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"Some gamers are spiteful, have suffered bad experiences in role-playing and their real-life personality has taken a bashing unlike anything in real-life society."

—The Silverlord
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NEW! Guidelines for Running Drow Characters
Written by Parthenos (Role-Playing, General)

" (Note: These rules apply best to drow characters hailing from Lolthian societies. It may take some tweaking if your drow is from a community loyal to Vhaeraun or Kiaransalee. These guidelines are taken directly from Drow of the Underdark.) React to others based primarily on ..."

NEW! Thanks, Gary
Written by Seven Devil Clever (Role-Playing, General)

"First, let me apologize for the lateness of this. I won't bother making excuses, because there aren't any good enough. Some of the best times of my life were spent rolling dice. Role playing games gave me what everyone wants: friends that create moments, moments that the simplest things can remind us of. A word, a ..."

Character Definition
Written by Raeyn Mafarre (Role-Playing, General)

"Character definition is probably the most important aspect of RP, and yet it goes ignored far too often by people who are new to it. The things that make your character unique are the same things that will make them fun to adventure with, battle against, or knock back a tankard at the local inn with. When making a new ..."

Geting to Know Players
Written by Alkar and Lani (Chatting, Messenger)

"Have you ever just met someone in a roleplay forum and just started chatting? Did they ever just started a roleplay without even knowing the charecter? It would be wise to get to know both the charecter and the player first. I, in six years of roleplaying, have only been here on FR for just a short time. The communi..."

Improve your Writing Quality
Written by The Silverlord (Role-Playing, General)

"Here’s a question that has been debated for eons: does good spelling and grammar contribute to better role-play? Players often argue that if you can read posts and understand what’s happening, does it really matter if a few words are not spelt correctly? Probably not. But gamers do generally agree that quality..."

Possible Laws of Time Travel
Written by Dart (Other, Miscellaneous)

"*A note to the readers. These laws are a work in progress and still need adjustments...And don't ask me to explain time paradoxes. That's just a cruel thing to do to someone. Basics * When traveling through time there are 3 directions. (Forward, Backward, and "Now". **Forward is the future, Backward is ..."

How to create a FR Database (Part II)
Written by Tobias Woulfe (FantasyRole Guides)

"Welcome to the 2nd part of the FantasyRole Database Tutorial. It is suggested that you understand the basics of creating a database which were discussed in Part one. You can find it here. This part of the tutorial will focus on the creation of mult..."

How to create a FR Database (Part I)
Written by Tobias Woulfe (FantasyRole Guides)

"This tutorial has two parts. The first is setting up a simple database where you link to simple text entries. The second part will explain how to create databases with multiple fields. 1) Alright first thing you do, is go into the group manager, then click on the database icon. http://www.rpi.edu/~albinh/..."

Character Questionnaire
Written by Nick Vernon (Role-Playing, Character)

" These are things to write down to help you understand and know your character. * Character's personal details * First name * Surname * Age * In a few ..."

Choice and Freeform vs. Interaction
Written by The Silverlord (Role-Playing, General)

"What has prompted this article was a rather poignant offline message sent by someone (a member here at FR) to her entire Yahoo! Messenger list—a list which included yours truly. The message at its heart implored that people try to remain in contact with one another and come together for the sake of role-play and int..."

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