NBITTRPG Wiki:Manual of Style/Page Formatting/Characters

This is a subsection of the Manual of Style about how character pages should be formatted.

General rules

Page names

Characters may be known by multiple names or pseudonyms and it may be unclear what the name of the page should be. Typically, the page will be named according to a character's first and last name.

Example: Eldufar Rasden

If the character only goes by a first name, then the page will just be that. Titles can be used if their legal name is unknown.

Example: Rockerluck

If a character changed their name during or after the campaign, it is up to the character's creator on which name should be the page name.

Opening sentences

The opening sentences of a character page article should inform the reader of:

1. Other names they may go by
2. The type of character they are
3. What world they originate from
4. If they're from an alternate universe
5. Any relevant information about occupation or nationality

NPC pages will often have opening sprawls that are less detailed than PCs, so the following examples will be for a PC.

The following example is not acceptable because it is unclear to the reader what the content of the page is about:

Luth Helwind was a Swartian.

There is not enough context for a reader to know if they should continue reading. The sentence above may force them to go onto the page about Swarte, which would waste time if they just knew that Swarte was a nation in Weathia. Here's how it can be reformatted:

Luth Helwind (or Pilots!Luth) was a PC in The Sky World. He was played by CStatic in JD's NCI D&D Campaign and hailed from the nation of Swarte.

This is a much better description, and from this, the reader can gleam several pieces of relevant information. The most relevant being that this isn't about Luth from Weathia-Prime, but instead Weathia-Pilots.

Content order

This is the general order of headings for character pages. If a heading is not applicable, it does not have to be included.

• Visual Description
• History
• Controversies
• Relationships
• Appearances
• Gameplay Abilities
• Gallery
• Trivia
• References

Here are the headings as code to paste in just to get the page started.

== Visual Description ==
== History == 
== Controversies ==
== Relationships == 
== Appearances == 
== Gameplay Abilities == 
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
== References ==
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Infoboxes

Pronouns should be listed in lowercase. If there are multiple elements in a single box in the infobox, please separate each element using <br>.

NPCs

Most NPCs share the same formatting across campaigns. They also may not have every section listed above. Most commonly, they may be missing a Controversies, Relationships, Gameplay Abilities, Gallery, Trivia, and/or References section. This is acceptable for most pages for very minor NPCs.

If an NPC was made by CStatic, please link that name to User:CStatic.

The History section may have up to three subheaders: Pre-Campaign, Campaign, and Post-Campaign. If only one is applicable, the subheader is not necessary.

The Controversies section lists any significant actions they have taken or beliefs that have resulted in observed problematic behavior. You may also put whatever you want there.

The Relationships section may have a third level header stating a particular group or organization they may be very close with. Under these should be a brief summary of the type of relationship the character has with the organization as a whole and then a bulleted list of characters. An {{emdash}} should be used on each bulleted line to separate the name from a brief sentence describing their relationship with the character.

The Appearances section must separate the list of campaign sessions side stories with the Campaign Sessions and Side-Stories subheaders.

Please see Cibil Cythalamynn as a reference for what NPC pages should look like.

Weathia PCs

All pages should end with {{PCNavbox}} at the bottom.

Spireloft PCs

All pages should end with {{PCNavbox}} at the bottom.

Renova PCs

All pages should end with {{PCNavbox}} at the bottom.