Character Creation

Instructions on creating a character for [FG.rpg]

Making your character is half the fun in [FG.rpg], and while it is pretty free-form, there are a few guidelines to help you detail and describe your character. The character sheet is divided into two main sections, attributes and skills. Skills are about what you can do, attributes are about what you are.

Attributes

Names

What names do you introduce yourself with, sign your email with, respond to, go by on irc/aim? Whatever they are, list them here.

Title

For staff, we're assigned a title to represent what kind of work we are meant to do. For volunteers, we're titled by what program we're in, or what email lists we're members of.

Race

What were you born into? How did you grow up. What undeniable social traits do you possess? You can be a half-breed, but racial bonuses are only given for up to two races.

• 'geek': foo
• 'dork':
• 'hipster':
• 'hippie':
• 'punk':
• 'norm':
• 'child':
• 'retired':
• 'crazy':

Personality

pioneer

settler

agitator

conservative

meta

reformer

slacker

do-er

Charted

Here are tables with all that info.

personalities pioneer settler agitator conservative meta reformer slacker do-er	races geek dork hipster hippie punk norm child retired crazy
alignments organic, cyborg, techno libre, opensource, freeware, closedsource, trusted computing platform	ratings Superb Excellent Good Fair Mediocre Poor Terrible

skills social conflict resolution ad hominem ego petting zoo leadership schmooze beer getting donations getting-hardware-granted-to-you-such-that-noone-is-mad (GHGTYSTNIM pron. 'figtistinim') gossip partying telephone answering tours consensus hand-raising hoodwink facilitation note taking working delegation: -outside organizations -volunteer skill tracking intimidating intimidating invisibility look busy stealth physical combat/dance find: -dumpster diving -stealing -car gaming gizmo transport: -doohicky organization -handoffing -monitor tetris -forklifting brainful answering: freegeek process and lore tech savvy assitude hacking buildation disaster awareness doomsaying first aid putting out dumpster-fires intarweb google literacy reply-fu wikiki schedtracking spiritual morale calmness empathy empowering humor inspiring warmth coping florescence resistence humor internal conflic resolution non-attachment poverty tolerance self-esteem teaching quirky (hidden) weird, uncomfortable jokes physical tics silent over-communicative anti-listening hygiene problems physical boundary ignorance willful ignorance proslatizing condescending (without knowledge) arrogance ticking time bomb unusual dress choices one-ups captain obvious painfully esoteric technical knowledge painfully esoteric technical knowledge and overly willing to share sexist argues with everything smoking/cell phone addiction dietary restrictions unnecessarily helpless night watchmen volume control nasally voice jack of all trades technofetishist crap hound racooning pack rat anachronistic neat freak