User blog comment:Mike Gilbert/More Content/@comment-4953843-20130528143913/@comment-4953843-20130528162756

we are not wookieepedia. it's easy to write clearcut personalities there since almost everything is not determined by audience choice (except for the obvious few: kotor, etc. and even then they picked canon endings for the sake of continuity). characterizations in ME evolve depending on personal playstyle. there's too many ifs and otherwise here.


 * as for straight up cutpasting personality bits, that won't work. i said SUMMARIES, not details. everything in the dossier sections actually give a window into character personalities because they're written with the characters' reactions in mind.


 * i'm sure you're seeing the conundrum of making multiple-ended writeups by now.

as for shepard, we already have some basic reactions nailed. for the rest, we already have fairly comprehensive lists of that. they're called Morality Guide, Morality Guide (Mass Effect 2) and Morality Guide (Mass Effect 3). i can also throw in the interrupt pages if you like but that's nitpicking.

shep's "personality" section may actually go something like this as almost everything else is customizable:


 * Commander Shepard displays exceptional leadership skills, having the potential to bring together people of disparate backgrounds to effectively unite towards a common goal. Shepard is said to have "that fire that makes someone willing to follow [them] into hell itself." No matter the obstacles faced, Shepard always has speeches prepared to whip up their crew's fighting spirit.


 * Shepard also has a natural inquisitiveness that goes a long way into solving their problems, a trait they may or may not choose to cultivate because regardless of disposition or even personal morality, Shepard gets the job done where it matters.