I am better at male chars -obviously since I am a male- and I love my chars acting as evil. I am good at playing bad guys following Sean Bean's path I think

I am not good at my POTC char, Gibbs. I try so hard to be like him but it is impossible I think

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Hmm...I pretty much play everything and everyone, so I'm not quite sure what my forte is. I like to move around a lot and try out new things. I'd say I probably do best as secondary primary characters. In other words, the characters that are important to the plot and are closely involved with the main heroes, but not THE big hero. Kjan in "Phantom Grey" is the perfect example of my type of character. He's one of the main characters (and technically even the second-in-command, though they don't really have a very rigid structure), and he is important, but he doesn't have all the pressure of being the Phantom. Other examples would be canon characters such as Norrington or Bootstrap in PotC RPGs, or someone like Siri Tachi in a SW RPG.

Oh, and I [s]like[/s] LOVE villains/antagonists. I'm not much of one for creating my own OC villains, but I absolutely love playing characters like Barbossa, Lord Cutler Beckett, Emperor Palpatine, etc. The ones that are evil just for the sake of being evil (though I would consider Barbossa to be more just an antagonist than a true villain, but that's a whole different rant). It's just so fun to occasionally step away from the stereotypical good guy and be just plain evil.


And strangely enough, I do better with males. I mean, I can play a female just fine (for example, I'm currently playing Elizabeth in "Key to Freedom"). I just tend to prefer male characters in RPGs. Most of it is probably my deep antipathy for Mary Sues, but...yeah.


ETA: Faramir, it might help if you moved around and tried more characters. It may simply be that Gibbs isn't your type. I know we've only barely gotten into Key, but the one post for Leech that you've done was one of the best I've ever read from you. Sometimes it's just a matter of finding a character who really complements your personality and style.

hmm... good question, Melda! I couldn't say for sure, but I seem to be most comfortable with thinking charries, who are at least moderately intelligent. I'm also more comfortable with hand-to hand combat techniques, or small-bladed weapons - hardly any of my charries have swords. And like potr, I like charries who can have a substantial effect on the plot without actually carrying it.

I haven't played canon charries for extended periods of time, so I'm not truly comfortable with playing one yet. And I don't really like playing the bad guy - guess I like having the odds stacked against me

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I use only two names (Kith and Threng, with a few exceptions) but my characters are pretty ranged. My more extreme characters are either dark and loners or socible, happy, and funny. I am a lot better at playing males, I don't know why. I feel a lot more comfortable playing them. I may not play them very well, but I like doing it.

When I first started RPing, I played pretty much all females, but somewhere along the line I switched. Now I play practically all male charries. I'm not sure if I have a forte type of character, either. I like playing quite a few different types with different personalities. I've played some evil charries, too.
I don't play as many cannon charries, though. I don't enjoy it as much, and I'm sure I'm not as good at it. I like making my own charries, exploring their personalities, histories, etc.

Though I've only been RPing for a short time, I pretty much have been reading and making up stories my whole life. I find I like the storyline from a guy's view better. Strange, since I'm a girl, but I think I can get a bit better mindset as a guy, not to mention I prefer action to talking. Typically, girls in stories have less to do with the whole taking part in battles thing.

I like my person to be relatively intelligent, but as potr said, I don't want to be a main person. I like being an antagonist or protagonist, though my favorite type of person is probably a mercenary. That may be because I love Boba Fett. And if it seems that everyone is taking one side, I like to take another just for spite. Hence my being one of about two people on the noble's side in Phantom Grey.

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Well, Kjan obviously isn't on the nobles' side, but he is of noble birth, if that makes you feel slightly less alone.

Technically the Phantom is also of noble birth Though he doesn't really count.

I can see how playing males would be easier because you don't have to worry about the Mary-Sue factor quite so much, but besides the Phantom and Will Turner I've never been quite as drawn to them as females. Also, I don't often find Mary-Sueishness a problem. My best character is probably Merrin, and she got a very respectable 19 on the Mary-Sue test

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Quick question for everybody: I've been thinking of starting another SW RP - because this plot has been jumping around in my head and needs an outlet.

It would take place about a decade after Return of the Jedi, and be completely OC. Mainly OC. Any canon charries would have an extremely limited role, and are thus discouraged. The two main types of action would be political and 'action' (heh,heh)

A quick straw poll: who would be up for it? If there's enough interest I might send the plot to a few people to beta-read before actually posting it.

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I might theoretically be interested. Before Their Time seems to pretty much be dead, and I could use another good SW RPG. What would be the basic plot?

I might be interested in that. I'm rather a Star Wars fan, I don't think I'd have too much problem with an OC.

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I'm not into SW so I couldn't help you there

I love having characters that carry the main plot as it makes it so much easier to move the plot along. If not, I conveniently seize the villain for the same effect (you may notice that all my villains tend to be powerful and cool beyond imagining sorcerers. I love my villains.) I've only played one female character that's actually gotten somewhere, and that's in the first rpg I ever joined on the forum (Dragonlance). I'm far more comfortable playing males these days, so much that playing a female feels unnatural. Even if I could make a female character, she'd end up remarkably tomboyish anyway.

My favorite characters end up having an ironic/cynical/arrogant world perspective and a caustic tongue. Most of them don't talk much as I prefer writing action more than idle palaver. My two most common professions are assassins and wizards.

Nurrantiel, mercenaries also happen to be my favorite. They fit into any rpg as long as the pay's good and there's a job handy.

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I agree. There's so mouch potential with mercenaries.

Okay, I just posted Star Wars: Imadi Blood in the RP section. Please check it out!

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As you know, Melda is a bit of a dialogue fanatic and can't go for very long without stopping to have some discussion My characters tend to have some input in the overall plot but not actually drive it with the exception of Phantom. I find being THE main character slightly intimidating sometimes, so I like it if there's a lot of collaboration as far as plot goes.

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Mmmm, my charries are usually normal people as I see them. I prefer to play the kind of normal person you would meet on the street, except seen through my eyes. At the moment my forte include...

1. Changeling idiots.
2. Lazy, never-do-well, no good guys who can't make up their mind if they are good or bad.
3. Insane, power-hungry maidens.
4. Heroic men who are cursed, so they die half-way through the RP.


Okaay, looking over that list makes me question my, er, characters? None of them seem quite as normal as I expected...

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