roleplay world How do I roleplay?

[John A. Games 10]

I'm new to the whole "Role playing" stuff so I don't exactly know what to do. Help?

[Standard User 2,127]

Well, that is a pretty broad question. I would first suggest reading over the roleplaying rules to make sure you don't get in trouble. 

 

As far as roleplaying goes, what do you want help with? Creating a kickbutt RP, building characters, interacting with people? I used to run a few Fallout: Equestria roleplays, so I like to think I know a thing or two. 

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Oooo. This is one of those fun open-ended questions. I'm going to start from the beginning, because I don't know how 'in the loop' you are.

 

First off, roleplaying on a forum like this is a basically interactive storytelling. You think up a character who you would like to control through various scenarios, adventures and the like. Is it a young pony trying to find their cutie-mark? A grizzled guard veteran retiring to the countryside for some peace and quiet? A foreigner like a  Zebra or a Saola shipwrecked in Equestria and trying to survive in this foreign land? You need a basic idea of the appearance and personality of that character. Then, you take that character, find some other people who have characters of their own that it would be interesting to interact with, and play out some scenario that you all agree to.  A chance meeting at Sugarcube Corners, or the docks of Horseshoe Bay. A monster attack at Dodge Junction, or the characters all wake up alone on a train with no other passangers or crew heading who knows where at breakneck speed!

 

It can get more complicated than that, of course. One player will likely take on the role of 'Dungeon Master', a term from the venerable Dungeons and Dragons game that means that player will have more control over the scenario, running any non-player characters (NPCs), and determining the effects of your actions on the environment or opposing forces. It might be decided to use some mechanics from a Role Playing Game system to determine those effects, or to judge your character's abilities or skills. But these are additional complexities on top of the basic idea.

 

As for the RP rules for this forum; they pretty much all boil down to 'don't be a dick.' Don't try to control other people's characters, because that's rude. Don't make their character's useless by being the best at everything, because that makes it boring for everyone else. So on and so forth.

 

We have a character database here that can give you an idea of the kinds of information characters are likely to have. And you can browse the OOC (Out of Character) here to see if there are any RPs already running that you might be interested in joining. Always ask in the OOC thread about joining an RP before leaping in, because it's just courteous. 

[John A. Games 10]

  On 2015-07-24 at 4:42 AM, Fhaolan said:

Oooo. This is one of those fun open-ended questions. I'm going to start from the beginning, because I don't know how 'in the loop' you are.

 

First off, roleplaying on a forum like this is a basically interactive storytelling. You think up a character who you would like to control through various scenarios, adventures and the like. Is it a young pony trying to find their cutie-mark? A grizzled guard veteran retiring to the countryside for some peace and quiet? A foreigner like a  Zebra or a Saola shipwrecked in Equestria and trying to survive in this foreign land? You need a basic idea of the appearance and personality of that character. Then, you take that character, find some other people who have characters of their own that it would be interesting to interact with, and play out some scenario that you all agree to.  A chance meeting at Sugarcube Corners, or the docks of Horseshoe Bay. A monster attack at Dodge Junction, or the characters all wake up alone on a train with no other passangers or crew heading who knows where at breakneck speed!

 

It can get more complicated than that, of course. One player will likely take on the role of 'Dungeon Master', a term from the venerable Dungeons and Dragons game that means that player will have more control over the scenario, running any non-player characters (NPCs), and determining the effects of your actions on the environment or opposing forces. It might be decided to use some mechanics from a Role Playing Game system to determine those effects, or to judge your character's abilities or skills. But these are additional complexities on top of the basic idea.

 

As for the RP rules for this forum; they pretty much all boil down to 'don't be a dick.' Don't try to control other people's characters, because that's rude. Don't make their character's useless by being the best at everything, because that makes it boring for everyone else. So on and so forth.

 

We have a character database here that can give you an idea of the kinds of information characters are likely to have. And you can browse the OOC (Out of Character) here to see if there are any RPs already running that you might be interested in joining. Always ask in the OOC thread about joining an RP before leaping in, because it's just courteous.

 

OOOOH!!! I like that "Dungeon Master" thing!

 

I love it when i can manipulate the enviroment and make things happen! :3

 

I guesst that's the reason I lI've to write stories. (Well... not exactly write but mentally store until I actually have the time to write it.)

 

I have played some D&D with my friends before and one of my friends was the dungeon master so I have a pretty good understanding on how it all works! :3

 

Thank you very much! :3

[Child Of Darkness 285]

Furthermore, a good way to get a gauge on how the role play system works between people is to view some active or past role plays that people have already done on the forums. This will help you gain an understanding of how character interaction usually works along with pacing, story telling and how world building is tied into a story.

 

Just remember, every role play will follow the forum rules, but DM's sometimes like to make their own rules. Not every roleplay will work the same way and that is something that must be taken into account when role playing with people you have never seen before. Additionally, each person may have have a unique writing style that also must be accounted for.

 

Simply put, observe how others do RP's first for a short time than try joining an RP in the making. This will gain you plenty of experience and you'll know the ins and outs of the RP system in no time.