The Five Rs of Character Revitalization

Posted by IRVI on 07 3rd, 2009

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So I’ve talked recently about life as an RPer , and how we seem to interact with our characters just a bit differently. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, a certain character and their back story just grab hold and won’t let go , and we find ourselves coming back again and again, just to see where the story leads. Of course, sometimes the character goes just the opposite way, and no matter what you do, your stories fall flat and you don’t feel enthusiastic about logging on. It may be because you can’t stand the character’s personality anymore, it may be because your normal group of friends has hit an RP rut or even taken a break for a while themselves, it may be a variety of other things. Recently, Anna of Too Many Annas wrote a pretty awesome article about how to refresh a flagging RP character using 5 Rs : Relax and Rest, Reintegrate, Refresh the Character, Retcon, and Reroll/Reskin. What’s sort of cool about this list is that you can even apply a lot of the principles to characters in general, even if you’re a non-RPer. Anna’s covered the RP angle pretty well, so I’ll mostly focus on this other angle. Continue reading The Five Rs of Character Revitalization Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Tips , RP The Five Rs of Character Revitalization originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read