🧙‍♂️ What Is Roleplaying (RP)? Roleplaying is the act of creating and acting out a character within a fictional world—like a fantasy realm in an MMORPG. You become your character and interact with other players’ characters as if your character were real.

You are not you. You are your character.

🔑 Key Elements: Name: Choose a name that fits the world’s lore.

Race/Class/Background: Use the game’s lore or invent something that fits it.

Personality: Is your character bold? Shy? Noble? Deceitful?

Goals: What drives them? Revenge? Justice? Wealth? Freedom?

📚 In-Character (IC) vs Out-of-Character (OOC) IC (In-Character): Everything your character says or does in the story.

OOC (Out-of-Character): Anything said as you, the player.

Use double parentheses or brackets: ¹⁾ or [OOC: comment].

💬 Emotes and Speech Use emotes and dialogue to express actions and speech.

Example (text-based RP):

*Alira narrows her eyes, scanning the treeline.* “Something's out there. Stay close.”

✅ Do: Respect other players' RP styles and preferences.

Communicate OOC if there’s confusion or planning needed.

Stay consistent with your character’s personality.

Serious conflict (injury, death, betrayal) should be in-depth role-play involvement and worked up to and built upon. When deciding whether to PvP consider building a good narrative over getting loot. This is not a looter shooter, it's an RPG, and our community is small. Making another person rage quit removes a player from the community and reduces fun for everyone. This doesn't mean not to PvP, it just means to PvP well. If possible, give your opponent a meaningful and satisfying death.

Help new RPers feel welcome.

❌ Don’t: Godmod: Controlling someone else’s character without permission. This is also known as God emoting. Example: *You look into my eyes and feel an overwhelming sense of attraction* - Ick. Don't do it. This includes emoting for other people's pack animals or NPCs.

Metagame: Using OOC knowledge IC. If your character didn’t see it, they don’t know it.

Powerplay: Making your character unrealistically strong or unstoppable. Example: You are roleplaying being arrested, and despite the other character being a templar and you being a squishy mage, you somehow overpower him and run away.

Break immersion: Don’t interrupt RP with unrelated chat unless necessary (and use OOC markers). If you notice someone going OOC without using OOC markers for whatever reason you can remind them of the rules OOC, and if they continue to play OOC just have your character treat them as if they are insane. Then contact the game master.

In RP scenes with multiple players, taking turns keeps things fair and readable.

🔄 Turn-Based Roleplay Tips: Post Order: Establish a posting order if there are 3+ people.

Wait Your Turn: Don’t post out of turn unless someone gives the go-ahead.

Be Concise: Keep posts meaningful but not too long—leave space for others to react.

Time Gaps: If someone goes inactive, agree to skip their turn after a certain time.

🤝 Building the Story Together Good RP is a shared narrative, not a solo performance. You’re writing a living story with others.

Tips: Build tension and drama, but also offer others a chance to shine.

Use “yes, and…” thinking. Accept what happens and expand on it.

Plan big story beats OOC (like character arcs or dramatic events).

Encourage character relationships: allies, rivals, mentors, etc.

🧩 Hooks & Prompts Use open-ended actions or character hooks to invite responses:

“Alira hesitates at the old gate, her hand trembling. ‘I’ve been here before…’”

“Rogrim clenches his fists. ‘Unless someone stops me, I’m walking into that cave alone.’”

Character Sheets: Keep notes on your character’s history and development.

Lore Resources: Use wikis or guides to align with world-building.

🌟 Bonus: RP Style Options Casual RP: Light character interaction in-world; great for beginners.

Event RP: Planned RP around battles, festivals, and politics.

Story Arc RP: Multi-session, deeply involved storytelling.