Posts Tagged “how to”

WTT:RP Interview: Thyanel

By | April 10, 2013

1. What’s your Name. Hello there! My name is Thyanel, and I’ve been playing World of Warcraft since 2007. In fact, the name I blog under is the name of my first serious character (a blood elf paladin). My hobbies in-game consist of roleplaying, a bit of dungeoneering, and mount collecting, although I have yet [...]

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Five Years On

By | July 25, 2012

Bricu and Threnn have been married now for five years. Why do I play WoW still? Because I play with amazing people. Bricu arrived at Threnn’s apartment at a quarter past seven, a full fifteen minutes early. He resisted the urge to roll up the sleeves of his red shirt–the same shirt Delion the Tailor [...]

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Romance: The First Rule

By | November 15, 2011

The first rule of Romantic RP: Talk it over with the other player. Let me perfectly honest here: You might think this RP idea is the best thing since D&D, but if the player of the character isn’t interested, you don’t force it. If they are interested, you need to do the following things: Set [...]

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Lurch

By | November 3, 2011

On occasion, we encounter an character who is a bit of lurch. Someone like this guy: A character who is either stupid or willfully obtuse. Dealing with a lurch is no different than dealing with any other difficult character. Some might scream at a lurch, some may ignore a lurch while others just love their [...]

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A Quickie

By | September 29, 2011

RP is dead. This is a refrain that has been going on since before the original Naxx dropped all those years ago, and it was a ridiculous refrain even then.  Just because you cannot find the RP doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.  To be fair, sometimes it may seem that there is a dearth of [...]

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RP 101: Where to Start?

By | July 26, 2011

Yesterday we discussed a question that came from the Twitter feed. Spinning off from that discussion was yet another Twitter based question, this one from @_loug, “How do you find a race/class combo that’s right?” It’s a fair question, but it is a question that needs clarification. What do you mean by right? If one [...]

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FlagRSP Part One: What’s it Look Like

By | May 7, 2011

This is what a Flag RSP Looks like(Bricu note:  As of Today, this add on is out of date).  It is not the best, nor is it the worst, but this is the window that is displayed if you, and your target or mouse-over, has FlagRSP 2.  The box in yellow shares Bricu’s title, first [...]

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Bar Culture and RP

By | April 6, 2011

This morning, I struggled to find an idea to post for WTTRP,  so I turned to a key source of RP inspiration in the WFR circle:  Fellsie.  Here’s what happened: 10:04 AM me: I need your braiiiins. For a WTTRP post 10:05 AM Fellsie: Ooooooh! How can I halp. 10:06 AM me: help me think of an idea. [...]

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Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Work and RP 2

By | November 16, 2010

Yesterday, I started a discussion regarding the definition of various Anti-social personality traits, including an investigation of the terms used in pop culture. Today, I want to focus more how to integrate some of the APD traits with RP. To begin with, I’m going to one more client: Hannibal. Hannibal has a history of violent [...]

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Lessons from Wrathgate

By | June 23, 2010

So you have this epic plot idea based around an in-game event. How do you handle it? The Wrathgate Project was one way of dealing with it: Organized fiction. There is, of course, another way: Organize an RP session after the In Game Event. This would be a one shot, In Game RP event that [...]

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