#RP roleplaying FF14

[cklukilutz]

✉ FFXIV RP Letters / Postcards ✉

The concept is simple: Send IC letters/postcards to other characters (via Asks).

You don't have to handwrite them either. Why not pick a font that best represents your character's handwriting, and type it instead? Then just hand it to the Post Moogles (upload it to the recipient's Asks).

As with real life letters, there's no requirements on length, or frequency. You can write as much (or little) as you want, when you want.

If anyone sees this and wants to write any of my characters, please hit me up. I also highly encourage reaching out to others to see if they'd be interested in such a thing.

It could also be a fun to extend RP to characters that you've seen around, but never had a chance to interact with. Timezones and DC locations have no power here!!

Something you'll want to establish before you start writing though, is how your characters know each other. Could be they simply posted/read a notice on a board about penpals wanted. Or maybe they met previously? Maybe they grew-up together?

Why not choose parchment that suits your character? Maybe they like pretty patterned paper, and always have a ready supply of stationery to choose from.

Or maybe they travel a lot, and just use a page or two from an everyday notepad they keep with them.

Or could they be the type that frequently forgets to write, and maybe only has a napkin or back of a flyer to hand when they finally do remember?

You could write about anything you'd like. Whatever your OC gets up to, or thinks about, and is happy to share.

Whatever you do: Have fun!!

[vizakethla]

Hello!

This is likely to be one of my only out of character posts, so thank you for stopping by! I'm fairly new to both FFXIV and RP and I'd love to meet more folks in the community. If you have a character blog, post RP logs, screenshots, glams, character prompts, or whatever else, please let me know! I'd love to find some new awesome people to follow.

[matoyaa]

So for the webbed site, I've added a few things and removed some. The likes system is completely gone now, it didn't really seem to have any real use in connecting people. It has been replaced with the notifications.

You can now let other roleplayers know that you're interested in interacting with their character and let them know what character you think would be a good fit. This notification should act as a bat signal in some cases for people who have opt'd in for contact in game. Or it may be a good sign that you can message them on discord.

Due to some issues (I'm working on) you have to select a tag from their list that best matches why you were interested to give a hint to why you've chosen to send a notification. (this will expand later to include more details).

Lastly, I've made registration open. The character creation system can be shut off in case of emergency but as it stands you can make up to two characters.

In the future, my next update I plan on fixing bugs (of course), expanding on notifications, fixing up the mobile experience beyond just being able to browse, and adding a communities feature for roleplay communities and groups to advertise on the site in the same way as characters. I have no intention of adding venues as of right now, there are plenty of sites and tools to do that.

Feel free to check it out!

[dearestcherry]

an outfit from orbonne. i find it has such cute details, especially the comically big sleeves and laced-up corset waist.

[riftdancing]

Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realising its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cosy atmosphere these avenues provide. Welcome to The Fireside! This establishment was made to focus on the creation and fostering of late-night/oceanic roleplay. Though physically located in Balmung/Crystal's Shirogane, the Fireside's expansion into almost all the city-states creates a space where your character can walk in from almost anywhere, and our focus on a coffee-shop with a laid-back atmosphere encourages off-the-cuff, casual roleplay that can turn into more. For more information, or to keep in touch with our events, feel free to join our discord here!

The Fireside will be re-opening for events shortly after Dawntrail's release. The staff are going to take some time to get through the MSQ and give everyone else a chance to play the expansion for a little bit before we begin again, but we're making a come back! Please look forward to it!

Until then, as always, the cafe is open to the public 24/7 for both your /gpose and roleplay hobbies! However, during off hours the café will not currently be staffed. Please feel free to NPC any baristas or waiters you might need for your Roleplay in the mean time.

Thank you so much for your interest! We're eager to serve you again!

Feel free to visit our beautifully overhauled website: The Fireside

The Fireside is located @ Plot 53, 3rd Ward, Shirogane on Balmung (Crystal)

[chadhunkler]

it's an all-out slugfest! (with @oneiroy 's Ryss yeyeyeyeyeye)

[nobutakafairclough]

Aethercon Panel!

Hello dear friends. I want to let you all know that next Sunday, September 29th at 12:00 pm PST I will be presenting a panel at Aethercon! I will speak on why people dislike RP, how we can move beyond the biased, and how you can begin RPing in Final Fantasy XIV!

