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Character Development Articles
Explore your character and let it evolve into a real person with feelings and interesting quirks.
Written by onion on February 11, 2013
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3 months 1 week ago
Your character is a product of their ancestors. It’s a weird way to look at it, but it’s true of us all.The knowledge and experience that our parents have gathered gets passed onto us, including many life valuable life skills, and family values. Often we pick up hobbies and interests from our...
Written by onion on February 11, 2013
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3 months 1 week ago
Mary Sue; the name is immortalized in a song and in literature, but they aren’t the same person. So, my friend, you want to write a book, short story, or merely participate in a play by E-mail online roleplaying game and need a character. This article is going to tell you how to avoid a trap even...
Written by Darryl Kettner on October 8, 2012
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7 months 2 weeks ago
What I like best when I participate in a sim, apart from the character interactions, is the characters themselves. It doesn't matter if you are playing in an established world such as Star Trek or Dr Who, or a unique one of your own imagining it's the characters we write for the bring the universe...
Written by PBEMPlayers on November 26, 2005
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4 years 11 months ago
The character you play in your PBEM (Play By Email) role playing game is the most basic foundation of your participation in the game. Your character sets the boundaries for what you can do and how you can act. One of the first things someone notices about a character is its name. A name can send...
Written by PBEMPlayers on September 9, 2007
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4 years 11 months ago
By David "Onion" Ball
The character you play is probably the most crucial part of your PBEM role-playing experience. Your character will be your outlook onto the fictional world of your game, and how you interact with it. It is your character's actions that you will write about, so they...
Written by PBEMPlayers on February 17, 2007
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4 years 11 months ago
One, of many, ways to categorize PBEM posts is to see if they are driven forward by the use of characters or by action. While both types are perfectly valid and accepted, players often find themselves being more comfortable with one of them. They do, however, present different possibilities and...
Written by PBEMPlayers on February 6, 2006
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4 years 11 months ago
Once you have started to get to know your character, the game setting and your writing is flowing, it is time to start thinking about what your plans are for the future.
A PBEM game can continue for several years, so if you do not plan ahead from the start, you may very well be painting yourself...
Written by PBEMPlayers on September 26, 2005
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4 years 11 months ago
In your game, there are probably at least 5-10 other players. They all have characters, just like you do. But what makes your character stand out? It is hard enough for you to describe your character in your own posts, even harder for the other players!
In a movie, all the characters are dressed...
Written by PBEMPlayers on September 21, 2005
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4 years 11 months ago
Your character’s background is something that will follow your character and influence the way it acts. Therefore, it is important that you have a solid background already thought out for your character.
The number one thing to remember when writing a background for your character is to keep it...
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