Any of these character types out there for RP?

[Yuria]

A mime would be an intereting class to RP since I'm trying to get my character know alll the class

[Chakha Malqir]

I have a character design *very* deeply rooted in the lore of the game.

 

To summarize:

 

Virgil is a young Arcanist wise far beyond his years, entranced with the study of all forms of magic and ultimately become a scholar. When the Arcanist Guildmaster disappeared, Virgil set off on a journey to find his mentor and bring him back to Limsa Lominsa. He is a halfbreed between the two Miqo'te tribes, but doesn't think speaking about that is relevant.

 

--

 

If you would be interested in roleplaying, I'll be on the Balmung server. Hope to see you there!

[Trigonxv]

While I will not be a villain per say (but that can be subject to change based on views and what goes down in rp ) I have created an anti-hero http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3786  so if anybody needs a villain, someone who is at least antagonistic or create tension during an rp plot I am more than game to do so. Look forward to playing with you all .

[faceman7381]

I have a character design *very* deeply rooted in the lore of the game.

 

To summarize:

 

Virgil is a young Arcanist wise far beyond his years, entranced with the study of all forms of magic and ultimately become a scholar. When the Arcanist Guildmaster disappeared, Virgil set off on a journey to find his mentor and bring him back to Limsa Lominsa. He is a halfbreed between the two Miqo'te tribes, but doesn't think speaking about that is relevant.

 

--

 

If you would be interested in roleplaying, I'll be on the Balmung server. Hope to see you there!

Hey this sounds great!  Maybe we will catch each other in game!  Be looking for me and I will do the same for you!

 

Konner

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While I will not be a villain per say (but that can be subject to change based on views and what goes down in rp ) I have created an anti-hero htt://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3786  so if anybody needs a villain, someone who is at lesion one who agonistic or create tension during an rp plot I am more than game to do so. Look forward to playing with you all .

Hey!  Wow I read your idea and man it is great!  I made a thread along time ago entitled PC Villains.  I would love to work with you and maybe even habe an in for you to come in contact with myself and the crew I run with!  We have waited along time to find someone who could pop in and out and give us trouble.  Maybe you are that guy?

[SadPandaLulu]

I'm new to this forum, didn't even know it existed until I met Alothia on the FFXIV forums, so hello!

 

I don't currently have any villains, I have a jaded healer and that's about it.

 

However years back when Neverwinter Nights (the original folks) was out, I played on a dedicated Dragonlance server that was custom build and maintained that lore.  I ended up playing a character that every other player managed to depise, she was Archmage of the Black Robes which took a ton of RP to get to and an in-game vote from all the respective mages.  

 

I utterly loved that character as she had so much depth, the only problem I usually foresee with villains is they need to have:

 

1. A group of people willing to recognise them as powerful/problematic

2. A group of people willing to let them get away with some villainous activities

3. Time to establish themselves as notorious

4. And a person who's prepared to be oocly hated by players who are new to roleplay.

 

If I knew that folks were down for that type of villain again, I could certainly develop one, but I would need time to establish him/her before really launching into any huge plots etc.

 

...Although I quite like the idea of a cult (as mentioned on the first page), start off with one individual and then expand so you end up with a lead villain and multiple other notorious figures; that would take some work to set up though.

[Lizzo]

Stumbled upon this thread - and instantly saw VILLAIN!

 

Villains, those guys who you love to hate. Well currently I have Gioluchi Zaluchi, a cold, calculating Lala mobster who has killed his way to the top and has now cut a slice of Ul'dah for himself.

 

I also would love to find people to create the stereotypical anime lawless group of nomadic evil mercenaries, each specializing in their own unique way of killing. (Already made a group myself for fun with the character creator). Would definitely take a roll if a group like this was made.

[faceman7381]

I'm new to this forum, didn't even know it existed until I met Alothia on the FFXIV forums, so hello!

