Some people will kill you. Evils kill a lot of the time because they are evil. It's not about explaining to their prey, they enjoy the hunt of it. Essentially, RP does not mean we all run around emoting and chatting non-stop. We do that, but there are other times where it's all about trying to PK and get people. After 200 or so hours of a char life and the 20th fight against the same guy, you both know each other, and you know you're going to go at it everytime you see each other. RP builds up. A grunt the first time might become more the next time you meet a player.

I find RP is as was said below, you get what you put into it. And saying why did you kill me? Well, that's a start, and sometimes you find a person to give you a good interaction, sometimes not.

If you're RP hungry. And I mean you really want to get into RP, and at the same time learn CF's enviroment, and do it in relative safety, play a herald. Granted, the cabal is pretty much non-existant, but there are still a few out there I hope, and it is a nice way to learn CF, get into RP, bring others into RP (everyone in the inn usually is there for RP) or will because it is a less threatening enviroment.

I can say I have been killed so many times cause I thought, I'll just talk with this guy while I'm on Eastern, what's the worst that could happen? Check where. Nobody here. Sweet. I'm safe. Mid sentence that I'm typing in for my reply and I see that I'm yelling about how I was just bashed. Then I usually say DAMN IT! to myself for being that stupid. In other words, people don't give you a break and don't announce their intentions and send you a tell saying "I'd like to kill you, are you busy? Could you come see me at 5 at the large crossroads? Great, thanks, have fun and good luck!" That would be horrible. And while typing out extended emotes and lengthy conversations is fun as hell when you're having just insanely good interactions, it can also lead to you getting caught with your pants down and so most people won't do it where they are in a spot where they are vulnerable.

I smiled and said hello to a storm giant Maran that walked up to me in Voralian that I had never met. I was playing an evil bard. Did she smile back or say hello? No. She bashed the hell out of me. Cause that's what Marans do to evils. If she had said hi, how are you, I think I would have been shocked that she wasn't following her RP by not bashing me into oblivion. (Or that she did not have detect evil up.)

You get what you put into RP. The more you learn about CF, the easier it gets to learn other people's RP too.