Application For Somarium
[Player name]
[Age]
[Personal Journal]
[Other characters currently played] (ONLY for characters currently played in Somarium and if applicable. Format as: Name / Canon / Journal)
[Character name]
[Age]
[Canon]
[Point in time taken from canon]
[Background]
[Personality]
[Abilities]
[Other important stuff]
[Sample post]
[First Person]
[Third Person]
NOTE: SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND PROMPTS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS FORM! They're optional and are only included for your benefit. Instructions are included.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] We'd just like to get an idea of why you wish to play this particular character. No need for anything lengthy, just a sentence or two will work (but giving us more than that is perfectly A-OK!). We will NOT judge applicants by how they respond to this question.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?]
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] (Optional)
[Any questions?]
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The following sample questions/prompts are OPTIONAL. If you're stuck, feel free to use these to your advantage.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS: OPTIONAL
(Instructions: From the list below, choose AT LEAST 6 to answer. Copy the chosen set of questions back up in the SAMPLE section with your character's responses. You are welcome to do more, but there must be a minimum of 6. There is a wide range of question-types, from generic to specially designed, in an effort to cater to the various character-types, so choose the ones that you feel your character would either easily answer OR would give the most interesting response to.
These questions should be considered as outside of Somarium context. Pretend the character is either sitting in front of a random person and answering the questions verbally to them, or this is a written interview and the character is writing their answers.
REMEMBER! The questions are designed to help portray the character's voice. We are interested in hearing how the character "speaks" and will be looking to see their personality in how they answer the questions. The answers should be how the character answers, not what they would really do. That is, if they would lie, have them lie. Just make an OOC note that they are indeed lying on that question.)
- What do you think of your home world?
- If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?
- What were you doing before now?
- If you were to describe yourself in one sentence, what would that be?
- If someone provoked or attacked you, what would you do?
- Would you consider yourself a power hungry individual?
- Someone comes to you to ask for the time. How would you respond?
- Someone is trying to rob you! What do you do?
- If I offered to save your soul for a price, would you go with it and why?
- Do you stand up against authority, go against all odds, and if you could, pierce the heavens with your fighting spirit? If not, would you if you could?
- Would you consider yourself a hero or a villain? Why? Neither is an option as well, but still tell why.
- If you could have any super ability, what would it be and why?
- You're asked to take someone out for a date. Do you agree? If so, describe what you would do. If not, tell why.
- Your country is in the middle of a war. What do you think of it? Do you support it or try to solve it yourself by going on an epic quest? Explain.
- You are on the verge of death. You know there is no way to survive and there's no coming back. Choose any of the following to answer: What is your last wish? Your last regret? Last thoughts? How do you feel? Who is the last person you think of other than your killer? (can answer more than one of these question, but it will at most count as 2 questions)
- You are a given a mission. Would you complete it effectively or would you goof off and do something else? Expand a little on the response.
- Murder. What is your opinion?
- You have two options: either save your friend who is hanging from a cliff, or chase after the bad guy who put them in a position. If you choose the former, the bad guy will get away and it will be hard to catch him. If you choose the latter, the cliff will crumble and the friend will fall to the spiky rocks below. What do you do and why?
- You discover someone stalking you. Do you call the police or deal with it yourself?
- What is more important to you: having friends or living on your own? Why?
- The hottest boy/girl in class/workplace just confessed their love to you. How do you respond?
- You just got a challenge to fight from one of the strongest gang leaders around. Do you accept or reject? Why?
- There is a cake in the rain. What do you do?
- Would you consider yourself a well traveled person? If so, what are some of your favorite places? If not, would you want to travel or is there some place you want to go?
- Do you prefer adventure or the peaceful life?
- Do you prefer the city or living out in the country? Why?
- You are suddenly told you are the child of an ancient prophecy to save the world. How do you feel? Will you embark on your journey? Or would you rather shove it onto someone else and run away? Explain.
- If you could destroy a city, how would you do it?
- If you could fight in a giant robot, what would it be and what would you do?
- You're dirt poor and your family is starving. You have a chance to steal bread. Do you: a) ignore it and get a job, b) steal it anyway because you know you won't get caught, c) get caught but break out of prison anyway, d) steal it and then hide from the creepy cop that keeps stalking you, e) don't steal because stealing is wrong :(. Explain why you chose that option.
SAMPLE PROMPTS: OPTIONAL
(Instructions: These can be used for either the first or third person samples. You can alter the prompts in any way if you can think of something else to do with them, and you are free to take them in any direction you want. You can also combine prompts. These are generic, and not all of them are set in Somarium. For any prompt, remember to be creative!)
- Describe what your character is doing/thinking/wishing/etc. in the following scenario: It's cold and raining. Their umbrella has blown over and is no longer usable. There are three buildings they could run to: 1) the closest is a dark, decrepit old shack that looks like it could fall over any minute, 2) a little ways down the street is an old, abandoned house, but is that blood dripping from the window...?, 3) three blocks up there is a nice hotel all lit up and looks pretty safe.
- You've been in Somarium for some time and are out exploring. Choose one (or more) of the following settings: 1) a field full of aggressive scarecrows, 2) the forests of the floating mountain, 3) down by the lake, 4) somewhere in the streets of Somni. Remember to use the setting and the NPCs to your advantage. Have the character interact with the environment, or be reminded of home.
