Backstory Builder

Please write a backstory of at least 250 words (absolute maximum: 20 pages, single-spaced, at 14pt font). You do not need to answer every question below. Pick the ones that spark something, and I would love to see a few of them reflected in your finished backstory.

1. What would someone see at first glance? (height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, visible equipment) 2. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting you? (speech, mannerisms, movement patterns) 3. Do you have any personality quirks? (anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid, etc.) 4. Do you have any distinguishing marks? (birthmarks, scars, tattoos, deformities) 5. Where were you raised? By whom? 6. Who are your parents? Where are they now? Are they alive? What do they do for a living? 7. Do you have any significant figures, places, or objects in your life? Who or what are they? What makes them significant to you? 8. What alignment are you? What factors contribute to your alignment? 9. What is your moral code? What are your personal beliefs? What motivates you to wake up every morning? 10. What did you do before you took up adventuring? 11. Why do you adventure? How do you view your role as an adventurer? 12. Do you have a profession, skill set, interest, or deep understanding that sets you apart from others? How did you attain this? Why? 13. How do you get along with others? Do you have any strong feelings or opinions (positive or negative) towards certain races? Why? 14. What do you enjoy when you are not adventuring? What do you hate? What do you fear? 15. Do you have a goal? Have you made any progress? What steps will you take to work towards it? How far would you go to accomplish your goal? What would you do once you have achieved it? 16. Are you religious? What faith do you believe in? What do you do to exemplify your faith and its core principles in your daily life? How do you show your devotion? (prayer, ritual, holy day, etc.) 17. Why did you become a [your class]? What did you do to become one? Will you take up any other class's training? How? Why? 18. How do you respond to threats from creatures? What about other sentient races? 19. What benefits or weaknesses do you contribute to an adventuring party? 20. What unique abilities will you employ in group combat? How will you assist a group in combat? What can a group do to assist you? 21. What is your primary "weapon"? How do you make full use of it? Is there anything that can be done to increase its effectiveness in combat? 22. What great accomplishments do you have to your name? Failures? 23. What does everyone know about you? What do very few people know? What does no one know? 24. What place(s) in the world do you most want to visit? Why? 25. What material item(s) or knowledge do you hope to gain during your time adventuring? Why do you want it? What will you do with it? 26. Why is your lowest stat the lowest? (the in-character reason, not "because there's no reason for a wizard to have 16 strength") 27. How do you define success? 28. How do you prefer to be addressed by others?

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