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Role-Playing Tips, Tricks & Guides Through my expansive time role playing characters, I've compiled a cheat sheet of sorts to help those who may be looking for ways to improve their current skills or for those who have always wanted to give it a try; but, were never quite sure how or where to begin. This is an open list as well a thread for discussion, where others may share their own tidbits of wisdom and tips of the trade that I may have forgotten, only briefly touched on or missed completely. With that said, let's begin! FORMULATING YOUR CHARACTER There is nothing more important or rewarding than creating your own character. While many tend to duplicate charact…

Anyone have any ideas for a role play they'd like to do?

G R A L E // P R I V A T E // A C A D E M Y Plot: Grale Private Academy was established by the current Headmaster, Henry Merigold, around five to ten years ago according to the last recorded school records. Grale prides itself on accepting only the brightest and richest of students bringing in students from all over the world and hosts some of the greatest professors of the current age. Grale sets high standards for it's students accepting nothing but the best. Fun, such a word never existed at Grale Academy. Students are required to constantly be seeking knowledge of some form or another through research or projects. Unbeknown to the Headmaster, many of the professors …

The Plot So Far... It is the year 2021, and the world is almost devoid of human life. Cars lay rusting, parked for owners who will never return to move them. Buildings are crumbling and in disrepair. Few of them are still worthy of supporting living. The road sigh with pain and regret, and nature has begun to move in and reclaim her own. Trees grow proudly in the streets where before well-maintained concrete would have suffocated them. Rivers grow and weave around former boundaries, unable to be held back now that man is no longer maintaining it's restrictions. People roam throughout this empty, almost tranquil landscape in the search of somewhere to call their own and …

Story: Humans live in a world they believe devoid of fantasy and mythology, completely unaware that is how the very creatures they used to fear want them to live. They are tired of running, hiding and being hunted to extinction like many years ago when humans were much more superstitious. They also have enjoyed the technological advances humanity has made with gadgets such as cellphones, GPS and the Internet. These certainly interesting "people" have to start somewhere. This is where the Hyde Institute for Youngsters comes in. This fantastic school is a private campus for the youngsters of many famous and oftentimes thought extinct races to gather and learn the ways of t…

This is the central idea hub for the space colonization role play. Current ideas: - Earth is a desolate, dying wasteland after countless years of war, starvation and drought. Nuclear fallout over major city hubs has forced people to turn to space to find a new home. - Looking for a earth-like atmosphere/conditions - NATO supported - Lottery system based upon money/necessary skill sets

Name: Arrak Fearlessheart Age: 20 Race: Rockland Minotaur Physical Description: Arrak is an impressive Minotaur, standing at approximately 7'2". He towers over most humans, elves and orcs. Two massive horns stretch out from his brow, each ending in a gold-tipped point. His face is distinctly bovine and where most minotaurs have two eyes, Arrak has only one from an injury when sparring with a fellow minotaur when he was younger that ruined his left eye. He has since covered it with a black patch. His entire, bovine head is covered in a platemail helm with special slots crafted to allow easy removal without tangling with his horns. His head sits on a short, thick, bull-…

T H E L I G H T S G O O U T Where were you when the world went dark? THE STORY: We, as humans, have long been compelled into complacency through technology. Have you ever asked yourself what if the lights didn't come on at night? What if your phone didn't work? What if your car didn't start? What if the world went dark? None truly wish for this to ever happen while many simply dream of what it could mean. They dream of days of wielding a sword in glory, defending their lady's honor, establishing their own kingdoms. None think of what it would truly mean. Millions starving in the cities as food deliveries never arrive, the murders and chaos that would ensue as those al…

THE GEAR WAR STORY: Space, no longer the last frontier. Humanity has spread across the vastness, cultivating and inhabiting countless words. Humanity is greedy though and with such room we are constantly looking for other worlds with richer resources and always attempting to make contact with some other race, preferably alien. As space becomes more familiar we become lax with security and take less precautions when we scan new sectors of the galaxy. Our laziness would thrust us into a struggle to survive, to fight for our very existence against an enemy that has no feelings, no sense of surrender. This history would later be written down in historical texts as The Gear …

Anyone interested in a role playing coliseum/battle royal type event? I can go into more detail if enough are interested or want to participate.

Noble Ambitions Where do you go when the world is shrouded in darkness? Plot Synopsis: In the country of Duarneria, a peaceful land once ruled by the Emperor Shroud XI. He was a ambitious man who conquered the lessor nobles in a matter of years. His kingdom continued to expand to engulf minor countries and nations where the people had yet to determine the difference between a stick and a sword. The Emperor's kingdom expanded to the Koren Mountains where the country was isolated from farther inland. The Empire was ruled in peace for the next thirty or so years, before the Emperor became fatally ill and died without an heir. Determined to take the throne, the nobles of th…

THE PLOT: Rumors have begun circulating of an unknown virus originating from the southeast Asian sector of the world, codenamed A.R.E.S. Details about A.R.E.S are slim to none, the small snippets available hint that it began as an attempt to delve into creating a cure for mental diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, attempting to rewire the programming of the neurons to ignore the damaged circuits/pathways and create new ones. News has been quiet; but, rumors have begun circulating on the web about the militaries of the region beginning to mobilize and martial law being enforced. Domestic travel has been suspended temporarily to the entire Southeastern region of the…

A WOLF AMONGST SHEEP Can you trust your neighbor? A quiet, suburban town in the middle of nowhere United States. Same quiet streets ending in cul-de-sac you see on television and in the movies. Kids play in the yards, no one locks their doors and crime is at an all time low. Everyone knows everyone until the McAllister family moves into the mansion on the hill outside of town. No one knows their story, no one knows their secret and they prefer it that way. As with all things, peace cannot last. People began disappearing and fingers were being pointed at the McAllister family; but, the police have no solid evidence. Are the McAllisters to blame or is there a more siniste…

THE DEAD RISE AGAIN A zombie apocalyptic scenario! PLOT: Somewhat in the near future, the world has grown quiet. Wars have since been a thing of the past, people have moved on with their lives. This was all until Patient Zero, someone who seemed to be suffering from mild flu-like symptoms died. This confused scientists and doctors alike for they had seen no ailment that bore such symptoms and killed so quickly without warning. An extensive search was warranted and the man's house was ravaged and searched, but nothing was found amiss and they abandoned the patient burying him in the local cemetery. Several days later, the authorities got an alert from the same location …