 

I don't currently have any villains, I have a jaded healer and that's about it.

 

However years back when Neverwinter Nights (the original folks) was out, I played on a dedicated Dragonlance server that was custom build and maintained that lore.  I ended up playing a character that every other player managed to depise, she was Archmage of the Black Robes which took a ton of RP to get to and an in-game vote from all the respective mages.  

 

I utterly loved that character as she had so much depth, the only problem I usually foresee with villains is they need to have:

 

1. A group of people willing to recognise them as powerful/problematic

2. A group of people willing to let them get away with some villainous activities

3. Time to establish themselves as notorious

4. And a person who's prepared to be oocly hated by players who are new to roleplay.

 

If I knew that folks were down for that type of villain again, I could certainly develop one, but I would need time to establish him/her before really launching into any huge plots etc.

 

...Although I quite like the idea of a cult (as mentioned on the first page), start off with one individual and then expand so you end up with a lead villain and multiple other notorious figures; that would take some work to set up though.

 Hey!  Welcome to the RPC and super honored that you made this thread your first post!  Thank you very much for that!

 

If you have any questions about the RPC just ask me or anyone else here.  Many are very welcoming and helpful!

 

About your character idea that you may port over.....in a word...YES!

 

I have been there and done that on swg and loved loved loved it! 

 

The three things listed above do need to happen, but if you have an honest, open discussion with those wanting to RP with you as this character ooc in forums like this, it will not be a problem.  Not everyone will recognize you as a super villain, but do not worry about them.  Find the group of people that will! 

 

Start with me!   Ask LandStander too!  Yes, these things would take sometime to establish, but as you have seen elsewhere, the pay off is HUGE! 

 

DO THIS!  START NOW!  DON'T WAIT!  GO FORWARD!  MOVE AHEAD!  WHIP IT GOOD!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo

 

Now, move away from this screen and do it!

 

P.S.:  Let's talk about this too :0

Stumbled upon this thread - and instantly saw VILLAIN!

 

Villains, those guys who you love to hate. Well currently I have Gioluchi Zaluchi, a cold, calculating Lala mobster who has killed his way to the top and has now cut a slice of Ul'dah for himself.

 

I also would love to find people to create the stereotypical anime lawless group of nomadic evil mercenaries, each specializing in their own unique way of killing. (Already made a group myself for fun with the character creator). Would definitely take a roll if a group like this was made.

 

Lizzo!  I have loved your avatar from the first day I saw it!  How classic.  Takes me back to NES.  Had to have that Black Mage to do what you needed to do in FF1.

 

My friend, you HAVE to go forward with this idea!  Good gods when I read your post my mind raced with all those anime type groups that harass and do bad things while being cool at it.  The first thing I thought of was the Warlords from Ronin Warriors!

 

 

Anubis is and always will be my favorite anime character!  Dais is just way toooo cool to even put into words!

 

This would be sooooo awesome!  Please do this!  Good gods they would be the perfect fit to go against The Seven!  It would be over the top anime good times for all!

 

DO IT!

 

Let me know!

[Hali]

I'm kind of tossing the idea around of Corelyn having been a Garlean defector, but I'm not so sure yet. I'm largely still doing a lot of research on Hydaelyn lore and such.

 

She's somewhat like the sage character, though, in that she's always experimenting with glyphs and runes and such with her arcanima and... they don't always turn out how she expects.

[Goodeburger]

I'm new to this forum, didn't even know it existed until I met Alothia on the FFXIV forums, so hello!

 

I don't currently have any villains, I have a jaded healer and that's about it.

 

However years back when Neverwinter Nights (the original folks) was out, I played on a dedicated Dragonlance server that was custom build and maintained that lore.  I ended up playing a character that every other player managed to depise, she was Archmage of the Black Robes which took a ton of RP to get to and an in-game vote from all the respective mages.  

