Flaws in your Role Playing Character

When creating a character for role-playing, you probably don’t think too much about what flaws your character will have.  You usually are more concerned about the character’s strengths and abilities.

However, a character with no flaws is not only unrealistic, but boring.

Flaws are what make us unique and genuine.  The same is true of your RP character.

My main character – Shara - has a lot of flaws:

• She is terrified of sleeping alone.
• She is flighty.
• She can be selfish.
• She has a nasty temper.
• She is a flirt.
• She has a tendency to go from bed to bed, if you get my drift.

But she also has numerous strengths:

• She is intelligent.
• She is ambitious.
• She is loyal.
• She has a soft heart and loves to help people.
• She is (usually) cheerful and very affectionate.
• She is bouncy and exuberant.
• She is a flirt.
• She is trusting (almost to a fault).

While Shara (and I, as her player) often takes a lot of flak for her flaws, she has fiercely loyal fans.  Enough so that I think she is a likable character overall.