This is a fantastic thread!
I'm a big fan of Tobias' style of hooks. I created C'kayah to be sort of a supporting actor in other people's stories, and I find that those sorts of hooks work really well for introducing him into people's RP without taking it over. It's also nice in that I've been able to use those hooks to meet a bunch of new RPers on Balmung who have wanted to RP but didn't know anyone. If I see someone by themselves with a RP tag on, or walking around, I'll typically at least "/em studies blah blah curiously" them (and often send them a /tell) to see if I can draw them into something.
The weird thing is that, despite my being a total introvert, C'kayah's turned into kind of a social butterfly with this. The payoff, of course, is more RP than I can eat. The downside, on the other hand, is that I've gone from level 34 1/2 to level 34 2/3 in the last week of heavy game play because of this.Â
I'm a big fan of Tobias' style of hooks. I created C'kayah to be sort of a supporting actor in other people's stories, and I find that those sorts of hooks work really well for introducing him into people's RP without taking it over. It's also nice in that I've been able to use those hooks to meet a bunch of new RPers on Balmung who have wanted to RP but didn't know anyone. If I see someone by themselves with a RP tag on, or walking around, I'll typically at least "/em studies blah blah curiously" them (and often send them a /tell) to see if I can draw them into something.
The weird thing is that, despite my being a total introvert, C'kayah's turned into kind of a social butterfly with this. The payoff, of course, is more RP than I can eat. The downside, on the other hand, is that I've gone from level 34 1/2 to level 34 2/3 in the last week of heavy game play because of this.Â
