My Character Template (for those of you who can never have too many details)

[Robert Monroe]

Name: (given name, nicknames, adopted alias, ect)

Age: (their physical and if needed, apparent age)

Race: (if anthro, specify which animal. if human, specify their skin or racial look, and so on)

Origin: (where they're from, the more specific the better (IE "Barcelona, Spain, Earth" instead of just "Earth")

Home: (where they live now)

Sex: (male/female/asexual/hermaphrodite/other)

Height: (how tall they are. for human standards, average male is about 5'8")

Weight: (how heavy they are. REMEMBER MUSCLES ARE HEAVY, a high weight does not mean "fat"!)

Build: (their body shape. is your 220 pound man macho or blubber?)

Eyes: (coloration, oddities, ect)

Hair: (color, style, beards. for anthro include fur patterns)

Family: (spouses, children, parents, siblings, ect of importance)

Alignment: (DnD standard, to get a grasp of your character, good/lawful/chaotic/evil/neutral)

Personality: (a glance look at their largest personality traits. I usually pick 6 or 8)

Background: (who they are and where did they come from)

Abilities: (any skills they may have learned over their lifetimes, from cooking to math to sword fighting to art)

Yes, I am anal about details.

[CrypticQuery]

This should be stickied, it's quite an impressive effort on your part Rob, and this would be invaluable to beginners and experts alike :P

[Asper Sarnoff]

I was thinking about making something like this myself. Nice of you to save me the time Robert.

Would you have anything against me merging this into the "Guidelines for the RP Character board"? I'd probably edit it a little, but would be sure to give you credit for the original work.

[Robert Monroe]

I don't mind a merger, but it might get noticed more as its own topic/sticky/whatever.

[Gene Inari]

Bump for Rob's template because I just used it and it should be stickied to promote uniformity in RP profiles.

[CrypticQuery]

it should be stickied to promote uniformity in RP profiles.

Agreed, profiles would be much easier to navigate and comprehend with a fixed layout, and Rob's is nicely comprehensive :D

[Vulvokunvrii]

That's very well thought-out *nods*