How will your Character Act & React?

Environment & Expectations

• Specificity
• Which Situations & Settings create Comfort?
• Which Situations & Settings create Discomfort?
• Which event would occur in which Location?
• Which Location is most adapted to birth a Crisis?
• Which Character find themselves in this Situation?
• Did they put themselves in this Situation?
• How were they put in this Situation?
  • Were they forced?
  • Was it initially voluntary?
• How will the Character Act & React?
  • In situations of Comfort.
  • In situations of Crisis.
  • How will they Act?
  • How will they React?

• Creating Expectations
• How is the Setting like?
• What’s its Function?
• What are its Resources?
• Who frequents it?
• Which Event could Occur there?
• Which Event is supposed to Occur?
• Which Event is supposed never to Occur?
• How Would it impact the Environment?
• What is the Character’s Initial perception of this Environment?
• What is the Character’s Initial perception of its Inhabitants?
• What is the Character’s Initial perception of the other Characters present?
• Which new piece of Information would your Perception of a Character?
• Which new piece of Information would your Perception of a Setting?

Habitual Behavior

• Habits & Expectations
• Habits allow to identify a Character’s Usual Behavior.
• Routines are a succession of Habits.
• Routines provide consistency.
• They define a Frame.
• It is easier to write Character actions & interactions through a Frame.
• Frames makes the Actions & Reactions contextual.
• They create Behavioural Expectations.

• What Profession does she occupy?
• Why?
• Did she expect some form of Satisfaction out of it?
• Did she find this Satisfaction?
• Which Difficulties does she have practicing it?
• Which Obligations does she have?
• Does she do it for Survival?
• Does it threaten her Survival?
• Does she do to ensure her Subsistence?
  • Does she do it for Food?
  • Does she do it for Protection?

• What is her Function in the Story?
• To which characters is she linked?
• How does she assist them?
• How does she hinder them?
• How often is she with them?
• How does she Act to Their presence?
• How do they React to her presence?
• Which Deviations to the Character’s usual Behavior will they induce?
• How do these relationships change the Character?
  • On the moment.
  • In the long term.

Reactions

• Goal & Choices
• How does your ideal person act?
• Who is your Character?
• Who does she want to be?
• Who does she want to be with?
• What do these persons want?
• Which relationships does she want to have with them?
• Why can’t they reach their goal?
• Can she help them to achieve their goals?

• Alliances
• Who composes your Character’s Team?
• Does she have a team?
• What do they want to achieve together?
• What do they want to achieve individually?
• Who opposes them?
• How do they relate to each other?
• Do they look like each other?
• Are they another version of each other?
• Is that why they oppose each other?
• Are their visions Antipodal?

• Destination
• What do your Character & her Team want to do?
• How will they attain this Objective?
• What do they refuse to do?
• What are 3 things they would never do?
• How will this hinder them?
• How do they react in times of Crisis?
• When they are Angry?
• When they are Afraid?
• When they are Sad?
• When they are Excited?
• What will they do to stay together?

• Reaction to one’s origins
• How does your Character see her origins?
• Does she try to move Away from them?
• How does it translate?
• Is she Proud of them?
• How does she display this Pride?

Comfort

• A Place of Comfort
• How does your ideal Location looks like?
• Where is it?
• When do you get there?
• Who will be present?
• Can you reach it?
• Why can’t you reach it?
• Which sort of Encounters would occur therein?
• Peaceful Encounters?
• How do you imagine these Encounters?
• On which Relationships would they lead to?
• How do you imagine Comfortable relationships?
• How do you imagine Soothing relationships?
• Who would represent these kind of relationship?
• How would these Characters be?
• What does she do?
• How would they convey Enjoyment?
• How would they Entertain you?

• Neutral situation?
• Is there such a thing as a Neutral Situation?
• Aren’t all Situations either Comfortable or Uncomfortable?
• Can you create a Neutral Situation?
• Where would it occur?
• Who would be there?
• What would the Character do?
• Which sort of Issue would occur?
• Would it be a Mild Issue?
• Something Mundane.
• Which brings a Relative Discomfort.
• There would be no enjoyment & no hate.
• A Neutral situation wouldn’t convey a Strong Reaction.
• Only Weak emotions.
• The Character would display little involvement in this type of situation.

• Voluntary Discomfort
• Why does the Character Adventure herself in the Unknown?
• Why is she looking for Difficulty?
• What does she want to Change?
• Does she look for Enhancement?
• Doe she want to Grow?
• Does she want to Develop her Skills?
• How does she Develop Resilience?

Crisis

• Where does the Crisis Occur?
• Why does it Happen?
• How does it Happen?
• Which Issue occurs?
• Who is involved?
• Who is responsible for it?
• What did she do?
• What are the sources of Danger?
• Which Crisis should the Character Face?
• How can the Issue be solved?
• What should it lead to?
• What does it lead to?
• Which New Event occurs?
• Which New Environment is Discovered?
• Which New Character is Introduced?

• Unusual Encounters
• What does a Typical Encounter look like?
• You can use Typical Encounter to create a sense of Familiarity.
• Then break this Familiarity with an Unusual Encounter.
• What makes an Encounter Unusual?
• Is it the Appearance?
• Is it the Behavior?
• What makes a Creature Unusual?
• Is it Speaking while it shouldn’t?
• Is it Aggressive when it usually is Peaceful?
• How Unusual does it Look?
• Does it look Paradoxical?
• Which Paradoxes can you Create?

• What Triggers the Character?
• Which words trigger her?
• Whose words?
• In which Context?
• Which Actions?
• How intensely does she react?
• When does she allow herself to express this reaction?
• What comes out of her Rage?
• What will she do?
• What damages will she cause?

• Crucial Choices
• When does the Character act in an irreversible way?
• What does she do?
• How do Other Character’s react?
• What would be the Aftermaths of such an act?
• Which Repercussions would it have?
• Would it provoke Alignments Changes?
• After the event occurs:
  • Which People would it Attract to the Character?
  • Who would abandon the Character?