My sister always talks about how fun role playing is, So I decided to try it here. But there arent any role play things on here. I have no expirience with forums or roleplay, so I can't really start one. I have some characters I would use, but thats it. Can any one help? And is there anyone who would actually play?

I don't know much about forum RPing but it looks like Botan does and is getting things started. We had MULTIPLE requests to open an RP forum and when we finally did, no one used it! I hope it gets some use now.

I think the problem is that it can be hard to come up with a story to RP.

okay, lets see if i can be of any help!

roleplaying, whether in forums or one on one is exactly the same, so here's the basics to it~

you have to treat it like a story, because that's what roleplaying is, essentially; a story you co-write with another person, or several.

so you have to pretty much choose the genre and characters you wanna go for. my advice would be to get a rough draft of the plot, but don't develop it too much; one of the funnest things in roleplaying is that you never know what the other roleplayer is going to reply, what twist the stories are going to have. that element of surprise adds a nice touch to it. c:

other than that, there are a few different ways to roleplay, like script

Me: *punches you in the face* Unacceptable.

and paragraph

Enraged, I delivered a punch to their face. "Unacceptable." I snarled.

regarding actual forum roleplaying, whoever starts better give everyone else a basic idea of what they have in mind for the RP, in order to avoid any confusion, and preferably add the first post, to give it a good feel. 

also no god modding, OP characters, Mary Sues / Gary Stus and so on.

all in all, it's just having fun and getting to know people. C:

On Mar 12, 2011, franpoo said:

okay, lets see if i can be of any help!

roleplaying, whether in forums or one on one is exactly the same, so here's the basics to it~

 

you have to treat it like a story, because that's what roleplaying is, essentially; a story you co-write with another person, or several.

so you have to pretty much choose the genre and characters you wanna go for. my advice would be to get a rough draft of the plot, but don't develop it too much; one of the funnest things in roleplaying is that you never know what the other roleplayer is going to reply, what twist the stories are going to have. that element of surprise adds a nice touch to it. c:

other than that, there are a few different ways to roleplay, like script

Me: *punches you in the face* Unacceptable.

and paragraph

Enraged, I delivered a punch to their face. "Unacceptable." I snarled.

 

regarding actual forum roleplaying, whoever starts better give everyone else a basic idea of what they have in mind for the RP, in order to avoid any confusion, and preferably add the first post, to give it a good feel. 

also no god modding, OP characters, Mary Sues / Gary Stus and so on.

all in all, it's just having fun and getting to know people. C:

Best reply ever concerning RPs. Amen to Franpoo! Couldn't have said it better myself.

I forgot Paperdemon had an RP section... I remember it being here too.

People are still joining this place so maybe they would be interested in the RP section in the future?