With the Players, your protagonists are fully-fledged characters who inhabit the same world as all the other characters.
This is once again a unique approach in Aarda, making your protagonists an integral part of your world, rather than just a simple profile with the usual Name, Age, Gender…
So then again, before jumping into building your next character, consider spending time on fleshing out your world with always more Knowledge Bricks.
Access the Player Sheet module from the left sidebar.
You will arrive on a page that may seem familiar if you have already played role-playing games. For the rest, you will see that it is extremely simple.
You will need to fill in the following items as text.
Name: This is the name under which your character will appear in the dialogue interface. You can simply use a single first name for this field to simplify. Don't forget, however, to specify your character's full name in another field, such as the "Origin" field.
Gender: You are free.
Life Period: Indicate what period of life your character is in. Child, teenager, young adult, adult, late adulthood, seasoned, old person. Or indicate in free text your character's age if you wish to specify it, for example: "32 years old".
Origin: Specify where the character is from. This can be a country, a region, a town, or a village.
Role: Specify what the character does in life. It could be a profession, a status, a function in a group. Feel free to refer to an entity that is a product of your invention.
Core Description: Describe the character's psychology, who they are deep inside. What are their values and principles? Focus on their psyche, mindset, and opinions rather than their background or origins.
Backstory: Describe the character's background, everything that makes them who they are today. Where are they from? In what environment did they grow up? Are there any significant events that contributed to shaping the person they have become?
Motivation: Describe what the character longs for and what they would like to accomplish. -
Flaws: Describe your character's weaknesses, everything about them that could prevent or slow them down in achieving their main goal.
Species: One might expect you to only create human characters. But if you are developing a fantasy or science fiction story, that could be quite different.
Appearance: Describe your character's full body and clothing so that characters you chat with can visualize what they look like. This is a very important field. Indeed, it is thanks to the information you provide here that all the other entities in your world (most of the other characters) will be able to describe what they look like.