 

I utterly loved that character as she had so much depth, the only problem I usually foresee with villains is they need to have:

 

1. A group of people willing to recognise them as powerful/problematic

2. A group of people willing to let them get away with some villainous activities

3. Time to establish themselves as notorious

4. And a person who's prepared to be oocly hated by players who are new to roleplay.

 

If I knew that folks were down for that type of villain again, I could certainly develop one, but I would need time to establish him/her before really launching into any huge plots etc.

 

...Although I quite like the idea of a cult (as mentioned on the first page), start off with one individual and then expand so you end up with a lead villain and multiple other notorious figures; that would take some work to set up though.

That sounds like a wonderful character. I'm sure my character's would've loved to despise her or even join her if the cards were in their favour! You're write about those four points though. Villains are just pickpockets need time to establish before they are recognised by the RP world as evil or just a no-do-gooder.

[faceman7381]

I'm kind of tossing the idea around of Corelyn having been a Garlean defector, but I'm not so sure yet. I'm largely still doing a lot of research on Hydaelyn lore and such.

 

She's somewhat like the sage character, though, in that she's always experimenting with glyphs and runes and such with her arcanima and... they don't always turn out how she expects.

 

Really like the idea of making the Tellah idea a bit your own and having those experiments maybe turn out not so well.  Adds a comic quirk to your character and reminds me of old Doc Brown:

 

 

 

Gotta love his zany ways!  Kinda like Tellah I guess in that way!

 

I say go forward with this all the way!

 

Also, yes I do hope the defector tag will be picked up by somebody here and ran with.  I REALLY want to meet someone like that in game.  That would have such great RP arcs to play off of!

 

On a side note, thanks to everyone for really making this thread explode!  It is nice to see creative minds (no, not me, you guys!) getting energized and letting ideas poor out of themselves!  I hope we have more threads like this in the future to really welcome creativity here!

 

 

 

Again, thanks all of you!  Let's keep this going!

 

Konner

[Hali]

I'm kind of tossing the idea around of Corelyn having been a Garlean defector, but I'm not so sure yet. I'm largely still doing a lot of research on Hydaelyn lore and such.

 

She's somewhat like the sage character, though, in that she's always experimenting with glyphs and runes and such with her arcanima and... they don't always turn out how she expects.

 

Really like the idea of making the Tellah idea a bit your own and having those experiments maybe turn out not so well.  Adds a comic quirk to your character and reminds me of old Doc Brown:

 

 

 

Gotta love his zany ways!  Kinda like Tellah I guess in that way!

 

I say go forward with this all the way!

 

Also, yes I do hope the defector tag will be picked up by somebody here and ran with.  I REALLY want to meet someone like that in game.  That would have such great RP arcs to play off of!

 

On a side note, thanks to everyone for really making this thread explode!  It is nice to see creative minds (no, not me, you guys!) getting energized and letting ideas poor out of themselves!  I hope we have more threads like this in the future to really welcome creativity here!

 

 

 

Again, thanks all of you!  Let's keep this going!

 

Konner

 

Indeed. I can see a lot of good RP with Garlean conflict overtones. Especially if Magitek/gunblades become available for use eventually. I've considered chalking her physical weakness up to magitek implants that she refuses to keep active for fear of being discovered/outed/etc, or just general disdain for Garlemald after some sort of altercation that led to her seeking asylum in Eorzea (namely Limsa Lominsa) in an attempt to remake herself and pursue her love and interests in arcanima.

 

really making this thread explode!

 

...wasn't me. This time.

[V'sato]

A villain huh? As good as an idea as that sounds it also sounds like it would be quite difficult. Then again my sorely limited knowledge of RP could be getting the best of me here and I could be completely wrong. It sounds like it could be really fun though!

[LandStander]

 

My friend, you HAVE to go forward with this idea!  Good gods when I read your post my mind raced with all those anime type groups that harass and do bad things while being cool at it.  The first thing I thought of was the Warlords from Ronin Warriors!

