Regarding items and how they're carried, I always try to weave that into the character's glamour and concept.
Razh carries his daggers on his hips, pretty much as rendered in-game. Rhaine uses Minfilia's attire for glam, and it has enough straps and things that it seems feasible for it to have a holder for her cane. Sylvain carries no weapon and instead conjures one using aether, so for him I use a padjali/kinna weapon set to hide when it's sheathed. I guess the one that might be a bit of a stretch would be Takeshi, but for him I can just handwave it as magitek shenanigans.
As far as asshole characters are concerned... the thing that's important to keep in mind is that your character treating another character like crap is not the same thing as you treating the other player like crap. If you sense that the person you're RPing with might not fully grasp this, a disclaimer in the form of a tell wouldn't go amiss.
The other thing that's really important is that your asshole character has a reason to be an asshole. While it's true that there are people IRL who really are just plain jerks, and that's not out of the question for RP, it does make it difficult for other characters to interact with them and that's a caveat that must be kept in mind when making such a character. But if your character is an asshole for a reason (or an agglomeration of reasons), then you can evaluate their reaction to any given situation based on that background. In doing this, you'll inevitably have them reveal glimpses of their inner struggles/vulnerabilities/weaknesses/etc., and this can be enough to intrigue another character sufficiently that they put up with the asshole behaviour in an effort to get to know your character better.
Razh carries his daggers on his hips, pretty much as rendered in-game. Rhaine uses Minfilia's attire for glam, and it has enough straps and things that it seems feasible for it to have a holder for her cane. Sylvain carries no weapon and instead conjures one using aether, so for him I use a padjali/kinna weapon set to hide when it's sheathed. I guess the one that might be a bit of a stretch would be Takeshi, but for him I can just handwave it as magitek shenanigans.
As far as asshole characters are concerned... the thing that's important to keep in mind is that your character treating another character like crap is not the same thing as you treating the other player like crap. If you sense that the person you're RPing with might not fully grasp this, a disclaimer in the form of a tell wouldn't go amiss.
The other thing that's really important is that your asshole character has a reason to be an asshole. While it's true that there are people IRL who really are just plain jerks, and that's not out of the question for RP, it does make it difficult for other characters to interact with them and that's a caveat that must be kept in mind when making such a character. But if your character is an asshole for a reason (or an agglomeration of reasons), then you can evaluate their reaction to any given situation based on that background. In doing this, you'll inevitably have them reveal glimpses of their inner struggles/vulnerabilities/weaknesses/etc., and this can be enough to intrigue another character sufficiently that they put up with the asshole behaviour in an effort to get to know your character better.
[ Balmung ]-[ A'razh Tia | Sylvain Ombrecesse | Rhaine Djirah | Takeshi Akame ]
[ Mateus ]-[ Kaelen Redsteele | Kaia'to Epocan | Jinnae Doucette ]
[ Mateus ]-[ Kaelen Redsteele | Kaia'to Epocan | Jinnae Doucette ]
