Character Quiz

These quesitons are primarily excerpted from the Amber Diceless Roleplaying rulebook. Feel free to skip or rephrase any that don't seem appropriate for you particular background/situation. This version may duplicate some questions in the "long" version of the quiz.

1. Your character is plagued by a recurring nightmare. Describe the dream.
2. From your character's point of view, in relation with peers/family, is it better to be loved than feared? Or better feared than loved? Would the answer be any different with any other group of people? If so, who?
3. Take a Devil's Advocate stand. Describe what you (the player) hate about your character. What are good reasons for other characters to dislike/hate your character? What little, minor bad habit does your character have that would annoy anyone after a while?
4. Your character gets into a discusion about death and dying. How would s/he describe the perfect death?
5. What was your character like at the age of ten? Was s/he a wimp, a bully, a nerd, a snitch, or a klutz? Popular or not? Write up a little description, and if you like, a little day-in-the-life story about your character at that age.
6. What would provoke your character to murder a random guy on the street? A lie? An insult? An attack? A crime against one of your friends? Nothing?
7. Assume your character has just finished a month-long struggle against hard odds, working towards something of great value to her/him. Suddenly, the final stage of the opposition turns out to be stronger than you expected and you are attacked where you are weakest. It may not be a battle to the death, but it will definitely determine whether or not your quest is a success. Unexpectedly, you receive a trump call from a senior relative offering assistance. This relative is a champion in the field of battle where your character is currently struggling and, if asked, will either move through to help or leave you to the challenge. Do your character accept the help? Or reject it? What if the battle involves your greatest attribute. Would the decision be the same? Finally, what if the battle was a matter of life and death. And failure would equal your character's death. Would your answer be the same?
8. How would your character describe their perfect mate/spouse? Do you, the player agree? How is s/he mistaken? Overly idealistic? Or is your character looking for all the wrong things?
9. If your character uses servants, which servant is most trusted? Most liked? Most indispensable? Describe each of them.
10. Everybody has some little item that they regard as somehow sacred. A piece of clothing, a memento of some event, whatever. What is your character's sacred item? Tell the story of how you found it, or why it came to be important.
11. A relative, one respected but not feared, has committed the same breach of etiquette three times. Each time, in front of others, this person has treated your character as an inferior, giving you orders instead of making requests. And your performance has been criticized in front of others. You can arrange things such that you'll not be bothered again. Or you could confront the person. Or have a third party intervene. Which would you do? If you would have to explain your actions, what would you say?
12. Midway through a pleasant meal, with a very enjoyable companion, your character receives contact from the aforementioned enemy. Frankly, you're sick of the whole business, and don't relish becoming a pawn in someone else's game. How do you deal with the situation?
13. Your character is the butt of a practical joke. Can you see the humour in it? Would you get even? Does getting even mean staging another practical joke?
14. To your character, does revenge mean (1) "an eye for an eye," (2) repayment with interest," (3) "the only good enemy is a dead enemy," or (4) something else? In exacting this revenge, would your character serve it hot, as soon as possible after the offense, or cold, awaiting a perfect time an place?
15. What emotions can your character express in public? Sorrow? Anger? Sadness? Humour? Disappointment? Joy?
16. Describe your character's voice. Would you say s/he speaks with formality? Casually? Does s/he have any favorite expressions or curses?
17. What expressions does your character use?
18. What does your character wear by preference?
19. Do you wear makeup or jewelry?
20. Are your ears pierced?
21. What do you find boring that others enjoy?
22. You have been chasing an enemy for a long time; you have caught up, but only have time to give a quick death to him/her. What do you do?
23. While driving down the road, you hit a dog and swerve off the road into a tree. Do you see to the car first, or the animal?
24. When you were at school/in training, one of the teachers takes a shine to you and offers to give you extra training. Do you accept?
25. If you accepted the above - what do you do when another pupil finds out and tells others - who start teasing you?
26. You are walking home in the dark when you hear some noises around the corner. What do you do?
27. How would you act above if you heard a man cry out for help?
28. How would you act above if you heard a woman cry out for help?
29. When you were young, you used to arm wrestle with an old friend of your fathers - and you always lost. After an absence of ten years, the friend has returned, looking much older and weaker. He/she challenges you to a wrestle. You know that you can win. What do you do?
30. While in a gun fight with an enemy, you inadvertently shoot a man on his way home from work. After your enemy flees, you see that the man is dead. What do you do?
31. You have the opportunity to gain some information by torture, what do you do?
32. How would you act above if you were not certain that the victim had any information?
33. The doctor tells you that you have 2 months to live. What do you do?
34. A friend proudly shows you a painting that he/she has inherited. You know that he/she is not going to sell the painting, but will keep it for his/her own pleasure. You also know that the painting is a fake. What do you do?
35. How do you react to flattery?
36. While walking down the street, you see a woman with a clipboard ready to ask for answers to a questionnaire. What do you do?
37. The Police arrest you for a crime you did not commit, how do you act?
38. What is your greatest fear?
39. Name one thing you would do that your player would not.
40. Would you let another player character die in order to save some non player characters lives?