Post by kennystardust on Jan 9, 2012 10:26:38 GMT -5
Many of you might skip past this part on the forums finding it boring or tedious or useless, but on the contrary its a great way to organize your thoughts and also let us know some internal things with your characters Biography.
An example, In the old server when I played as Aiden the original plan was to post up information about his past in the biography section as his history slowly became IC. There are several good things that can become of this.
Posting a Bio here can get you the attention of a DM to possible work around ideas for plots or even simply provide entertainment, or of course for someone to remind themselves of John Smith's Favorite color. Because as a Roleplayer it can be rather frustrating to play a character who never forgets but the players mind is shot and forgets all the time.
The point of the Bio would be to show basic details that are unimportant to the secret life of him, rather what the general populous might know of him. So they may know he wears all black clothing, maybe he has a history of screaming at trees, perhaps he even has an insatiable urge to wrestle zombies with his bare hands.
Though we don't want to know he's the offspring of three dragons and fairy queen. It is important to not put overly secret items in your bio because some players can and likely will accidentally metagame or worse yet, purposefully metagame. If I catch instances of such metagame the repercussions will be costly.
That being said, I suggest those most interested set up a nice little informational for their characters.
Thanks again!
An example, In the old server when I played as Aiden the original plan was to post up information about his past in the biography section as his history slowly became IC. There are several good things that can become of this.
Posting a Bio here can get you the attention of a DM to possible work around ideas for plots or even simply provide entertainment, or of course for someone to remind themselves of John Smith's Favorite color. Because as a Roleplayer it can be rather frustrating to play a character who never forgets but the players mind is shot and forgets all the time.
The point of the Bio would be to show basic details that are unimportant to the secret life of him, rather what the general populous might know of him. So they may know he wears all black clothing, maybe he has a history of screaming at trees, perhaps he even has an insatiable urge to wrestle zombies with his bare hands.
Though we don't want to know he's the offspring of three dragons and fairy queen. It is important to not put overly secret items in your bio because some players can and likely will accidentally metagame or worse yet, purposefully metagame. If I catch instances of such metagame the repercussions will be costly.
That being said, I suggest those most interested set up a nice little informational for their characters.
Thanks again!
