How to Roleplay

Role playing is a growing art that matures and flows with the individual. There are many forms of role play and no one role plays the exact same way, but There are those of us that have been role playing longer then others and I myself, having been role playing for Eleven Years have found many basic points and guidelines. I'd also like to open the topic for others to post their experiences and other that are less experienced to ask questions and/or help improve their role playing in and out of Mabinogi!

Basic Steps/Tips to Online RP

• Think of a character. This character can be anyone and anything, depending on the roleplay you're getting involved with, for example if you're in a medieval roleplay, your character could be a mage or a king or a knight. Give them a name, an appearance, some special trait or ability, possibly even more frivolous things like their favorite food. Keep in mind that your character must be able to play a role in the story, hence the term "roleplay."
  
  
• When you are talking regularly (as in not roleplaying), always use some form of brackets to denote being out of character such as ((text)) or [text]. You can also use abbreviations like 'OoC'.
  
  
• In order to maintain a more enjoyable atmosphere, remember to treat others with respect. You will be treated with respect in return. Ex. Never curse someone out; it gets you nowhere.
  
  
• Remember that you can only control your character (not those of others), unless you have the other person's permission. People are apt to be annoyed if you control their characters without warning.
  
  
• In roleplaying, many people enjoy the "skirt" rule. "Long enough to cover the essentials, short enough to be interesting." This will mean what it does, but it usually means three or four sentences that give your fellow roleplayers what they need to know to respond while keeping it short and sweet.
  
  
• Never GodMode. This is acting like you rule over everyone -- people find it quite annoying.
  
  
• No one likes a character that's too powerful for their own good. Make sure your character has faults, and their powers are on a more normal scale. And please, never, ever make an all-knowing character unless you, yourself are all-knowing. Which, most likely, you are not.
  
  
• Never powerplay. No one likes to roleplay with someone who is in one place, then is mystically in another without moving, or has actions completed that they have not included in their post.
  
  
• Grammar skills are key! (you will be respected more if you know how to spell and write correctly).
  

Also, please refer to the other posts in this forum!!

Rules and Guidelines
Guidelines of RP in Mabinogi