The RPlague

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I guess its a lot easier for those RPers who aren't very good writers or are new to RP to come up with that sort of character because they've seen so many examples of it in the RPGs.

Well, I wouldn't say people who aren't very good writers, just newer ones or those who enjoy that type of thing. Of coursee, not all of them are Shakespeare-ic writers, but neither are the rest of us. Or at least most of us, like me [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Several people write their characters so that it will not be depicted as a Mary-Sue, ie, an "absolutely beautiful maiden who can defend herself from evil with her perfect swords skills and has a troubled past but is absolutely upbeat because of it" etc. In trying to do so, they create even more Mary-Sue-ish characters in that everyone is making thier RP characters that way.

Yes, I've tried that method once... *sigh*

~Menelien