The lines are heavily blurred for me these days. I used to be very plot-driven, not taking much interest in bar-rp save for the purpose of icly picking up rumors. Though, at the time (5ish years ago) I was very much also a bit of a bubble-rper, and most notably not responsible for a guild, I was just me. And new. So very new. I absolutely loved it and without that experience I wouldn't have stuck to RP.Â
And whilst I still love and adore plot-driven stuff, after four years as a GM in two games, I am ah.. A bit exhausted, perhaps. That, and I find it very hard to do the kind of free-flowing plotting that I love so much, more often than not what I bump into around and about is "railroaded" RP, meaning RP that partly has a script - several things are pre-determined and influence from characters is pre-written in the shape of clues given to stragetically picked people at stragetic times. Granted, sometimes they're done so well that it takes me a while to realize what is going on, but regardless there's something about railroaded RP that turns me off. I like it when your characters actions can lead to inpredictable consequences, and where goals are not always reached in the desired way, if reached at all.Â
I have ideas, one currently where I'm still searching for someone to play a villain, abeit it's not looking great right now - getting them out there is difficult, and again I do not like to predetermine everything. To that end as well, I do not feel I can plot a whole lot with my main character because everything she does directly influences the company - and going on vendetta against her is not just her alone but also the people she leads as an extension.Â
So what I end up doing is more along the lines of slice of life, combined with your average day as a guildleader and an event-driven motivation if you can call it that. I really enjoy making larger events both for my FC and ones that are open to all.Â
All of my characters are non-fighters, and Nailah is almost a borderline anti-sue (I took the test) which I think is a reaction of my roleplay in the game before XIV where I played a (Lore-wise a-okay) overpowered magician and I think I just got really tired of that.Â
TL;DR: What do I prefer? A mix. I like freestyled plots, I also like visiting bars. What do I end up doing? Slice of life.
And whilst I still love and adore plot-driven stuff, after four years as a GM in two games, I am ah.. A bit exhausted, perhaps. That, and I find it very hard to do the kind of free-flowing plotting that I love so much, more often than not what I bump into around and about is "railroaded" RP, meaning RP that partly has a script - several things are pre-determined and influence from characters is pre-written in the shape of clues given to stragetically picked people at stragetic times. Granted, sometimes they're done so well that it takes me a while to realize what is going on, but regardless there's something about railroaded RP that turns me off. I like it when your characters actions can lead to inpredictable consequences, and where goals are not always reached in the desired way, if reached at all.Â
I have ideas, one currently where I'm still searching for someone to play a villain, abeit it's not looking great right now - getting them out there is difficult, and again I do not like to predetermine everything. To that end as well, I do not feel I can plot a whole lot with my main character because everything she does directly influences the company - and going on vendetta against her is not just her alone but also the people she leads as an extension.Â
So what I end up doing is more along the lines of slice of life, combined with your average day as a guildleader and an event-driven motivation if you can call it that. I really enjoy making larger events both for my FC and ones that are open to all.Â
All of my characters are non-fighters, and Nailah is almost a borderline anti-sue (I took the test) which I think is a reaction of my roleplay in the game before XIV where I played a (Lore-wise a-okay) overpowered magician and I think I just got really tired of that.Â
TL;DR: What do I prefer? A mix. I like freestyled plots, I also like visiting bars. What do I end up doing? Slice of life.
