09-10-2016, 04:56 PM
Keep in mind what your character's motivations are.
Since I mentioned him above we'll go with Darius Steele who still remains a good example. Darius' motivations deal with decision making for the greater good of the Lair itself, (which will sometimes get him into trouble with individuals, because it's difficult for him to look on a grander scale.) One of the things We hear a lot in RPs is "my character wouldn't do that." (usally right after the character did, in fact. do that thing they are denying they did.) What this sometimes translates to is "*I* wouldn't' do that"
Your character is not a perfect person. Darius is sometimes forgetful to a fault, being so focused on overall safety and security he ignores somewhat important interpersonal nuances. He is a Tactician so when he looks at the people around him he can't help but see them as pieces on a chess board. Over time he learns that this is a flawed veiwpoint and he struggles to "fix" it. This is especially true when it comes to being a father for Rain.
Let your character make the mistakes they would make in-character. Yes it might upset some of the players around you. While you don't want to go out of your way to make and play a complete asshole, there are times your character is going to trip up and slip up.
Silver is actually a character that runs away with me often because he has a narcissistic streak he sometimes gets a little too self-absorbed in his own wants, needs, and desires that were he not an empath he might be insufferable to deal with. He is a Doctor and can get lost in his own little world at times. There are things Silver does that make me, as a player, want to hold him back only to be dragged behind him as he does the dumb thing I really don't want him to do, but he does it, because it's in character for him to do it. Even though as a player, I know damn well what he's about to do "is not going to end well."
I understand not everyone can do this but in character creation, at least for me, if you start off with a good enough blueprint the Characters develop on their own throughout the story and often develop a life of their own. Sometimes in ways you wanted, sometimes in ways you didn't. Silver was supposed to be closer to his "30s" in disposition and attitude. Unfortunately as his character progressed through my writing his behavior got a bit less jaded, spiteful and cynical than I had originally wanted to portray.
Darius and Silver are loosely based on Starscream and Knockout from Transformers Prime. As you can see from their current characterizations now, they've evolved well and far beyond their original inspirations to the point that unless I point it out, you'd never see the resemblance. But it did give me starting point.
Since I mentioned him above we'll go with Darius Steele who still remains a good example. Darius' motivations deal with decision making for the greater good of the Lair itself, (which will sometimes get him into trouble with individuals, because it's difficult for him to look on a grander scale.) One of the things We hear a lot in RPs is "my character wouldn't do that." (usally right after the character did, in fact. do that thing they are denying they did.) What this sometimes translates to is "*I* wouldn't' do that"
Your character is not a perfect person. Darius is sometimes forgetful to a fault, being so focused on overall safety and security he ignores somewhat important interpersonal nuances. He is a Tactician so when he looks at the people around him he can't help but see them as pieces on a chess board. Over time he learns that this is a flawed veiwpoint and he struggles to "fix" it. This is especially true when it comes to being a father for Rain.
Let your character make the mistakes they would make in-character. Yes it might upset some of the players around you. While you don't want to go out of your way to make and play a complete asshole, there are times your character is going to trip up and slip up.
Silver is actually a character that runs away with me often because he has a narcissistic streak he sometimes gets a little too self-absorbed in his own wants, needs, and desires that were he not an empath he might be insufferable to deal with. He is a Doctor and can get lost in his own little world at times. There are things Silver does that make me, as a player, want to hold him back only to be dragged behind him as he does the dumb thing I really don't want him to do, but he does it, because it's in character for him to do it. Even though as a player, I know damn well what he's about to do "is not going to end well."
I understand not everyone can do this but in character creation, at least for me, if you start off with a good enough blueprint the Characters develop on their own throughout the story and often develop a life of their own. Sometimes in ways you wanted, sometimes in ways you didn't. Silver was supposed to be closer to his "30s" in disposition and attitude. Unfortunately as his character progressed through my writing his behavior got a bit less jaded, spiteful and cynical than I had originally wanted to portray.
Darius and Silver are loosely based on Starscream and Knockout from Transformers Prime. As you can see from their current characterizations now, they've evolved well and far beyond their original inspirations to the point that unless I point it out, you'd never see the resemblance. But it did give me starting point.