Manual of Style/Character Page Sample

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Character pages start with a short description of the character.

## General Formatting

* Character pages use the Character infobox.
* NPC pages tend to have significantly fewer sections than PC pages.

## Description​​​​​​​

If the available description of a character is limited to a few sentences, it can be contained under a general Appearance and Personality heading instead of being split into subheadings.

### Personality

A description of the character’s personality goes here. Any notable changes in their demeanour are included after the initial description.

### Appearance

A description of the character's overall appearance goes here. This includes both bodily characteristics and distinctive clothing.

### Changes in Appearance

Any significant change in the character's appearance goes here. This includes general changes as well as scars gained from falling unconscious. If known, each change also includes details on when and how it occurred.

## Relationships​​​​​​​

Any significant relationships that the character has go here. Each relationship is given its own subheading.

## History​​​​​​​

A summary of the character's full history goes here.

### Subheadings

Most history sections will be divided by subheadings that cover specific timespans, such as different seasons and the individual arcs within a season.

## Additional Information

Miscellaneous in-universe facts about a character that don't fit under any other heading go here.

## Mechanics​​​​​​​

Any mechanical information related to the character goes here This section will generally be extensive for player characters and relatively sparse for most NPCs.

### Traits

Known traits and their effects go here. The traits are presented in a in a bulleted list and each entry starts with the trait's names in bold.

### Class features

Known class features and their effects go here. The class features are presented in a in a bulleted list and each entry starts with the feature's names in bold.

### Feats

Known feats and their effects go here. The feats are presented in a in a bulleted list and each entry starts with the feat's names in bold.

### Skills

Skills that the character has skill ranks in go here. The skills are presented in a bulleted list and skills with multiple possible entries (Craft, Knowledge, Perform) are listed as a single entry with their variations in parentheses. The Linguistics skill is followed by all languages that the character knows.

### Spells

A breakdown of the character’s spellcasting ability goes here. It is noted whether they are arcane or divine and whether they are a prepared or spontaneous caster.

For characters with a limited spell list, it includes a table of their known spells. Otherwise it includes a link to the full spell list.

For NPCs, it includes a bulleted list of spells that they have cast. Spells that are not named on the podcast can, within reason, be identified from their effect or simply be listed as unknown with a description of their effect.

### Equipment

A bulleted list of any notable equipment and its mechanical effects goes here. The episode in which the equipment was acquired is also noted and, if applicable, the episode in which it was lost.

#### Subheadings

Magic items and weapons have their own subheadings. The same basic information is included for magic items whereas weapons are presented in a table. This table includes columns for the weapon's name, damage, and any additional info such as magical properties.

### Ability Scores

A table listing the character's hit points, ability scores, saves, initiative bonus, and base attack bonus goes here.

## Quotes

A selection of notable quotes from the character go here. The quotes are formatted using the  Dialogue template and separated by <hr />.

## Trivia

interesting extra-canonical facts about the character go here. For example, this can be player commentary from an external source such as Twitter and Discord, or historical tidbits connected to a character based on a historical figure.