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What's gone wrong? Is this just a Shire thing? Does it get better in the other areas?
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I would venture to say that if you pulled a person off the street, plopped him in front of a computer, and told him to create and write a character, he or she would create a cookie cutter character. People like to copy each other, and RPing is no exception. The problem that you seem to refer to is that it doesn’t seem that people move beyond this initial step. It takes time to develop good writing skills and maturity. People don't learn in leaps--they usually learn in baby steps.
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Oh, and the sword weilding maidens.... I tried playing a maidservant..... they get ignored. Characters with no fighting skills tend to get left out of the actions.
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My female character (Elenna) in the Betrayal of Trust RPG is an herbalist with physical problems that basically preclude most combat related activities. I’d have to say she’s my favorite character to write
because she has no fighting skills. How many times do you get to perform battlefield surgery anyways? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ April 29, 2003: Message edited by: Ransom ]
[ April 29, 2003: Message edited by: Ransom ]
[ April 29, 2003: Message edited by: Ransom ]