 

 

 

 

Ah, god. Ronin Warriors . This might have been my first experience with anime. I remember my brothers and I all bought the toys and they had all those removal pieces of armor. Of course we eventually lost them all, but I still have Cye action figure. They had springs as limbs for some odd reason. I am keeping it to hand down to my one day children :3

 

Edit:

 

This guy on Ebay is selling it for about $150...I really wish I still had the armor pieces now

[faceman7381]

A villain huh? As good as an idea as that sounds it also sounds like it would be quite difficult. Then again my sorely limited knowledge of RP could be getting the best of me here and I could be completely wrong. It sounds like it could be really fun though!

 

 

 

 

Brother you ain't been good until you have been good at being bad!

 

 

Why don't you tell us what you are thinking about?  Maybe LandStander and/or Lizzos ideas there sound good to you?

 

 Love to hear your ideas!

[V'sato]

A villain huh? As good as an idea as that sounds it also sounds like it would be quite difficult. Then again my sorely limited knowledge of RP could be getting the best of me here and I could be completely wrong. It sounds like it could be really fun though!

 

 

 

 

Brother you ain't been good until you have been good at being bad!

 

 

Why don't you tell us what you are thinking about?  Maybe LandStander and/or Lizzos ideas there sound good to you?

 

 Love to hear your ideas!

 

 

I like LandStander's idea about a group of villains or a cult of bad people but I think it might be more suited to a gang or group mentality. And I enjoy Lizzo's idea as well I think it still fits better with a group. Not that either of these are bad ideas at all, I actually like the idea of conspiring to make a small group of villains like Landstander mentioned, but I think if you're going to have the one bad guy it would be literally one guy or girl. They would be the person who silences a room when their name is brought up. 70% of the population could hate the person but the other 30% sure wouldn't want to be associated with them. Personally I like the idea of it begin this person and then the people who follow them. It could be out of blind loyalty, fear, or any number of things. They would be the baddest of the bad. The one even the bad guys don't want to be around.

 

At least this is how I always thought of the perfect villain.:blush:

[Hali]

Cults and such are actually not very hard to start up RP-wise, especially if you keep them on the down-low and come up with good ideas to keep them subtle and difficult to notice.

 

I'm currently, before release, finishing up a MASSIVE storyline on WoW of a bunch of demon-tainted druids led by one ancient evil. Why has Azeroth at large not known of this threat until it finally started attacking the world at large?

 

"The veil of absurdity" as it's been called. The cultists spread rumours of a thing called "Dogelf" - a being whose very existence sounded so obnoxiously uncreative as to be unbelievable - though the Hound of Nightmare, an ancient Druid of Goldrinn, stuck halfway between wolfform and having forsaken his former druidic ways for a twisted, demonic version between Nightmare magic and fel (demonic) magic, is very real. Most of the storyline was actually several characters who HAD run into his traps and tricks attempting to prove his existence, but now he's corrupted various members of the RP guild, and one of the most powerful druids they employ has been taken. The final battle's coming up soon. =-3

 

Really, it had some solid basis in lore, but only enough to explain his existence and power. Farther than that, it's entirely been RP. Best part is, it all started from a joke I started when we were running around as a trio of hyperactive goblins hellbent on "smashing" things. Good times.

 

Goes to show you, though, you can make a villain or even a massive organization of them out of thin air. The world at large can be ignorant of it, in denial of its existence, or they could simply have their hands tied. However, you can always say that some small groups of nameless NPCs from certain groups or factions come to fight without bending or breaking lore too terribly. 

It's all in the backstory!

[F'ibril Nuhn]

Shocking to myself, I had not even thought about things like this while I sit here thinking on my character. I am more used to RP communities in MMOs being much more strict on things... it is heart warming to see more creativity sparking and being welcomed. I'm gonna have to think hard on my char but perhaps he will be the one to journey down the Mime path...

