All great suggestions!
I generally riff off the game's story but try to keep it vague and never as adventerous. My character is after a murderous man-in-black, to collect a bounty and get revenge for all the embarrassing defeats she's had at his hand. Â But that man isn't the one featured in the game. Â She complains about having to train her Chocobo, complains about having to walk and run so much, and complains about the stranger or more boring jobs she's sent on.
I try to think about what if FFXIV was really real. Â How would a character react? What would their lives be like outside the main story line. Â I've always been fascinated with what say, superheroes do in their spare time. Â What shows does Batman enjoy? Â Is Wonder Woman secretly addicted to Lifetime movies? Â Is Superman into alien abduction stories? Â How do these extraordinary people face the mundane things in life?
D'aito isn't so extraordinary in one way, but she is in another. Â She can't be just a regular person, no one tells the story of our daily routine like laundry day, the commute to work, sitting in school or work all day. Â I mean, stories might reference it, detail it a little, but stories are almost never wholly about those things.
And yet...that's exactly the kind of thing I'm fascinated by and love to write about and it's the kind of thing I tend to RP. Â Telling tales of being ripped off by a Lalafell, her money bag stolen by a sweet looking old Hyur, or commenting about the weather, comparing weapons, armor, and where the best fish can be found, are all things that have been at the center of my RP. Â I mean, most people might find that boring and I do have more classic RP adventures, but I do prefer to examine the mundane lives of my characters while minimizing the adventure.
I generally riff off the game's story but try to keep it vague and never as adventerous. My character is after a murderous man-in-black, to collect a bounty and get revenge for all the embarrassing defeats she's had at his hand. Â But that man isn't the one featured in the game. Â She complains about having to train her Chocobo, complains about having to walk and run so much, and complains about the stranger or more boring jobs she's sent on.
I try to think about what if FFXIV was really real. Â How would a character react? What would their lives be like outside the main story line. Â I've always been fascinated with what say, superheroes do in their spare time. Â What shows does Batman enjoy? Â Is Wonder Woman secretly addicted to Lifetime movies? Â Is Superman into alien abduction stories? Â How do these extraordinary people face the mundane things in life?
D'aito isn't so extraordinary in one way, but she is in another. Â She can't be just a regular person, no one tells the story of our daily routine like laundry day, the commute to work, sitting in school or work all day. Â I mean, stories might reference it, detail it a little, but stories are almost never wholly about those things.
And yet...that's exactly the kind of thing I'm fascinated by and love to write about and it's the kind of thing I tend to RP. Â Telling tales of being ripped off by a Lalafell, her money bag stolen by a sweet looking old Hyur, or commenting about the weather, comparing weapons, armor, and where the best fish can be found, are all things that have been at the center of my RP. Â I mean, most people might find that boring and I do have more classic RP adventures, but I do prefer to examine the mundane lives of my characters while minimizing the adventure.
