Hydaelyn Role-Players

I stumbled down an internet rabbit-hole, discovered that FF14 has an *amazing* RP community. That I want to join. Now. Today.
Even though I have zero* RP experience.
I apologize in advance for the drivel you will be victim to if you land yourself in my presence. But, you were warned, so... weh. :V

--MMORPG background ♥ Too many. Too often. Due to memory overload, I can only really remember GW/GW2/WoW/Black Desert/Wildstar/Aion and... don't judge... Archeage

--RP experience ♥ Zero.*

--Character ideas/info ♥ I'm partial to Miqo'te, and I have no shame in hopping on the catgirl bandwagon. I'm leaning towards a non-combat-centric character, with a dominant/matriarchal personality, possibly focusing on an occupation like alchemy. (Possibly lab-rat/guinea-pig RP, because I'm a jerk.) Very open to suggestion, but I also am just dipping my toe in and might go a completely different direction. I'm not very familiar with FF14 lore (or FF in general. I know, I'm a bad nerd. plz give wrist slap.) so backstory will be a challenge to work out.

--How did you learn about the coalition? ♥ Googlin'.

--What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy? ♥ I'd like to be a heavy RPer, but I'm aware of my own limitations so most likely, Medium-light.

--Anything from real life you'€™re comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc) ♥ I do work stuff to pay for college stuff to try and get a degree to do programming stuff and maybe get my weeby ass a game deve gig. I'm pretty forthcoming if you are actually curious about my lifestuff, but I think I've prattled on long enough.

So, SALUTATIONS AND WHATNOT. 

*I don't count shameful years in highschool spent one-line RP'ing on Gaia. We don't speak of those dark times.

Welcome to the RPC aaaaand welcome to Balmung, the unofficial rp server of awesomeness!!

(04-07-2017, 02:56 AM)Liliro Liro Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome to the RPC aaaaand welcome to Balmung, the unofficial rp server of awesomeness!!

Heh, it may not be sanctioned by Yoshi-P but it's about as RP-server-y as it gets for this game. And thank you for the welcomin'.

(04-07-2017, 03:03 AM)Khalil Wrote: [ -> ]

Welcome..! I am pretty new too, hah. Well to the whole game and all. I hope we can be friends and roleplay soon! Also, if you have any idea characters shoot them my way! xD Please. 

Welcome yourself! Maybe we can pool our resources and manage to concoct one solid character, through sheer force of will and lots of coffee.

(04-07-2017, 03:07 AM)Roh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-07-2017, 03:03 AM)Khalil Wrote: [ -> ]

Welcome..! I am pretty new too, hah. Well to the whole game and all. I hope we can be friends and roleplay soon! Also, if you have any idea characters shoot them my way! xD Please. 

Welcome yourself! Maybe we can pool our resources and manage to concoct one solid character, through sheer force of will and lots of coffee.

Let's do it! Hehe.

Hello there, welcome to Balmung and the RPC!

Hey and welcome to the RPC! I mostly just hang around on the forums now, so if you're ever into the idea of Forum RP just message me about it and we'll see what we can get set up!

Anyroad, enjoy your time while your here!

Miqo'te master race.

Anyway, it helps to have a direction picked out with any new character. There's a lot of different community niches out there so it can get a little overwhelming with making connections in general. There's everything from treasure hunters, to mercenary companies, knowledge seekers, Miqo'te clans, and even organized crime. It all really comes down to what tickles you the most!

Welcome to RPC! There's a wide variety of things you could do with a miqo'te character and they're fun to play. I don't see that many IC alchemists around, so that might be a good start.

Weeelcooooome! That's so amazing! I'm glad you decided to join us!

My best advice is to hop right in! Don't worry too much. You can let people know, gently, that you're new to RP if you'd like! That might help.

I love crafting based characters. I'd go for it! Think about what sort of specialty she might have an alchemy. It could be anything you can imagine applying to the field, not just those things available to make in game

(04-07-2017, 02:52 AM)Roh Wrote: [ -> ]--Character ideas/info ♥ I'm partial to Miqo'te, and I have no shame in hopping on the catgirl bandwagon. I'm leaning towards a non-combat-centric character, with a dominant/matriarchal personality, possibly focusing on an occupation like alchemy. (Possibly lab-rat/guinea-pig RP, because I'm a jerk.) Very open to suggestion, but I also am just dipping my toe in and might go a completely different direction. I'm not very familiar with FF14 lore (or FF in general. I know, I'm a bad nerd. plz give wrist slap.) so backstory will be a challenge to work out.

