Post by yardan on Nov 17, 2010 23:49:40 GMT -5
• Think of it as writing a book. Imagine you are writing a book along with several other people. Your character does not have to think and believe in the same way as you do. Create a unique character, give them their own thoughts, ideas, beliefs, personality, etc.
• Make an entrance. When you enter a public room make an entrance rather than simply saying, "Greetings fellow patrons." Making an entrance is important so that other role players know how to react to your presence. Is your character mad? sad? happy? wounded? dying? Is your character so wicked that others within can almost or actually sense it?
Here are some examples:
The door was suddenly pushed open as a woman dashed inside. She slammed the door shut as quickly as she had swung it open and sighed with relief to finally be out of the cold. She looked around the room, examining the inhabitants within before giving a warm smile and saying, "Good evenin', mighty cold!" as she took a seat in front of the fire.
Slowly sliding the door open he silently stepped inside. Gently he closed the door as to not make a sound. He spent a moment to observe those within before carefully making his way to the fireplace. He gave those he passed a sinister smile, for his inspecting eyes appeared as if they could examine one's very soul. "Greetings fellow patrons," his deep whisper-like voice flowed from his upturned lips throughout the tavern as if carried on a breeze, "distasteful weather we're having, isn't it?"
• Develop Your Character's Story. In order to create an interesting role play develop a story for your character. Fulfill these areas:
1) Personality (reserved, energetic, greedy, evil, etc.)
2) Thoughts, ideas, and beliefs on life and ways of life (religious? prejudiced? vegetarian? etc.)
3) Birthplace and current dwelling (town, farm, forest, mountain, traveler etc.)
4) Major events within their life (death, love, war etc.)
5) Current occupation (traveler, warrior, mage etc.)
• In Character and Out Of Character posting. OOC stands for Out Of Character. IC stands for In Character. When you are IC you are narrating what your character is doing. When you are OOC you are talking as yourself, the real you. It is important to separate IC from OOC so that others know when their character should respond to your post, and when it is the REAL YOU talking. Sometimes it is difficult to tell if someone is talking OOC if they don't use parenthesis or brackets, and their posts will be accidentally acted upon in RP.
A tip for those using more than one character in the same RP on the same account
If using more than one character in the same group RP, assign each character a text color. Make sure to add this fact to your character bios as well. This will help you and others keep better track of who is saying and doing what. It also allows you to post as more than one character in one post instead of having to make a post for each character.
• Make an entrance. When you enter a public room make an entrance rather than simply saying, "Greetings fellow patrons." Making an entrance is important so that other role players know how to react to your presence. Is your character mad? sad? happy? wounded? dying? Is your character so wicked that others within can almost or actually sense it?
Here are some examples:
The door was suddenly pushed open as a woman dashed inside. She slammed the door shut as quickly as she had swung it open and sighed with relief to finally be out of the cold. She looked around the room, examining the inhabitants within before giving a warm smile and saying, "Good evenin', mighty cold!" as she took a seat in front of the fire.
Slowly sliding the door open he silently stepped inside. Gently he closed the door as to not make a sound. He spent a moment to observe those within before carefully making his way to the fireplace. He gave those he passed a sinister smile, for his inspecting eyes appeared as if they could examine one's very soul. "Greetings fellow patrons," his deep whisper-like voice flowed from his upturned lips throughout the tavern as if carried on a breeze, "distasteful weather we're having, isn't it?"
• Develop Your Character's Story. In order to create an interesting role play develop a story for your character. Fulfill these areas:
1) Personality (reserved, energetic, greedy, evil, etc.)
2) Thoughts, ideas, and beliefs on life and ways of life (religious? prejudiced? vegetarian? etc.)
3) Birthplace and current dwelling (town, farm, forest, mountain, traveler etc.)
4) Major events within their life (death, love, war etc.)
5) Current occupation (traveler, warrior, mage etc.)
• In Character and Out Of Character posting. OOC stands for Out Of Character. IC stands for In Character. When you are IC you are narrating what your character is doing. When you are OOC you are talking as yourself, the real you. It is important to separate IC from OOC so that others know when their character should respond to your post, and when it is the REAL YOU talking. Sometimes it is difficult to tell if someone is talking OOC if they don't use parenthesis or brackets, and their posts will be accidentally acted upon in RP.
A tip for those using more than one character in the same RP on the same account
If using more than one character in the same group RP, assign each character a text color. Make sure to add this fact to your character bios as well. This will help you and others keep better track of who is saying and doing what. It also allows you to post as more than one character in one post instead of having to make a post for each character.