[Salty Lake]

The Extremist:

 

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/248/8/8/kefka_del_final_fantasy_by_yamilmiyo-d48xpm7.jpg[/img]

 

Let's be honest, we need a BAD GUY.  Yes, the idea has been discussed.  Yes you would alienate yourself from a lot of the population.  Some of us, myself included, have played the role and know how rewarding it can be when 70% + of a server hates you for good reasons.  It's hard to be bad, but it is fun.  This is Final Fantasy.  That means great stories.  Yes, we have the Empire.  We need a PC villain to get that extra RP mile out of the experience.  No, you don't have to kill us, disfigure us, or always win or loose.  It can work, if some of us (which is why I am asking here), work to make it work!

 

Does 70% of the server hate you or your character? Or not distinguish between the two?

 

Waaaay back when I did Dragonriders of Pern play-by-email RP, I loved playing villains and annoying characters, but a lot of other players had trouble distinguishing OCC and IC and took it personal when my character was an asshole. Does that happen in MMO RPG?

[Hali]

Shocking to myself, I had not even thought about things like this while I sit here thinking on my character. I am more used to RP communities in MMOs being much more strict on things... it is heart warming to see more creativity sparking and being welcomed. I'm gonna have to think hard on my char but perhaps he will be the one to journey down the Mime path...

 

This, exactly. I am so used to the lore hounds of WoW. There is just so much of it, and people expect you to keep to it with such a vengeance, it's a tough and very cliquey RP community nowadays. This is giving me a LOT of hope for FFXIV RP. And to think a friend of mine was convinced that there would be none!

 

Now if only Squeenix would tie in some Al Bhed references... E fyhd yh eqlica du cbayg ed eh-lynyldan... ;

[faceman7381]

Shocking to myself, I had not even thought about things like this while I sit here thinking on my character. I am more used to RP communities in MMOs being much more strict on things... it is heart warming to see more creativity sparking and being welcomed. I'm gonna have to think hard on my char but perhaps he will be the one to journey down the Mime path...

 

Wow, this this this!  This was idea in creating this thread.  It is really a place to say hey, this is Final Fantasy.  We have a rich history to draw on here to help create from!

 

It was not easy for me at first during 1.0 coming on here and saying I was going to play a samurai.  However, as the community has grown, there have been people here that have come into the fold who have been very welcoming of the ideas of looking into the history of Final Fantasy and traditional RP character styles for aid in fleshing out their characters.

 

I made this thread to help show that you are welcome here and you do have a place!  There is more to fostering a good community then just saying 'welcome to the RPC, choose a server and jump in!'

 

As far as going down the Mime path....YES!  It would be one of the coolest things to RP play in game.  That is to use the game to actually RP it like a Mime in game.  There are many ways to pull it off, and there are many people here smarter then me to come up with the best ways to do it!

 

It is just like playing samurai for me.  Yeah, I am giving up the shield and going only sword as gladiator until the actual job gets in game.  I know that gets me bumped off the end game list for just about any raiding party, but hey, this is a game.  I give it up willing because RP is the what I love the most. 

 

That being said, nothing wrong with someone else who wants to pick up the shield and play as a samurai too.  If it makes you happy and is not hurting anyone else, do it. 

 

I would love to hear you ideas for how to tackle Mime!

 

The Extremist:

 

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/248/8/8/kefka_del_final_fantasy_by_yamilmiyo-d48xpm7.jpg[/img]

 

Let's be honest, we need a BAD GUY.  Yes, the idea has been discussed.  Yes you would alienate yourself from a lot of the population.  Some of us, myself included, have played the role and know how rewarding it can be when 70% + of a server hates you for good reasons.  It's hard to be bad, but it is fun.  This is Final Fantasy.  That means great stories.  Yes, we have the Empire.  We need a PC villain to get that extra RP mile out of the experience.  No, you don't have to kill us, disfigure us, or always win or loose.  It can work, if some of us (which is why I am asking here), work to make it work!

