Experiences Your least liked and favourite part of a Character Sheet to do?

[Jannah]

Side note: I'm tired of making CS's cuz RPs die so fast. A huge CS is a huge turnoff unless I know the gm is a gem.

As an additional side note, this is a huge reason why I don't do detailed and extensive worldbuilding in my RP's anymore. I'd rather save that effort for my personal projects as most RP's die so quickly. For RP's I mostly stick to already existing fandom universes (but with OC's) or the real world (sometimes with slight alterations if I'm playing in a fantasy or sci-fi setting).

 

[StrixDesmodus]

My RP group does freeform character sheets, and I like to write a character's resume or in-universe equivalent. Putting things into businessy language can add some humor - mucking stalls = "Maintained sanitation of therapy animals’ living spaces ". It helps me make sure I know how the character got their skills, about how old they are, and what life experience they would have had.

The most recent one I did actually starts with an email to his mom that implies she's been badgering him to change jobs, and he explains why he can't but sends an updated resume anyway.

I also like to have lists related to a character quirk. Nikki had the CDs in her truck, Sammy has the goofy patterns on his scrubs.

The people I RP with fill out some really basic stuff like height, weight and eye color, and I don't like having to figure out what my character weighs and stuff.

Those ideas are genius! They sound really fun.

 

[Yunalescaa]

I love everything except personality, likes & dislikes.

Personality is hard for me because someway, somehow, I feel like I end up writing the same personality for my characters over and over again. I think I'm also just my own worst critic so sometimes I worry when it comes to personality if I'm overdoing it. I'll worry they come off too nice, too mean, there's no balance, etc. I've had characters where the personality I intended them to have shifted as the roleplay progressed. Which I guess is just character development in real time. But then I feel like everything I worked for them to have it just meaningless now lol.

Likes & dislikes are just hard because I feel like 90% of the time they don't really come up in the rp. And sometimes it takes getting a few replies in with the plot to go "Oh they don't like that". If it's required, or if a partner really wants to know, I'll pull up a list of really common character likes and dislikes and pick a few I think fit the character.

 

[j33bie]

My favorite part of making a character sheet is creating the backstory for my characters and their personalities. I love roleplaying as characters with strong personalities full of quirks, and having them bounce off of other OCs that also have their own definitive personalities.

My least favorite part of making a character sheet is probably making visual aids to depict what my characters look like. I will admit that they're helpful— a picture is worth 1000 words after all, but if I could just provide a textual appearance for my characters I would.

 

[Paradox9]

Favorite part no contest is ability creation. Whether original, putting things together from a list, or adapting a fandom canon's abilities into whatever the rp is. Part of my joy when being a dm is the act of creating actions and mechanics for those actions.

The least... I don't have one as strongly as my like but I'll say it's appearance. Faceclaims are usually enough for me.

 

[Shoya]

I always struggle to settle on a face claim, whether because there's too many good options or none that are close enough to my vision.

favorite depends on rp, but usually something along the lines of ability, skills, etc. I'd go as far as to say it's part of what helps me decide on if I want to join an rp, if I have a cool idea.

 

[CHUUYAS_HAT]

L: Backstory
F: Personality/Race Abilities/FC