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When writing a character what is the most common way to do so. I want Alyssa to be tough but not to the point she seems over the top to everyone else.
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What in the world is the difference between MRP and ERP?
To elaborate on the M(ature) vs E(rotic) in RP thing.. Think of it like this.... M can be about an investigation of a murder or a criminal act that you'd find in mature films/games. Things that you could consider extremely violent, grotesque, or even inhuman. Overall it's just as above said, M covers majority of the ground for the sense of adult material while E covers specifically sexual appeal from romance to flat out lust. M just covers more touchy subjects, not just particularly sexual related.
As for how to write your character to sound tough, it depends on the character. Maybe it's a Roegydan sea dog and he/she has a bit of a pirate-like accent. So replacing your pronouns with Ye's and adding more slang to your sentence structure could help with that. Maybe you just want to be tough personality not just voice, but not over the top, you could develop that as RP proceeds. Such as making comments to something with more of an arrogant attitude like someone talking about how deadly a primal is or somewhere dangerous and your character responds with just a "Tch... Seen worse" or makes a metaphor describing a worse situation.
You can handle being tough several directions but it really depends on what you'd like for your character. Do you want them to be reckless and ruthless? Start challenging random people or take any chance you can in challenging someone to a fight wherever you see possible(I know a group of badass au ra that already do this just near the chocobo stables in ul'dah). Or maybe you're the type that's overly ambitious even when it's clearly an impossible odd, bring out a positive response that makes you sound like you're more than capable like "HA! That sounds like a vacation to me!" in response to someone talking about a gruesome battle/challenge.
Really the best way to help is if you get some basic details going about your character first. If you can provide some more, but ultimately it's however you feel comfortable and the level you put forth into it is based on how much effort you want it to be shown. Also sorry I kinda combined/condensed both of those questions into one long weird post here >~>;
"So where do most people stand on character strength vs the gameplay in general. "
I'm not sure about what you're asking here....
And my character does have a lore unfriendly name, but I've given her back story around it. Is this a problem to most people?
Eh, not really. A lot of people don't want to bother name changing or haven't gone through the effort to go through it to such extent. No one will slam you for it, or they shouldn't... But if you have a backstory for why it isn't, that's good insurance to keep anyone from being nit picky. My character is a prime example of this, being a miqo'te I should have a name like V'alic Nuhn or something but because my char was an orphan and the backstory behind why he's name Valic Sunblood, he stays with it and isn't a tribal miqo'te anyways. People have alias names too that aren't their actual names, either way you're fine.
Sorry if these are answered somewhere else like I'm sure they are. Thank you everyone for the help!
Don't be afraid to ask anything really, we're not like gamefaqs or something where it gets asked and everyone just sighs and points to an already made thread lol. Though we do have some good guides for some specific areas of lore if you needed any in particular~ Just don't hesitate at all ^.^
When writing a character what is the most common way to do so. I want Alyssa to be tough but not to the point she seems over the top to everyone else.
and
What in the world is the difference between MRP and ERP?
To elaborate on the M(ature) vs E(rotic) in RP thing.. Think of it like this.... M can be about an investigation of a murder or a criminal act that you'd find in mature films/games. Things that you could consider extremely violent, grotesque, or even inhuman. Overall it's just as above said, M covers majority of the ground for the sense of adult material while E covers specifically sexual appeal from romance to flat out lust. M just covers more touchy subjects, not just particularly sexual related.
As for how to write your character to sound tough, it depends on the character. Maybe it's a Roegydan sea dog and he/she has a bit of a pirate-like accent. So replacing your pronouns with Ye's and adding more slang to your sentence structure could help with that. Maybe you just want to be tough personality not just voice, but not over the top, you could develop that as RP proceeds. Such as making comments to something with more of an arrogant attitude like someone talking about how deadly a primal is or somewhere dangerous and your character responds with just a "Tch... Seen worse" or makes a metaphor describing a worse situation.
You can handle being tough several directions but it really depends on what you'd like for your character. Do you want them to be reckless and ruthless? Start challenging random people or take any chance you can in challenging someone to a fight wherever you see possible(I know a group of badass au ra that already do this just near the chocobo stables in ul'dah). Or maybe you're the type that's overly ambitious even when it's clearly an impossible odd, bring out a positive response that makes you sound like you're more than capable like "HA! That sounds like a vacation to me!" in response to someone talking about a gruesome battle/challenge.
Really the best way to help is if you get some basic details going about your character first. If you can provide some more, but ultimately it's however you feel comfortable and the level you put forth into it is based on how much effort you want it to be shown. Also sorry I kinda combined/condensed both of those questions into one long weird post here >~>;
"So where do most people stand on character strength vs the gameplay in general. "
I'm not sure about what you're asking here....
And my character does have a lore unfriendly name, but I've given her back story around it. Is this a problem to most people?
Eh, not really. A lot of people don't want to bother name changing or haven't gone through the effort to go through it to such extent. No one will slam you for it, or they shouldn't... But if you have a backstory for why it isn't, that's good insurance to keep anyone from being nit picky. My character is a prime example of this, being a miqo'te I should have a name like V'alic Nuhn or something but because my char was an orphan and the backstory behind why he's name Valic Sunblood, he stays with it and isn't a tribal miqo'te anyways. People have alias names too that aren't their actual names, either way you're fine.
Sorry if these are answered somewhere else like I'm sure they are. Thank you everyone for the help!
Don't be afraid to ask anything really, we're not like gamefaqs or something where it gets asked and everyone just sighs and points to an already made thread lol. Though we do have some good guides for some specific areas of lore if you needed any in particular~ Just don't hesitate at all ^.^