who do you want with you and why?
You are allowed to choose any creature strong enough to bear you as a mount. It will be tame and obedient. What do you pick?
What is your favorite animal?
Do you have any pets?
What causes do you believe in/support?2. You are faced with a great decision, and told the fate of all living things hang in a balance. Do you take up a great burden to restore- or maintain- order in the world? Or do you flip the bird to destiny and allow things to descend further into chaos?
If you had a choice between being good and dying for everyone you loved and being evil and living what would you choose?
What do you do for a living?
You run into someone you hate from your past, what do you do?3. If you were not doing what you're doing, what would you be doing instead?2) You get offered the chance to make one wish, the only limit being that you can't change the past in any way -- what do you wish for?
Where are you from?
When are you from?
What are your beliefs?3) You meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with . . . at the reception for your own arranged marriage. That person feels the same as you do, that you two are meant to be together. So . . . what do you do now?
What do you like to eat for breakfast?
How do you take your tea?
If you could take one object to the moon with you, what would it be?
Do you know anyone who can do magic?
What's your favorite animal?
What's your favorite thing to do?
The world ends tomorrow. How will you spend your last day (today) before then?
If you were a musical instrument, what would you be?
Your favorite weather conditions?
You can go back in time and change one (and only one) choice that you made in the past. What do you do differently, and why, and how does it change the present?
What's your favorite vegetable?
You're on a blind date at a restaurant that's world-famous for its desserts, and you find out that the person you're with is one of the bad guys. Do you run, try to kill him/her, or wait until after the cake?
How do you relax?
What is your wepon of choice?
Would you spend the night at the spooky motel that you were pretty sure is run by creatures out to eat you?
Who do you like, and does that person like you back?
How often do you go out with friends and what do you do?
Do you have a favorite book? What is it?
What is the colour of your third cousin's aunt's brother's niece's husband's hair?
Hey, what's that behind you?
What's your most favourite thing in the world?
If you were asked to destroy your most favourite thing in the world, would you do it?
Once you've destroyed your favourite thing in the world, how would you feel? (And if you didn't, how do you feel now?)
