Posted by Proud Blade on March 22, 2000 at 22:57:40:
In Reply to: Heh...thanks I never knew there was a role command. I been playing some 4 years now. What a newbie loser I am. posted by Someone on March 22, 2000 at 22:42:36:
> > What this really encourages, in my vague opinion, is not cookie cutter characters so much as use of the cover your ass (aka role) command.
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> > Your character doesn't have to be archetypal (cookie cutter, if you prefer). I, for one, prefer it if they aren't. You have to give us some idea of what the role is, though. You don't have to write fourteen screens worth of role (Yeah, you, you know who you are. I enjoyed it, but they don't all have to be that long.) I'd bet you could get a pretty good synopsis of the unique RP aspects of most characters in one. Then, in addition, if you do something you think might be questionable, like doing that particular quest as an evil character headed for Empire, write one or two sentences to explain it. It's that easy to cover your ass. Maybe your sphere lust would-be Empire Blade is willing to help out Princesses because he's hoping for some form of, ahem, reward. Maybe your character has some particular debt of honor to the elven race that they're willing to pay. It could be a hundred things.
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> > You're gonna have to be consistent to what you write though, so be careful. :P