COMPLETELY Realistic roleplays on our club are almost impossible, o at least in the sense that was talked about. Now that isn’t to say that there aren’t some very realistic Supernatural roleplays; as long as te can scientifically explain it, o da other means explain it, then it’s technically realistic to an extent, but I suppose down-to-earth is più accurate a description.
This means roleplays that aren’t all high-scale and full of powerhouses; roleplays where te can interact with characters that don’t have Supernatural abilities (or a small amount) without feeling dwarfed.
Now the problem with this is not so much that people aren’t willing to make down-to-earth roleplays, (My Thief Roleplays were usually pretty low-scale on supernaturalism, and Mephiles97’s “Amped” roleplay is very realistic and down-to-earth in its captive-escape-theme, even Matt’s “Tales of the Eclipse” while including Supernatural events, I could easily see being played on with a non-powered character) it’s più that the characters involved da the person who risposte the roleplay are too powerful, o out there, to work.
This isn’t specific to powers of course. There can be characters with a super-complex past, extreme mental conditions, some extreme position of power, etc. but più times than not it’s involving characters with ice-powers, chaos powers, super strength, etc.
What I would suggest for the obvious solution is…
FOR THE ROLEPLAY-MAKERS MAKE SURE THAT
~Your roleplay has a specific scale-factor so that te know it’s clear what kind of character-audience te want to attract,
~Always try to make sure that those without powers can still complete tasks in the roleplay without making them obsolete; ergo make their existence have meaning; make sure they get to do things that your characters can’t easily do without them.
~Practice variety of scale and topic, and make sure your roleplay-theme balances with the scale. For instance, while my roleplay “DNA Catastrophe” involves DNA-Manipulation, element-changing identities, and più Supernatural elements, the theme of the roleplay is an open-world casual-mystery, and the scale is almost always low-grounded. So yes te can have Supernatural elements in it as long as the main focus can still be realism-based.
FOR THE ROLEPLAY-REPLY’ERS MAKE SURE THAT
~(If te have multiple characters)You use variety in the scales of your characters so that te can get people familiar with your different characters.
~Always try using your powerless/”weak”/”realistic” characters whenever te can. te WILL get into many situations where it’s actually più fun to use them than your powerful characters, and it makes the interactions più skill-based, giving te più of a reward for good roleplaying. For instance, when I use characters like Paige o Craiger, neither have powers but they still have their own skills that I have to utilize. Dave on the other hand has no fighting-skills, nor does he have powers, so it becomes più of a challenge to roleplay as him. Whether o not the challenge is enjoyable is up to the two (or more) in the roleplay.
~Don’t be afraid to mostra weaknesses. Believe me when I say that this will increase the entertainment and depth of a roleplay incredibly. Realize your characters faults, as well as strengths, and address them when needed. If there isn’t a chance to do so, that’s fine, but when there is, it will help. This isn’t so much power-based realism, but emotional-realism, making your character seem believable and realistic in their personality and thus making the roleplay itself più realistic.
In the end this isn’t a problem of the scale o realism of some roleplays, but…
>the amount of down-to-earth roleplays to balance the Supernatural roleplays,
>and the variety of characters able to fit in the roleplay without seeming out of place.
There are a lot of realistic roleplays out there, it just takes time to find them. But in terms of specific wants for a roleplay, I think it would be a good idea if we set up a sort of roleplay-board where we can post elements and ideas we would like to see in roleplays. That way people can look at the lista and use that as a basis to see what people want in a roleplay and balance it with what they want in one.
Hope that helped. This wasn’t really going to be a rant originally (as te can see da the shortness) but I felt I might as well go all out to make sure I made everything clear. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.
God Bless,
Eat Pie and Prosper
This means roleplays that aren’t all high-scale and full of powerhouses; roleplays where te can interact with characters that don’t have Supernatural abilities (or a small amount) without feeling dwarfed.
Now the problem with this is not so much that people aren’t willing to make down-to-earth roleplays, (My Thief Roleplays were usually pretty low-scale on supernaturalism, and Mephiles97’s “Amped” roleplay is very realistic and down-to-earth in its captive-escape-theme, even Matt’s “Tales of the Eclipse” while including Supernatural events, I could easily see being played on with a non-powered character) it’s più that the characters involved da the person who risposte the roleplay are too powerful, o out there, to work.
This isn’t specific to powers of course. There can be characters with a super-complex past, extreme mental conditions, some extreme position of power, etc. but più times than not it’s involving characters with ice-powers, chaos powers, super strength, etc.
What I would suggest for the obvious solution is…
FOR THE ROLEPLAY-MAKERS MAKE SURE THAT
~Your roleplay has a specific scale-factor so that te know it’s clear what kind of character-audience te want to attract,
~Always try to make sure that those without powers can still complete tasks in the roleplay without making them obsolete; ergo make their existence have meaning; make sure they get to do things that your characters can’t easily do without them.
~Practice variety of scale and topic, and make sure your roleplay-theme balances with the scale. For instance, while my roleplay “DNA Catastrophe” involves DNA-Manipulation, element-changing identities, and più Supernatural elements, the theme of the roleplay is an open-world casual-mystery, and the scale is almost always low-grounded. So yes te can have Supernatural elements in it as long as the main focus can still be realism-based.
FOR THE ROLEPLAY-REPLY’ERS MAKE SURE THAT
~(If te have multiple characters)You use variety in the scales of your characters so that te can get people familiar with your different characters.
~Always try using your powerless/”weak”/”realistic” characters whenever te can. te WILL get into many situations where it’s actually più fun to use them than your powerful characters, and it makes the interactions più skill-based, giving te più of a reward for good roleplaying. For instance, when I use characters like Paige o Craiger, neither have powers but they still have their own skills that I have to utilize. Dave on the other hand has no fighting-skills, nor does he have powers, so it becomes più of a challenge to roleplay as him. Whether o not the challenge is enjoyable is up to the two (or more) in the roleplay.
~Don’t be afraid to mostra weaknesses. Believe me when I say that this will increase the entertainment and depth of a roleplay incredibly. Realize your characters faults, as well as strengths, and address them when needed. If there isn’t a chance to do so, that’s fine, but when there is, it will help. This isn’t so much power-based realism, but emotional-realism, making your character seem believable and realistic in their personality and thus making the roleplay itself più realistic.
In the end this isn’t a problem of the scale o realism of some roleplays, but…
>the amount of down-to-earth roleplays to balance the Supernatural roleplays,
>and the variety of characters able to fit in the roleplay without seeming out of place.
There are a lot of realistic roleplays out there, it just takes time to find them. But in terms of specific wants for a roleplay, I think it would be a good idea if we set up a sort of roleplay-board where we can post elements and ideas we would like to see in roleplays. That way people can look at the lista and use that as a basis to see what people want in a roleplay and balance it with what they want in one.
Hope that helped. This wasn’t really going to be a rant originally (as te can see da the shortness) but I felt I might as well go all out to make sure I made everything clear. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.
God Bless,
Eat Pie and Prosper