[Age]
[Personal Journal]
[Other characters currently played] (ONLY for characters currently played in Somarium and if applicable. Format as: Name / Canon / Journal)
[Character name]
[Age]
[Canon]
[Point in time taken from canon]
[Background]
[Personality]
[Abilities]
[Other important stuff]
[Sample post]
[First Person]
[Third Person]
NOTE: SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND PROMPTS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THIS FORM! They're optional and are only included for your benefit. Instructions are included.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] We'd just like to get an idea of why you wish to play this particular character. No need for anything lengthy, just a sentence or two will work (but giving us more than that is perfectly A-OK!). We will NOT judge applicants by how they respond to this question.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?]
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] (Optional)
[Any questions?]
---------------
The following sample questions/prompts are OPTIONAL. If you're stuck, feel free to use these to your advantage.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS: OPTIONAL
(Instructions: From the list below, choose AT LEAST 6 to answer. Copy the chosen set of questions back up in the SAMPLE section with your character's responses. You are welcome to do more, but there must be a minimum of 6. There is a wide range of question-types, from generic to specially designed, in an effort to cater to the various character-types, so choose the ones that you feel your character would either easily answer OR would give the most interesting response to.
These questions should be considered as outside of Somarium context. Pretend the character is either sitting in front of a random person and answering the questions verbally to them, or this is a written interview and the character is writing their answers.
REMEMBER! The questions are designed to help portray the character's voice. We are interested in hearing how the character "speaks" and will be looking to see their personality in how they answer the questions. The answers should be how the character answers, not what they would really do. That is, if they would lie, have them lie. Just make an OOC note that they are indeed lying on that question.)
- What do you think of your home world?
- If you could go back home, would you? Why or why not?
- What were you doing before now?
- If you were to describe yourself in one sentence, what would that be?
- If someone provoked or attacked you, what would you do?
- Would you consider yourself a power hungry individual?
- Someone comes to you to ask for the time. How would you respond?
- Someone is trying to rob you! What do you do?
- If I offered to save your soul for a price, would you go with it and why?
- Do you stand up against authority, go against all odds, and if you could, pierce the heavens with your fighting spirit? If not, would you if you could?
- Would you consider yourself a hero or a villain? Why? Neither is an option as well, but still tell why.
- If you could have any super ability, what would it be and why?
- You're asked to take someone out for a date. Do you agree? If so, describe what you would do. If not, tell why.
- Your country is in the middle of a war. What do you think of it? Do you support it or try to solve it yourself by going on an epic quest? Explain.
- You are on the verge of death. You know there is no way to survive and there's no coming back. Choose any of the following to answer: What is your last wish? Your last regret? Last thoughts? How do you feel? Who is the last person you think of other than your killer? (can answer more than one of these question, but it will at most count as 2 questions)
- You are a given a mission. Would you complete it effectively or would you goof off and do something else? Expand a little on the response.
- Murder. What is your opinion?
- You have two options: either save your friend who is hanging from a cliff, or chase after the bad guy who put them in a position. If you choose the former, the bad guy will get away and it will be hard to catch him. If you choose the latter, the cliff will crumble and the friend will fall to the spiky rocks below. What do you do and why?
- You discover someone stalking you. Do you call the police or deal with it yourself?
- What is more important to you: having friends or living on your own? Why?
- The hottest boy/girl in class/workplace just confessed their love to you. How do you respond?
- You just got a challenge to fight from one of the strongest gang leaders around. Do you accept or reject? Why?
- There is a cake in the rain. What do you do?
- Would you consider yourself a well traveled person? If so, what are some of your favorite places? If not, would you want to travel or is there some place you want to go?
- Do you prefer adventure or the peaceful life?
- Do you prefer the city or living out in the country? Why?
- You are suddenly told you are the child of an ancient prophecy to save the world. How do you feel? Will you embark on your journey? Or would you rather shove it onto someone else and run away? Explain.
- If you could destroy a city, how would you do it?
- If you could fight in a giant robot, what would it be and what would you do?
- You're dirt poor and your family is starving. You have a chance to steal bread. Do you: a) ignore it and get a job, b) steal it anyway because you know you won't get caught, c) get caught but break out of prison anyway, d) steal it and then hide from the creepy cop that keeps stalking you, e) don't steal because stealing is wrong :(. Explain why you chose that option.
SAMPLE PROMPTS: OPTIONAL
(Instructions: These can be used for either the first or third person samples. You can alter the prompts in any way if you can think of something else to do with them, and you are free to take them in any direction you want. You can also combine prompts. These are generic, and not all of them are set in Somarium. For any prompt, remember to be creative!)
- Describe what your character is doing/thinking/wishing/etc. in the following scenario: It's cold and raining. Their umbrella has blown over and is no longer usable. There are three buildings they could run to: 1) the closest is a dark, decrepit old shack that looks like it could fall over any minute, 2) a little ways down the street is an old, abandoned house, but is that blood dripping from the window...?, 3) three blocks up there is a nice hotel all lit up and looks pretty safe.
- You've been in Somarium for some time and are out exploring. Choose one (or more) of the following settings: 1) a field full of aggressive scarecrows, 2) the forests of the floating mountain, 3) down by the lake, 4) somewhere in the streets of Somni. Remember to use the setting and the NPCs to your advantage. Have the character interact with the environment, or be reminded of home.