#ffxiv roleplay

[eyesofanother]

he's not very used to affection

[cyrus-black]

Reaching out - LFM FFXIV character blogs to follow!

Hi there, I'm Cyrus. I'm looking for more FFXIV blogs to follow/potentially interact with. Please reblog this - I will follow back!

[soupercatte]

"One good strike…" he murmured to himself as he neared, swords glinting in the sunlight, muscles in his arms coiled to spring and strike once he was close. The beast moved forward towards him and he prepared to dive for the worm's throat until his foot suddenly sank deep into the sand, eyes widening as he felt his center of balance shifting. Trapped in sand to his knee he let out a gasp as he crashed hard onto his chest, swords skittering to the side. Glancing up, he found himself face to mandible with his quarry, the two seemingly having switched places of hunter and prey.

[of-darkness-and-dreams]

Melfice Vainchelon Commission

Shoutout to @lorandesore for this commission of my boy Melfice Vainchelon!

They were an absolute delight to work with and super quick to get the commission back to me! Please check them out!

[gatheredfates]

Hi! My name is Sea, and I like to collect things. 🌿

Specifically, as of February this year, I have made it my mission to collect as many resources for the Final Fantasy community as I can; including, but not limited to: Communities, Events, Free Companies, How-To Guides, Lore, Tools and more! I have compiled them into Sea's Community Compendium for FFXIV Creatives, a venture I hope will service as a directory for new and old FFXIV players alike to find places and things they might not otherwise know about, and I'm proud to say that the Compendium has over a hundred individual entries!

...But I want more.

Specifically, as much as this is a call to introduce new people to the Compendium, it is a call for anyone who might know of specific resources/communities that not in the document to take a moment's time out of their day to let me know about them. You can submit specific resources via:

My tumblr dm's.

This handy google form.

Or SEAFLOOR, my support and social community for the Compendium and adjacent projects.

You do not need to be a resource/server owner to submit; there just needs to be a publicly accessible link. ✨

Projects like mine equally cannot survive without the support of the community. If you like what I do, please reblog this post or share it with your friends; post it in your community servers or link it on your social media(s). The more visibility I get, the larger the Compendium becomes and the more likely you are to find a resource or community to suit your needs.

Okay, but really, Is my space suitable for the Compendium? Most of the time, yes! Below the read more is some more information/stipulations. This is all publicly available on the document.

Below are the following things I do not accept on the Compendium:

Personal/Single-Character LFC ads. (Though these get posted to the SEAFLOOR Tumblr Community when I find them!)

Content intended for or can be used for bullying, harassment and OOC gossip. E.g. ‘Secrets’ blogs, receipts, callout posts, etc. This does not include IC tabloid blogs or other ventures used to generate roleplay.

Communities that do not have an RP/writing element (large-scale exempt).

Anything I find personally distasteful or goes against the spirit of this project.

Common-sense rule applies.

I want to put my community on the Compendium but we have an application process. Is this okay?

Yes! Just note somewhere in your application that's a requirement. The only thing that is mandatory for the Compendium is that you must be open to new members or have a public-facing/accessible facet. There's no point advertising a community if no one can join it in some way!

I want to put my Community on the compendium but I only have x number of members —

Also totally okay! People don't start with large communities. Activity is a must but, whether your server has two or two thousand members, if you're looking for new people to join, I'd love to help you find people.

I want to put my community/resource on the Compendium but I worry its too niche?

Okay, and? If your Eorzean Fishing Alliance has four members but you roleplay every second weekend, I still want to know about it. The same goes for resources; if it's relevant to the game, it'll be useful to someone.

How active does a community need to be?

If you find a community has not been active in about two/three months, send me a message and I'll take a look at it. Communities have ebbs and flows, especially event spaces that may take hiatuses depending on member interest/life events. I'm not strict in my implementation provided a space isn't dead. If a link or anything is broken, contact me asap!

I have [insert a question not stated here]?

No drama! Send me an ask or use the #Compendium channel in my Discord!

[caerbannogs]

Open world RP at the Quicksands — tonight!

In about an hour from this post (3PM PST / 6PM EST), some friends and I are getting together for casual RP at the Quicksands on Mateus! Any and all are welcome to join. Just walk up and jump in! Or send a tell to Valoren Stormcrow (that’s me!) and I’ll help write you in.

Hope to see y’all there!

[elypiphoros]

"I could never find peace within myself, so I found it elsewhere, all around me. In the steady earth beneath my trembling feet, the soothing breeze upon my burning neck, the ever-crashing waterfall feeding a glistening, peaceful stream, and the inviting warmth of a campfire at night. All things nature felt a part of me more than any companionship ever could, they felt even more of myself than...me. I can't explain."

//My beautiful new RP reference by the lovely and talented @/erintatertots on Twitter! I'm forever grateful for the wonderful design she did for Ely. She managed to capture her in a way that no artist yet has: in her solitary, yet caring and loving demeanor.

[adrayellinaeth]

Dawntrail, here we go ~

The team, ready to go on a new adventure !

[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!

[uldahnprincess]

The tale of Tua's 1st love still haunts her to this day...

[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.

[green-word-deserter]

Desperately, he hoped they would not find her. He thought if he taught her to defend herself she would stand a chance in the outside world, beyond Golmore-- beyond his clutches.

[weavetheshadows]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Penned by @midnightmagicks

[chadhunkler]

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

[tetsuro-wulf]

🐍 OSHŌGATSU FESTIVAL 2025 🐍

Saturday, January 4th, 8PM EST [Coeurl] Shirogane W11 SUBDIVISION Akanezaka Markets 🏮

That time to celebrate the fresh start of the new turn has landed this moon, and it'll be through the traditions of oshogatsu! The year of the Wood Snake has come to Hingashi, bringing creativity, personal development, and the conquering of this year's challenges!! Suiren Shrine will be opening the festivities with a blessing ceremony once again! Performances, Vendors, Diviners, Street Food, and Games await! We'll be bringing in the crowd of the Far East and beyond to observe our celebration!

🎍We are currently seeking security, vendors, fortunetellers, performers, and game stalls! Join the discord to sign up: https://discord.gg/TX2DCbQEjK

CARRD UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

@ffxivrp @ffxiv-rp-events