Choark Litmus Test

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The Original Roleplay
CHOARK Litmus Test

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE A CHOARK, EH?


THE NAME


  • Is the character named after you (this includes your first, middle, and last names, and any nicknames or online names you use)?
    • Is your name Choark?
  • Is the character named after a famous RPer?
    • Is that RPer Choark?


APPEARANCE


  • Does your character's appearance into an RP strike fear into the souls of brave warriors?
    • Before they know who your character is or what he or she is capable of?
  • Are one or more other characters attracted to him/her?
    • Even though around him/her, they fear for their lives?
    • Because he or she is so damn manly?
  • Does your character have blue hair?
  • Does your character have blue eyes?
  • Does your character carry around a hammer?
    • Is that hammer ludicrously huge?
    • No, really, we're talking ridiculous.
  • Does your character bathe?
    • In lakes?
    • Once a year or so?


CHARACTER


  • Is the character highly destructive without having to work at it?
  • Is the character highly destructive through her/his concerted effort?
    • Is the character highly destructive only through her/his concerted effort?
  • Compared to other characters, does the character get a disproportionate amount of description accorded to the destruction they cause?
  • Is the character of below average intelligence?
    • Is he/she dumb?
    • As a rock?
    • Named peabrains?
  • Has the character been introduced to the local royalty?
    • Through friendly dueling?
  • Was the character ever forcibly banished from her/his family/tribe/country/etc.?
    • Because he/she single-handedly destroyed one of the few permanent buildings of his/her hometown?
    • Which was a temple?
    • Which had just finished being built?
    • After some several generations of construction?
  • Does the character have an angsty childhood, or an angsty past?
    • Does he/she never angst about it, not once?
  • Does the character ever freely, willingly, and knowingly worked for the villain/evil regime?
    • Because it allowed him/her a chance to get in some good fights?
  • Does the character share more than one of your hobbies or interests?
    • Are you Choark?
  • Does the character ever describe him- or herself as "the number one spaz!", where this is intended as to be a boast?
  • Does your character like mice?
    • To eat?


MORE ON CHARACTER


  • Is the character consistently irreverent or radical, without repercussions?
    • Because people are afraid of the repercussions of trying to implement the repercussions?
  • Is the character unusually accomplished for her/his age/species/etc.?
    • By magical prowess?
    • By intelligence or knowledge?
    • By raw physical power?
      • Is he/she known for this?
      • Feared?
  • Has the character ever fairly lost in any kind of duel, fight, or competition against someone of equal or lesser ability, where the winner was not the character's rival?
  • Has the character traveled extensively?
    • For no particular reason?
    • Except maybe having gotten lost?
  • Is the character significantly mentally handicapped?
    • Is he/she dumb?
    • As a rock?
    • Named peabrains?
  • Do animals or children instinctively like the character?
    • Because they have similar intelligence levels?
  • Does the character have a significant personality flaw (e.g. she/he is a spoiled brat, is horribly judgmental or biased, is irrationally violent, is naive and easily manipulated, etc.)?
    • Is this flaw stupidity?
    • And/or gullibility?
  • Does this flaw persist throughout RPs, start to finish?
  • Does this flaw get the character in serious trouble (e.g. she/he gets fired, gets killed, gets someone else hurt, etc.)?
  • Does the character manage to avoid learning from major mistakes?
  • Does the character have a faithful pet or animal familiar?
    • That isn't a dog, cat, horse, or bird?
    • That's pink and yellow and fluffy?
    • And grumpy?


WORK AND PLAY


Is the character, or was she/he ever...
____ A tailor?
____ A general?
____ A mercenary?
____ A paladin?
____ A dancer?
____ A waiter at an inn?
____ A barbarian?
____ A ninja?
____ A barbarian ninja?
____ A pirate?
____ A mage?
____ A bounty hunter?
____ An avatar?
____ An assassin?
____ A thief or pickpocket?
____ An outlaw or member of organized crime?
____ A diviner?
____ A hero?
____ A mouse-catcher?
____ A Doman guard?
____ A journalist?
____ An explorer?
____ An innkeep?
____ A king?
____ A queen?

Does the character possesses the following skills, with or without the aid of charms, spells, etc.):
____ Teleportation and/or telepathy
____ Sharp-shooting
____ Sleight of hand
____ Connections to the local guard/law enforcers
____ Connections to royalty
____ The ability to see auras
____ Strong lungs and an exceptionally loud mouth
____ Regular communication with deities
____ Great knowledge of tea
____ Animal communication
____ Fluffy magic
____ Shapeshifting abilities
____ Invisibility
____ The ability to shrug off minor wounds
____ The ability to kill people with her/his bare hands
____ The ability to crush through most matter
____ General magic or sorcery
____ Extraordinary stamina
____ A terrifying smile
____ Photographic memory
____ Summoning the guard with his/her mere presence
____ Power of seduction
____ Super strength or speed
____ Skill in martial arts or hand-to-hand combat
____ Flight (for more than SDMD, "short distances, mostly downward")
____ Knowledge of world geography
____ Wall hacking
Are these skills considered normal in your universe?
Or just for your character?

  • Is the character astonishingly good at something that is not her/his profession?
    • And is she/he widely known for this?
    • Is it mouse-catching?
  • Does the character have any particular area of study/information/etc. in which she/he is the most knowledgeable or among the most knowledgeable?
    • And is she/he widely known for having this knowledge?
  • Does the character excel in a field you wish you excelled in, or hold your job or dream job?
    • Are you Choark?


THE PLOT


  • Has everyone significant heard of the character?
  • Is the character repeatedly rivalled by the same person?
    • Is that person Tareen?
  • Is your character a member of The Resistance or a band of freedom fighters?
    • Because it lets him/her get to fight a lot?
  • Does the character reform a villainous character?
    • WITH THEIR FISTS?
  • Is the character someone you would like to fall in love with or have sex with?
    • Because he/she's so damn manly?
  • Has the character ever been nursed back to health from serious injuries by a warm, kind, and loving person?
    • And then unintentionally destroyed a large amount of that person's property?
  • Have you ever written a fight scene in which you described with extravagence everything your character did?
    • Was the extravagence needless?
    • How many pages did it take before getting into the "needless"ness? (fill in blank) [______]


YOUR CHARACTER AND YOU


  • Do you draw the character, or ask other people to draw her/him for you, more often than any of your other characters?
    • Do you do so well and amusingly?
      • Are you Choark?
  • Is the character someone you would want to be friends with, assuming she/he would be receptive to friendship with you?
    • If not, is it because you value your possessions?
    • And your life?
  • Would you be pretty unsurprised if someone did not like the character?
  • Do you ever wish you could be like the character?
  • Are you Choark?