 

Does 70% of the server hate you or your character?  Or not distinguish between the two?

 

Waaaay back when I did Dragonriders of Pern play-by-email RP, I loved playing villains and annoying characters, but a lot of other players had trouble distinguishing OCC and IC and took it personal when my character was an asshole.    Does that happen in MMO RPG?

 

In a word.......yes.  I did it, and many have probs being different to you ooc and icc.  Also, not everyone icc will recognize you as some great, semi-powerful villain.  Just like in choosing a linkshell, it is best to find a group of people to see you as a icc bad dude and not the same ooc.  Also, they will help build up your rep as a villain by RPing you as someone who is not a nice person and not to be messed with.

 

It is all about finding the right group if you want to go down this path.  I encourage you to do it if it is what you want to do and to seek the people who will allow you to be what you desire to be here to maximize your experience as your character!

[Hali]

Shocking to myself, I had not even thought about things like this while I sit here thinking on my character. I am more used to RP communities in MMOs being much more strict on things... it is heart warming to see more creativity sparking and being welcomed. I'm gonna have to think hard on my char but perhaps he will be the one to journey down the Mime path...

 

Wow, this this this!  This was idea in creating this thread.  It is really a place to say hey, this is Final Fantasy.  We have a rich history to draw on here to help create from!

 

It was not easy for me at first during 1.0 coming on here and saying I was going to play a samurai.  However, as the community has grown, there have been people here that have come into the fold who have been very welcoming of the ideas of looking into the history of Final Fantasy and traditional RP character styles for aid in fleshing out their characters.

 

I made this thread to help show that you are welcome here and you do have a place!  There is more to fostering a good community then just saying 'welcome to the RPC, choose a server and jump in!'

 

As far as going down the Mime path....YES!  It would be one of the coolest things to RP play in game.  That is to use the game to actually RP it like a Mime in game.  There are many ways to pull it off, and there are many people here smarter then me to come up with the best ways to do it!

 

It is just like playing samurai for me.  Yeah, I am giving up the shield and going only sword as gladiator until the actual job gets in game.  I know that gets me bumped off the end game list for just about any raiding party, but hey, this is a game.  I give it up willing because RP is the what I love the most. 

 

That being said, nothing wrong with someone else who wants to pick up the shield and play as a samurai too.  If it makes you happy and is not hurting anyone else, do it. 

 

I would love to hear you ideas for how to tackle Mime!

 

The Extremist:

 

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/248/8/8/kefka_del_final_fantasy_by_yamilmiyo-d48xpm7.jpg[/img]

 

Let's be honest, we need a BAD GUY.  Yes, the idea has been discussed.  Yes you would alienate yourself from a lot of the population.  Some of us, myself included, have played the role and know how rewarding it can be when 70% + of a server hates you for good reasons.  It's hard to be bad, but it is fun.  This is Final Fantasy.  That means great stories.  Yes, we have the Empire.  We need a PC villain to get that extra RP mile out of the experience.  No, you don't have to kill us, disfigure us, or always win or loose.  It can work, if some of us (which is why I am asking here), work to make it work!

 

Does 70% of the server hate you or your character?  Or not distinguish between the two?

 

Waaaay back when I did Dragonriders of Pern play-by-email RP, I loved playing villains and annoying characters, but a lot of other players had trouble distinguishing OCC and IC and took it personal when my character was an asshole.    Does that happen in MMO RPG?

 

In a word.......yes.  I did it, and many have probs being different to you ooc and icc.  Also, not everyone icc will recognize you as some great, semi-powerful villain.  Just like in choosing a linkshell, it is best to find a group of people to see you as a icc bad dude and not the same ooc.  Also, they will help build up your rep as a villain by RPing you as someone who is not a nice person and not to be messed with.

