Post by luthien on Mar 6, 2009 3:10:36 GMT -5
In order to roleplay, there is a very simple thing you must do to begin.
Come up with a story.
Randomly starting a roleplay with someone with no direction will leave you with a very boring story that will only die. So first off, you need some sort of plan.
Then, you need people to roleplay with. In the 'Pending Roleplays' board, you can make a new topic for each roleplay story you have in mind. Here's a form you can copy over for that:
Title: (name for roleplay)
Summery: (What the roleplay is about. Simply give as many details about the story as you already have planned. If you have everything figured out, great. If not, that's fine too, probable partners may have ideas to hep you develope the plot line.
Characters: (This is only needed if you have specific characters in mind for the roleplay. Provide their names and maybe a small description of who they are and what their part will be in the story. People will PM you to fill up the open positions. The second option here is to list the number of positions or types of positions available, and people can make up their own characters. Example to follow)
Comments: (Anything else you want possible roleplay partners to know)
Examples for Character Lists:
Legolas
Freda: A female elf, childhood friend of Legolas. Though she hasn;t seen him in years, they'll meet again and eventually realize their feelings for one another.
Michael: Male Human, who is living with Freda, kind of as an adopted oldr brother. He has feelings for her, though they are not returned.
Miri: Human Female who's also living with Freda and Michael. She'd head over heels in love ith Michael, though he's blind to it.
-or-
Character 1: (people can make up whatever they want)
Character 2:
-or-
Legolas:
Female Elf:
Female Human:
Male Elf: (people can make up what they like within the boundries of the character they want to play)
I hope this makes sense, if not, PM an admin! Probably Lúthien as she's the one who wrote this out
Now then, if you only want to get one partner and make stuff up as you go, you can do that too. You don't have to have a request form, though you can make one if you'd like, just asking for a single partner to roleplay with.
Alright, you have a form all filled out, now what? Well, head over to the "Pending Roleplays" Board (in the correct verse's board) and create a topic. The name of the topic should go ahead and be the title of the roleplay to make things easier. As people PM you to get parts of your roleplay, put their username and character name (if not already given) in the description of the character, so people will know it's taken.
If you want a part in a roleplay, please do not post in the topic the request is in, as that will eventually be where you roleplay! PM the person who's requesting members, and they'll put you in as the character you asked for.
When all the parts have people, PM one of the admin, and your request will be moved to the 'Active Roleplays' board. Then, you and everyone involved can roleplay to your heart's content!
If a roleplay is just you and a friend, even if you don't fill out a request form, please PM an admin with this information so they can set up a topic for your roleplay.
Do NOT set up your own roleplay topics, as we'd like to keep things orderly.
Title:
Summery (if any):
People Involved:
Location:
Characters:
Comments:
The admin you send this to will paste this information directly into the first post of your new topic. Once you have made your profile, you may link back to your list of profiles so others can easily find it if they'd like to read it. Those links will go in the 'Characters' section, which you may leave blank until the profiles are made. To make a character name the link, use this, just taking out the spaces:
Alright, this has been a long and exhaustive explanation, but I'm pretty sure I covered everything. If there is any confusion or doubt on your part, feel free to PM and admin. Once again, probably Lúthien as she's the one that write this
Come up with a story.
Randomly starting a roleplay with someone with no direction will leave you with a very boring story that will only die. So first off, you need some sort of plan.
Then, you need people to roleplay with. In the 'Pending Roleplays' board, you can make a new topic for each roleplay story you have in mind. Here's a form you can copy over for that:
Title: (name for roleplay)
Summery: (What the roleplay is about. Simply give as many details about the story as you already have planned. If you have everything figured out, great. If not, that's fine too, probable partners may have ideas to hep you develope the plot line.
Characters: (This is only needed if you have specific characters in mind for the roleplay. Provide their names and maybe a small description of who they are and what their part will be in the story. People will PM you to fill up the open positions. The second option here is to list the number of positions or types of positions available, and people can make up their own characters. Example to follow)
Comments: (Anything else you want possible roleplay partners to know)
Examples for Character Lists:
Legolas
Freda: A female elf, childhood friend of Legolas. Though she hasn;t seen him in years, they'll meet again and eventually realize their feelings for one another.
Michael: Male Human, who is living with Freda, kind of as an adopted oldr brother. He has feelings for her, though they are not returned.
Miri: Human Female who's also living with Freda and Michael. She'd head over heels in love ith Michael, though he's blind to it.
-or-
Character 1: (people can make up whatever they want)
Character 2:
-or-
Legolas:
Female Elf:
Female Human:
Male Elf: (people can make up what they like within the boundries of the character they want to play)
I hope this makes sense, if not, PM an admin! Probably Lúthien as she's the one who wrote this out
Now then, if you only want to get one partner and make stuff up as you go, you can do that too. You don't have to have a request form, though you can make one if you'd like, just asking for a single partner to roleplay with.
Alright, you have a form all filled out, now what? Well, head over to the "Pending Roleplays" Board (in the correct verse's board) and create a topic. The name of the topic should go ahead and be the title of the roleplay to make things easier. As people PM you to get parts of your roleplay, put their username and character name (if not already given) in the description of the character, so people will know it's taken.
If you want a part in a roleplay, please do not post in the topic the request is in, as that will eventually be where you roleplay! PM the person who's requesting members, and they'll put you in as the character you asked for.
When all the parts have people, PM one of the admin, and your request will be moved to the 'Active Roleplays' board. Then, you and everyone involved can roleplay to your heart's content!
If a roleplay is just you and a friend, even if you don't fill out a request form, please PM an admin with this information so they can set up a topic for your roleplay.
Do NOT set up your own roleplay topics, as we'd like to keep things orderly.
Title:
Summery (if any):
People Involved:
Location:
Characters:
Comments:
The admin you send this to will paste this information directly into the first post of your new topic. Once you have made your profile, you may link back to your list of profiles so others can easily find it if they'd like to read it. Those links will go in the 'Characters' section, which you may leave blank until the profiles are made. To make a character name the link, use this, just taking out the spaces:
[ url = (put URL here) ] Text you want to be the link [ / url ]
Alright, this has been a long and exhaustive explanation, but I'm pretty sure I covered everything. If there is any confusion or doubt on your part, feel free to PM and admin. Once again, probably Lúthien as she's the one that write this