Remember in older Elder Scrolls computer games, and even older Ultima games, at the start of the game you would be asked a series of multiple choice questions. Your answers would determine what class your character was.

I'm thinking of trying something similar. I know it's a bit gimmicky, but that's intentional. Wonder if anyone feels like coming up with some questions for me to use in such a system.

Here's the guidelines:

-Questions should be from the point of view of someone in a typical vanilla fantasy D&D type world
-Each question should have three possible responses, one representing bravery/force (for fighter types), one representing cunning/cleverness (for rogue/thief types), and one representing wisdom (for mage/sage types).

Anyone want to take a crack at it? I need at least a dozen, preferably 20 or more.


(also posted at rpgnet)

See the computer game Mount & Blade for an example; they have a free demo version. No character class, but it determines skill and attribute bonuses and starting equipment - a bit like old Traveller, but with choices instead of random rolls.

Having played those Elder Scrolls games (With the exception of Arena), I can tell you they don't give an accurate result. Witchhunter when I'm trying for thief?

A lot of it has some "moral" focus and some questions aren't as obvious as others about the path your choosing. Sometimes for example choosing what seems like the "mage" path is really the warrior path. It's just an interesting thing to play with--I remember Ultima, 2? 3? had a similar question and answer setup.