Sheeting Personal Characters

Sheeting Your First Personal Character
You are about to play in a Storygame chronicle. You have read the sandbox of consent and understand any content restrictions it provides. You've looked at the code of conduct and agree to its principles. You have glanced over the chronicle's macrocosm and microcosm and like them enough to want to make your first personal character and play it. So now what?

1. Pick A Character Type
The chronicle's webpage or wiki or player's packet should have a list of all the character types found in the core setting and possibly recommend some in specific for new troupe members. Or perhaps you are a starting troupe member and you are in the middle of your Game Zero session. The very first thing you need to do is pick a character type. Which is "best" will be completely subject to your personality and play style and what kinds of stories your fellow troupe members want to engage in. Feel free to get their input and bounce a few ideas off of one another before settling on your character type.

2. Copy The Character Type Template
The World Building Team should have designed character type templates for the chronicle. Locate the one for the character type you want to play. Make a copy of it.

3. Pick A Character Avatar
Your character's avatar is a picture or photo, either a head shot or another kind of pose. Using pictures of actors, fashion models, or anime characters are very common. Avoid using the same avatar as someone else. Select a specific image of your avatar and crop/resize it so it meets the chronicle's Avatar Size requirements. Insert it into your character sheet. List the name of avatar (not your character but the actual person/character it represents) under personal details if there is a space for it there. Otherwise attach it to the notes section. This will help you later if you want to make an image gallery for your character.

3. Fill In Personal Information
With your avatar to inspire you, fill in all the blank entries under Personal Information. If the Player Packet or chronicle wiki/website doesn't include examples or choices, ask a World Builder to assist in any you aren't certain about.

4. Establish Attribute Scores
Look to see if the chronicle uses standardized or open character creation. If it is standardized, you have a maximum number of points you can apply to the character type's attributes. If it is open, you can apply as many points to your character as seems reasonable for the character concept starting to form in your head.