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  1. Falcon

    Back-Story Challenge – The Mask

    We all like to come up with back-stories for our characters, but keeping those back-stories short with only relevant information can sometimes be difficult. This challenge is designed to help cut out unneeded details, the details that should be saved to be revealed IC. :) Take Cinderella for...
  2. Villamvihar

    Create an Event #8

    Using your own imagination, create a significant event that is connected to the picture above in some way. Remember that this connection does not have to be the event taking place nearby or the event having created this situation. As an optional challenge, use the following words in your...
  3. IceChateau777

    Reviving Characters For Different Games

    Whenever someone wants to join a game, what is the first thing they might see? For starters, a person has to see: A title that caught their eyes, or via a recommendation A plot that satisfies their interests (or probably not) Playable positions Rules, and other whatnot... For some players...
  4. Villamvihar

    Create an Event #6

    Using your own imagination, create a significant event that is connected to the picture above in some way. Remember that this connection does not have to be the event taking place nearby or the event having created this situation. As an optional challenge, use the following words in your...
  5. Villamvihar

    Create an Event #5

    Using your own imagination, create a significant event that is connected to the picture above in some way. Remember that this connection does not have to be the event taking place nearby or the event having created this situation. As an optional challenge, use the following words in your...
  6. L

    Villains: Why Mr. Fluffbuttles isn't a logical evil

    Villains Alright, so almost every story has a villain in it. Whether in the shape of an evil overlord who seeks power through a ring (points to he/she whom gets my reference), that school bully who wants to ruin the prom for you, or that man who turns from friend to foe for his own desires and...
  7. Diana

    LESSON Creating a Plot From Character Bios

    There are many situations where you join a roleplay that does not already have a starting plot. You provide players with a basic setting or universe, then people join with a hodgepodge of characters, and a plot comes together on it's own. Sometimes this happens naturally, but most of the time it...
  8. Diana

    Introduction to Libertine Roleplay - Using Sex as a Plot Device

    Smut! Erotica! Sexy Sex! A Libertine Roleplay on Iwaku is, just for a simple definition, any roleplay that has a high focus on sexual encounters. Where any roleplay could have sex scenes pop up, a Libertine roleplay is specifically seeking to use sex as the main plot device. Hold the phone...
  9. 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...
  10. Diana

    LESSON Getting Around Writer's Block in Roleplays

    Writer's block it hits us all at some point. The best thing to do is figure out why you're getting blocked first. If you don't know why you're getting that block, it'll keep coming back. Here are the things that usually give me a block, they're probably true for most roleplayers too. Been...
  11. Diana

    LESSON Preventing Roleplay Death

    Prevent Roleplay Death: Handy Tips for any Player. Roleplay Death can happen quick or it can happen slow, it can be the Game Master's fault or the Player’s fault. However it happens, it occurs way too often - killing games that would otherwise be spectacular. This article will hopefully be the...
  12. Asmodeus

    The Archetypes of Character

    Archetypes The Mythical Eight This article draws heavily on the work of Jung and Vogler, but also my own research as a writer. Archetypes are certain kinds of characters that reoccur in myths, folk tales and stories. They are essential not only in a structural sense (for example, every...
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