Zonia Kalranoos
Caveat emptor
I've been around since 2015 or 2016, had a really long (work related) absence since, but I can't remember I've encountered many writers who had characters who were factionless for extensive periods of time. Even with corporate characters, they were tied to a company, which was in turn supplying one or more factions. But what if you want to keep your character factionless? What are the pros and the cons?
While joining a faction may work for most people, I always found this restrictive for the type of characters I wanted to RP. I had even greater problems explaining both to myself and IC why some of my characters stayed in their respective factions, since some of the things they've done most definitely caused a noticable change in alignment. As someone who is an avid D&D player, I am painfully aware of the repercussions of changes in alignment. So how do I avoid losing interest in writing organic characters who do not automatically fall into an obvious trope category?
Would it be possible to join faction events as an unaligned character and do so across the board, where it made sense and was in line with the story I am trying to tell? Sometimes align with different factions in various forms of events/threads(that have direct impact on the Map), be they light, dark or neutral. Would this be frowned upon IC or OOC?
Any thoughts or experiences you are willing to share will be greatly appreciated.
While joining a faction may work for most people, I always found this restrictive for the type of characters I wanted to RP. I had even greater problems explaining both to myself and IC why some of my characters stayed in their respective factions, since some of the things they've done most definitely caused a noticable change in alignment. As someone who is an avid D&D player, I am painfully aware of the repercussions of changes in alignment. So how do I avoid losing interest in writing organic characters who do not automatically fall into an obvious trope category?
Would it be possible to join faction events as an unaligned character and do so across the board, where it made sense and was in line with the story I am trying to tell? Sometimes align with different factions in various forms of events/threads(that have direct impact on the Map), be they light, dark or neutral. Would this be frowned upon IC or OOC?
Any thoughts or experiences you are willing to share will be greatly appreciated.