BrokenPromise

Put some salt on my name

Salty Blood?

Salt Souls?

Salt Born!?

The signature above you wants to fight. What do?

That emoticon looks so tiny and cute. I dunno if I want to fight it. Wanna be friends instead?

Can't kill Kawaii after all.

Have we been writing Character Sheets wrong?

If I'm going to be totally honest, both as a GM and a player, I consider the character sheet as a sort of job application. The GM reads it, stashes it away, and you hopefully never need to look at it again. The only time I look at a character sheet once an RP begins is to figure out how you spell a character's name. I tend to write everything into the story regardless if it appeared on my sheet or not.

I think the reason why people are so specific with outfit descriptions is because they don't like to see slip ups. If my character is wearing a winter coat, you can't observe her cleavage until she hangs it on the rack, because she's got a tube top on under there. Keeping the uniform consistent isn't realistic, but it does make it easier to write about the character. If the RP is really moving, I might not remember if your character is wearing their long sleeve coat or just has their t-shirt. When your character slips and almost falls off the edge, she's going to grab your hand, not your sleeve, if you're wearing your t-shirt. Also, most knights don't have more than one or two different sets of identical battle armor.

I think most roleplayers like the idea of having a trusty weapon that becomes the character's identity. Drow are all just dark elves with white hair. But if you give one of them Twinkle and Icing Death, he becomes Drizzit!

Personality is, in my humble opinion, one of the most silly things to ask for. There simply is no correct way to portray a character's personality because there's always an exception to the rules. Bill tends to fly off the handle, but he's more reserved around Amy. But he'll snap at Amy any time she brings up Joshua. It's hard to do, and I always feel like i'm going against my character sheet when I'm asked to fill out their personality.

Bio is the one thing that I'm pretty sure I never fill out right. Like, how much do you really say? I plan on uncovering everything as the RP goes on, but like, I'd like to keep a few secrets ya know? I feel bio really should include stuff to give you an idea of how the character thinks and behaves. In fact, i think a bio should really be there to replace personality. Just write about some events that define the character.

I suppose this is why all GMs use slightly different character sheets. They are all looking for different kind of information about your characters.

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.

In closing: I feel that if your players aren't filling out your character sheets the right way, you haven't made it clear what sort of information you want from your participants. Some of these characters are opening their eyes for the first time, and I suspect even the players don't know exactly how they are going to behave in all situations.

Who is the Murderer? {Game}

As for the math itself, I mostly had the numbers you brought up in my head anyway. Realistically, in the third round each person who isn't the murderer has a 50% chance of getting it right if they point the finger since you can't vote for yourself -- this was something I brought up pages back.

@Shoryu Magami

Oh I actually didn't see this.

While each player has a 50% chance of getting it right, that doesn't equate to a 50% chance of punishing the killer on the third round. Because BOTH spotless players have to select the killer. So depending on how you perceive it, it can be 33% (1 out of 3 possible outcomes) or 25% (nobody votes the killer, only spotless #1 votes the killer, only spotless #2 votes the killer, both spotless vote the killer)

Who is the Murderer? {Game}

Your use of reaction images is punishable by death.

@Witch Cat

Are you... flirting with me?

The avatar above is the final boss of your epic quest. What are you fighting for, and how does the battle end?

I'm here to break the batman... And I will win.

Who is the Murderer? {Game}

@Pudding
So Nagito makes you despair huh? You do need hope to have it crushed after all.

Anyway, i should go hunt for some pokemon. Toodles.

Who is the Murderer? {Game}

@Pudding


I'm cosplaying as Nagito, your argument is invalid.

Who is the Murderer? {Game}

What's that?

Could it be that my math has caused some of you to... Despair?