 

It is all about finding the right group if you want to go down this path.  I encourage you to do it if it is what you want to do and to seek the people who will allow you to be what you desire to be here to maximize your experience as your character!

 

Yeah, there are a whole lot of people, unfortunately, out there who just can't tell OOC from IC. They are... usually best avoided if incapable of understanding or seeing proper reason. I've wound up in tangles with MANY people like that in my years of WoW RP, sadly. However, you can't let a one or even a few people like that sour an experience overall. You get them everywhere. It may be me, but it also seems a bit more common an attitude on MMOs because of the inherent competitive nature of many activities, which can bring that out in even some more reserved people.

[faceman7381]

Now to keep this thread running and give a new idea to it:

 

Who can forget Gau?

 

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/112/4/0/FF6_characters__Gau__by_liline.jpg[/img]

 

I post this here to wonder if there are any beastboys out there.  Why you ask?  Read this class choice from S&S 3.5 Rule Set Sorcery and Steam Handbook:

 

Animal Lord:

 

"In a world of daring exploration and tragic loss, there are individuals born as a man and through incredible circumstances, raised as a creature of the wild.  Animal Lords are individuals raised under the watchful eyes of members of the animal kingdom, trained to survive in harsh wilderness, and exceeding the normal expectations of human physical potential but at the cost of their humanity."

 

(Page 37, Sorcery and Steam 3.5 Rule Book of the Legends and Lairs Series)

 

Now who does that sound like?!

 

http://animationarchive.net/Feature%20Films/Tarzan/Clipart/tarzan02[1].gif[/img]

 

Being that FF14 is most surely one part sorcery and one part steam, this seems to fit well.  Also, FF 14 seems to draw from FF 6 too a bunch.  Big Empire take over with use of technology, world catastrophe that spends the main story years ahead...all seems very similar! 

 

With the recent calamity, it does seem that there might have been entire villages burned down and children left to the wilderness.  It is possible Gau/Tarzan is out there somewhere.

 

So, any beast boys out there? 

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a356c1a9d4acf02635eb989d21d7c48f/tumblr_moj1ifDFyh1sokwkio1_400.jpg[/img]

 

Oooooooooooops!  No, not him....

 

 

Him! 

 

(God dang I love the 80s....Go on hate me.....you know Ah Ha was awesome...They sang the James Bond Theme in "The Living Day Lights".  I think a Beatle named Paul did that once too.  What does that say?  Yeah I know....Flock of Seagulls and Culture Club.....I get it...I am in a loosing argument.)

 

Anyways, fellow tree swingers, (oh man the puns we could do with that term)Come forth and be known to us!

[F'ibril Nuhn]

This thread makes me feel them feels. I've been through a ton of "guff" with Wow RP, Guild Wars RP, Aion RP, the list goes on and on and it can leave a person a little hopeless after a while. My wife and I have dealt with it so much that one of us would suggest something for RP and the other would dash it instantly with "Man you are going to get crap for that"

 

On Guild wars alone, we simply made a Norn/Human couple and not even having RPd for a full hour were getting messages about how they could not breed together and other such things. We've avoided many of the MMO RP communities since then as it just felt like people wanted you to conform to the game over letting your creativity shine within the world of a game. RP has never been about rules for me as much as it has been about imagination.

 

Anywho! With my Miqo'te I had been a bit stumped on where to go with his story as I was holding myself back, thinking he would need to be ONE class and that it needed to be part of his play. I had the issue back in FFXI of wanting to play every class and level it but always thinking placing it into my RP would be too much and it might be seen as Power Gaming/God Modding. Ah well.. KUPO IT!

 

Mime Idea:

There is one restriction that makes "Mime" impossible for total immersion and that would be the inability to swap jobs in combat. That is fine, for RP purposes one could still be a "Mime" but the way I thought of playing it would place it more like a "Strategist" or "Tactician" or as he might call himself an "Opportunist".

