Question about RP

[LancerZero]

Unit and Blunt have already made most of the points that I wanted to make. As I've said before, I operate an RP board and control many different characters...and as Unit and Blunt said, the best way to get started is to choose a sorta gimmick or stereotype. I have a few examples of my own here:

Silvy: She's....well, to put it simply, she began as an educated hippie.:P

Martin Barclay: Humorous understatements and politeness to the point of fault are what I started with.

Linus Koios: He's a space redneck, if you can imagine that, and about as eccentric as you'd expect a TAZ to be. Gets a bit fired up about being protective, though.

Conrad Egon: Stereotypical idealistic revolutionary; charismatic and passionate about his beliefs and the safety of his family.

Eugene Krank: He has a dry sense of humor and enjoys getting under some people's skin...can be a mite grumpy though.

Stuff like that. Start off with a basic character idea, build a backstory, integrate the two, and you'll soon see a personality emerging. Or, as Unit said, think of the backstory first and get the basic character idea from that. Just don't make a character that makes no sense because you were trying to be original...I've seen some characters that were just so awful it was painful to read their bios! XD

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