(12-07-2014, 08:30 AM)Oli! Wrote: This is sort-of dipping into Writing territory as opposed to Character territory, but the other thing that you could try is making a character's actions talk, as opposed to the character themselves.
Sure, if your character is just going to shut someone down verbally then they'll run out of things to mention and quickly leave. But if you give them bits and pieces of things to go on through things that might not necessarily be verbal, then there are ways of carrying the conversation on, provided that your character is willing to at least talk a little bit. Maybe give them glimpses at that book your character is reading, or have them fiddle with some odd trinket on their person. Even if a character doesn't talk, you can hold a player's interest by giving them things to talk about.
Also this is brilliant advice, I made my character play a song on a piece of wood as he tried to explain what a Harpsichord was to a friend, minimal talking mostly just non-verbal communication a lot of the conversation. Superb RP, I loved it.
I also want to point out introverts aren't necessarily people that don't talk, I'm introverted and if you get me hooked on a subject I can talk for hours, it's just we don't like small talk too much, the "formalities". As an ISTP, I'm very non-communicative, unless you require my knowledge, I just HAVE to tell you something or again we get on an interesting subject, I speak more through actions than words and I choose my words very carefully. Introversion and Extroversion have nothing to do with if you're social or not, the man who came up with them himself said this, Carl C. Jung, they're just how your first function is orientated.
I have Ti as my main, which is Introverted Thinking, I base decisions on subjective logic, my logic (introverted, inward), as opposed to the world around me, so my thought process goes unnoticed and I just look like a vegetable. It's just that, say someone is a Te user, Extroverted Thinker, they tend to go on other peoples logic, Ti I'd rather just figure it out myself, Te they'll look up a guide, or talk to people about their opinions on it.
Ergo, giving them the "air" that they are more social even if the person can also be a Schizoid, the extreme of "introverts".
See, a subject I like a lot so I rambled like an idiot -_- sorry XD.
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