This is for the current state of Wokapu Absolute, my main charry in the BZPRPG.
Who are you?
What's in a name?
-N/A
Is your character the leader of a major organization?
-N/A
What is your character?
-A Toa (1 Point)
What's your character's origin? (Choose all that apply.)
-A Matoran turned into a Toa by Toa stones (1 Point)
Does your character undergo any physical or metaphysical transformation in the story or back-story? (i.e., was he something else before?)
Note: MAJOR upgrades count, but most "normal" upgrades don't. A Matoran to Toa would not count. Toa to cyborg that shoots lasers out of his eyes does.
-N/A
What do you do?
Tell me, what is your day job?
-N/A, Wokapu's a student
Does your character use some kind of weapon to fight? (Multiple weapons are cumulative.)
-My own two fists (0 Points)
-A Katana or some other ninja weapon? (5 Points) - TWO Katanas, actually. B)
The right stuff
-N/A
Because there's nothing cooler than shooting fire from your fingers.
Count each element as a separate power. (e.g. Controlling both Gravity and Shadow would net you 8 Points. 5 from Shadow and 3 from Gravity)
-Does your Toa control a traditional power? (Fire, Earth, Rock, Wind, Water, Ice) (0 Points) - six elements to be exact
What's your mask power?
Note: If your species can not use a mask or your character does not use a mask skip this section
-Kakama (3 Points)
From here to there. How does your character move about?
-Walks? (0 Points)
-Fly? - With those katana like Lewa Nuva. No point value for that, but I guess I'll just add 1.
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If your transportation is mechanical, how customized is this thing?
-N/A
Take half Points if you're a Role Player for this next section.
All in a day's work
-N/A
Accomplishments:
Triple all Points for this section if your character just came into existence
-Does your character die? (1 Point) - not really, but it's an apparent death
-Does the character return from death or apparent death? (5 Points per "resurrection") - once.
Why do you do it?
Tell me about your parents.
-Does your character have a "dark past"? (1 Point)
-Does the character feel guilty about something from the past? (Not just forgetting to send a family member a Christmas card, but guilt over major events) (1 Point)
-Have people close to the character died? (1 Point per death. By close I mean something like a good friend, not an acquaintance) - 4 people
Why would you do something like that?
-N/A - He wants to learn as much as he can before the world comes to an end.
Where did you learn to do that?
-I was taught by an expert in the field over many years (0 Points)
What other kinds of relationships does your character have with established characters, if any? Add the Points up for each character who qualifies.
Note: Major characters in RPGs such as Zyrul from the Academy count towards this.
-I don't know him (0 Points)
I fought my rival, and:
-N/A - Hasn't happened yet.
Congratulations! You're finished! Now add up all the Points to see how you did.
(23 points)
21+
Fanfiction authors, you might just want to start over. Role-players and original fiction authors, at this Point your characters are likely to provoke eye-rolling and exclamations of "yeah, right!" from your readers. (Well, at least from me.) Immediate work over is probably in order.
No thank you.