Choark Litmus Test
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?
- Do you do so well and amusingly?
- 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?