RP Creativity Pool

[Illysia]

Ok, here we go…. RP Initiative #547

In another attempt to help revitalize RP in game, I propose we start an RP Creativity Pool. One of the hardest parts of RPing is having something to RP about or having someway of making your RP unique without godmodding or sailing past the bounds of believability. For this thread, let’s have ordered posts with RP style suggestions, character suggestions, or ways of managing tricky RP problems. For instance:

Suggestion Type: Way to play a flirt

Common Problem:
•   Godmodded beauty
•   Character comes off as either a flat character or just a character to cyber with.

Suggested Solutions:
•   Have a very definite look in mind for your character and have that look in the description
•   Come up with a definite flirting style to use and then use it rather than hoping the other player will go along if you tell them their charmed by your character.
•   Work out character personality quirks before you start RPing with it so that you know how they will react to certain situations before you get into that kind of RP

Try to keep the actual suggestions in a quote box and other comments outside of so that people just skimming can easily find the RP help.




And now for the general disclaimer: NO, this is not me saying this is the only right way to RP. No, this is not me trying to be a “superior oldbie”. No, this is not just to tick off the people I seem to always tick off. This is simply an attempt at cultivating the little community we have.

And congratulations to the people caught RPing on the webcam. Keep up the good work. (and everybody else needs to step up as the Klyros conventions are usually the RPs you see on the webcam.  )

[bloodedIrishman]

Suggestion Type: Character Uniqueness

Common Problem:

* Character's psycho-profile and history are not laid out on paper before role played in game.

Suggested Solutions:

* Create a character psycho-profile on paper, change as desired.


Your character's basics on paper will help you keep track of who your character really was and is. You might forget if you don't have anything written down.

[Geoni]

Suggestion Type: Character Uniqueness

Common Problem:

* Character's psycho-profile and history are not laid out on paper before role played in game.

Suggested Solutions:

* Create a character psycho-profile on paper, change as desired.


Your character's basics on paper will help you keep track of who your character really was and is. You might forget if you don't have anything written down.

Good suggestion quoted above. Use this guide to help layout your character on paper, or somewhere you can access the information easily. Thanks. http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=37404.0

[kaerli2]

Suggestion Type: Avoiding issues of Godmodding

Common Problem:

* Training is haphazard and may be insufficient, excessive, or both for a character's role

Suggested Solution:

* Plan out training based on character's role and needed skills for that role

This prevents you from getting caught in the twin traps of not having the skills to back up the RP and being excessively strong/skilled for your character's role

[Dracaeon]

Suggestion Type: Non-mechanics weapons, spells, etc.

Common Problem:

*People will complain that someone is godmodding their characters by giving them something too powerful, or outside of settings.

Suggested Solution:

*Look at the thing people are complaining about and ask yourself: "Is this too powerful?"  Normally, something without or with very limited weakness is.  If you are still not sure, ask a friend.  For Settings problems, look up the settings on the website or in the in-game books and see if it fits or not.


@Illysia: You got a problem with Klyros conventions? 

[Nivm]

Ok, here we go…. RP Initiative #547

Why do you mention the number? It only detracts from what you're trying to do. Can you not resist?

[Illysia]

Suggestion Type: Way to play a petty crook

Common Problem:
•  No one wants to be robbed
•  People complain about you godmodding to take stuff

Suggested Solutions:
•  Come up with an alternative way to rob people that involves tricking them out of the money instead of taking it from them. People get their money stolen from them by means of scams, complicated business policies, and general double standards. Try to find some way for your character to outwit someone into willingly handing over their money. You may find it far more satisfying to sit back and watch the victim do all the work for you.
•  Use RL business scams as a way to gather ideas. The main difference between a business that scams your money out of you and a purse snatcher is that sometime the businesses are protected by the law instead of brought to justice by it.

If you have an idea for a topic already addressed, please do post your ideas as well. This is not to promote any one way but to collect many ideas so people have a choice. Also, please put your suggestions in quote boxes to make it easier to visually pick out the suggestion from other comments.

@Dracaeon: No, no problem.... I'm just saying...

@Nivm: It was humor. Obviously your dislike of me blinds you to that fact as it should be obviously that it is highly unlikely that I have counted my initiatives to that high a number. While we are on the topic of who can't resist, can you not resist getting off topic? Either post something on topic or take your personal issues to PMs. This is not the place for your grudges and I am getting tired of people trolling my threads, with stuff that can potential derail the whole argument, just for attention. It's exactly why I even bothered to post a disclaimer. Find another outlet for your need for attention, or try Geoni's Debate Team thread if you need some more conflict in your life.

[Dracaeon]

For the petty purse snatcher:
*Have each side roll a die based off [some staticistic, agility, charisma for the robber maybe, who knows what for the victim] we'll say agility for now.  Whoever rolls higher "wins".  For example, if thief has AGI of ~50 then he is much less likely to "win" the roll.  An example thieving would be:

Thief /roll [AGI] 93
Victim /roll [AGI] 132

In this example, who has a higher likelihood of winning?  The victim, one would assume.  Let's get some results:

Thief rolls a 90
Victim rolls a 72

In this case, the thief won and got to steal C amount of trias from the victim.  We could also make this even more confusing by making the thief able to steal more depending upon how far apart the numbers are.

[Earowo]

Suggestion Type: Avoiding issues of Godmodding

Common Problem:

* Training is haphazard and may be insufficient, excessive, or both for a character's role

Suggested Solution:

* Plan out training based on character's role and needed skills for that role

This prevents you from getting caught in the twin traps of not having the skills to back up the RP and being excessively strong/skilled for your character's role

if people wernt so impatient, they would do the SMART thing, and rp with the strength they CURRENTLY have, if they did thyat, they could rp gettiings stronger, which could be a thing to look forward to

[Geoni]

Drac: That could give too much power to the powerlevelers.

Earowo: I pretty much agree with you. Training is difficult and it takes a long time, that could be a great way to improvise.

[Dracaeon]

So maybe find some other modifier.  Or maybe just roll out of a number picked just before the event, or even have an official number for all roberries [for example 100]

[Phinehas]

I'm going to pee in the pool.

[Akkaido Kivikar]

I'm going to join him.

[Illysia]

Suggestion Type: Way to RP Unimplemented Skills

Common Problem:

• No idea what will be a part of the skills when they are implemented
• Don't want to accused of Godmodding

Suggested Solutions:

• Do your research. Find out what the real life version requires and then try to figure out what could realistically done in game
• Wikipedia is your friend for the above.
• If it is a combat related skill you should have a clear idea of what skill level your character should have, and just being able to hit every target they choose is not quite defined enough.
• If it is crafting related, try to pick a few things to know well so that your character can RP talking about their craft but don't burn yourself out trying to learn everything. Pick out the really important processes.
• For skills like lock picking or hide in shadows and such, either use dice (maybe even use Dracaeon's method) or alternate your successes with your failures. for instance, if the last time you attempted to pick someone's pocket was RPed as working then RP it failing the next time you do it.

Looks up at the two posts above her... Little boys that can't hold their bladders should be at home where their mommies can keep an eye on them. Go pee in someone else's pool. And while I'm at it, aren't you suppose to be hiding out till the community is worthy coming back to Phinehas? You are are breaking your lurker status with all this posting.  While your here though, why don't you contribute something and stay on topic or better yet, go get Auran as I got an I told you so waiting for him. Oh and if you keep peeing in my pool I'll run you off with a smiley mob.

[Earowo]

I'm going to pee in the pool.

I'm going to join him.

This calls for a celebration, Bring out the leeches!