(04-08-2014, 09:46 PM)Ritual Wrote: Yeah I figured that if say someone is a overly moral person IRL then crafting a particularly immoral character and trying to RP as them would most likely lead to a conflict of interest within the RPer themselves. This just being an example.
Hmm, I think it depends on the person playing. I'm certainly very err. . .well, let's just say that I have several characters who I would absolutely loathe if I ever met them in person, who do things I wouldn't even contemplate. Yet I love playing them, because I feel it's challenging for me to do so, and I love making such characters believable enough that other players are conflicted over, love to hate, or love in spite of their behaviors. It's the same with books -- I tend to fall in love with characters who I would, in all likelihood, not be able to stand if they existed and I met them.
Of course, everyone has different levels of what makes rp fun. I once had a person tell me that I shouldn't play a certain character (she's definitely at the edge of my comfort zone, though I find her interesting to write) because it was morally wrong to do so -- but to each their own, says I!
