I really would like to play a shaman, though my main problem with that is that I aint really strong at RP side of CF. I of course wouldn’t go OOC or do anything similar, yet I – as practice shows – cannot maintain the steady above-average zealous shaman RP all the time. I guess I am more of a pker than rper, and what I want by playing shaman is to learn the class more than to have intense RP sessions.
I’d like to hear opinions of IMM staff and players concerning this matter. (i.e. it’s okay for such player as myself to play a shaman or no, if you cannot rp well enough you shouldn’t play communers). Any advices are welcome (to play a sphere without immortal or not etc).


Max

Definitely give it a go. RP is like anything else, some people are naturals at it, but most of us have to learn. Try this:

Come up with a small handful (no more then 2 or 3) of roleplaying oddities for your character. Some examples: Talk using "thee"s and "thou"s and "thy" and whatnot. Absolutely hate gnomes. Refuse to consume anything besides bread and water. Have an unreasonable fear of being in enclosed spaces. You can go on from there... the point is, pick something simple and straight forward that will dictate a clear response from your character every time they encounter it. Meet a gnome = talk crap to gnome. Presented with a steak = preach about the evils of not eating bread and water.

Never make ANY exceptions to your small handful of oddities. Simply having those to cling to, for me at least, goes a LONG way to getting me in to the character and focused on how the character would behave, rather then just playing a text version of myself every time. Start with that, and the rest will start falling in to place.