Dion

Hello!

@Beelzebub Welcome to Roleplayerguild! Rest assured we never dry out of roleplays.

I mean, they're all samey, but they're never dry! well sometimes.

shit

Freshman at this site.

@Cosmic Slayer Welcome to Roleplayerguild! I hope you have a good stay here.

A good place to start out would be (depending on your interests and previous experiences) the free/casual/advanced sections for group RP's (more than 2 people), and for 1-on-1 RP's, you should take a look at the 1x1 roleplay section!

Have a good stay!

⌠𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 ╼ 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋⌡

@The Spectre So you preferably want us to post our characters here and not the OOC?

⌠𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 ╼ 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋⌡

@The Spectre Where the thread at, doe.

the collection of stupid characters

revised cs skeleton

ℂharacter ℕame

☩ ℬroacien tessera omni armatura fortior ☩

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ℬasic ℭharacteristics

_{“Without the Monarch, nothing.”}

☩ ℕame--

Sieghard (of the house) Warinot-Lorenz

☩ Ⱥliases--

Sieg
Sieghard the Hardy
Sieghard of the Vanguard

☩ Ⱥge--

29

☩ Gender--

♂

☩ Ѻrientation--

Heterosexual

☩ ℜeligion--

Monarchist

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Ⱥppearance

_{Ⱥb ipso ferro}

☩ ℘ortrayal--

Sieghard has a set of strong, hardy features that resemble that of a noble warrior. His strong and bulky build is no doubt impressive and intimidating, but at the same time his way of moving and his face are reminiscent of a nobleman - delicate, thought out and carefully practiced.

His features are directly inherited from his noble heritage of the Warinot-Lorentz family. His father gave him his facial structure, hair color and his nose, where as his mother gave him his mouth and eyes. He's the spitting image of his father with traces and hints of his mother throughout his face.

☩ ℋeight--

1.89m, 6'2"

☩ ωeight--

84kg, 185lbs

☩ ℇyes--

Brown eyes, thinly shaped, relatively small compared to other Broacien people.

☩ Ƀuild--

Due to his history, Sieghard has a rather sturdy and strong build. He is by no means a overly built mountain of a man, but he holds his own. His muscles around his arms, shoulders and chest are well defined, easily visible if his clothing does not conceal it. His legs similarly are defined but not quite as much.

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℘ersonality

_{Ⱥd Maiorem Dei Gloriam}

☩ ℘ersonality--

Being raised in a noble family, but also being the first son, it has landed Sieghard with some traditional noble-like personality traits. He is well spoken, deeply religious and has the utmost faith in the King, who is of course the Monarch on earth. He cares deeply for his family (due to the task of the preserving the family name being rested on his shoulders) and would do whatever it takes to save them from danger and to further their position within Broacien.

He stands with good relations with the royal family and has good ties to some other noble families and well-off families within Broacien. It's a testament to his families good name, but also to the fame and name that Sieghard has earned himself. As it stands, he is known throughout Broacien as a knight and warrior, an a Servant of the Monarch. Most of the regular townsfolk and peasantry would know him, perhaps, by name, where as the noblemen that matter would know him by his name, titles, and his appearance.

From his time under the Servants (the holy order of the Monarch) he served his four years dutifully, and came to be known as brave, heroic and above all, a good fighter. He had some leadership capabilities but they never truly shone as he was merely a holy knight, not a leader.

Though he can be brutally cold in battle, he is a warm man at heart, living up to the expectations of the Monarch. He's understanding and tries to be kind where he can, though his natural cold attitude sometimes makes this hard - as it's come to be understood, his kindness is one that is forced and fake, though never the less, it could save your life if it depended on it.

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ℋistory

_{Ⱥmator ℭrucis}

☩ ℱamily--

His father, Ebbe the Just, is the current duke of the Lorentz region which lies just on the border of Grosswick to the Barren Flats. The area is rich in minerals in the north and has workable fertile soil in the south, making it a region that is extremely capable of sustaining itself economically. Ebbe himself comes from a long line of lords, all of which ruled over the Lorentz, and had the surname of Marinot. However Ebbe was the first that expanded the lands drastically and nearly quadrupled the Lorentz in size after a successful marriage with a nearby dukes' daughter, Sieghard's mother.

His mother, Astrid of the Lorentz, was the daughter of of the duke. Their family was one of humble beginning and came from the Northern lands. Although they are fully Broacienian now, they used to belong to a tribe in the Northern reaches of the world. Early they emigrated to Broacien and settled in the South of the Barren Flats, near the border with Grosswick. In due time they earned a title and became the duchy of these lands, until a clever marriage from Ebbe Marinot and the lack of an heir meant that the lands would now belong to the Marinot family. A sad but useful truth, as Ebbe has kept the northern family around and has, more or less, integrated them with the Marinot family through marriages and employment.