 

Minor Backstory for F'ibril: Pretty much he was living it up with his tribe among the Seekers of the Sun, where his brother was the Nuhn. His brother lived the simple life, all he had going for him was being the Nuhn of their tribe so even though Fib wanted to have more, be a Nuhn himself, have his family.. he did not want to challenge his brother and take away his happiness so when a few of the females convinced him to start his own tribe and become nomadic with them.. he was all for it! Changing his name to F'ibril Nuhn, he headed off with his small pack for adventure and fun.. Crash of Lightning and bad things happening, he wakes up scarred and broken in the care of a Roegadyn woman who found him near dead among all of his dead female companions. As she helped nurse him back to health, he felt a mix of shame and anger.. not willing to run back home with his tail between his legs and feeling compelled to find who did this and get revenge but he has no clue as to who did such a thing!

 

Fast forward some time and he has spent his time among the other races in the cities, watching people, learning what they do and over time has come to pick up their mannerisms, fighting styles, and mingle them together. He has no clue who his true enemy is and therefore no clue which is the best way to handle the situation so he mimics everything he sees, learns all he can, and tries to be the best at each discipline so that he can match any foe he comes across with the proper manner of defeating them! All while forming a non traditional tribe where his breeding females may not be miqo'te (tee hee)

 

So instead of being a Mime in the sense that he mimics what is done around him at the time it is done, he instead learns things he sees done and stores the knowledge, ready to use it when he needs it and adapt to situations his allies may need him to do.

 

-shuts up now-

[Hali]

This thread makes me feel them feels. I've been through a ton of "guff" with Wow RP, Guild Wars RP, Aion RP, the list goes on and on and it can leave a person a little hopeless after a while. My wife and I have dealt with it so much that one of us would suggest something for RP and the other would dash it instantly with "Man you are going to get crap for that"

 

On Guild wars alone, we simply made a Norn/Human couple and not even having RPd for a full hour were getting messages about how they could not breed together and other such things. We've avoided many of the MMO RP communities since then as it just felt like people wanted you to conform to the game over letting your creativity shine within the world of a game. RP has never been about rules for me as much as it has been about imagination.

 

Yeah. It got so bad to a point on WoW that our guild started cracking down on "questionable" RP elements that would draw ire from the lore-thumpers and closed-minded. It was disgusting. At one point, my engineer, also named Corelyn (she's the original - genius with Titan technology - she has an entire massive complex beneath Quel'thalas where she hides. It's taken her YEARS to construct and she's still building lots of it, ICly) built an android construct. It didn't have synthesized flesh or anything. It was, in all actuality, a robot with concealing armour so you couldn't tell -what- it was, though it had an elven frame so it could be subtle. I got guff not from other people, but from -my own guild- because they were afraid of what others would think. It's a sad state that RP has gotten to in WoW. The same happened with my Death Knight, who is really more a placeholder for an undead elven battlemage. But I can't say he's "not a Death Knight ICly" for whatever reason because people are paranoid about Death Knight RP.

 

...man, am I glad I am leaving WoW for this. This is WORLDS better by comparison thus far. It's so refreshing to see a community so open to ideas, speculation, and, best of all, roleplaying and imaginative freedom (because, really, isn't that what RP is ABOUT?)!

[Dravus]

As far as I see it true creativity is working within the confines of any given setting rather than indulging all sorts of strange gimmicks to make one's character concept stand out from everyone else's. I've found that whilst many role-players get a lot of criticism for alleged elitism chances are if multiple role-players are putting across similar concerns to one another there may very well be some questionable elements to one's character that may need to be addressed.

 

WoW has a pretty volatile community at the best of times, let alone alone when you add role-players to the mix...but usually when I saw people being hounded for their character concepts it was at least partially justified. I guess what I'm getting at is that criticism shouldn't just be brushed off as role-players being 'mean' or 'spiteful' if there's numerous competent and experienced role-players putting forth similar concerns.