Ver_Spot

Go grab some paper and a pencil.

Got them? Good.

Now spend the next two hours drawing a map. Make it as detailed...

At some point in your role playing career, you will encounter "that guy". It is inevitable as rain or bad news. Ask anyone who has been gaming for awhile and they'll sit there and rattle off a few doozies with a thousand yard stare.

So who is "that guy"?

All role playing games have one thing in common: characters. You, the player, assume the role of a fictional character out to save the world, stop the bad guy, etc. For many, character creation can daunting, either because they're new, don't know the system or whatever. Even the veterans have trouble making a truly fun character at times. I've compiled a list of seven questions that I feel, when seriously considered, help a player make a truly memorable character.