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Post: 9556249_1 created on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:31:17 +0000
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Welcome to the Beginners Guide to Role Playing! Here is a place that beginners can learn valuable lessons in the art of roleplaying. In this sticky, there will be examples of how you can improve/refine your roleplaying skills. You may just learn something you did not know before. smile

This thread is by no means complete. Please see this post to see how you can help. smile

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Post: 9556249_2 created on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:32:24 +0000
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Basic Info

Roleplaying? What is it?
by Bartjj

Roleplaying is you playing a different person. Maybe you are a shy boy in real life, but in the game you are a brave knight who slays dragons and saves towns from dangerous monsters. It's easy, even very easy, as long as you got good imagination. But taking the first steps into the world of roleplaying can be hard sometimes, and that's where this guide can be helpful.

arrow Roleplaying is about to enhance your gaming experience. It's about making your gaian sessions richer and more enjoyable. It's like... enjoying an update without waiting for the team.

arrow Also remember that there is no right or wrong way to roleplay. It has always been an exercise of imagination and as long as you have some, you will do great.

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Making Characters

Many RPGs require you to fill out a character profile before you can start. A lot of role players already have these ready for the characters that they use most often, so we hope we can help you make your own!

Once you have made a profile or memorized some basic information about your character, you can start RPing without contradicting yourself all the time (did my character have brown or black hair?). As you play, your character can develop into a full-fledged personality that you can be comfortable playing in any situation. Good luck!

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How to Run an RPG

If you are planning to start an RPG, then plan to be the person who cares the most about keeping it going. If your RP has a Game Master, you're it! A GM starts an RPG and helps keep it going smoothly, sometimes with a little bit of help from the other role players. GM is the same as a Dungeon Master in D&D and may go by other names as well.

If you come across a term that you don't understand, please refer to this post. If the term is not in there, PM Penden or Seishin to ask what it means and she will answer and add it to the post for you.

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Literacy

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Races

There are many different 'races' used in RPGing that are generally the same wherever you go. You may want to know about these to help you create characters or even to help you make up your own race.

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Post: 9556249_9 created on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:46:20 +0000
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Thank You

Thank you very much to the people who posted in the old thread and answered questions. Your comments helped more than you know as we incorporated them into this guide.

How Can You Help?

There was a lot of spam in the last thread and that is why this one remains locked. However, you can PM us with suggestions and information and we will do our best to put it into this thread in a timely manner. Please check to make sure that the information you give us is not already in this thread.

You can help the forum further by running classes and answering people's questions in the OOC forum. You may use any thing from this guide to do that.

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