Character Creation, Part I: Personality

What sort of character would you like to play for this campaign? 

The basic premise of our game will have your character heading to Strixhaven University with the ultimate goal of joining Theros's fleet of exploration ships. To work within that story, your character should lean towards "good" or favor being "lawful" over being "chaotic". 

To give you an idea of what I'm talking about:

  • Lawful Good: 
    • Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
    • Ironman (Captain America: Civil War)
    • Leia Organa (Star Wars: A New Hope)
  • Neutral Good: 
    • Worf (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
    • Spider-Man (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
    • Luke Skywalker (Star Wars: A New Hope)
  • Chaotic Good: 
    • Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager)
    • Captain America (Captain America: Civil War)
    • R2-D2 (Star Wars: A New Hope)
  • Lawful Neutral: 
    • Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
    • War Machine (Avengers: Endgame)
    • C-3P0 (Star Wars: A New Hope)
  • Neutral/Neutral: 
    • Guinan (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 
    • Punisher (Daredevil: Born Again)
    • Lando Calrissian (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
  • Chaotic Neutral: 
    • Quark (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
    • Sandman (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
    • Han Solo (Star Wars: A New Hope)
  • Lawful Evil: 
    • Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek: The Original Series)
    • Ultron (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
    • Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars: Ahsoka)
  • Neutral Evil: 
    • Seven-Of-Nine (Star Trek: Voyager)
    • Baron Zemo (Captain America: Civil War)
    • Boba Fett (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
  • Chaotic Evil: 
    • Lore (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
    • Green Goblin (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
    • Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) 

Okay, that whole list is contentious and understates how dynamic some characters are, so maybe that's not a great example. The important part is that you eschew that "chaotic evil" corner of the 3x3 chart. Otherwise your character is likely to end up marooned somewhere.

Some books recommend thinking of your character in terms of Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws. Ideals generally represent things a character believes in like freedom, strength, kindness, etc. Bonds are the things that connect them to the rest of the world they interact with - their deity, old friends, beloved family members, or even that one rival that his driven them to excellence. Flaws are character weaknesses severe enough that they could cause a hero to fail - things like gullibility, cowardice, or impatience.   

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