Role Playing Guide

This is a guide not just for new role players but for existing ones who perhaps want to know tips on how to improve. Though it should be noted that the number of ways a person can role play is about as diverse as the number of people who could be role playing.

Introduction to Role Playing

• Role Play Defined is for new players who are not familiar with what role playing is and what role play itself means.
• Terminology and definitions are also listed for new players to familiarize themselves with what everything means.
• Our Writing Guide is meant to introduce new players to how to construct posts (emotes) for participation in our game.
• Character Approval is required, and any finalized character should meet the guidelines for doing such.
• Our Character Creation Guide gives an idea of how to create a character, including considerations for giving a character multiple dimensions for play.

Beginning Play

• The Guide to Attracting Role Play is intended to help players get into the game and start participating.
• Finally the Guide to Actual Play is intended to help players understand best practices for actually participating in a scene.
• Moving beyond just participating in a single scene or PSL, there is a Guide to Story Participation for moving through a quest or complex story arc.

Creating Content

• For those wishing to create new story's, see our Story Creation Guidelines.

Other Guides

• For a player wishing their character to live in space, we have guidelines for doing that.

This guide basically includes special considerations and possible solutions for common problems faced in creating a well rounded and believable character who lives in space.