#role playing tips

[onlyrpmemes]

Seems like it is a thing to make all angels protective and kind to humans, unless there’s a story twist that reveals the angel’s really a demon or somesuch...

but angels are freakin’ terrifying. According to legend they might just be a burning ball of light or have seven heads or swoop in on a flying disk or be a giant floating eye. That’s not including the fact that angel’s are Gods hit men. Micheal’s not flying around with a burning sword just for aesthetic reasons.

[iamwalkingdead1]

Role Playing Tips: The Wizard's Spell Book

(picture from http://midnight4ever.tumblr.com/post/174076812793)

The spell book is the most important thing to a wizard, no other class is so defined by an object they own and use. Sure a fighter may build to use a certain weapon, but they'll be good regardless of their loadout. Sure a barbarian would like a great axe, but they can make do with a hatchet and their rage. A spell book is the source of all the Wizard's power.

A spell book is personal, each wizard might have a different one. Think about what makes yours stand out: are there runes in another language enscribed on the spine or the cover? Maybe yours is a blank notebook to anyone without a touch of magic on them? Or maybe it's not a book at all, in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, an example of a spell book listed was a bag of small stones with runic glyphs on each, symbolizing your spells. Maybe you use magic cards? (For the sake of the post, I'll simply refer them as spell books the rest of the way through)

Think about how you got your spell book. Is it a family heirloom, was it a gift from a friend or loved one, did you make it? When did you get the book? Maybe it was a gift in an actual magic school?

And the last thing I want you to think about is hard... What if you lose your spell book? What if it breaks, is burnt to a crisp, is torn apart or waterlogged? How does it affect your character? How distraught are they at this loss? Is it even possible for the book to be damaged? An example in Xanathar's is a book scorched by a dragon attack... But it's still legible enough to learn spells or use them.

[onlyrpmemes]

RP Tips -

Remember that Tumblr only really makes use of the first five tags you list. If you make a promo only those tags will be relevant to searches. 

So when you make a promo, tag important things you want found in search results FIRST. If you want it to come up in more than five different tags, reblog it with your different tags. 

Example: Say you have an Iron Man blog you want to promote in DC and Marvel fandoms. When you first make your post tag it: #mcu rp, #iron man rp, #aos rp, #agents of shield rp, #captain america rp. Then reblog your same post then tag it with say: #dc comics rp, #batman rp, #flash rp, #arrow rp, #gotham rp. It’s better to make a queue of these and spread it out to promote your blog.

[mamafribeans]

Role Playing Tips from Friday

When concerning about a url that is similar to you, you feel the need to make a post most pretty much stating that you don't like the fact that there is a person and yes they have the same muse, and it also turns out a similar url as you.  Straight away you make some post [ either ranging from long rant or a long tag thing to a short rant ], you talk about how they think they are cute and original and you sarcastically go Nope. In stead of that passive aggressive post about how they think they are original and cute and with you are saying in the tags saying that it has ruin your night. Here's a lovely idea, how about you calmly go to them in their inbox and polite point out that while you both have the same muse, the urls could get confusing and tags could end up being messed up.  Because there is a chance that they just looked up the url and saw that it was not taken, they thought that there was no harm in the url being used.

[priestess-of-kynareth]

Character Building and Successful Interactions: A Shipyard Guide

Hey there everyone! Before I begin, I feel as if I need to include a disclaimer.  First, I don't claim to write perfect characters or do everything perfectly, either.  I just want to share some tips on what has worked for me.  So, with that out of the way, lemme get to the point of this guide.

In this guide, I want to talk about how you can make your shipyard experience more enjoyable in a few simple ways.  It's all below the cut!

Character Creation:

Make your character someone you'd want to interact with.  That doesn't mean that your character has to be someone you'd want to be friends with, persay.  Think of characters you admire from television, video games, and literature.  What sort of characters attract you? Villains?  Rogues?  

Make your character approachable.  If your characters is constantly brushing off other characters or avoiding contact, eventually people are going to stop contacting them.  Your character might be totally into the whole "stare mysteriously and remain silent" thing, but it doesn't make for very interesting role play for the other person involved.  Some characters work very well in fanfiction, but don't translate well to role play. That doesn't mean they're bad characters. But you wouldn't ask a clydesdale to run the Kentucky Derby, and you wouldn't ask a thoroughbred to pull a brewery wagon.  Theres a character for every job.

