Archive for the Tag 'character'

Character Spotlight: Illithias

Art by Kost The Night Elf sitting on the bar doesn’t turn her pretty head to you when you enter. She’s too busy starring daggers at the ‘arcanist’ in the corner: The blonde one with a pony tail and the spectacles. Her good side to you, you can tell she’s young and pretty–at least she [...]

Filed in Factions,Night Elf,RP,Spotlight,Wildfire Riders,World of Warcraft One Response so far

A Tale of Two Elves

RP relationships evolve just like any other relationship. Sometimes this evolution is guided–two players decide to explore the relationship between their characters–and sometimes this evolution is organic. Today we’ll explore the latter with help from Bricu and Two Elves: Indarra and Illithias. Indarra Bricu Bittertongue and Indarra Leafwhisper were–initially–friends with the potential for a lot [...]

Filed in ABV,Alliance,Character Development,Factions,Human,Night Elf,RP,RP Workshop,World of Warcraft 2 Comments so far

The Absolute Value of Badass: A Meditation

If you’re an old school nerd, this question is one you have probably pondered for ages: Who would win in a fight, X or Y? Nerds can go on for hours about why their candidate–be it comic book character, Starship captain or Operating Syste–is the most bad ass example of awesome ever conceived. In short, [...]

Filed in Character Development,RP,World of Warcraft One Response so far

Vacation! All I Ever Wanted…

Illi, on her way to a “vacation” encounters road construction…. Anna brings up the idea of Rest and Relax in her post, “Five R’s of Character Revitalization.” Of note is one key line: Take a break, let the character rest, and go back to it after a break and see how you feel. When players [...]

Filed in Alliance,Factions,Open Thread,RP,Tips and Tricks,World of Warcraft 3 Comments so far

Lore as Backstory

First off, a reminder — there’s just under a week left in the Midsummer Night’s RP Writing Contest.  Get  your entries in! Bricu talked about a character’s knowledge of  WoW lore and how to fit that knowledge into RP.  I’d like to explore another aspect of that — how to fit lore into a character’s [...]

Filed in Lore,Open Thread,RP,Tips and Tricks No Responses yet

RP Descriptions 101

Let’s start out with a disclaimer: there aren’t any rules set in stone for using your RP description addons. Whether you’re a fan of Flag RSP2, Immersion RP, or My Roleplay, you are free to type whatever you’d like into the text box provided to describe your characters. So, take what I say much in [...]

Filed in RP,Tips and Tricks 2 Comments so far