@Graeham --Sorry bad format because responding from phone
"I guess I've just been left disappointed by the amount of role-players I've encountered who expect to be considered to be a 'big deal' based not on actual role-play but how much backstory they've shoved into their character's wiki.
For me role-play is about interaction and mutual character development. Someone who takes the time to develop their character as a 'big deal' is going to interact with people in-game, influence other character's stories in the process and it just feels more justified overall."
I think it is fair to worry about OP characters. I certainly think it can kill a lot of the tension and excitement if players muscle through everything. On the bright side, RP communities do tend to go by how a character is portrayed, rather than how they are described. So the community can kinda police itself in some ways.
It isn't about how much destruction that character can dish out at the Grindstone or in a brawl, it is how the character is portrayed that shows that character. A badass character can die in anti-climactic ways too.Â
Anyway, this topic in general we are going on is rather off topic. I was going to tie it back in with the original post but I already forgot. So. Yeah. There's that.
"I guess I've just been left disappointed by the amount of role-players I've encountered who expect to be considered to be a 'big deal' based not on actual role-play but how much backstory they've shoved into their character's wiki.
For me role-play is about interaction and mutual character development. Someone who takes the time to develop their character as a 'big deal' is going to interact with people in-game, influence other character's stories in the process and it just feels more justified overall."
I think it is fair to worry about OP characters. I certainly think it can kill a lot of the tension and excitement if players muscle through everything. On the bright side, RP communities do tend to go by how a character is portrayed, rather than how they are described. So the community can kinda police itself in some ways.
It isn't about how much destruction that character can dish out at the Grindstone or in a brawl, it is how the character is portrayed that shows that character. A badass character can die in anti-climactic ways too.Â
Anyway, this topic in general we are going on is rather off topic. I was going to tie it back in with the original post but I already forgot. So. Yeah. There's that.
Now with a wiki! Flickering Ember's wiki
