CREATING CUSTOMS
Throughout history, groups of people have adopted endless variations of thought and behavior as customs which set them apart from their neighbors.
Some of these customs easily stand out to others in casual interactions, while many other thoughts and feelings behind these customs may take much longer to discover.
Consider a core custom or belief, up to three easily discovered customs, and any additional deeper customs questions to start of each tradition-based bloc or group.
Core Custom Design
☐ NAME
What do the followers of this custom or traditional group call it?
☐ NOTORIETY
What custom(s) do these members follow that they are most known for?
☐ PLOT HOOKS
What secrets do the followers this custom hold?
Easily Discovered Custom Design
☐ DRESS
How do they dress, if at all?
☐ EVENTS
What events do they celebrate?
☐ ART
What is their art like?
☐ FOODS
What kinds of foods do they prefer and how do they prepare or enjoy them?
☐ OBSERVANCES
What holy days do they observe?
☐ SPEAKING
How is their spoken language or mannerism different than others?
☐ WRITING
How is their written or drawn communication different than others?
Harder To Discover Custom Design
☐ APPEAL
What do they find appealing or unappealing?
☐ MEDICINE
What do they think or feel about health or medicine?
☐ EDUCATION
What do they think or feel about education?
☐ NATURE
What do they think or feel about nature or the environment?
☐ BEAUTY
What do they think or feel represents ideal beauty?
☐ ASSUMPTIONS
What assumptions could they make?
☐ BIASES
What biases could the hold?
☐ BODY LANGUAGE
What body language do they use?
☐ CHILDREN
What do they think or feel about child-raising?
☐ COMPETITIVE
Are they competitive, and if so, what are they competitive over?
☐ CLEANLINESS
What are their habits or practices around cleanliness?
☐ JUSTICE
What do they think or feel about concepts of justice?
☐ VALUES
What do they think or feel are their core values?
☐ EXPECTIONS
What expectations do they hold, for example, about others?
☐ FAMILY ROLES
What family roles do they hold to?
☐ FAMLY VALUES
What do they think or feel are family values?
☐ GENDERS
What do they think or feel about gender or gender roles?
☐ GESTURES
What gestures do they tend to use?
☐ HUMOR
What do they think or feel is humorous?
☐ INTERPRETATION
How do they interpret things differently than others?
☐ MANNERS
What manners do they prefer and is it difficult around others who do not use them?
☐ MODESTY
What do they think about concepts of modesty?
☐ PERSONAL SPACE
What do they think or feel about personal space?
☐ PRIDE
What do they think or feel about pride?
☐ AUTHORITY
How do they relate to authority?
☐ CONDUCT
What rules of conduct do they expect or follow?
☐ REFLECTION
What do they think or feel about themselves?
☐ TABOOS
What taboos exist for them?
☐ THOUGHTS
Are there any specific patterns of thought they follow?
☐ WORK ETHIC
What are their work ethics like?