[ballads-and-dirges]

"𝖤𝗑𝖼𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝗆𝖺'𝖺𝗆? 𝖠𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖬𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗇𝖾? 𝖬𝗒 𝖡𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗈𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖽𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝖦𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽."

"𝖠𝗒𝖾. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾?"

"𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝖪𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗇��𝖺 𝖠𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾𝖺 𝖫𝖾𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗒'𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗈𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖠𝖽𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝖦𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽."

ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴꜱ

ᴬ ᴿᵉᵃˡᵐ ᴿᵉᵇᵒʳⁿ

ᵈⁱᵛⁱᵈᵉʳ ᵇʸ ᶜᵃᶠᵉᵏⁱᵗˢᵘⁿᵉ

[dany-elwen-ffxiv]

Watch me slam the door And crawl away weeping For I can burn the bridge But I can't take the heat.

[sveanaxxremis]

WITHOUT Taking New Shots…Your OC As

A Romanceable NPC

A Quest-Giving NPC

The Final Boss

[landshorizon]

(he/him pronouns for vlatko please!)

finally got off my ass and took pictures of my main as he stands rn. (or, well, how he'll stand when i can afford a fantasia... til then he's just a load of glamourer settings hah.)

decided to make him a tiny bit of a self insert and make him trans masculine, just because. I still need to make his top scar skin mod at some point but until then, this'll do :)

he's a gunbreaker and machinist who dabbles with dark knight stuff in his wol verse. in his adventurer verse he's just a bodyguard type who does stuff he isn't proud of for money, pretty much.

also how hot does he look in this jacket???

[mist-touchedxiv]

While I seek to be lore compliant, often it seems there's just not enough official lore from Sqeenix to provide guidance in more specific areas. I feel like the Viera culture is a big one. But, what is official does paint an intriguing picture that really could use some fleshing out! A big source of inspiration for me is this great Carrd:

I don't agree with ALL the fanon ideas it puts forth, especially the more Raava-centric stuff, however I find it to be a fantastic blueprint! Big recommend!

Now, it got me thinking about Viera culture and I have an idea that would be a great addition to their shared cultural heritage. For the consideration of the Midnight Society- I mean, the FFXIV Tumblr community, I present...

Vieran romance poetry

I'm intrigued by the segregation of Viera society by gender, especially how it's run by women who outnumber the men by a great deal: men in the role of Wood-warders act as a first line of defense of civilization and women ARE civilization as they are leaders, artisans, teachers, doctors, academics, uphold the martial traditions as warriors and creators. There's that one (I think) official lore quote regarding relations between the sexes that sticks with me that I'll poorly paraphrase: "[our loins may often be far apart but that don't mean we don't feel love...]". Again, poorly paraphrased 😅

But, it got me thinking, what if this led to the Viera deeply feeling passion, but the societal expectation is that they must not show it, similar to Vulcans in Star Trek? I love the idea that this caused the Viera to develop an extremely beautiful tradition of deeply passionate, romantic poetry that is meant to express the passion they cannot show due to the distance between lovers.

As there is a literacy gap between men and women in Vieran society, with men topping off at roughly 8th grade education before becoming Wood-warders and women receiving much more education because they are the leaders, the vast majority of the celebrated poets of this tradition are women. I like to think that the origins of these poems were essentially love letters given to Wood-warders during their periodic visits to the villages that were meant to serve to both court them and give them something to read during the oft-long periods of isolation.

Common themes are "longing", "distance", "frustration", "desire", "hope" even eroticism.

Loksen is low-key fan of this poetry and keeps a small battered paperback collection on him at all times.

[dearestcherry]

scholasticate dormitory

a room i made for my theomocent alt, themed after a scholasticate dormitory room. this was as much as i could do with his gil, but i'm happy with it. i always try to make sure my builds have at least one good photo location, and in this case, i find the reflection from these stained glass panes over the scholasticate furniture very beautiful.

details: balmung, empyreum subdivision, ingleside apartment, ward 2, room 2.

[riftdancing]

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆

Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realizing its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cozy atmosphere these avenues provide.

-> Learn more about our establishment and roleplay here!

[chadhunkler]

A brawl is moments from beginning...

(with @oneiroy 's Ryss! ♥♥♥♥♥, more to come soon)

[ffxivdailyquestion]

FFXIV Daily Question n°128 : With Dawntrail new classes and the hrotgirls being a reality, do you intend to swap classes and races for your character(s) canon ?