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  1. Diana

    Eating

    Whether you are roleplaying or writing a story, at some point you characters are going to be having meals. This might be while camping, traveling in cities, sitting down with a familiar or friends, strangers in another land, royal banquets. Because food is a basic necessity, food and the rituals...
  2. Diana

    LESSON Distinguishing Marks: Little appearance details about your characters!

    When we create our characters, we always jot down the basics. Hair color, eye colors, sometimes height and weight, pretty or plain. Muscles or scrawny. Many of us even skip that process all together and just use a picture that seems to fit just right. There's nothing wrong with this, but using...
  3. Minibit

    Populating your World

    I posted a little bit about John and Jane Doe in Lstorm's discussion about World Building Processes and thought I'd share more about this shortcut to culture development! Most of how you show off your culture in a world is through the characters. The only real alternative is to spend more time...
  4. Dip

    Music Theme Challenge: Create a Character or Scene

    Take a moment to think over the song The lyrics, the instruments, and what it all means to you! Create a character or a scene based on all of these things, and post them below!
  5. VerbalAbuse

    123 Character Flaws

    Absent-minded - Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful. Abusive - Characterized by improper infliction of physical or psychological maltreatment towards another. Addict - One who is addicted to a...
  6. Esthalia

    The Good, the Bad and the Sexy

    The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy- Creating a character for Mature Roleplay When creating a character for a roleplay, it's common for players to desire the strongest, fastest, most bad ass fire breathing, martial arts master- who also holds a degree in astrophysics. But, most of the best...
  7. D

    Setting the Mood in your Mature Roleplay

    What makes sex so sexy? Something that makes your toes curl and your breath come quicker, something that makes your heart race and gets the juices flowing? It's more than just two impossibly good looking characters coming together and bumping uglies. Ask Barry White and he'll tell you that...
  8. R

    The Food Pyramid of RP a.k.a. Your RP Diet!

    Proper nutrition is essential for a healthy body and mind. More and more, we are discovering that there are guidelines to eating right, and that these also vary to a certain degree from person to person. Not everyone has the same body chemistry or metabolism. Still, it is important to...
  9. Diana

    Ads Targeted at Character

    After a weird discussion in the cbox, we all realized the the advertisements on Iwaku seem tailored to certain personalities/browsing history on the site. For Example: Diana gets ads about ABS and IP Disguises.... suggesting she might be a sexual predator, or a really lonely dude trolling...
  10. Astaroth

    RESOURCE Sample Character Templates

    These character templates are FREE SAMPLES. You may take and alter them however you like! Be sure to post here if you've used a template and would like to show off your fully developed character. NAME: The Training Wheels AGE: 16 GENDER: Male PERSONALITY: Not the brightest crayon in the...
  11. Asmodeus

    Posting With Style

    Workshop by @Asmodeus; Posting with StyleA look at roleplay posting As some of you know, it is my belief that there are essentially 8 character types, or archetypes, that feature in all good stories. Some of you may believe there are more, or less, or even that it is wrong to...
  12. October Knight

    Creating Great Villains

    Villain Workshop By: Fluffy and October leche The epic battle between good and evil rages on! Whether it's a one on one fight to the death, or a race for world domination, the Evil antagonist is a key element to a good story. When we Role-play, it is a common occurrence to have a surplus of...
  13. Blind Hemingway

    Character Design: Creating Antagonists

    By a ‘good villain’ I mean one that is memorable; the whole clichéd and the whole “necessary” evil leaves you with an unmemorable 2D figure. This is a list of somethings to take into account about trying to create a antagonist that isn’t your anime or cartoon super villain: *They try to...
  14. Blind Hemingway

    Character Design: Creating the Protagonist

    A protagonist is a person that is the main character of the story. most of the time. This short article will be about what you can do to make them more memorable. Remember, just like for the antagonist, the whole clichéd and the whole “necessary” good leaves you with an unmemorable, 2D figure...
  15. Asmodeus

    Male Journey vs Female Journey

    Workshop by @Asmodeus; How to Use a WomanThe Female Journey My second article starts with an apology. For a long time I've insisted on supporting the 12-Stage Structure as a mythic foundation for all stories. But recently I've come to realise that I have not been teaching the full...
  16. Blind Hemingway

    Weaknesses for Characters

    Workshop written by RORY. I think that while it's good to get into a character's mindset so thoroughly, it's not particularly healthy to not list down a character's weaknesses either. I think physically listing them down at least would help you keep in touch with the character even further...
  17. Blind Hemingway

    Character Design: Physical features and Conditions

    Workshop written by RORY This is a central competent to any character, without having an idea of what your character looks like they remain a two dimensional creature lacking any life. This is often one of the hardest parts to come up with. If you are like me, I have to take a gander at...
  18. Blind Hemingway

    Character Design: Personality Part One

    Workshop written by RORY. Personality is without the doubt, is what makes the character what he or she is. As already discussed beforehand, this can be one of the hardest things to pick up on. When first coming up with an idea, we tend to use the people around us. This is a good starting...
  19. Fluffy

    LESSON Gender Bender: It's not Drag, just a character!

    This Workshop Brought to you By: Zypher; and Fluffy; Gender Bender: It's not Drag, just a character! A guy's guide to playing a girl... Playing a woman as a man shouldn't be a scary or daunting experience. It's really not that hard, and putting yourself in a "woman's mindset" isn't an...
  20. Diana

    RESOURCE Potential Jobs: Fantasy

    Need a career for a character in a FANTASY setting? Never fear! We've compiled a list of potential job opportunities just for you! Feel free to comment and post your own suggestions as well to help make this list even better. June 13, 2016: Edited to remove some doubles and add some new...
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