My rule is usually the same in all of these situations.
If you are having fun Rping, and YOU like your character...then you are probably doing it right.
People can sit around all day and give you reasons why you shouldn't do A B or C, but if you can play it well, put a good spin on a concept and make it work...then you are doing exactly what should be done in the process of making an interesting character.
Does that mean I should make a Roe who is actually Zeus? Probably not...but an Au Ra who by some twist of fate wound up there...? Why not? Is it totally unreasonable to think that good could have shown through a couples heart and gotten them to risk taking a child, who might face harsh prejudice in? Sure..that sounds entirely like something I'd expect to see in a fantasy setting. That sounds like the shapings of crafting a background story.
So...whatever NPC's are were..and what we see in cut scenes...at the end of the day that view is made for the WoL, and the rest of the world is a big ass place with a hell of a lot more people than he/she will ever come across. So have fun with it.
YOU will sell your character far more than a backstory will anyway, and if done well you'll have lots of people to interact with no matter what.
I mean....look at all the voidsent Rpers? ^_^ ( I note I'm actully one of them to a well played degree )
If you are having fun Rping, and YOU like your character...then you are probably doing it right.
People can sit around all day and give you reasons why you shouldn't do A B or C, but if you can play it well, put a good spin on a concept and make it work...then you are doing exactly what should be done in the process of making an interesting character.
Does that mean I should make a Roe who is actually Zeus? Probably not...but an Au Ra who by some twist of fate wound up there...? Why not? Is it totally unreasonable to think that good could have shown through a couples heart and gotten them to risk taking a child, who might face harsh prejudice in? Sure..that sounds entirely like something I'd expect to see in a fantasy setting. That sounds like the shapings of crafting a background story.
So...whatever NPC's are were..and what we see in cut scenes...at the end of the day that view is made for the WoL, and the rest of the world is a big ass place with a hell of a lot more people than he/she will ever come across. So have fun with it.
YOU will sell your character far more than a backstory will anyway, and if done well you'll have lots of people to interact with no matter what.
I mean....look at all the voidsent Rpers? ^_^ ( I note I'm actully one of them to a well played degree )