How to write a Barbarian?

Identity

• Resolution
• What is Willpower?
• Does your character have Willpower?
• How Pugnacious is she?
• What would she do to achieve her goal?
• What would she not do?
• Does she push others forward?
• Is she an example for others?
• Does she abandon often?
• What pushed her through her Journey?

• Utilitarianism
• What does your character need?
• Can she accommodate with little?
• Does she look for the finest things in life?
• Does she look rough?
• Does she speak often?
• Does she speak too much?
• Does she look for others approbation?
• Is she guided by her Pride?
• Does she reject dogma?

• Cruelty
• Very seldom is the Barbarian depicted as Cruel.
• Even though the name implies this possibility.
• Is the character particularly Sadistic?
• What causes her anger to turn into action?
• Does she have an appetite for Destruction?
• Is she trying to solve conflicts peacefully?
• Is she enjoying randomness?
• Does she loath order?
• What’s her relationship to knowledge?
• What’s her relationship to wisdom?

Weaponry & Techniques

• Heavy Weaponry
• Barbarians need Strengths.
• Namely Strength.
• And Vitality.
• They’re also characterized by a high endurance/constitution.
• Does the character have a preferred weapon type?
• Does she favor Battleaxes?
• Does she prefer Warhammers?
• Or maybe Greatswords?
• Does she uses Gatling Guns?

• Hand-to-Hand
• Does she use Weapons?
• How does she fight?
• Is she Statuesque?
• Is she Ripped?
• Does she trample over her enemies?
• How strong are her punches?
• How strong are her kicks?
• How strong is her grip?
• Can she crush people single-handedly?

• Armor
• How was her armor beget?
• Was it made from the Thickest metal?
• Or carved out of a Pure Rock Slab?
• The Barbarian wears 2 armors.
• 1 on top of the other.
• Even if the Bullets pierce the 1st layer they will be stopped by the Iron flesh.

Civilization & Nature

• Bestiality
• What causes her Anger?
• Is she enraged before injustice?
• What causes her Hunger?
• What kind of people exasperate her?
• What would she do to these people?
• Where does she allow herself to enrage?
• When?
• How does her instincts show up?
• How are they displayed?

• Symbols
• What totem represents her?
• Does she bear an amulet?
• Does she bear an effigy?
• How is her armor decorated?
• Are words written on her?
• On her Equipment?
• Who instilled this Symbol into her mind?
• Where did it originate from?
• When did it appear?
• How does this Symbol define her?

• Shamanism
• What type of Rituals does she practice?
• What type of Practice does she engage herself into?
• What are her Beliefs?
• Who insufflated her this passion?
• Where is this person now?
• Where can she be found?
• When did they departed?
• How?
• Does the character still practice these rites?
• Would she want to but cannot?

Types of Barbarians

• Chieftain
• Is she a Purveyor?
• What does she purvey?
• How does she protect her Kindred?
• How does she lead them?
• How does she rule over her Siblings?
• What does she teach them?
• How does she relate to those of the same Blood?
• What’s her definition of Heredity?
• What’s her view on Heredity?
• Did she go through a rite to gain chiefdom?
• Over whom?
• In which domains?
• Through which means?

• Survivalist
• How does she gather Food?
• Which kind of food?
• Which kind of Shelter does she build?
• How does she install a sense of comfort?
• Does she go for Other resources?
• Which resources?
• What else is essential?
• How’s her knowledge of natural phenomena?
• Can she track animals for other motives than hunt?
• Does she observe them?

• Berserker
• Which Crisis gave birth to her?
• What Suffering is she going through?
• Who caused this Suffering?
• Who does she spend most of her time with?
• Who did she spend most of her time with?
• Where are they spending this time?
• When do they get together?
• What do they do?
• How is their relationship displayed?
• Where did the Crisis happen?
• How is it represented in her memory?
• When did she come to term with the assailant?
• Can she?
• How does she plan to get rid of this person?
• Is she a menace?
• For her relatives?

Roles

• Leader
• Who is rightful to lead?
• Who could she follow?
• How does she instill respect into others?
• Does she inspire admiration?
• Does she rule alone?
• Does she have an Advisor?
• How does she choose her allies?
• What is her prior relationship to them?
• How does she communicate with them?
• Does she give them orders?
• Where did she meet them?

• Protector
• Who is she willing to protect?
• Who is she willing to let die?
• Who does she consider a Friend?
• Can she handle the pain?
• How much pain?
• Does she have a Healer?
• Does she need Protection from another?
• Which kind of protection?
• Who is this 1?

• Supplier
• What kind of supplies does she provide to the group?
• How does she share them?
• Where does she find her supplies?
• When does she gather them?
• Why this time?
• How optimal is this?
• How does she gather these supplies?
• Does she use other purveyors?
• Through which means does she go?

• Soul
• What’s her relationship to nature?
• What’s her relationship to war?
• What is her view on Art?
• What does she view as an Art?
• Where does her pleasure come from?
• Does she relish in fighting?
• Does she express herself through combat?
• Does she play with her enemies?
• Does she enjoy thwarting her ennemies?
• Does she take care of others?
• How much time does she spend in the wilds?
• In which locations?
• Does she play with animals?
• Does she use 1 in battle?
• Which kind?