[quote=@BrokenPromise]
Worthy of note, I joined an RP that didn't require any character sheets. Yes, it was a sandbox RP and we were all close friends, but it's actually turning out pretty good. What's holding everyone up are everyone's post rates. Nobody's complaining about god modders or how character X isn't using magic the right way. I'm not saying it works for all role plays, but it just goes to show you that sometimes you don't need all that information.
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I find that, where you can pull it off, this type of approach to it DOES work best. All of my current favourite RPs, the ones I enjoy writing for/with the most, didn't have character sheets done at all. We essentially picked pictures to give a general idea of appearance, laid out names, and that was it. We just jumped in and went for it, and everything else is/was revealed in RP as we went along. It just makes it feel more exciting!