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I think it can be done so long as its properly communicated and built up well. In the event of a surprise kill leading to a whodunnit scenario, Onmyoji's suggestion works. Alternatively, you could have players ready more than one character in case they still want to continue. (Just don't kill...

I like it as a genre but I admit, it's a bit difficult to translate the medium into a forum RP. For one, not everyone is scared of the same things. Two, it's hard to establish an atmosphere through text alone. Three, it would often require another mechanic like, exploration, mystery or sometimes...

As someone who writes long...it depends. On my end, RPs I've joined do not measure post length in terms of word count but in paragraphs. They're often in the 3-5 range. This works well enough because there are no hard and fast rules on how many words are contained in one paragraph. It works for...

Even I admit I'm not that clever. I actually think this can be handled if those who want to play them do actual research or if they work and communicate with other players like you said. Especially in mystery games or fantasy war games. Some don't even do that which is quite annoying and it...

You know, this entire story bugs me because I was once in an RP with someone who made a character with exactly the same backstory. Trauma congo line, learned assassination at like, 7 years old, got good at it etc. Became a top fashion designer as cover. XD I encountered a player who did this...

I think this outlook is very Eurocentric though. The European middle ages was the same time period as our Pre-colonial Age and in that society, a lot of our early tribes had a more egalitarian setup, at least in perception. While we had the whole men=warrior, women=shaman or healer thing going...

All things considered, I think I prefer High Fantasy especially for films and games. If I'm watching for escapism, I guess I want it to be simple enough to follow but grand in scale. Not knocking on low fantasy fans though. Some of my favorite stuff do fall on the low end (I think?). However...

Point is, character death =/= conflict. Conflict is simply any problem that drives a story. It is not always about lives at stake here. Death is actually a very, very cheap way to raise the stakes. It's at the point where it's so predictable that it's no longer interesting. For some riveting...

Same. I prefer plot-driven stories since I like action and the stories I prefer tend to be heavily plot-driven. In terms of actual experience, character-driven stories I've been part of tend to last longer and get more engagement.

To expand on the WHY aspect, I suppose this is also a good time to ask WHY OP is so fixated on the notion of character death being the only way to show conflict or make a compelling action narrative. Life, precious as it is, is ultimately not the only stake that matters in a story and arguably...

Mind if I join in the venting? XD 1.) I was just a player in a non-leadership position pilot role. So I don't understand why the person actually in charge of the leader role just dumped all their responsibilities on me and took off to pursue their own personal arc. Not fun since I was up...

Multiple reasons. As some have already pointed out, most players are not opposed to character death per se, but rather, they just don't want their characters to die in just any random situation. They want to have the opportunity to determine at which point in the story will they be comfortable...

I like this superpower! I like how I get to decide the form the models take. Thanks~

This looks fun! Here goes: 1) What is justice to you? Good deeds rewarded and evil deeds punished, all under the guidance of a just system with due process given to all sides. 2) What is victory to you? Surviving with dignity and being able to enjoy the fruits of my labor. 3) You are a...

I kill off characters. For characters I do decide to kill off though, I tend to already hard-wire into their plot or story that they're going to die. No matter how they develop, they're going to die. Yeah, this makes it difficult when I start investing a lot and getting attached to the marked...

As someone who used to write edgy characters in my teenage years, I think Idea's 4th point sums it up well. It's an age and environment thing. As a younger teenager, everything felt like a big deal. It feels like a competition of sorts. You feel the need to be cool or to stand out. So it leaks...

Not on this site but I nearly joined this asylum RP. It had this breakout vibe to it so I jumped in. Then the GM springs the catch: For every passing day, our characters will have like, a body part mutilated. May it be an eye, a leg or something else. The most immediate ones they said, will be...

Mmm...I have a few: - Predetermined shipping. I like having romances develop randomly and organically. - Pity shipping. Like, when someone I thought was open to shipping with my character over the course of an RP suddenly decides to pursue someone else which is fine with me but then they have...

Mmm...in my case, false advertising. (If you can call it that) Like, how an RP will supposedly have this good, fleshed-out fantasy world that actually looks immersive but then the interactions just boil down to shipping between couples. It's one of those things that's hard to detect before...

Thing is, in my experience, a lot of people who want to RP very, very niche stuff sets difficult entry points to their RPs to begin with. I've personally been turned off by supposedly "out of the ordinary, non-fanbase, non-anime, non-Kpop" RPs advertised because when I step in, all I get is very...