Idea

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@Idea
I feel like saying that I appreciate the occasional poke on the RP thread to see how we are doing than just being too completely silent. That being said, how have things been on your end and how is your character personality and backstory going so far.

@Expolar

Glad to hear it! Yeah, a dead OOC is usually a recipe for a dead roleplay, so if nothing else I want everyone to at least see some activity left :)

As for me, I'm a little stuck. Like I've got the ideas in my head, but my character sheet has a few reskins and weird concepts I need GM permission to go forward with, and the GM has been absent lately... They are probably just busy with something, not blaming them, just I can't work further on the character until I know that I won't have to redo it all from the ground up.

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All is well on my end.

@rush99999

fine ta

@Borosev

Awesome to hear! :)

Been busy with work and life stuff, but still okay

@Expolar

I see, well it happens. IRL comes first!

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How's it going everyone?

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Sent the details of the character, just gonna work on solidifying the personality and backstory once the @bacon is fluffy tells me whether the things I wanted for the character are acceptable.

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It would depend on what players are more comfortable with. Voice obviously works faster but play by post can also work if that is what the group prefers.

@BrightBlade

Well, if you go with play by post you can count on me! Also, since you mentioned level 3-5, I would love to start at least at level 4 if possible (and actually getting to use a feat without a being human for a change...)

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Would this be play by post or voice?

How come there are so few Table Top Roleplayers here?

Table top tends to be a more unknown and niche in any roleplay forum by my experience. I don't know the exact reasons but I can venture a few guesses:

1. People don't like being tied down to or having to learn a tabletop system. Even extremely simple ones can look overwhelming AND very restrictive at first glance, plus while the former goes away the later is harder to as many effects that people enjoy in freeform roleplay would just utterly break a tabletop system.

2. It's harder than it seems to find a tabletop roleplaying group for more niche systems, much the way finding them for a niche fandom is. However, for both those and more popular ones there is an even bigger hurdle, the need of a GM. GMs don't get characters in tabletops whereas its more common for them to have that kind of participation in freeform. As arguably the most essential person to have for a tabletop game, while at the same time there being an added responsibility far above that of freeform (as it adds managing and knowing the system very well on top of the responsibilities of freeform) AND the fact that for many, not having a character of one's own can make the whole scenario a lot less appealing... it becomes much harder to actually find groups, much less ones that are sustainable.

3. The reasons @rapid reader pointed out probably play a good part in it too.

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Well, as the soldier is not from this world, he means to get home whenever he can, but for the moment, he'll offer his experience and skill for some coin, so he can get by until he finds someone with the knowledge of how he got there in the first place, and how to send him back. I can't remember the name I made for the character, but I mean to go sort it out anyway.

@Borosev

Interesting. So the hook for him would be money and answers.

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Question for everyone: What motivates your character? What are their end goals, and what gets them to act or push forward?

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i'm ok ta, yourself?

@Borosev

I'm pretty alright myself! Been working out the nooks and crannies of my character. Also, now I have a backstory connection with @immortaljaskier set up.