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RP Help - Xeliph - 02-03-2018

I apologize if this is in the wrong spot. I don't know my way around this place very well.

I come here to ask for advice on how to transition well intoÂ FFXIV roleplayingÂ I've been roleplaying for a couple years, but it was always entirely text based where I could play multiple characters and do whatever is necessary to advance the plot. Obviously, I can't do this in FFXIV.

I've been rping with someone for about a week and a half now, and I can tell it's going to be stale soon. What can I do to make sure things stay fun? I know there's only so many times we can walk around the lavender beds/go to the beach/spend a day at the gold saucer.

To top it off, it's hard to find people who RP on my serverÂ (I'm sure they're there, I just don't know where to look,)Â and I'm unfamiliar with any "unwritten rules" that FFXIV roleplaying may or may not have.

Seeking any and all advice on how to improve my roleplaying, and how to keep roleplay sessions fresh. Also maybe a more experienced roleplayer to take me under their wing, so I have someone to PM all my stupid questions too.

RE: RP Help - Gegenji - 02-03-2018

(02-03-2018, 12:36 AM)Xeliph Wrote: I come here to ask for advice on how to transition well intoÂ FFXIV roleplayingÂ I've been roleplaying for a couple years, but it was always entirely text based where I could play multiple characters and do whatever is necessary to advance the plot. Obviously, I can't do this in FFXIV.

If it helps, you technically can do the bit I've underlined here. I know I've been in several RPs in FFXIV where someone (myself or another) described NPC characters that weren't actually there. From enemies to be fought to family to talk with over dinner! You don't actually need to have actual characters there as stand-ins, as long as you have imagination!

Or, if you need some help, you can actually party up and use the waymarkers to indicate where things are, as seen here:

[Image: NZoDgik.jpg]

In this scene, we were fighting a giant sand worm (started at A, then moved to B) that was attacking the caravan of drunken party-goers (at C)! We ended up beating it up and then going to a party that was full of (not-actually-there in-game) NPCs!

So really, you can pretty easily do whatever you did in just the straight-text based RP in FFXIV as well. It just might require the people you're RPing with to have to suspend their disbelief a bit more and be willing to interact with people/places/things that might not actually be there in-game.

Hope that helps!