Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25857155-20150630215852/@comment-25857155-20150702004744

Ok, there - template added to the top. Also, here are the grading criteria as laid down by LiveandSound.

"1)Basic Info: 20 pts. All sections are worth 2 points, except for "nickname", which instead is worth 0 points. However, if the nickname is astonishingly unfitting for the character based on the rest of the info, it will cost you up to 3 pts.

2)Appearance: 20 pts. All sections are worth 3 pts except for the "outfit" section, which will instead be worth 2 pts. "Combat outfit" and "Casual outfit" share the points, and it's not necesary for the OC to have both a combat and casual outfit, just one is enough.

3)Characteristics: 35 pts. Backstory is worth 20 pts, personality is worth 15 pts (because a character needs a story to have a personality, and backstory decides one's personality most of the time). They must be relevant to one another and have coherence, which means, if a character's backstory puts him as a loner-by-own-decision, yet is said to be friendly with others, you lose points.

4)Combat info: 25 pts. Weapon section is worth 5 pts, Semblance 10, fighting style 5, landing strategy 5. Position/Class is worth 0 pts because roles sometimes have to be changed mid-combat based on the context (sometimes the swordmaster has to play medic). However, if one chooses to mention the OC's "class", and it doesn't fit or make sense based on it's personality/fighting style, one can lose points (max 5).

5)Trivia: Optional, and as such is worth 0 points. However, if one doesn't have all the points for a specific section, they can get a few "recovery" points by filling out this section (for example, extend one's personality and backstory by describing it's relationships). "

Yeah, I copied and pasted that. >.>