Shea Meowth Tier
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| Subject: RP Startup Help Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:22 pm | |
| Hi there! It's Shea again, your helpful role-play moderator here with some tips and tricks to help you get started! This first post will be a bit of a 'Table of Contents' to help keep things organized while I add more sections. If there's a section you'd like made to address a question you have about the role play creation process, please ask me! Sections: SettingCharacter Biography
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Shea Meowth Tier
Posts : 78 Rep : 14 Join date : 2012-05-01 Age : 29 Location : America
| Subject: Re: RP Startup Help Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:30 pm | |
| Setting
Alright, let's talk about setting! It can be something as complex as say... - Setting Example 1:
Setting: The Shining Era
In this setting, approximately 40 years ago the reign of a dark emperor who controlled most of the known world was abruptly ended by his death at the hands of one of his servants. This servant placed that emperor’s youngest son, who was pure of heart and mind, on the throne with himself as an advisor. Under their reign the world flourished and went through a boom of technological achievements.
I suppose the ‘known world’ is rather arid and desert-like to the west, with a mountain range blocking rains that well up from the sea reaching beyond. The sea itself is quite wide in the middle, narrowing at the top and bottom, with a few rivers flowing down to it from the mountains. The side of the mountains facing the sea has a lush rainforest. On the eastern side of these seas is a marshland to the south, divided quite a lot by rivers. To the far south you can see a mysterious ocean that has only recently begun being explored by the abundance of cartographers. To the north are rolling plains that eventually turn into stepp as you travel even further north. The central east is flat plains that are excellent for farming crops and grazing for livestock.
Magic which had been dwindling even before the dark emperors reign is even rarer still, with only 1 in 100 children being born with the talent. Depending on the region such natural talents are either praised or cursed.
There is a sort of widespread religion that speaks of the ‘blessed plane’ on which gods live that mortals cannot perceive. In places where the lines between the blessed plane and that of mortals grows thin, a phenomenon called ‘Blessed Plane Destabilization’ has been observed.
Blessed Plane Destabilization often causes mutations in the flora and fauna, causing them to mutate into horrendous forms and become horribly aggressive. This has brought about hordes of ‘Monster Slayers’ who will clear the mutated creatures temporarily for a fee.
The destabilization can be permanently fixed by specialized priests who generally have spent many years training in the talents needed to create stabilization barriers, which prevent any additional monsters from coming into being. Most of these barriers are considered temporary, and only last for about 20 years.
Or as simple as... - Setting Example 2:
'200 years in the future water levels have risen for an unknown reason and the most common way of life is life on the high seas.'
Either way, you want to give your players an environment to know about, a situation they can play off of. Remember that with an example like #2 you'll find that your players are the ones creating the setting just as much as you are. [ Have Fun! Be Creative! Breakdown Role Play] | |
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Shea Meowth Tier
Posts : 78 Rep : 14 Join date : 2012-05-01 Age : 29 Location : America
| Subject: Re: RP Startup Help Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:10 pm | |
| Character Bios
The character bio is a common tool in role play scenarios that allows for convenient fleshing out of a character which also helping the OP keep the game organized. A character bio, in it's most basic form generally appears as follows, - Quote :
- Name:
Age:
Gender:
Physical Description: However many roleplays will add more parameters for character description such as- - Quote :
- Race:
Weapon:
Spirituality:
Racial Talent:
Ability: -among others. It's up to you to decide what sort of fields would fit your role play the best. See a list of more parameters here: http://sheeply.deviantart.com/art/Blank-Character-Profile-Huge-68735544 | |
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