From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: ADMIN: To those who have not yet posted here Message-ID: <1992May26.195304.1734@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 26 May 92 19:53:04 GMT References: <25May92225014@miracle.com> Further advice on how to construct a character The Dragons-Inn is located in a fantasy setting, although science-fiction characters are (and have been) welcome. >1) Choose a character name (ever played an frp? Then you know what is a >"character") that is not already chosen by anybody else. Sound advice. I would add that if you choose a short, easily spelled name, other bar patrons are more likely to talk to you. >2) Create the character to be unique and original. The key words are UNIQUE and INDIVIDUAL!!! In the first few days, so many posters created chiched Dark Shadowy Character in a Dark Cloak Sitting with his Back to the Wall that the inside joke of the eighteen- cornered inn started. Stereotypes aren't much fun to roleplay. >3) Pretend you are this character and enters the dragons-inn, presenting >yourself ("A new character enters!"). Read other people's posts and see how others have accomplished this. Often, people come in and "recognize" a patron already in the bar, jumping right into a conversation. >4) Start to interact with the other characters. See the new "Dougl Slave Chase" thread. >5) Have fun! No argument here! Dennis Brennan (who writes for Karl the quartermaster) -- Dennis Brennan djb6@midway.uchicago.edu