T. Rakinson
A Brute among Beasts
Not too big of a deal, he didnt get killed, and i imagine it could make for some nice new dialouge.
Do i think that? nah, i dont recall you telling me toI won't do a trilogy. We'll get to the bandit fort in my next post and then I can let you guys kill stuff willy nilly. I feel like I've been "railroading" you guys with the story, been too controlling. Do you guys feel that way?
Meh, occasionally. But most of the time I think people tend to focus too much on character development and not enough on the story itself. Way I see it, we have the entire RP to show different aspects of our characters, so why try to get it all out in the first few pages. I'd rather throw in a ground breaking revelation later in the story when it could really matter or make a difference rather than put everything into the first few posts and have nothing left for later.
I think thats the main reason RPs die off in the first place. People join them because they like the RPs story but they don't give their character a realistic reason to be in it. Most of the time, they end up posting like crazy right off the bat, getting their character introduced and interacting with the other characters but don't do a whole lot to advance the actual story. They end up writing more like they are writing in one of the Inns Threads. A friend of mine likes to call this "All rudder, no airspeed." (He's a pilot.) I just think that it's best to give your character a realistic goal within the overall outline of the RP other than just 'lets get er done guys'. For me it's really easy since all my characters are mercenaries, it's easy to say that they just want to make the biggest buck. That obviously won't work for everyone. The goal has to be realistic for your specific character.
Just my thoughts, take it how you will.