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I'm not super experienced in the whole roleplaying scene, particularly in games, but I'm planning on trying it out. I have quite a few OCs with meticulously planned backstories, and I'm going to write up AU versions of a couple of them for RP where they aren't WoLs/Azem, etc. I wanted to ask a couple questions about how people go about doing this and what's generally accepted among the community. Is it alright to have characters in romantic relationships with NPCs? Can you have a character whose Ancient counterpart was Azem, or another person of importance, or is that treated similarly to "everyone can't be the WoL"? Is there anything in particular you would avoid? Anything to think about specifically? Feel free to share stories about how you came up with RP versions of your characters, I'd love to hear them!

Hello everyone! Hope you guys are fine and all doing well. Really excited and nervous to be here. I've always wanted to start RPing but, never had the guts to do it. I've been playing FFXIV for a couple of years now and have a bit of experience with table-tops. However, I am quite newbie on my RP adventures. I am constantly overthinking the background of my character and never take any action. But now I quite eager to start RPing and making friends. Please let me know if you have any advice from where to start. I am from the Primal DC so I am not sure if the RPC is big here. Thank you very much for the tips. See ya

Hello all! As a long time fan of Final Fantasy, I've been trying to get into FFXIV on and off for the past few years now, but now the game is really clicking for me, and now I really want to get involved with the community here, and start meeting people. I don't actually have much experience roleplaying other than a little D&D (unless improv comedy counts, lol), but it's something that always seemed fun to me, and I've wanted to try for a long time now. Sadly, since my social anxiety unfortunately is present in game too, starting walk up RP has proven to be very difficult for me, so making connections over forums like this one seems to be a good alternative. I've actually joined a few FFXIV discord servers, so I guess now all that's left is to start reaching out! My character is named J'bahn Tia on Mateus. I'm still working on a carrd, but I hope to have more information to post to making connections soon. I'm looking forward to start meeting people!

Hey there folks! I've been meaning to take the plunge and dive into trying in-game RP for a while now to escape the typical everyday grind, and after finally being able to make a character on a server and Data Centre that actually has a heck of a community for it. Dragged myself through the first half of the base game, and now I'm trying to find a place to settle. Made myself a somewhat hapless Lominsan Lalafell Arcanist-turned-unlikely-Scholar with a backstory I'm still hammering the finer details out on as of now (AKA: Actually writing things down and collating them into something that anyone could read). Just trying to filter out all the bits and pieces that just don't make sense lore-wise, while trying out new and fresh tangents that're hopefully intriguing enough to develop further. Everything was looking good... Up until the moment I realized I had no idea where to even begin in-game! I've had some experience with writing character stories, and quite a bit of experience of long-form writing via Discord and my own personal notes (read: D&D characters that'll never see the light of day), but how exactly does one transfer the skill to write expansive text dumps into an environment that doesn't quite accommodate 5+ paragraphs in a short amount of time? Also! Etiquette: I haven't the foggiest idea of where to begin when it comes to all the typical shorthand I've seen in character's search info (although, I'm slowly picking it up... Slowly) in-game events and the like, and I really, really don't want to make a complete twit of myself in front of a bunch of people. I've just been skirting around most pop-up events I've found so far just to focus on my levelling and unlocking more of the world. Finally... The community itself, and where to look for what kind of event since I'm curious about literally everything that can be done. I'm kind of worried about approaching big roleplay-centric FCs due to the overall lack of experience, but I'm even kinda skittish about even asking in most solo situations since I feel like I might be interrupting something (RP tag on or not)... Suppose it's a weird iteration of stage fright, sans the stage? All in all... I hope I can find a little niche and whip up one good story for in-game, and hopefully many more - both in-game and outside of it - as well! P.S: Thanks for putting up with the wall of text!

Hello and greetings! I am a new player to Final Fantasy XIV and I wanted to try the game as I have tried a lot of MMORPGs throughout my life (Aion, Tibia, Flyff, Perfect World, Lineage 2, GW2 etc) and it's been a long time ago that I have found a good game. Recently I don't know why I started getting a lot of notifications and news about FF returning from a game that was doomed and don't know what and recently with their updates and stuff. And then I also have been interested in role playing because of D&D and the show Critical Role that made be interested in role playing and last year and up to the beginning of this year I found a group of D&D here in my town so we started playing (i was also DMing while being my first time lol). But because of everything that is happening in the world we stopped playing together (also I think they lost interest in it unfortunately). Then, I recently thought of trying to role play in MMOs which after watching that there is a way to RP in GTA I thought what if there was a way to RP in MMOs. And after researching from all the MMOs that might have RP available the only one that I thought that would be good and also that I haven't tried the game. So I decided to try it and right now I'm playing with a Trial account until level 60 (at writing this I'm Level 22) and I'm looking for an RP guild(?) I dont know if guilds are in this game or they're called FC? But I would like someone to introduce me in RP inside the game, and also to learn more about it because I have been trying to find a game that I can play for a while besides single player games and I liked to role play but unfortunately I haven't found any game or place to do it. My character name is Rael Nailo and I have a bit of a story that I want to do but I don't have a lot of background story or anything. The only thing that I have is that my character is looking for knowledge of the world and be a sort of historian (so I wanted to be Scholar) but everything can change in his travels (kind of me trying different classes and see which one I like the most). The race is Elezen from the clan Wildwood and follows the deity/guardian Thaliak that is the Scholar. I hope I can find somewhere that I can role play and join a good community. Thank you

