My Ultimate 40 Question Character Sheet
Disclaimer: I made this up by looking over a few different sheets and taking the questions I felt I most needed to answer. I decided to share because it really helped me out. This in no way came from my own brain.
Describe your character in a few words.
What do you know about your character that they don’t know yet?
What are your character’s major flaws?
What would your character give their life for?
What is your character’s greatest asset?
What would completely break your character?
How does the image your character tries to project differ from the image they actually project?
What is your character afraid of?
Where would your character fall on a politeness/rudeness scale?
If your character could choose a different identity, who would they pick?
In what or whom is your character’s greatest faith in?
What was the best thing in your character’s life?
What was the worst thing in your character’s life?
What is your character’s biggest nightmare?
What seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character?
What is your character’s secret wish?
What is your character’s greatest achievement?
What is your character’s deepest regret?
What is your character’s deepest disappointment?
What is your character reluctant to tell people?
What is your character hiding from themselves?
What makes this character angry? What calms them?
List situations in which your character would not have control over themselves.
How strong is your character’s emotions? Controllable? Uncontrollable?
What wakes your character up in the middle of the night?
Describe a recurring dream and/or nightmare.
Describe your character’s family.
Name your character’s favourite person and why.
How many friends does your character have?
How many friends does your character want?
How would a friend or close relative describe your character?
Who depends on your character? Why?
Who does your character most want to please? Why?
How does your character feel about sex?
How does your character feel about romantic relationships?
If your character had to live in utter seclusion, what six items would they bring?
What is your character’s most noticeable trait and most noticeable physical feature?
How does your character feel about work?
Write one additional thing about your character.