Role Playing for Dummies
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Role-Playing for Dummies

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My little contribution to the world of role-playing. Enjoy.

Welcome to all you readers who have bothered to read and better yet click on my little wiki link. First off I would like to say I've created this wiki because I felt like someone ripped my skin off and covered me with salt, including my eyes, when I saw how some people role played here. GAAAHHH IT BURNS!!! ARRRGGHHHFFFFGHGFHFGHFHGFHGF!!! Ahem, so I decided myself to fix up a small tutorial for the ones that were curious about how to become better role-players instead of total idiots or that don't want to waste money on role-playing books though you can always get those off the internet for free like just about anything else. *cough* *cough*.

Now before you start your reading, I would like to say that some of the parts I will explain here have been written by certain people on go-gaia.com(a forum thingy) so I will quote from them.

Also take note that this tutorial is NOT complete because role-playing tutorials can never quite be 100% fully completed ;o


NEWS

02/20/06 - This wiki needs to be nominated. *hint hint* ;D

01/30/06 - Yay! Role-playing for Dummies is now officially exported. ;D~

01/19/06 - The dice chapter has been added and as you can see many other sub-sections that are to be added soon enough. Enjoy. ^^

01/14/06 - It's been a good year and a half since I last updated this place. Currently, I'm just spell checking everything on my tutorial, sorting out links and pages and finding new links. I'm likely to rewrite Kiva's article sometime and will add a new section on dices and such.

06/14/05 - I've added a link to a new example to character sheets as well as links to a good role-play and some more advice on role-playing game creations.

02/10/05 - New likes ot some helpful pages added. Enjoy. ^__^

07/20/04 - Added a new chapter sub-section. It's more of a rant but I figured it could be of use after what I've seen! Horror! The salt!

06/11/04 - Just wanted to say, there are actually some people who have bother to ask me some fabulously wonderful questions! Yes, it's a miracle!! Even I had not thought of mentioning these things in the tutorial so I've added them to the FAQ. Eventually I'll include them in the tutorial itself but for now make sure that, if you have any questions, to visit the FAQ first before asking away. That's all. Soon I'll be coming up with the actual Elftown RP system they included on the wiki pages and give it a section of its own.


[Lunnie]


For both your health and mine I've decided to separate my tutorial in chapters along with their subcategories.

Chapter 1. Introduction to role-playing
- What is role-playing in detail!!
- Types of role-playing games
- Definitions
Chapter 2. How does free form RP work?
- System of free form role-playing
- So, how do I play "the right way"?
- So, how about fighting now?
- Posting
Chapter 3. Building my character.
- Things to remember
- The either/or rule
- Character sheet (going to be updated and have extra link to different examples added)
- Describing your character (coming soon)
- Equiping your character (coming soon)
- Elements and Powers
- Personalities and things seen too often
- Character history commons and don'ts (coming soon)
Chapter 4. Building a free form RPG
- The storyline
- Rules!! What kind of rules should I make? Do I really need them?
- Advice on making a role-playing game
Chapter 5. About dice roleplaying
- Dices, from BESM, Slayers D20 and D&D to Elftown
- Dice Game Definitions
- Dice Based Battles
- Dice game characters, the stats (coming soon)
- Equiping your character (coming soon)
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Role-playing for Dummies FAQ


Other Helpful Guides and Tutorials

Things to consider about weapons - This mainly explains the cause and effects, advantages and disadvantages and things to consider about weapons. It's good help when the times comes of equipping your character with both weaponry and armor.
Misconceptions in fantasy roleplaying - Give a nice sense between weaponry and realism, what you can and cannot do in real life with your weapon. (mainly talks about swords)
RP: Bad Bios - Mainly some ranting about bad character sheets and some elements GMs see frequently.
http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm - A great test that asks you questions you should ask yourself about your character and lets you know if your character is a plain sucky mary-sue or a good ranged character.
Elftown Open Marketplace - A wiki sponsored by the WFR for people that are new at role-playing.


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Thanks to the Alternative Wiki League for being great supporters of this guide. They're some RP wiki/guild place. I was told they're pretty dead... but I'm keeping the link up anyways.
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This is an excellent RP with an awesome structure and an impressive solid history base. Check out Realms of Lemire and Realms of Lemire Arena.
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Here's a good looking game owned by two hard working GMs, [Adaman] and [Saba Nyx]. Check out Fantasma.
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Link to me!

You can link to me using the banner at http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/Lunnie/Roleplaying.jpg on your own house ^__^


This wiki is owned by [Lunnie] and [Lunnie] only just so you know. ^__^


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2006-02-07 [Lunnie]: -nods- I notcied. ^__^ -petpets-

2006-04-12 [Nominal_sidus]: are there an rpgs I can just jump right in to without having to send character applications and waiting a hundred years to be accepted?

2006-04-12 [iippo]: Well Elftown Open MarketPlace and Elftown Water Fountain are exactly like that if I am not mistaken. *gets a brownie-point from [xido]* :P

2006-04-12 [Duredhel]: You can try Realms of Lemire Arena, you have to send a character bio, but you usually get in the very same day.

2006-06-25 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Hey guys, you've been nominated. :P

2006-07-02 [xido]: Yay! Nomination!  x.o)

2006-07-07 [Lunnie]: It was nominated? o___o Why am I never aware of these things?

2006-07-16 [xido]: Eh, oh well...  at least you got a brownie point....  XP   *flings brownie point into Lunnie's goodie bag of doom*  Hey, babe, any chance we can get some finalization working on the Elftown Water Fountain Design Contest badges? (I always forget the link). I will help on any issue you need to me to help on, provided I have time from school work. Let me know, babe. ;)

2006-07-20 [Sheena my girl]: hello?

2006-07-20 [Sheena my girl]: anyone here?

2006-07-20 [Lunnie]: Maybe, why?

2006-07-21 [xido]: *looks around*    nope, nobody here...  *knocks on head, and it sounds hollow* x.op

2006-08-01 [╔╬╝]: What think of my roleplaying? The Best of Bob: Volume 1...

2007-02-10 [Darian Hawke]: are you allowed to plug RPG's here?

2007-02-14 [Lunnie]: Unless it's for criticism or that your RP is absolutely fucking awsome, not really.

2007-04-04 [Hiuko]: When are the coming soon things coming exactly because I'm dieing to see them. Although I would understand if you're a protagonist

2007-04-04 [Linderel]: Don't you mean a procrastinator? (Unless there is a joke I'm missing.)

2007-06-01 [Sturmi]: join the Realms of Lemire Arena!!!!!

2008-04-07 [sexybitch696]: heeey

2008-05-10 [Atropa]: I just want to thank you for making this wiki. I came here a long while back(and haven't been back until now) because I was turned off by some bad role-playing behavior and assumed it was the norm. Not only did you show me that this was not so, but you voiced some of my own opinions about role-playing that had bugged me before. In addition to all that you instructed me in a very clear manner on how to make a second attempt to enter this roleplaying community. Thanks again.

2008-05-11 [Sagacious Turkey]: ...

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