gaia_angelleft The Road to Roleplaying gaia_angelright
Chapter 1 : Introduction & Basic Terms
Alright! So it's your first time roleplaying? Awesome! Okies the first thing to know is that there are many types of rp to join. Action, Fantasy, Romance, Horror. There are many for you to join. There are two different types of people. People who make rps and people who join rps. Or people who do both, but I guess that counts as three doesn't it. sweatdrop By joining RP's you are able to interact with more and more people that are out there in Gaia.
Roleplaying: Basically, roleplaying is collectively creating a story built upon each characters’ individual actions and reactions based upon the actions and reactions of other characters. The collaborative work of fiction starts with a basic foundation from which further things come.
IC:In-Character: Where you act and control your character through out the roleplay.
PC:Playable Character: Your Character(s) that can be controlled by you.
OoC: This literally means "Out-of-Character". OoC is when you talk as yourself and not as your character. This tells people that you have something to say outside the rp. What you talk about is up to you and whom you rp with. To differentiate between OOC posts and character posts most people use repeated symbols like parentheses, brackets, angle brackets, surrounding their post like this: ((This is out of character! OMG *gigglesnort*))
Setting: Where the roleplay is taking place. This includes geographical setting as well as historical or futuristic. Always pay attention to your threadmaker's setting as it will determine to a large extent what will be available for use by your character, and will help you and everyone else in the roleplay understand what's going on.
Chapter 2 : When Violence Occurs in an RP.
God-Modding: Sometimes called "Power-Playing". This term is often seen in rules, and is seen in a negative light. To godmode literally means to make your character invincible. By doing this, you close a lot of options for people to interact with you. As an example,I have a friend who sometimes consider it ok. But most of the time it will never be ok. God-modding is annoying, because it really shuts down a lot of interesting options, in addition, most thread makers include in their rules that you must ask permission before killing another person's character, so there is no reason to god-mod. Also, if someone should kill your character without asking, you can always create a new one, or talk to the threadmaker and see about some form of reincarnation, if you absolutely can't live without the character. Sometimes, it is actually more fun to let a character die, or undergo a major change than to remain static. God-modding can also mean controlling someone else's character. For instance, let's say my character's name is Joe Schmo. And another person's character's name is Jane Doe. Our characters are locked in an epic battle!
Auto-Hitting: Auto-hitting, is similar to godmoding in that it is when one character takes control of either NPC's or another person's character. It is essentially harming another character without giving them a chance to dodge, block or run away. Similar to the above example but a little different:
"Elana swung a hefty blow at Jenny, and was pleased when he heard her scream in pain as the club connected with her leg." <-This is gets whoever you are RPing with mad and bad. You should always (unless pre-agreed through OOC discussion) give someone space (to quote that oh-so-popular film Dodgeball) Dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge, as well as fight or flee.
Player-Killing: A term derived from most MMO's out there, this is a VERY severe example of God-Moding. PK is when you literally kill another person's character. This causes a lot of people to get upset with you especially when they did not want their character to be killed without their consent. So please, converse among one another about if you want your character killed or not.
Auto-dodges: The exact opposite to auto-hitting. This scenario is usually best spotted when the RPer is too attached or emotionally drawn to their character. This is easily spotted, especially if the RP character has been evading constant strings of attacks without fail. The only possible scenario that this could happen is with a really, really, really, (and I mean really) fast character, against an incredibly slow one.
Chapter 3 : Types of Characters:
NPC's:Non-Playable Characters:Opposite to PC. They are characters that are side characters that will help the rp in little ways.
APC's:All-Playable Character: This is a character anybody may control. Once you become well acquainted with roleplaying you may find APC's very useful for demonstrating your character's personality.
SPC's: Semi-Playable Character: This is a character whose creator left the roleplay. Such, he is usually dragged along and scarcely mentioned. If he is to do anything major, it is usually left to the roleplay’s creator to decide. They are also referred to as "Puppets" or "Ghosts."
Chaper 3.1 : Cybering
Cybering: Cybering is roleplaying sex. It is not allowed on Gaia. DO NOT EVER CYBER IN THIS GUILD. Romance is allowed in many roleplays (once again pay attention to the thread maker's rules) but under no circumstances is it necessary to cyber. Just of posterity sake: DO NOT EVER CYBER IN THIS GUILD. Like I said before!