Know your lore.   Lore knowledge includes religion, culture, appearance, and names.  This isn't to say you have to know everything, but if you want to role play a certain race or creature, make sure you do your research.  This will not only ground your character and help with immersion, but it will also attract writers to you. It can be difficult for some writers to deal with canon-breaking scenarios/characters, while others don't really care.  Know which audience you're trying to reach, but recognize you might not reach everyone if you want to deviate too much from the recognized canon of your fandom.

OOC Etiquette:

Remember that role play is all about give and take.  Sometimes the writing will focus around your plots.  Sometimes your character is a side character in someone else's plot.  Expecting to be the center of attention all the time is not only delusional, but comes across as arrogant.

Don't hover.  When asking to start a role play with someone, one or two messages is sufficient.  If someone doesn't respond, it could be because they're busy, they're overwhelmed, or they're not interested.  In any case, sending multiple messages isn't helping anyone's situation.

Approach.  It's scary to ask to write with someone you admire or don't know, but its a necessary skill in a large-scale role play community like the Skyrim shipyard.  It's unrealistic to expect everyone to come to you for role play, especially if you're new and unestablished.  Looking for role play is like looking for a job.  If you sit around and expect different jobs to call you for your employment, you're going to be doing a lot of waiting.  If you pursue the job, your chances of getting hired are much better!

Be respectful of your fellow writers.  Being friendly to each other doesn't mean you have to be friends.  You won't agree with each other all the time, and you don't have to.  But there's a difference between politely disagreeing with someone and mud slinging.  Don't be the person who starts throwing mud.

[littlesistersammy]

Tips for first time tumblr role players?

"Woah! Someone’s looking to me for advice! I’m… I have no words… but I’ll give the best advice I can."

"I wish I had someone to ask about these things when I first started out RPing back in my junior year of highschool…"

Tips on RPing (things I think are important):

    1. Tag most everything. Even if you’re mobile. It helps you and your RP partner to find your threads if you or they miss a reply. It also helps you organize your blog in case you want to link a certain tag on your blog. (finding a tag and linking on your page is easy when you are on you blog you just add /tagged/[insert tag here] {without the brackets} and there you have it.

    2. If you’re starting a new blog which I assume you are. You may want to start out making a few starter/welcoming posts that they can reply to. And most people track their url in the tags. For example: I track sammiwinchesterlittlesis and then when someone wants to have me see a post it lets me know in my tag.

    3. Install xkit 7 it helps you with little hacks such as putting a tagging option already in your ask so it alerts the person in their tracked tag so they know you replied. And other things… If you want to know more check out exit-extention or ask me about things your curious about it.

    4. Always make an info page even if you’re a canon character you may have different headcanons, or thoeries about your character that make your canon character a little different than others. You should also make other pages pertaining to your character. Such as a relationships page (where you add characters and rpers that are very close to your muse), a headcanon page, a bio page, and anything else you see fit to add. (As I keep saying in asks like these feel free to ask specific questions on your RPing concerns or just curious about other things in the RPing realm.)

    5. It’s always nice to make a page about yourself. Nothing too specific if talking about yourself makes you uncomfortable… just something your followers and fellow RPers can read to get to know you a little better and feel a little more comfortable about talking to you.

   6. If there is anything you’d rather not RP or if there are things you want to RP make a rules page that your followers can read so they know what they can and can’t RP with you. And if they don’t respect your rules, feel free to block them. This is your blog and you do what you want to do with it.

   7. Maybe set a certain tag and way you type to let others know you are talking out of character. For example: I write in italics and tag my out of character posts with outofsass.

   8. And never be afraid to ask for an RP or remind someone about their reply. Most RPers are very kind and even if they decline they’ll usually be very nice about it because we’re all here to have fun and if you’re not having fun what’s the point of doing it, ya know?

"I can’t think of anything else… so feel free if I didn’t address any concerns about starting out RPing for the first time."

[ncholasmiller]

If no one will write the sex with you, write it as a dream. You can bang whoever you want then!