(04-13-2015, 03:41 PM)cuideag Wrote:(04-13-2015, 03:00 PM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: It's better to judge a character by their execution than by their qualities, I say. Now, if someone makes a big fuss about their character's age/appearance/wealth/influence/power in roleplay, those are the sorts I look out for. They're the ones that don't strike me as team players.
This, I think, is very very good advice.
I can definitely understand the frustration with the 16 year old magical prodigies that have mastered every single martial and magical combat skill known to man while also being an excellent cook, skilled alchemist, and isn't completely socially cripple somehow from all the studying they had to be doing. 9 times out of 10, it's led to some pretty awful RP.
That said, I've seen some character concepts that for 99% of all RPers would result in ludicrously awful, mary-sue-level, crap storytelling times get pulled off extremely well in the hands of people who knew how to spin a narrative in the right way. Then there are folks RPing pretty unique character concepts that fall flat because the player doesn't really know how to execute them well.
Barring someone breaking the lore, I tend to give most people a shot just to see how their RP turns out and then make my decisions after.
