Serael
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- Posted: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:17:28 +0000
Roleplaying Vocabulary
- Roleplay : To assume the role of. Example: I am roleplaying a knight. I am pretending to be a knight.
RP : An abbreviation of the word Roleplay. Example: I'm going to RP for a bit.
Profile : A character sheet depicting the qualities and information about a certain character such as name, gender, inventory, powers, etc. Example: Name: --- / Age: --- / Appearance: --- ...
Out-Of-Character : To talk out of one's role; to assume one's true role rather than one that is being roleplayed. Commonly is surrounding by symbols such as (()), [], and abbreviated as OOC. Example: ((Drat, my keyboard is a mess.))
IC : In Character (i.e. To resume the role I was rping as.)
God Moding : RPing IC, ignoring all rules of roleplay, making character a super-being who can't die.
Non-Playable Character : A character that isn't controlled by regular characters such as an innkeeper in a tavern or a guard at a gate. (i.e. Someone like Ian and Sasha. Sometimes a user that you're rping with will go into NPC mode. Reasons maybe he/she needs to go offline.) Example: The following are non-playable characters: Billy, Bob, the goblins, and the guards.
Storyline : Every RP has a story in it...read the first page of every RP you're going to participate in before jumping in.
Closed RP : A close RP means that it is restricted for ONLY the users that were invited. It's best not to disrupt other RPs that you're not involved with.
Open RP : An open RP means it's open to anyone.
RP Rules : Every RP made by different users has their own set of RP rules, please follow them to avoid embarassment.
Quest RP : These RPs are very committed. If you're not the 'serious' role player than this isn't recommended for you. The reason is a Quest RP goes on forever till something finally happens. These RPs are often organized by "serious" roleplayers who know their stuff.
School RP : A place for those that would enjoy a good educational RP. Class is in session!
Anime/Manga/Game RP : These RPs are mainly based on the series itself. For example: A thread was created called "Final Fantasy RP" and that means the RPers on that thread may RP in character as Cloud or Tidus or be original characters that they have made up RP with the FF characters.
Original Characters : (OCs) Some RPs will have users that have made their own character identity and name. Example: My username is Arwen but my RP character name is Charles. Charles is Arwen's character; Arwen likes chocolate icecream but Charles doesn't.
Stock Characters : These are characters that already exist in a television show, game, or manga that you adapt and use for your own role play.
Non-Player Characters : (NPCs) These are characters that play a secondary role in the RP. For instance, you have a character Samantha, and Samantha has a little sister. Samantha might be your PC character, while her sister is the NPC. She is the NPC because you don't mind if some one else plays her for a while, she just needs to be there in the background whenever Samantha comes home. Sometimes GMs play all of the NPCs or just the most important ones, and sometimes the other players share this responsibility.
Symbols : Sometimes you will see those asteriks * used during an RP. Those often times by most users are used to describe motion/action. But not everyone uses it like that. Some may use color on the text and others will use slashes / or make it to italic or small text or :: or ~. I can't really say on this part because everyone is different.