If this has been addressed previously elsewhere, I apologize.

Being rather young in Lusternia, and having only the notoriety of being a seal-bearer, I'm looking for some advice from the more experienced players.

What are some good ways to develop RP opportunities with members of other organizations? It's easy enough to interact with members of the commune and the guild and develop relationships therein, but what suggestions do you have for creating alliances, rivalries, or simple social exchanges with those who don't share channels with you?

It'd be nice if these sorts of things could happen naturally in-game, but especially when other organizations are involved, I'm not sure how realistic that is for the kinds of things you'd like to have.

I think it's appropriate to contact people OOCly (forum PM, OOC message, etc.) to let them know you're interested in this sort of thing and would be open to storylines or whatever that could be worked out, get a very basic framework in place, and then take it all in-game from there.

Like many other RPers, I have a distaste for scripting and metagaming, but sometimes a smidgen can help get the ball rolling. It's a lot easier than trying to ICly engineer some far-out pretext why you might start talking to someone in another organization, when really you have no reason to.

Well, since you're a Seren, I'd say try to get into constructive discussions with Glom's. I always like talking to Seren that aren't Nejii, because we both end up being all ME RIGHT YOU WRONG, and since there are facts to back both of us up, it never goes anywhere. But I do enjoy it sometimes. Helps me vent my ALL CONSUMING RAGE AT KRELLAN FOR KILLING ME FOR LIKE THE UMPTEENTH TIME IN FAETHORN. Woe.

I'd sit down with yourself and have a big long internal monologue on how you feel about every organization, important denizens, yourself, your guild mates, Gods, etc. That helped me to eke out what exactly I wanted, and how I wanted to go about doing it.

I find most people are willing to talk if you simply bring a topic up. For example, if you see a Glomdoring member influencing Fae, simply send them a tell asking them why they wish to enslave the Fae. I find random RP works out the best (most of the time).

I have a huge problem with Synl in that he's always contradicting himself. He doesn't actually -know- anything; he just answers in a way that best suits his purpose at the time. Blah. Should try that sitting down stuff Astraea mentioned.

@ astraea - let him out debate you
@ Amarysse - you can also do something drastic like I did! My RP was pretty stuck and beyond fighting I was getting incredibly bored (hence the 9 hours of bashing I Did a few days ago... -shame-) I usually find making a conflict happen is a lot more fun if you don't tell the other person. Flows a lot more naturally, but you kinda wanna be careful. Also, chill at the Nexus/Aetherplex and just say hi to everyone. It gets your name out there.

EDIT/Add on: if you do random RP, remember sometimes NO reply means far more then words. For instance how Everiine doesn't even acknowledge that Nerra exists (something lost on Nerra who assumes he is deaf)

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Two things that worked for me:

Getting involved with guild politics.

Starting a revolution.

Just start talking really.

When I was a young elfen of 27 I went to the Serenwilde and started asking questions. Nejii even spoke to me for a while after he popped up from the undergrowth. I've had people request lunch or an interview for discussion with me about Celestine Faith. Lots of Japhielite Celestines would be very happy to discuss the Supernals and our Faith. Just poke around an area enough and be friendly. Or go to the library and message the author of a favorite book.

Rivalries are pretty easy to get in village revolts.

I know being involved in politics is a great opportunity for roleplay. Also, recently I've found a lot of my roleplay centering on my family, though it's a great house in Magnagora so it has a bit more to it than the average player-started family, but even so it makes for interesting encounters.

You really just have to put yourself out there and not expect roleplay to find you.

I agree completely. I try to be as proactive as possible, largely because I've always been frustrated by people who complain about a lack of RP when they aren't willing to ask around or poke their nose into things.

Yeah, you'd really be surprised at what simply starting to roleplay with someone will lead to. Some people may not play along, but others will and it's way more fun when it's totally imprv.

One of the best examples I've seen was when I was randomly asked by a celestine (Sorry I forgot your name) about my motto. We spent a good hour or so just debating the Demon lords and supernals. It's just something that sticks out in my mind but a random question like that can definitly lead to something.

- Ask questions to get conversations started. Compliment people, comment on how they look, ask what guild they are, about their childhood, things of that nature.

In my RP, I try not to assume things. Such as, I say Aison's motto. It's not just something on her honours, it's something she really says on almost a regular basis.

Exploring is a good way to get to know people who you crash into. It's also a good way to develop your character.

Ask how babies are made.