Need help getting started

[Saint Jynr]

After hearing a friend talk about how he does RP in other games, I thought I could give it a shot as well. 

I've read some of the stuff in here made to help newcomers, and I play D&D with my friends so I know how to stay in character and how I should act while RPing. The thing is, that knowledge is useful AFTER I've already started RPing.

Now, my problem is, how do I get started? I'll list coiple of questions that hopefully will help explain my problem

 

1. I'm on Ultros. Is that a problem? 

I started playing the game about a year ago, and at that time I didnt even know RP was a thing. Looking now, there seems to be very little stuff concerning Ultros on this site, if anything at all since I personally didnt find it. I  think it might not be a problem since I can visit other worlds, but I cant join free companies there, and from my  point of view, a FC could be an easier way to get into RP. Changing my home world isnt super viable, because A) my country doesnt have its own datacenter so I have to play on the US one, and because of that, pay in dollars, which is too expensive to be justifiable. And B) I really, really dont want to go through the story again just to have access to every area.

 

2. What kind of character should I even make?

This is mostly a personal fear, but I will ask nonetheless. What I mean exactly is, I dont know what kind of characters I will meet, or what kind of activities I would take part in. I assume just a "generic adventurer who wants to adventure" would fit in most ocasions, but I do want write a more interesting backstory and motivations and whatnot. Again, this is mostly personal fear, and I know there isnt one definite solution to this, so I understand it can be dificult to give an answer to that question.

 

3. I made a character, now what?

This is where I'm really stuck on. As I said I'm on Ultros and there doesnt seem to be much action over here. Should I leave my current FC and look for one that focus on RP? Cause I assume that will help, but I dont know if its at all true. I saw that people will hold public RPing events, but that doesnt seem like a good enough place to get started. I'm not confortable with just walking up to a group of people and somehow try to talk to them, while they more than likely are already doing their own stuff

 

So, I think thats more or less it. Hope this can help me get started

[Faye]

Hello there, welcome to the RPC!

1) I'm not sure how many RPers there are on the Primal data center, but you may be able to find some here. You're probably fine to stay in your FC; any RP groups you find will probably have a CWLS or Discord server.

2) It's entirely up to you, I'd just recommend leaving out major MSQ events (unless your character played a very minor role), sticking to what is possible and plausible in the lore, and in general not making your character super strong. Otherwise, just go with what sounds fun to you and will be flexible and approachable!

3) Usually when there's a public RP event, the idea is for people to show up and meet, so there's really no reason to feel dissuaded from doing just that.

[DreamerPenelopi]

There are a lot of RPers on Primal, mostly in Hyperion but also spread throughout the other servers. I don't see many advertise here; the main posting venue is in various Discord channels. I can pm you some invite links if you'd like, Jynr.