How to create a Dog Character?

Name

  • Origins
  • Where does this Dog come from?
  • Who raised it?
  • Did it raise itself?
  • Did it have a family?
  • An animal family?
  • A human family?
  • Where was it raised?
  • How was this environment?
  • Did it suit it?
  • What did it lack of?
  • Was it satisfied?
  • Name
  • Who gave it its name?
  • Does it have a name?
  • Should have a name?
  • What would its name mean?
  • Why give it this name?
  • How does it represent its identity?
  • How does it define it?
  • Relationships
  • Who does the Character spend her time with?
  • Who does it spend most of her time with?
  • Who does it spend least of her time with?
  • Why?
  • Who is this person?
  • Is it a Person?
  • What does it offer to the Character?
  • How do they spend their time together?
  • What gathers them?
  • Are they satisfied by their relationship?
  • What’s the nature of this relationship?

Goal

  • Looking for Something
  • What does the Public need to know?
  • Who’s the Character?
  • What does it want?
  • How is it going to reach it?
  • Why does it have trouble reaching it?
  • Which other questions do you need to answer to develop this Character’s Goal?
  • Emotions
  • What Guides it?
  • What Motivates it?
  • What Excites it?
  • What Comforts it?
  • What Calms it?
  • When does it feel Happy?
  • When does it feel Abandon?
  • When does it in Danger?
  • When does it feel Sad?
  • When does it feel Angry?

Strengths

  • Which kind of Strengths should it have?
  • What will be the Role of this Character?
  • Will it act as a Guard?
  • Will it be a Pet?
  • Will it be only treated like an animal?
  • Should it be Protected?
  • Is it harmed?
  • Does it need to protect itself?
  • Is it sheltered?
  • Is it alone?
  • Was it abandoned?
  • Reliability?
  • What makes it Reliable?
  • Is it capable of detecting Enemies?
  • Is it Obedient?
  • Is Obedient the same as Reliable?
    • This would be a regrettable confusion.
  • How did it become this Reliable?
  • Which trials did it go through?
  • Strength, Speed & Agility?
  • What are its physical capabilities?
  • It is particularly strong?
  • It is particularly agile?
  • It is particularly fast?
  • Is it a runner?
  • Is it a fighter?
  • Which role does it occupy in the team?
  • Is it part of a team?
  • What does it need to do in order to survive?
  • Fun?
  • How is this Dog?
  • Does does it feel most of the day?
  • What does it do when left alone?
  • Does it play?
  • How does it play?
  • How does it entertain itself?
  • Does it play with other animals?
  • Does it play with other dogs?
  • Does it play with humans?
  • What does it do?
  • How amusing it is?

Weaknesses

  • What’s your Frame?
  • Do you write a Fable?
  • Do you write a realistic fiction?
  • What are the limits of this character?
  • Can it be something else than an Animal?
  • Can it be partly Human?
  • What can it do?
  • Limited Awareness
  • Which Functions are essential for its Survival?
  • How does it ensure its Survival?
  • What are its habits?
  • When does it have shortcomings?
  • Which kind of shortcomings?
  • What can it identify?
  • What can’t it identify?
  • How does it react to unfamiliar presences?
  • How aggressive is it?
  • Limited Willpower
  • Does it need to have willpower?
  • What triggers it?
  • When does it become violent?
  • When does it flee?
  • When is it hungry?
  • How does it behave when it is upset?
  • When does it upset manifest?
  • Is there a special act it executes?
  • Something specific to it?
  • What does this action mean?
  • What consequences can it have?

Quirks

  • Food
  • What does it like?
  • Is there a particular dish or ingredient it prefers?
  • How does it manifest?
  • How differently does it behave?
  • Does it like other food than meet?
  • Which sort of meat does it prefer?
  • Where can it find this particular food?
  • Is there anyone who prepares this food for it?
  • Accessories
  • How will you use Dog’s iconography?
  • Which objects associated with Dogs will you grant it?
  • Which objects unexpected for a Dog to have will you grant it?
  • Does it wear Clothes?
  • Which kind of Clothes?
  • What makes them Dog’s clothes?
  • Who gave them to it?
  • Does it have Weapons?
  • Which kind of Weapons?
    • Melee
    • Ranged
  • How does it use them?
  • Does she need weapons?
  • Physique
  • How is it?
  • How is its body?
  • How is its head?
  • Does it have a peculiar form?
  • Does it have unusual proportions?
  • Does it have Horns?
  • Does it have multiple Tails?
  • Does it have miss a limb?
  • Was this limb replaced?
  • By what?
  • Does it have Tentacles?
  • How is its voice?
  • How does it bark?
  • How is the barking?

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