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General Rules & Guidelines
« Thread Started on Jan 25, 2004, 10:39am »

Main character sheet description. Use this when making a character in a story. You may put a link to your sheet, if your character has been used, or make altercations to that character, and post their statistics.

Name:
Race:
Class/Occupation:
Appearance/Personality:
Weapons:
Items:
Bio:

That's a simple character construction. Woohoo! Step one of roleplaying!
Step two!

Use proper punctuation ALWAYS

#1 It looks a Hellava lot better.
#2 It's a hellava lot easier to read.
#3 It's Just Hellava proper ya foo!

Step three, how to write certain dialogue, I'll give examples too. *chuckles*

Thinking should be put in italics with single quotations around them. That's when they are thinking.

EX: 'I gotta get out of here! He's going to kill me...door locked...try the window!'

Okay, now dialogue, talking. Should be left as is, with Quotes around it.

EX: "You're too late. I've caught you. The game is over." The sly man grinned, exposing his fangs.

Aha... there's a second part to that, that isn't dialogue. Notice, it still shows who is speaking... yet you didn't say 'said'. Also, Make sure you start a new paragraph when someone speaks. Try a lot of variation... otherwise you get, said, said, said...

Good EX: "No, please! You can't!" The frightened man pleaded.
"Oh, but I can. And I will." The man cackled and stepped closer.

BAD! EX: "No, please! You can't!" He said.
"Oh, but I can. And I will." The man said.

See? Variation is better. Said, Said, Said... is annoying, and less creative, try not to do it. If you use more variation, it makes your story come alive. And I know, right now, I've built up suspense. Now you want me to tell a story. Well tough! I'm stuck tutoring you!

Some basic rules and must haves...

1.) Imagination
2.) A well-tuned vocabulary.
3.) If you feel free, a dictionaryor thesaurus may help.
4.) Basic-Knowledge of the subject. If its not based on a certain place or game, go wild with your imagination!

5.) Gotta have fun.

Here's an example of a good RP post:

Darren stumbled down the hallway of the old, rotting castle. He threw himself into a room, disturbing all the dust. Coughing he started across the room to another door.

'I gotta get out of here! He's going to kill me!' He rattled the handle on the door, threw himself against it a couple of times, but it wouldn't budge.

'Door locked... try the window!' Darren rushed over to the lattice, trying to budge it open, but it wouldn't lift. Frantically he banged against the glass, but it didn't even crack. He froze as he felt the icy presence of the vampire behind him.

"You're too late. I've caught you. The game is over." The sly man grinned, exposing his fangs. Darren backed up against the window, still fumbling with the latch. The vampire took a step forward.

"No! Please! You can't!" Darren pleaded, still trying to undo the rusty window latch. He had no idea how long of a drop it was, but it must be better then dying at the hands of this creature. The vampire stopped and laughed at his pitiful quarry.

"Oh, but I can! And I will..." He cackled and took another step forward, enjoying every moment of Darren's fear. Darren finally felt the latch go in his hands, and he would have sighed with relief, if the vampire hadn't lunged at him in that instant. He screamed at the top of his lungs as the vampire wrestled him to the floor, he struggled with every ounce of strength he had left. His pained and strangled screams only increased as he felt the vampire's fangs bore into his neck. The pain... was intense. He felt his awareness slip, and his vision blur. And then everything went black...

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