Your character description includes your character's name, family or clan name, appearance, and personality. Giving your character a name that is different than your own helps establish them as a character, as something separate from yourself. The Family or Clan name can likewise serve as a starting point for your character's background and story.

Appearance

During your first session, your GM will likely ask you to describe your character. Describing your character's appearance is your chance to share your vision, the mental picture you have of your character, with the rest of the gaming group. Think about your character's body type, hair and eye color, and facial features. Your character's race will give you same general guidelines for appearance, but the rest is up to you.

Your character's attributes can tie into your appearance as well. For example, a character with a high strength is likely to look muscular. Likewise, a character with a high dexterity would appear agile and have quick reflexes. Try to describe the vision you have for your character in a few words, and record them in the Appearance & Personality section of the character sheet.

Appearance also includes your character's Sex, Age, Height, and Weight. While most adventurers tend to be adults, what it means to be an "adult" is different for each race. While 50 might make an old man for a Human (remember this is a medieval fantasy setting), it is adolescence for an Elf. Your race page has guidelines for ages of characters, along with simple calculations for Height and Weight. Just as age equivalencies change with race, so do body types. While dwarfs tend to be short and stocky, elves are of moderate height and thin. The Height and Weight calculations should be considered guidelines, and you can ultimately decide these statistics yourself, keeping in mind the average values for your character's race.

Personality

Hopefully at this point, you've developed some key personality traits for your character. Your attributes can help with this, for example a character with a high Intelligence might be described as bookish or brainy, perhaps constantly (even annoyingly) correcting other's mistakes. Likewise, a character with a high Charisma may be outgoing and energetic.

If you were to describe your character's personality in a few words, what would they be? Witty, stoic, or flippant? Compassionate, callous, or driven? Try to come up with a few words that describe your character's personality and record them in the Appearance & Personality section of the character sheet. Going hand in hand with your character's personality, is their Alignment and the belief in or worship of a Deity.