Happy-Sqweb

So my character is basically like, in the baby stages of development hahah. No idea what I'm doing yet and probably won't until I've levelled more and done the story a bit. However there was one thing that's crossing my mind. I like to play tanks since I like the idea of being a support character at the front line who protects those who need it. So ofc Paladins kit absolutely calls to me. Having moves that literally protect teammates with your body and stuff feels really supportive and like my character. However the lore, flavour and story of PLD is super dry imo. This is I wanted to roleplay as a Dark Knight, I love the story, the lore, the personality of the class, but it's kit doesn't feel the same to me. I know it have TBN but compared to Cover and PoA it doesn't feel as... involved(??) I think is the word I'm looking for. So I was wondering what others do when things like this arise for themselves? Do you have separate classes for roleplay vs dungeons? Do you ever just take a whole class but say you're another? How would you feel if you started RP with someone who very obviously had Paladin abilities and a broadsword but described themselves as a Dark Knight with a greatsword? I'm very new to this, I'm more used to d&d where it's all in the head so you can change and reflavour as much as you like. Just looking for some other perspectives since I'm starting to think about it a bit too much hahah. Thanks for all or any replies!

Thank you both! I appreciate the warm welcomes! I'm definitely excited to be part of this community.

Hi everyone! I'm very new to this whole thing! I've just started my character again and I've been wanting to try to for a while but I have major confidence issues and had friends that used to mock stuff like this a lot which made it hard for me to get into. I'm no longer friends with them, including the guy who got me into FFXIV so I thought I'd make a post! I've been playing FFXIV for quite a few years, I've always rushed the story or story skipped to get to my ex-friends level and never really got to enjoy the game as much as I would have liked, even though I love the game and the world. I recently decided to get back into the game and take it very slowly, I'm going to enjoy the story and experience parts of the game I wanted to from the beginning! That means RP too! I'm only like, level 5 or so and I'm already enjoying it way more than I had been before. I'm on Balmung! I haven't quite got my characters backstory down yet but it's a WIP. My character: He is a Hyur Ishgardian. He doesn't remember much about his past, he sometimes gets flashes of memories and moments of PTSD like moments that remind him of his former life. All he knows is that he was kicked out from Ishgard for some reason, as when he approaches the gates he is always turned away and referred to as a Blackguard. Instead of feeling disgraced of his title, he remembers feeling a weird sense of saddening pride from it so he dons it as a moniker. He finds himself being pulled towards wanting to learn dark magic and the dark arts and, although he spends his current days working as a marauder, it's something he likes to study and mess with in his spare time. I'm trying to make him as little of a Mary Sue as possible but I do love a bit of dark flare haha. Also love the DRK class but need to have something here until I unlock it hahaha. Also I know amnesia is a bit over done but I think having a foggy memory will help me as I learn more of the lore and such. Makes my character a bit flexible. Thank you all who read this I appreciate it a lot! I'm really REALLY new to this so I appreciate that this community is so patient and kind. I live in UK so I'm in the BST time zone but I work nights so my online hours vary haha.