And lastly his sister, 22 years of age, lady Godiva of the Lorentz. A young girl with little ambitions other than to get married and become a lady of a duchy or perhaps marry a royal prince. These are the same ambitions her father has for her, leaving her little to no room to do anything else. Not that she'd want to - she is quite stuck in the romantic poetic tales that traveling bards and poets tell her at the feasts.

☩ Ƀiography--

Much of Sieghard's early years were spent under the tutorage of his mother until the age of six. From that moment he was going to get tutored like other heirs - countless hours in the study to read books about economics, laws, culture and custom, and warfare. Although Sieghard had a knack for warfare, and seemed to naturally grasp culture and custom, the rest was hard for him. Never the less he was succesful, and at the ripe age of 12, was sent to the kings court to squire for one of the princes. This was where he picked up on his natural talent, namely martial prowess. He seemed to be exceptionally good at the sword, lance, spear and even the bow. At the age of 16 he was already participating in tournaments, making a name for himself and doing his father proud.

Since 16 was the age of coming of age, he became a knight shortly after, and returned to the Lorentz region. From there he lived the life of a nobleman, participating in many tournaments, and doing menial random tasks. In three years time he'd become bored of it and enlisted with the Servants to prove his servitude to the Monarch. He was posted in Coedwin, the large fortress bordering the Sawarim sultanate. He served for four years, earning the red triple dots on his forehead (∴) 'tattoo' as a sign of having completed the time of his contract. As a Servant that has served his time this opened new doors and new rights for him.

The rest of his life was spent out in the Lorentz at the castle, returning to the boring life of a noble young man that participated in tournaments every now and then.

How to write conversations/speech?

As I am always looking for ways to improve my writing, I've been struggling with the topic of speech in roleplays lately. I've been thinking about how I do it, and while I don't think it's bad, I think it could be better.

How I do it generally comes down to writing a paragraph, and adding the speech where necessary. It works, and it's not bad when it comes to readability, but it seems convoluted to me and it's easy to mistake one character for another. I don't want to color code them. I primarily care about the 1x1's I do, and I only color-code my speech when everyone else does. Otherwise, I just use italics.

EX: ... John had been walking around the town for a while now, looking for the specific shop she had told him to meet her at. After what seemed to be countless minutes of walking around, a hand waving in front of his face caused him to snap back to reality. “John? John! How are you?” a feminine voice said to him.

“Uh.. I'm good, how about you?” John replied, looking at the woman. Her pale face ...

So the rule of 'only 1 character speaks per paragraph' is something I've already gotten down. Not that I go out of my way to enforce it but it usually just happens because it writes easier for me.

What I've also thought of was using indents.

EX: ... John had been walking around the town for a while now, looking for the specific shop she had told him to meet her at. After what seemed to be countless minutes of walking around, a hand waving in front of his face caused him to snap back to reality, followed by a feminine voice.

“John? John! How are you?”

He turned towards the woman and smiled (insert more description, fluff and shit).

“Uh.. I'm good, how about you?”

But this just makes it feel like I'm purposefully lengthening my post by making it look longer than it actually is. This is the same reason why I don't split my speech into different lines. It feels fake, like I'm making something longer than it is. The above method also has the effect that I can't really create a flow in my writing - as weird as it sounds, this style of writing speech just kills the flow in a post for me. Even though it's easier to follow and read.

I haven't given other styles of writing speech any thought yet, but I am wondering how you do it, what you prefer, what you think and any other insights you have. Feel free to illustrate.

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@The Spectre Just wanted to mention that, in the end, the level doesn't really impact me. Though, I admit, I'm prone to writing advanced posts in casual section regardless.

I'm more interested in starting quickly - I don't want to be stuck in GM hell where it takes a week to get anything done, you feel me? I'll start work on a character later today after I've come down from school a bit.

The Palace of Pimpitude (A Hangout Thread)

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Alright. Alright.
Little does he know, I've already hidden the memes inside a train headed for Switzerland! Now we will be able to achieve the status of Ultimate Memeforms

@AdobeFlash

Switzerland is actually Poland
It's the memeocaust

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

@tsukune Fair point, I suppose that it has to do more with how you define the word. Which, arguably, you're also right in, in the sense that writing something like 'he's generally happy' is more of an indicator that he's happy go lucky, and not an actual trait. Kind of like how writing 'he's an adult' doesn't reveal his age, but says he's at least 18.

It implies something but doesn't say it. I suppose that's where my mix up was.

I hate writing personalities, anyway, because for me the way my character acts usually depends on how I personally feel that day a lot, as well as established ticks and history of that character. It seems to be like setting myself up for failure to comply with a personality. :/

The Unpopular Opinions Thread.

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>implying I haven't told this directly to Ryo multiple times already

@j8cob

>implying I haven't either

he still gets a free pass until he becomes as stupid as you or hillan, cuz homie knows when to shut his mouth

Gwazi is the coolest person of all time.

:3

@Gwazi Magnum

What kind of retard would think like this!!