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Role Playing Basics |
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Yes, they suck, they read as dry as a Ikea flat pack wardrobe manual! The books of Gor BUT if you don't read the things you will not get the outline of the world you are playing in. The series was wrote by a Philosopher, Norman, and god do I know it as he sure is no Margaret Weis (DragonLance series, wonderful read if you get the chance). He does however give a good listing of the social and Eco structure of the Gorean planet with detail and analysis. He gives examples of how this happens in the form of Tarl but always remember that Tarl is the hero of the story and gets far more good luck than most everyday people would see in twenty life times. So, if you read some of the books before you start your adventure then you have a base to work off on how your character would and could react to many things that happen on Gor. When you have a drink of kalana, you have an idea how it would taste and look not just the fact you saw some free woman do it and it looked cool. |
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Once you have read some / all the books you then can sit down and look at what race of person you would like to try, what caste if any and even where you want to live. This should take some time and thought so you get the most of your on line fantasy experience and submerge your imagination and creative flow fully to get you in the mood. I tend to turn off my lights, pour my wine and light a large candle (so I can see the keys) the dark of the room against the contrast of the light of the screen helps me to fall more into the screen and forget the world that surrounds me. This is just how I do it and for each of us it may differ in some ways. Perhaps you have small kids running about then of course it makes the fantasy that much harder to fully achieve. Don't go on line just because you are in a bad mood and feel like hurting someone, go and vent it and use your Gor time as you would a relaxing bath or invigorating shower. This of course is simply advice and like all advice it remains your free will right as an individual what you do with it. |
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So now we have an understanding of what is going on, we have a race and the basic outline of a character and the fun goes on. History! Take a little time to give your character a background or biography of sorts, this can be placed on a site member page or just kept on your hard drive. I think you may well be surprised at how it helps you to identify with your character and breaths a deeper contour of life and colour into him or her.
Don't go nuts collecting scripts of this and scripts of that if you are not a Scribe. I have found that if you simply ask a Scribe to do some admin work for you they are only too happy to do it.
When you are new and looking for a home you may well be blasted with offers from every place you go to join, oh how we love you and how this is a loving and loyal family. You may even get offered Rank and title right from the get go, I find this is so damaging to your role-play it goes beyond words. Some homes still carry 'probation' periods and they can be dull, it is at this stage you get to read web sites and sit and watch a great deal of how people interact and what is and what is not done. If you have read the books you will already have a great start anyway and now start to polish your character. I would hope that you aim for the lowest of ranks in the home and that way when you do get promotion you will have a feeling of truly getting some place in Gor. |
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