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Hiya! I thought I'd share this tip I made up with anyone else who wants to use it.

Just choose a train from each row, it's helped me a lot.

1.Conceited/vain/confident/average/turbulent/low self esteem/very insecure
2. Pig-headed/stubborn/picks battles/average/weak willed
3. Controlling/bossy/dominant/independent/average/supportive/submissive/clingy
4.Extremely insensitive/insensitive/average/empathetic/sensitive/hyper sensitive
5. Fickle/indecisive/average/semidevoted/devoted/slave-like
6. Trust issues/distrustful/skeptical/average/gullible
7.Traitorous/disloyal/average/loyal/doggedly loyal
8. Chatterbox/talkative/average/quiet/silent
9. Nosy/curious/average/incurious/apathetic
10. Passionate/semi-passionate/average/unmotivated/lackluster
11. Touchy/irritable/whiny/average/thick skinned/"emotionless"
12. Cold/reserved/calm/average/energetic/emotional/temperamental
13. Anger issues/temperamental/irritable/average/good tempered/chill
14. Self pity/selfish/self love/average/selfless/self hate
15.Extremely positive/optimistic/realistic/pessimistic/extremely negative
16. Paranoid/cautious/careful/average/carefree/risky/reckless
17. Attention seeker/attention lover/average/dislikes attention/shy/unsocial
18. Extremely intolerant/intolerant/average/tolerant/very tolerant
19. Antagonizing/argumentative/average/defusing/conflict adverse
20.Scornful/sarcastic/snide/sassy/witty/average/deadpan/goofy/witless
21. Extreme liar/liar/dishonest/manipulative/deceptive/sly/average/honest/brutally honest
22. Jumps to conclusions/very observant/observant/average/unobservant/unaware
23. Social butterfly/social/average/shy/unsocial/introvert
24. Self righteous/unapologetic/average/apologetic/over apologetic
25. Very impatient/impatient/average/patient/very patient
26. Romantic/flirty/average/uninterested/picky
27. Overly secretive/secretive/average/open/overly open
28. Very bad loser/winner bad loser/winner average good loser/winner
29. Overly competitive/competitive/average/noncompetitive/competition adverse
30. Very forgiving/forgiving/average/petty/unforgiving/spiteful
31. Squeamish/innocent/average/hardened/sadistic
32. Tough/brave/average/wimpy/easily frightened/cowardly
33. Cruel/Ruthless/merciless/average/merciful/very merciful
34.Condescending/mature/responsible/average/irresponsible/childish/pouty/immature
35. Serious/grumpy/average/goofy/playful
36. Naive/innocent/average/street smart/hardened/cruel
37. Attentive/average/flighty
38. Polite/average/impolite/rude
39. Practical/average/creative
40. Hyper/energetic/peppy/motivated/average/laid back/lazy/sluggish/unmotivated
41. Easily guilt tripped/empathetic/average/apathetic

Option twenty-one is all negatives.

I must've accidentally cut off the others when I was copy and pasting...Lemme fix dat.

There are a number of roleplaying games that use a similar system for character creation. Powered by the Apocalypse games often use Playbooks for their different character opens, and the playbooks will have a number of different options a player can pick to help describe and flesh out their character. They're optional, so if you have a firm idea you can just do that.

Right now, one of my favorite games that uses these mechanics is Masks: A New Generation, which is devoted to playing Teenage Superheroes. Here's a link to their playbooks, so you can sort of see how they work in that context.

http://www.magpiegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Masks-Playbooks.pdf

Well, it is certainly useful. I just wrote this one a few weeks ago, didn't realize other people did it too.