D20ragon
2018-10-02, 05:53 PM
The next campaign that I'm running for my group is one heavily rooted in the surrealism movements of the 1920s, and to a lesser extent, the magical realism traditions that emerged and continued throughout the 1900's. Think Kafka and Bruno Schulz, with a bit of Marquez and Borges thrown in.
To this end, their characters will all be ostensibly normal individuals whose lives have all recently had a element of the surreal introduced into them. I'm constructing a character creation questionnaire for them to answer, and I'm curious what the minds of the playground have to offer in this regard. They'll be answering 5 or so mundane establishing questions (What job do you work, who is your closest friend, what does your room look like, etc), and a single surreal question. I'm focusing mainly on the surreal elements right now, and this is what I'm working with so far:
What have you done with your immortal soul?
What follows you through the streets, waits outside your threshold?
What color do you loathe, and what about it drives you to such hatred?
What food did you find yourself craving at first only at nights, and when did morning cease to ease the hunger?
What rare medicine must you regularly procure, and what affliction does it ease?
Why do you find yourself sleeping more and later?
Who died recently, and why do you find yourself doubting their passing more and more?
What law have you broken that you didn't know existed?
What strange fashion have you adopted, and why?
Who seems to suddenly frequent all your usual haunts?
Why can’t you sleep?
What have you recently found on your doorstep?
What did your acquaintance drop, and why haven’t you returned it?
What emotion haven’t you been able to feel, and what has replaced it?
What sound have you been unable to escape?
Why have you refused to go home at the end of the day?
What part of your body is missing, and what has it been replaced with?
If anyone is so moved to contribute additional questions, I'd be very grateful! :smallbiggrin:
To this end, their characters will all be ostensibly normal individuals whose lives have all recently had a element of the surreal introduced into them. I'm constructing a character creation questionnaire for them to answer, and I'm curious what the minds of the playground have to offer in this regard. They'll be answering 5 or so mundane establishing questions (What job do you work, who is your closest friend, what does your room look like, etc), and a single surreal question. I'm focusing mainly on the surreal elements right now, and this is what I'm working with so far:
What have you done with your immortal soul?
What follows you through the streets, waits outside your threshold?
What color do you loathe, and what about it drives you to such hatred?
What food did you find yourself craving at first only at nights, and when did morning cease to ease the hunger?
What rare medicine must you regularly procure, and what affliction does it ease?
Why do you find yourself sleeping more and later?
Who died recently, and why do you find yourself doubting their passing more and more?
What law have you broken that you didn't know existed?
What strange fashion have you adopted, and why?
Who seems to suddenly frequent all your usual haunts?
Why can’t you sleep?
What have you recently found on your doorstep?
What did your acquaintance drop, and why haven’t you returned it?
What emotion haven’t you been able to feel, and what has replaced it?
What sound have you been unable to escape?
Why have you refused to go home at the end of the day?
What part of your body is missing, and what has it been replaced with?
If anyone is so moved to contribute additional questions, I'd be very grateful! :smallbiggrin: