Post by Ginger - The Waitress on Feb 9, 2011 2:25:34 GMT -5
Conversational RP is role-playing your character in a real time conversation. It can happen in YM, some other form of messenger, or in back and forth bantering right here on the forum.
In this form of RP, you are not expressing lavish movements, detailing the setting or the scene of your characters position, having a grand adventure or revealing an inner monologue.
You are, as your character, having a conversation with others.
Here are some examples.
The first is completely fabricated IC conversation in YM between Chiru and Nemesis:
Chiru: Hey Nems, I hear you like to holy water your husband sometimes for no reason.
Nemesis: ~nods~ is true…secret to a happy marriage. Nothing says I love you like a few burns and puncture wounds.
Chiru: ~chuckles softly~ well, I’ll have to see how well that goes over with Nightwalker.
Nems: ~snickers~
The second example is another completely fabricated IC conversation in terms of posting to the forum in the ‘Conversational RP’ section.
Topic: Scrolling vs. HolyWatering
Chiru posted:
I think the sound of breaking glass and the sizzle you hear from another vampires flesh burning at the touch just makes holy water a little more fun. Not to mention it causes a lot more damage and blood loss.
Nemesis posted:
Yes, the breaky glass sound is lovely, and while HW is more damaging, scrolls just seem more fun. You don’t have to wait for your target to move. You can toss scroll after scroll after scroll…~sighs dreamily~ oh..and its good exercise. ~snickers~
Nightwalker posted:
I agree with Chiru on HW being more fun….seeing all that blood loss just brings a smile to my face.
Nemesis posted:
Oh, Chiru? Have you considered a tossing a holy water in relation to what we spoke on the ‘phone’ about? ~looks to Nightwalker, grins cheekily and snickers deviously~
Chiru posted:
Errmm…..~blushes faintly and smiles ever so sweetly to the husband~
In that last instance, I showed how a YM, MSN, AIM, etc, conversation can be relayed into the RP medium, without bringing OOC terms, such as YM, into the wording.
I’ve also shown how a characters personality and mannerism can show with subtle movement.
Pitfalls of conversational RP are things such as power playing by way of taking control of another person’s character, or bringing Out of Character terms into the IC medium.
You shouldn’t do something such as this:
XXX: Haha! Good to see you old friend! *smacks you on the shoulder hard, causing you to fall over on to the floor in a heap*.
No no.
That’s making someone else’s character take actions that the player may not have done. You cannot make someone else’s character respond how you wish them to respond.
Another pitfall is bringing OOC into the IC medium.
YYY: I would have waited until sun up for my target to come out of shadows, but my human was just too tired and begging me to let her go to bed.
No no.
That’s veiling OOC to bring it into the IC prospective, but think about it…it doesn’t work in the scheme of things. Since when are vampire’s at the beck and call of humans?
Conversational RP can at times be fast paced, and discussions between characters that don’t get a long can become heated. Avoid reacting from the heart. Don’t take OOC personal offense to the things said In Character. Remember you are acting a part and the insults that may well be said by others in the thread are not directed at you, but at your character.
In this form of RP, you are not expressing lavish movements, detailing the setting or the scene of your characters position, having a grand adventure or revealing an inner monologue.
You are, as your character, having a conversation with others.
Here are some examples.
The first is completely fabricated IC conversation in YM between Chiru and Nemesis:
Chiru: Hey Nems, I hear you like to holy water your husband sometimes for no reason.
Nemesis: ~nods~ is true…secret to a happy marriage. Nothing says I love you like a few burns and puncture wounds.
Chiru: ~chuckles softly~ well, I’ll have to see how well that goes over with Nightwalker.
Nems: ~snickers~
The second example is another completely fabricated IC conversation in terms of posting to the forum in the ‘Conversational RP’ section.
Topic: Scrolling vs. HolyWatering
Chiru posted:
I think the sound of breaking glass and the sizzle you hear from another vampires flesh burning at the touch just makes holy water a little more fun. Not to mention it causes a lot more damage and blood loss.
Nemesis posted:
Yes, the breaky glass sound is lovely, and while HW is more damaging, scrolls just seem more fun. You don’t have to wait for your target to move. You can toss scroll after scroll after scroll…~sighs dreamily~ oh..and its good exercise. ~snickers~
Nightwalker posted:
I agree with Chiru on HW being more fun….seeing all that blood loss just brings a smile to my face.
Nemesis posted:
Oh, Chiru? Have you considered a tossing a holy water in relation to what we spoke on the ‘phone’ about? ~looks to Nightwalker, grins cheekily and snickers deviously~
Chiru posted:
Errmm…..~blushes faintly and smiles ever so sweetly to the husband~
In that last instance, I showed how a YM, MSN, AIM, etc, conversation can be relayed into the RP medium, without bringing OOC terms, such as YM, into the wording.
I’ve also shown how a characters personality and mannerism can show with subtle movement.
Pitfalls of conversational RP are things such as power playing by way of taking control of another person’s character, or bringing Out of Character terms into the IC medium.
You shouldn’t do something such as this:
XXX: Haha! Good to see you old friend! *smacks you on the shoulder hard, causing you to fall over on to the floor in a heap*.
No no.
That’s making someone else’s character take actions that the player may not have done. You cannot make someone else’s character respond how you wish them to respond.
Another pitfall is bringing OOC into the IC medium.
YYY: I would have waited until sun up for my target to come out of shadows, but my human was just too tired and begging me to let her go to bed.
No no.
That’s veiling OOC to bring it into the IC prospective, but think about it…it doesn’t work in the scheme of things. Since when are vampire’s at the beck and call of humans?
Conversational RP can at times be fast paced, and discussions between characters that don’t get a long can become heated. Avoid reacting from the heart. Don’t take OOC personal offense to the things said In Character. Remember you are acting a part and the insults that may well be said by others in the thread are not directed at you, but at your character.