The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator is an interesting reference guide by Jeff Stormer aimed at writers/creators who want reliable techniques for filling out character background and stories. Released 14th Jan 2025 by Simon & Schuster on their Adams Media imprint, it's 304 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.
This is a fairly comprehensive walk-through, full of guidance for coming up with names, backstory, characteristics (and how to pick), strategically "loaning" attributes from icons, ancestry, setting and environs, watershed moments, and a whole host of other characteristics (the author has included a generous selection of worksheets and specific prompts to help).
Four stars. Although admittedly a niche selection, this reference will have wide applicability for authors, gamers (though not specifically aimed at them), GMs, possibly LARPers, SCAdians, actors, and similar.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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