I think using one in-game character for multiple RP characters is a good choice for plots that can get away with it.
Some *cough* Kage, Natalie, Osric, Askier *cough* might remember a certain plot that got me into RP, where I was just a bad NPC. At that time, I wasn't completely sure if I was going to continue, so the nice tin-can armor that hid my character's face was perfect. It let me use an existing character I had created, without the obligation of trying to make an alt on balmung, and then level it up. Lo and behold, it was fun, and I did end up making an alt for the character for a while, simply to grab the name I wanted. Later, I did the server hop name change and a fantasia to adjust the character model to fit that character, as I wrote off the previous character model through story.
While leveling alts is fun, going through some of the story quest all over gain isn't. I enjoy being able to equip a lot of gear for glamor reasons, so it made sense to have one character model for everything. In the event that I need to NPC an alt, it will probably never reach past level 15, if I can get away with crafting an appropriate outfit.
Some *cough* Kage, Natalie, Osric, Askier *cough* might remember a certain plot that got me into RP, where I was just a bad NPC. At that time, I wasn't completely sure if I was going to continue, so the nice tin-can armor that hid my character's face was perfect. It let me use an existing character I had created, without the obligation of trying to make an alt on balmung, and then level it up. Lo and behold, it was fun, and I did end up making an alt for the character for a while, simply to grab the name I wanted. Later, I did the server hop name change and a fantasia to adjust the character model to fit that character, as I wrote off the previous character model through story.
While leveling alts is fun, going through some of the story quest all over gain isn't. I enjoy being able to equip a lot of gear for glamor reasons, so it made sense to have one character model for everything. In the event that I need to NPC an alt, it will probably never reach past level 15, if I can get away with crafting an appropriate outfit.
