Bad at Introductions - Jamie / Avalyn Ode

First of all, thanks for the plentiful amount of replies. I was concerned with the length of my introduction being a complete turn-off.

"SHE HAS A TOO MUCH TO SAY." lol

Uhm, but thanks for the support and as I mentioned previously I am very intrigued with the idea of what I call "extreme acting". I've seen people at my first event-- cry (for REAL) and yell or scream with anguish or sing with the utmost sadness. I don't think it's really acting at this point, it's a genuine emotion and it makes me curious how far into character one can go. I was surprised how I myself, fell into character when that was all I worried about. But once I got home, I was just so shocked at how many people I had spoken with or how many people I fought with. I was surprised I could understand Avalyn who I thought at first was this out-of-body creation. It's as though her thoughts have become a part of mine.

Anyway, I love the ideas from this topic. I wish to hear more if anyone else wishes to contribute or at least make me feel less alone in my fear of socializing. Thanks those of you again for sharing.

Jamie J wrote: I wonder how many of you feel about integrating the self with the IG self? Do you enjoy testing yourself? For example, being afraid of the darkness, yet deliberately making your IG character enjoy it. Ha, the philosophy of LARPing.:

Hi Jamie! I'm JJ. I play the character Aemorniel Silverbow. I've been playing the game for close to two years now and a lot of the anxieties you have are ones almost everyone has when they start off at a new place, whether it be a larp, at a new job, or simply with new friends. Everything takes time. Believe me when I say what you put into this game, you will get out of it. If you put all your heart into a character and really keep working at it, people will take notice.

Speaking of characters, using your quote above, I find there is a lot of yourself in any character you create. Each is a facet of you whether or not you realize it. It can get pretty cathartic when you have moments of RP that hit home not just for your PC but for you too. Even then, making a character EXACTLY like you can leave out some of the fun of being another person for a while (it's why we all escape into the woods to play make believe with beanbags and fake weapons right?) If you take my PC for example, she is a scholar. That just so happens to work well for me because of my natural love of books, researching, and finding answers. On the other hand, my PC also is completely non-combative--very different from myself. I'm trained in multiple sword forms, certified in many fighting styles, and have been doing that for over 8 years. I made the conscious choice to NOT pick up a weapon as my PC because I felt that would be too easy for me. It also went along with my backstory and RP followed. It makes me happy to have my PC be an RP heavy role and get involved with politics but that's me. Do what makes you happy and comfortable lovebug because I promise you--you won't regret it.

Character integration...

As for me I like being something different. I may have tiny aspects that are very me, I love playing something completely different. It is one of the reasons I love roleplaying, there is a fun challenge to playing something different. I am no where near as nice or naive as Aella, but creating her and playing her with her quirks and her own issues is fun. I enjoy tabletop for that reason as well. I can play males, people with truly twisted beliefs that are quite the contrary to my own, people that are drunks (I don't drink), people that are just so very different than I am.. characters that are social.. Making a character that can challenge you and force you to go out of the comfort zone can be scary at first, but very, very liberating.

If you are new, I would suggest taking things one step at a time. You will get your own rhythm and understand your character more as you play.

Hi there!

All this talk about playing characters that are the OPPOSITE of yourself is making me wonder about playing one of the Goblinoid races as my alt. I wonder if I could pull off a big, dumb fighter. (and yes, I know that the goblinoids are necessarily "dumb", in this world, but that's the archetype that I'd like to play)

As a side note: in the rulebook, it says that orcs and hobgoblins wear "prosthetic fangs". Are they like the traditional "vampire" fangs, or more like underbite "tusks"?

I know I'm getting off topic, but I keep thinking of ideas for alts. :oops: I promise to make a new topic for my next line of thought.

I think one of the hardest roleplaying challenges I ever did was playing a feral person that could not communicate with anyone. It took me months to learn a spoken language on role. It was tough...but interesting. I bet you would be a kick butt orc or hobgoblin.

Cant wait to see you back soon Jamie!!!!

Craig, shoot me a PM or FBM and ill answer your race questions