(11-24-2016, 08:23 PM)Kilieit Wrote: I've done setting ports before (three of my eight characters are setting ports, sshhh) and I usually break it down like this:
So not what... the story is about, but what it means?
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IDK anything about the setting you're coming from, but rather than ways to get the crests themselves, I'd think about what they mean to the character you're basing yours off - what do they symbolise? What traits about them is it that makes them important to your character? It's usually possible to find things which motivate the character in similar ways without being exactly the same.
Finding the balance between "still looks/feels like the character I'm inspired by" and "blends nicely with the setting" is the thing you're aiming for, and replacing the plot devices - that keep your character's development moving forward in their original setting - with something native to XIV is a good way to start to accomplish it, at least in my experience.
This is a really great, clear explanation of something that had never really crystallized for me before -- thank you, I'll be incorporating this into my toolkit for sure!
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