Part of fleshing out a character’s backstory is taking a look at what people played a significant part in his or her life — parents and guardians, siblings, relatives, friends, old flames. What impact did they have on his upbringing? If she lost someone early on, did that cause her to look for others to [...]
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Let’s say you had, in a rose-colored world, extra character slots (if you’ve run out of them), an itch to bring an NPC to life, and an extra few hours a week to devote to WoW for the playing of that new alt. What NPCs of yours would you turn into PCs? Or, if you’re [...]
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RPGs, by their nature, are fraught with conflict. From the very first time you log in, your character has threats to overcome. As you gain levels and delve further into the story, the threats grow bigger and scarier. And as we’ve seen with expansions and new content patches, just when you think you’ve righted the [...]
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I am stuck in meetings all afternoon, so I thought today could be audience participation day!
As we all know from the constant spraying of perfume and the hovering presence of Peddlefeet (/grumblemutter), Love is in the Air is back.
So write me a story: have any of your characters ever had a secret admirer? What kind [...]
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It’s nine o’clock at night on Winter’s Veil. What is your character doing? Snippets! A string of rp! Share with the class!
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Yva Darrows is in a grassy field in Elwynn, watching a blue dragon flit near Jak’s head and wondering if this was her best idea. The blues are said [...]
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Point the first: if you’re not reading Bricu’s thread, “Disappointment,” which he stealth-posted on Saturday, you’re missing out. Go on over and join the discussion of Jaina Proudmoore v. 2.0.
Stemming from a few of the comments there about the relative scarcity of strong female characters in fantasy, I thought this would be a good spot [...]
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I’m suffering from an RL case of Being Swamped today, so I’m foisting some homework on you lot:
Tell us about a time when your character was swamped — with work, with troubles, with good things or bad — and how he or she dealt with it.
For example: Annalea acts as Tarquin’s secretary, dealing with the [...]
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I thought I’d take a peek at recent keywords that led people to WTT:[RP] for some posting inspiration. Most of them are fairly mundane, including variations on wtt and rp and a few hits that I’m guessing were people searching for some quest help. A few that amused me:
the dwarf tears the scarecrow apart
Um, what? [...]
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All right, I admit it — all I’ve done so far with Pilgrim’s Bounty is plop down at a table, eat, and throw food at people (Lyr, at Rosie, which probably would have been IC if we weren’t trying to snag 74 before a Naxxramas run…)
But the quest text that introduces the holiday has some [...]
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The last snapshot post went over well, so here’s another. In a small paragraph, tell other readers what your characters plans are post the war with Arthas!
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Yva:
“To settle down for a time, I think. I’ve done a lot of traveling in a little time, and perhaps I ought to see about changing my [...]
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