Hello Everyone! Thought I'd post this since I'd written it and if it's posted I can direct others back to it.
Okay, so, how to RP...
In general, we role play with our characters using basic typing keys to determine if it's being said or done - for example:
If we do or think something, it is done like this:
*Ces thought about taking a drink* or *She looked around and saw nothing*
if we're talking to each other outside of the RP, it's done with parentheses - like this:
((tonight I'm going to drink coffee with a friend)). So, if you were to ask me a question in a thread and have it be from you and not your character, then you would say: ((how do you do that Ces?)).
Make sense?
After that, the first thing you should know is that nobody likes to be killed, and we all have to give-and-take when it comes to battles. To "god-mod" and say "I killed you" is silly, rude, and makes people dislike you. Instead, we've got to think more creatively. For example, I could say that:
*I attacked you with a vicious upper-cut to your torso that leaves you bleeding from deep slashes from my sharp claws.*
I have inflicted damage upon you. You can now return in kind by saying something like:
*A burst of white light flashes from my palms and knocks Ces backwards, skidding her across the dirt and nearly blinding her, leaving her leg broken from the rock she hit mid-slide.*
Now, the more descriptive and interesting you can be, the more people will want to RP with you. We let each other take out enemies and each gets opportunities to help the others fight. The more descriptive you can be, the more fun you'll have. If you say something like:
*The cuts in my chest bleed profusely, staining my clothing with my own blood and making me dizzy enough to feel unsafe on my feet. I cling to the cave wall and search my pockets desperately for a healing spell.*
Then I'll be more likely to take more severe damage from you and make you look good as a result. I might even let you seriously hurt me simply because you were willing to take damage and play along. It all depends on who you're RPing with and when. It also helps to PM each other and discuss how things should go - I know that Impure and Kage had a long PM conversation before they RPed in the clan. Or, if you don't like mail or private messages, many of us met in the Gaia commerce thread called "the newbie bar" and we all hang out there and post there before we post in our clans. It helps to be friends before you RP.
Of course, the trickiest part is ending the battle or RP. For example, let's say that I was indeed hit and you said that I broke my leg. If I didn't want my leg broken or was insulted that you broke my leg and I only slashed at you, I could say something like:
*a quick healing spell heals my leg, but now I'm furious with you. The mere fact that my eyes met yours with angry intensity makes you shiver.*
*Growls*
*In a blinding movement, the Clan of the Wolf alpha leader has knocked you unconscious and has spit upon you, not bothering to kill you. She leaves, returning to her own clan with the bitter taste of annoyance in her mouth.*
What I've just done is reminded you that I'm not some random pack member, I'm the clan leader, and you don't take me on without consequences. Not only was I able to leave the fight, but you can't RP back with me because I've already left. In order for you to return to the fight, you've got to come to me, and this puts you at an obvious territorial disadvantage.
Which reminds me... You've got to have advantages and weaknesses. As a werewolf, I am physically nearly invulnerable, but magically I have a serious disadvantage. Being the clan leader and being immortal negates this so that only the most powerful spells effect me (Impuresouls's spells for example), but only an experienced RPer can take me out with magic. Consider what your weaknesses are and be sure you stay true to that when RPing. You could make them fun... Baka_Sempai, the guilds main leader, can never be given coffee as it makes him insane. His wife, Icis_Tiger, gets seriously hyper when given Pepsi. Other things make them safe - like cute kittens or mentioning their mutual affection for each other. Or, in Bakas case, Sake.
Make sense?
Questions? PM me back and I'll look forward to talking with you in depth.
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