Eight useful starting points

Character chart templates

Choose a shape that matches the work in front of you. Every template opens in the editor with sample people and relationship lines ready to rename.

Plan an ensemble around needs, lies, pressure, and hidden truths.

Connect clues, suspects, motives, witnesses, and conflicting alibis.

Make alliances, taxes, feuds, trade, and secret pacts readable.

Build an original cast around friends, rivals, mentors, and secrets.

See how a central protagonist connects to a wider ensemble.

Make emotional competition and hard choices visible.

Track factions, debts, rumors, and enemies between sessions.

Map crushes, exes, jealousy, and romantic tension.