(12-11-2015, 08:31 PM)Sounsyy Wrote:(12-11-2015, 05:39 PM)Alerie Wrote: I don't know what to make for acharacter yet. Is there a good place to really read up on the lore other than the very brief race overview in the character creation screen? xP Are there any things I should avoid when making a character? Other than making a Mary Sue or a character who's related to a lore important character, I know better than that!
-Race Lore Masterpost
Welcome to Eorzea and the RPC! The above is an ever-expanding compilation of lore related to the races including their interbreeding, history, origins, and naming conventions. Finding lore for this game can be rather difficult until you know where to look because of its spread out nature so I try to be a helpful resource. Feel free to ask in this thread or in the RP Discussions section if you have any specific lore questions! ^^
Just the post I was going to Link. It's been a huge help.
The problem with a lot of lore is that too much of it is just bits and pieces gleaned from quests, usually easy to miss side ones.Â
I actually went through the whole MSQ on another server before I started RPing and even then there are still a lot of lore that I just don't know. But that's ok... because.. do YOU know the entirety of human history? Noe. So neither should your character be expected to know every little detail.Â
Best place to start is from your race because that IS something your character should know. Learn about how they think and what they do, but don't let that limit you. Exceptions to the rules do exist, but the lore is a good frame work to start with. Â Take Nef... She's more personable than the 'norm' for Keepers of the Moon, but when you look at her core personality she's still very much like the rest of her clan.Â
How you flesh out your character really varies from player to player. Some have to just jump in the RP and discover their character as they go along. Me... I found this huge character sheet that was like a questionnaire to answer from my character's POV. Doing that made me really think about her and get into her headspace, which is actually quite different from my own. And don't feel like you have to have every single aspect of your character written in stone. There's huge parts of Nef (and her siblings for that matter) that are still blank and we just fill in the blanks as we go along. Makes for more dynamic RP that way. When you need to fill in that blank you can stop and ask yourself "Hey, how can i use this to make a better plot?" Take a situation and tweek it to make things more interesting.
If you have any specific questions always feel free to ask in the character workshop forum!
(12-11-2015, 10:23 PM)Alerie Wrote: Thank you so much! You've all been very helpful.Â
Oh, I forgot to ask another question. Is there an RP add on I should get? Like MRP?
Nope, since I think modding is sorta a grey area, not to mention those playing on consoles can't mod. I really wish there was a log parser to save RP scenes but.. oh well....
