Posted by Jaehiko on July 2, 2000 at 21:18:27:
In Reply to: How can I become a better roleplayer? posted by Bearclaw on July 2, 2000 at 18:37:14:
I've been playing CF since a few weeks after it came up... Over time I've developed quite a few useful techniques. I stumbled across something a few years back that really helped my roleplay.
USE YOUR CLOTHING ACCURATELY.
For example: If you're wearing a red dragonhelm and you see someone, don't just 'tip'... They see, 'Jaehiko gallantly tips his hat.'
Why not...
emote lifts his red dragonhelm slightly off his head, acknowledging your presence.
It really adds a nice flavor to things.
Another great thing I've done is.. carry around a few important 'items' for a different mood.
For example: I usually carry around a dark hood... And 'emote pulls his dark hood further over his face and moves into the corner booth.' (If I'm in the Bar of the Inn or something.)
All of these little subtle things don't take an extreme amount of thought, but you'll find the connection with your character increase.. and your vocabulary.
I hope that little tidbit helps.
-Jaehiko
One of the best things I found myself doing over time
> First off I don't consider myself a BAD roleplayer, I've had a number of empowered characters one tattoed and have been in every cabal except entropy so I know basically how a character should act according to their role. My problem is that I never seem to get very far into the roleplay, it doesn't come naturally to me, sometimes what I'm saying feels dumb and I feel like an idiot, occasionally I'll "connect" with my character and I'll do alright but most of the time every single sentence is an effort whereas some people seem to be able to pull it off unconsiously. Does anyone else have this same problem?