Just to help in this process... if you want a matriarchal character, that sounds very much like you want to play a Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te. They have a matriarchal society so you'd be all set there. Then, the alchemy stuff can be covered by... well... alchemist. As a fellow "crafting"-centric character (Armorsmith specifically), it's very possible to run a character who isn't completely combat-oriented. And I've done some RP before with an NPC who messed around with potions (well, he called them "konkoctions" - clicking his tongue on each of those k's) and whatnot to various effects who was decently well received.

... And even if she does get in a fight, you could probably go the old FFT chemist route and hock potions at things (or if you really want to get meta with the FFT-chemist angle, level MCH for the gun).

So you're pretty good to go on that angle, and if you have any other ideas or questions regarding lore and whatnot, there's plenty of folks here who can cover that for you.

Hello and welcome to Balmung and the RPC! I wouldn't worry too much that you are new to RP as I think you will quickly pick that up through watching or participating in a few interactions. I would definitely look through the guides posted on here to at least give yourself a head start on what to expect and how to do what you want to do.

If you have any questions at all or want a low key environment to try out your RP voice feel free to reach out in game or through a message here!

Best of luck and I hope to see you around for RP sometime 

(04-07-2017, 03:34 AM)Faye Wrote: [ -> ]Snip

Thank you, it's been very welcoming here so far. ^^

(04-07-2017, 06:55 AM)Amnesic Wrote: [ -> ]Snip

Eey forum RP sounds great, it's more the pace I think I could pull off too. Once I get some shenanigans set up, I'll give ya a poke~

(04-07-2017, 07:39 AM)undefined Wrote: [ -> ]

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Oh my god, you fantastic dork. I'm sitting here bleary-eyed, pre-coffee, and I had to blink a couple times before I realized that you had it formatted in a code box, and that I hadn't just done something stupid to my browser. Lordy.
Anywho, thank you for the pointers! I'm pretty excited to start eking out the aspirations and shenanignas.

(04-07-2017, 08:48 AM)SapphireSkylines Wrote: [ -> ]Snope

Yiss, I will corner the market on people jonesin' for some Ether Clinical Trial RP. My calling has revealed itself! That's good to know though, I've seen a lot of botany characters, I'm surprised their crafty counterpart isn't as popular.
(And sankyou for the welcomings. ♥)

(04-07-2017, 08:50 AM)Aya Wrote: [ -> ]Snnnip

Mm, I've no qualms with putting big ol' disclaimers when I do muster the courage to fling my prose at someone. But you're right, the best thing to do would be to... do it. And maybe not fret so much. Heh.
And that's a good note, thank you. I was sorta eyebrow-wiggling at the idea of alchemical things that maybe are not 100% canonical, but I'm sure people aren't that picky about it. Right? <.<;;

(04-07-2017, 08:57 AM)Gegenji Wrote: [ -> ]s-s-s-SNIP

Aah, I had noticed little notes about matriarchy in the naming conventions. I wasn't sure if that was reflected in their culture, or just a naming quirk- definitely will look more into it now. Also thank you I am now enamored with the idea of getting potions for my POTION GUN.
(< Contains an F bomb, in case sensitive ears are about.)

(04-07-2017, 09:30 AM) Deahfel Wrote: [ -> ]Zzznip

This is going to sound super dumb, but I hadn't even considered creepily peering at reading over other peoples RP. That sounds... actually, super helpful. My goodness. ._.
I'll be sure to poke you if you're around and I have some burning questions. Thank you for the welcomification!

Welcome to the RPC AND RP! It sounds like you're going to have a wonderful time. I think, as mentioned before, feel free to watch others rp and don't hesitate to reach out and take a look at people's profiles. That can help you get an idea of RP! Sending messages to people here to set something up has always worked out well for me!

Again, welcome!