> With that being said, how long do you think that an adequate
> introduction is for a role playing character is?

That varies from player to player and character to character.

I would say however, no character is adequately introduced in a single
sentence such as this (Yet I see so many people who think this sort of
thing is good enough.):

Gwenevere pulled back her long dark hair into a ponytail, pulled on a
brown sweater, grabbed her keys, and started to head out the door.


Do you feel you've
> successfully introduced your character after a single paragraph, a
> five or six paragraph post, or a few longer posts like that?

Honestly, it takes me a few well constructed posts and actually
getting any character involved in the action with everyone else in
order to feel that the introduction is satisfactory.

I look for my posts to have answers the questions of:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How Often?


What in the world does that mean?

Who is the character? What is the character? (In so far as race goes?
Are they human, supernatural? what do they do for a living, etc...

Where is the character from? Where you live has a big impact on
things. A small town person doesn't see life in the same way as a big
city person, for example.

When is it? What year is it basically, and what time of day? The
season can add a wonderful extra element to your writing.

Why? Can encompass many things. Why are they dressed as they are? Why
is your character doing what they are doing? This is the time to get
into their head a bit and be creative.

How often? Can begin to get into your characters habits and rituals.
People have them, you have them, so would a character. Getting up at a
certain time, wearing a certain kind of perfume, praying every morning
and night, or, whatever.


> This is more my curiousity on how everyone else who does role playing
> online likes to introduce their characters. I feel no matter how much
> you like to try otherwise, a character cant be adequately introduced
> in your first post.


I agree. Its impossible to introduce a character in just one post.


They must evolve a bit over the series of the
> first few posts to a group before you really cant get a good feel as a
> player for who your character is, as well as share that with others.
>