#online roleplaying

[casside-sionnach]

" you picked a good day, to have a bad day, don't worry I got you .. "

[heyeinin]

hi! i built an extension that lets you save multiple prompts to fire off on rolechat with just a click! you can download it from the chrome web store or the mozilla add-ons marketplace.

[playingpretender]

let's talk about the worst possible things about online roleplaying, just to get them all out there

websites for online roleplaying have historically done little to ensure the safety of minors - omegle's video chat function was essentially a cp factory. i myself was introduced to the site at age 10-11 and saw firsthand there were no safeguards

every fandom and subfandom and subsubfandom has their own roleplaying conventions and styles, and these subtle distinctions make it difficult for uninitiated roleplayers to join in (and, LRP/SRP, while generally in asterisks, also has a host of mores and standards unknown to novices) 2b. there is no way to learn how to join one of these spaces, except to leap in and learn along the way. while this can sometimes be exciting, it can also be uncomfortable and intimidating, and prevents roleplaying from reaching a wider audience

the mixture of creativity, vulnerability, and anonymity can lead to intense feelings and relationships. even assuming that your roleplaying partner is of age, relationships are fucking complicated and hard!! particularly between isolated people with a narrow outlet for self expression.

it can take the form of reward-seeking behavior. like people sitting in front of slot machines, roleplayers on a site like rolechat sit and cycle through their options on an endless loop, trying to find the one that hits the jackpot. it can sometimes feel demoralizing and disempowering to search for someone to 'play' with. and it can also be a total time suck as a result. you spend all night cycling through the same blank faces and end up with nothing. sometimes, you end up feeling worse than when you started. but you always go back to it, right?

[strawberry-sticky-autism]

Just one server for now!

Reblog this if you roleplay on Discord

[ranpo-v-world]

[Around 7 pm, Vizerxa gently wakes Ranpo by petting his hair. She's holding a couple thick coats, gloves, boots, and a scarf, all in ranpo's size. She doesn't know how well he can tolerate the cold and doesn't want him to be uncomfortable in Salha.]

"It's almost time for us to go. 're you ready?"

( - @the-fox-and-the-shadow ) (sending this 5 hours early so i dont forget about it entirely lmao)

mmm…. yeaaaahh……

[juliekenobi]

When your retired showjumper feels like polework got too boring ⚡️

His name is Pinehill :3

[mxjackparker]

Just some things said by people I interviewed for OOC...

If these quotes and the art by Pisces got you interested, please check out the Kickstarter for the book they're from to learn more and share this post!

[askingchoso]

((I am BACKKK WHEHEHEHEHE, would’ve come sooner but I had to deal with a proshipper in my comments 🫠))

*little bit of a time skip and Ako winds up filling out the paperwork at the shelter and ends up with. A tiny little calico kitten, who promptly buries herself in his shirt. You had followed him to the pet store, helping him pick out new things for the kitty and brainstorming names for her as he had asked.*

Choso was thinking of a name for the cat. Sometimes he looked up and noticed the animal curled up against Ako, making him smile. He mumbled a few names every now and then, seeing which one might be best suited to the cat. "Zuzu, Bubbles, Mika... maybe Coco..."

[purefavvn]

absolutely love the new friesians! this is my new girl, sansa.

[katjadarkrider]

Friesian horse

Drawing from 18th February 2022

Time: 5h 57m

[casside-sionnach]

Casidhe Sionnach, MD aka " foxydoc" Chinatown, Cocoon Station, Dark Future RPG , Second Life Grid. Krea Enhancement of my original SL screenshot.

[esmeralda-dragonstar]

The Jackalope 🐇

[playingpretender]

i just realized i made a post talking about the worst things about roleplaying and never made one talking about the best, so in light of that:

the best things about online roleplaying:

(to me)

human connection and companionship

creative freedom and empowerment

a place judgment doesn't stick

writing and narrative practice

inspiration and discovery

picking up on someone else's plot idea without either of you discussing it; when the story just makes sense; creative partnership

getting to feel close to my favorite character

when i'm giving up and someone else sends a prompt

parting on good terms

becoming friends

finishing a story

[cctinsleybaxter]

Artists who admit to not knowing small details about their characters and worldbuilding have inadvertently given better advice than any character design post on social media tbh. as fun as it is to come up with what your guys would order from a restaurant or the contents of their backpack or their favorite color I've run into very few people who can leave that stuff in a story (or even leave it offscreen as paratext) without it being distracting and poorly written because it's rarely in service of the narrative. a lot of that is def just down to personal taste, but it feels more like designing characters for a TTRPG

[terrible-mmo-names]

Search 'Hardcore' and 'Roleplay' in the ESO guild finder to find some real awfully named gems.

[crosshairct4]

So, @techsbrowneyes, @sgthunter001 and I have been playing Red Dead Online for about three years now. We made Hunter, Tech, and Crosshair as characters and have been roleplaying them. Here’s the result in a fun, hilarious video that any Bad Batch fan won’t want to miss!