| (If you answered yes to several or most of the six points above, please take time to think deeply on these topics. While your intent may be to round out your character, it could easily have opposite effect or worse. Tragedy in a backstory is like salt. A little can go a long way, too much ruins it. Is it impossible to write or play a highly tragic character well? No, but most people do not have the skill to pull it off. It’s more likely to cause you difficulty in RP than to help round out your character. Consider cutting some of the tragedy out of the story so that the character will be more relatable, less likely to be too normal-- in everyday RP scenarios--for their history, and less likely to look like an attention hoarder. I’ll eventually make a tragic backstory workshop to help with that specifically.) |
| (While it's not impossible to write characters that are connected to major characters of Planeshift lore, it is a slippery slope. A general guideline is to avoid it, but if you do insist on it, don’t make it the focal point of your character. Relying on the notoriety or familiarity of a lore character to carry your character is affectively plagiarizing the settings writer’s work to spare yourself work. Focusing too much on the lore character instead of your own will come like that whether you intend it or not. it will likely make RPing the character harder too. If you go this route, make sure the lore character is a no more than a footnote to your own character’s story. Fully flesh out your own character, no cheats. This applies to lore events as well.) |