Hello all! I found the RPC through a Reddit post describing how to get started role-playing in Final Fantasy XIV. I'm excited to have found this community as I've been interested in RPing for some time now. I have not RP'd anywhere before. I've been researching how to get into it, how to conduct myself, and how to get the best out of the experience. And, even though I'm shy with strangers at first (OOC, specifically), I know I have to jump right in to get started. First, a not-so-brief history of my MMO journey, starting with Final Fantasy XI. My primary job(s) were WHM and BLM. I would normally party up as BLM, leveraging WHM as a primary source of income selling teleports. My character was a female Tarutaru, and it would be the last time I ever played a TaruTaru-like character; I may be slightly prejudiced against Lalafels IC, I'm working on it. When I started playing WoW, I fell heavy into tanking and healing. I played a Priest on and off but stuck mostly to my male Blood Elf Paladin. WoW is where I last played a male character, finding that I was drawn more to female characters in MMOs and role-playing games in general (when given the option). I then spent a lot of time in RIFT, eventually finding a progression raiding guild where I would main and off-tank for my primary DKP, healing in whatever spare time I could find. Life had eventually lead me to TERA. In TERA, I primarily healed as the Mystic class was quite challenging which drew me in immediately. I lied, I played an Elin in TERA as one of my characters. However, I see Elin-type characters vastly different than TaruTaru/Lalafel types. Ask me why and I hope I can make it make sense to you. Fast forward through some terrible decisions like Conan, KOTOR, revisiting both WoW and RIFT, I eventually found FFXIV. Now, I originally played in Beta and don’t remember a thing about it. It wasn’t until a few years later when Heavensward was released that I returned to an all-new game. I had played on and off since then, most recently returning for what I hope to be the long-hull. I moved my way through Stormboold as a BLM which was fun but ended up reaching end-game content as a Paladin. Though I have zero role-playing experience, a specific series of events lead me here. Upon reaching Shadowbringers, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to experience the content as a new entity. I originally transformed my character into a Viera, though for reasons known only to me, I very quickly transformed back to a Miqo’te. It was this final transformation that I seemingly fell in love with my character. She’s perfect. I can’t put my finger on it, but everything about her is perfect to me. She inspired me to begin drawing; I have been drawing consistently for weeks now. She brings out a whole different side of me when I play. This then lead me to discover that I want to be her in the game and breathe life into her soul. I have recently re-named her to a more suitable moniker: M’crises Rahz. I have crafted a background for her and have noted her personality traits as well. I have even started recording her military history, though this part takes some time to get places and events just right. Once I have confidence in her overall being, I would be happy to share it with you all! If you’re still reading along with me at this point, I thank you. I don’t know how heavy I want to participate in RP yet, but I am looking for a Free Company that is welcoming and inviting of the lifestyle, judgment-free. Thank you for allowing me to say a little about myself and I hope to meet many of you as I move along in my journey! -Crises

MMORPG background: I've played a lot of MMORPGs before and owned FFXIV since Stormblood. Though I've only gotten really into FFXIV about when the Shadowbringers expansion released. RP experience: Absolutely none, I really want to get into FFXIV RP since it seems fun. Character ideas/info: My character's name is Hifumi Kanno, she is a 27 year old auri Xaela born on the Steppe. However she was homeless on the streets of Kugane for a few years as a child until a caring family took her in. Outside of her interest in Black Magic and Alchemy, she has a very poor memory and often writes things down in a small pocket book. She does have some abandonment issues but tends to keep those to herself. Hifumi also has a strong desire to return to the steppe and explore her birthplace. Personality wise I haven't really fleshed that part of her out yet, but I was thinking of her having a mature and serious vibe, but with a small childish side that she tends to hide infront of people. Looks wise she has dark grey hair with light green highlights, heterochromatic eyes (left is purple while the right is green) with light green limbal rings. She also loves her green lily corsage and never leaves it behind. As for her height she's approximately 5'2''/147.5cm tall with a slim body type. How did you learn about the coalition? When I was googling about FFXIV RP What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? I want to be a medium (maybe heavy?) RPer, however I'll need to get into the groove of RPing. I was thinking about getting into Yakuza/Far Eastern related RP. I still do want to go around doing content since she's my second character on Shadowbringers (I have another character on Jenova who In use to mainly do the latest content). Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? I'm currently in college (starting my junior year at the end of the month), so when my classes start up I'll have to be on less due to those restrictions. I also have a lot of irl friends who going to start playing FFXIV after 5.3 drops, so I'll be switching a lot between Mateus and Diablos due to that. I'm also very interested/invested in Auri lore and love to read up on those kinds of things. Also feel free to add me on Steam (Shikine "Dorothy Jill" Kang) or on Discord (Shikine Kang#2771) if you're interested!