Character Creation Guide
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:12 am
If you're new, please read the Guides & Important Information page for more information on the setting of North Sea Dungeon. At this time, you can create up to three characters when you first join. Create a separate account for each character, if you created an account that was not your character's name you can change your username in User Control Panel > Profile Edit > Account Settings. You can use the same e-mail for all your accounts.
Your character's personality, history, and skill set are yours to create as long as they fit reasonably in the setting and premise. To create a character, please fill out the template and make a new thread in this forum to be reviewed.
There are two basic rules you must follow when making a character:
You can choose to have your character be a new arrival or have been on the Island for a bit of time, but it's advised to make your first character someone who is new to the Island. As a small note, your character can be prejudiced towards other races, but know that the Island rules are explicitly inclusive of demi-humans and humans and your character will be judged accordingly.
Have an idea for a character but you're not sure how to work it into the setting? Have any questions? Please reach out to Creature.
Template:
Copy the above template and make a new thread in the Character Roster forum with it filled out. Please name your new topic your Character Name.
Further explanations:
Name: Your character's name, or what they go by. This should also be your account username. You can change your account username in the User Control Panel > Profile > Edit account settings
Race: Please view the Character Races Supplemental Material Page for race write-ups. Half races are fine!
Age: Please view the Character Races Supplemental Material Page for more information.
Appearance: Describe what your character looks like - you're encouraged to use a visual representation here as well. Websites such as picrew can be helpful for this. Upload your image to a website like and use the following code to display it
Images uploaded to Discord get deleted, so please upload to a website like https://imgur.com/ or https://postimages.org/
Personality: Describe how your character acts and how they think. Try to include what motivates your character in this section. At least a paragraph is recommended, feel free to write more.
Skills: What is your character good at? Are they a Try to include what their typical role in dungeon parties is in this section as well.
Background: What happened to your character to get them to this point? At least a paragraph is recommended, feel free to write more.
Typical Role in Dungeon Parties: Try to keep this as concise as possible, e.g.: Fighter, mage, lock pick, etc.
Five Key Words About [NAME]: THIS SECTION IS OPTIONAL. Write five key words/key phrases that describe your character, this should be a quick summary of your character. Include as much or as little detail as you wish here to explain after in unbolded text. Example from the Adventurers Bible
Your character's personality, history, and skill set are yours to create as long as they fit reasonably in the setting and premise. To create a character, please fill out the template and make a new thread in this forum to be reviewed.
There are two basic rules you must follow when making a character:
- Your character cannot be related to any canon character, familial or otherwise.
- Your character cannot be all-powerful, a god, a king, etc.
You can choose to have your character be a new arrival or have been on the Island for a bit of time, but it's advised to make your first character someone who is new to the Island. As a small note, your character can be prejudiced towards other races, but know that the Island rules are explicitly inclusive of demi-humans and humans and your character will be judged accordingly.
Have an idea for a character but you're not sure how to work it into the setting? Have any questions? Please reach out to Creature.
Template:
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[u][b]Name:[/b] [/u]
[u][b]Race:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Personality:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Skills:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Background:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Typical Role in Dungeon Parties:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Five Key Words About [NAME]:[/b][/u]
[list=][*][b]Word-1-optional section[/b]
[*][b]Word-2-optional section[/b]
[*][b]Word-3-optional section[/b]
[*][b]Word-4-optional section[/b]
[*][b]Word-5-optional section[/b]
[/list]Further explanations:
Name: Your character's name, or what they go by. This should also be your account username. You can change your account username in the User Control Panel > Profile > Edit account settings
Race: Please view the Character Races Supplemental Material Page for race write-ups. Half races are fine!
Age: Please view the Character Races Supplemental Material Page for more information.
Appearance: Describe what your character looks like - you're encouraged to use a visual representation here as well. Websites such as picrew can be helpful for this. Upload your image to a website like and use the following code to display it
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[img]https://PASTE-YOUR-IMG.com/URL-HERE.jpg[/img]Personality: Describe how your character acts and how they think. Try to include what motivates your character in this section. At least a paragraph is recommended, feel free to write more.
Skills: What is your character good at? Are they a Try to include what their typical role in dungeon parties is in this section as well.
Background: What happened to your character to get them to this point? At least a paragraph is recommended, feel free to write more.
Typical Role in Dungeon Parties: Try to keep this as concise as possible, e.g.: Fighter, mage, lock pick, etc.
Five Key Words About [NAME]: THIS SECTION IS OPTIONAL. Write five key words/key phrases that describe your character, this should be a quick summary of your character. Include as much or as little detail as you wish here to explain after in unbolded text. Example from the Adventurers Bible