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RPHQ April Spotlight

by Margot


Recent artists featured by RPHQ By SlayerSyrena and featured here By GrumpyVivec and featured here By Erosaito (aka Bernardo) featured here

See all RPHQ artists here!

Take the Art Challenge!

How would you draw your character the opposite of what they are right now?


Star Wars the Old Republic

Darth Azhrael Character name: Darth Azhrael, Tyraeus Ashaar

Length of time played: 7 months

What inspired you to create this character?

What is your favorite part about roleplaying this character?

What was a defining moment in the rp history of this character? Standing at the Pyre of his first master Claiming the throne

What have been your best rp experiences with this character?

Azhrael's theme song is about freedom, which is one of the central concepts to understanding what it means to be Sith.


The People Who Roleplay As Cops In Grand Theft Auto Illustration by Sam Woolley, using a “Mounties On Patrol” video from YouTuber RaNgErScOpe

Game Players Are Failing In Our Duty To Be Evil Actors play patients to train medical students for real-life work Press Start: Crafting the ultimate role-playing game 'Mass Effect' and 'Dragon Age' are BioWare's two flagship series that aren't known for their combat or level design. Instead, they're beloved for their stories and memorable characters.



Kitlandria hosts a new series in which she offers advice on roleplay etiquette and answers questions from a live audience on Twitch.tv/RPHQ Today we discuss Mary Sues. What they are, why they're bad, and how to avoid being one!
Choosing personality archetypes can lead to fun characters, and the real meat comes from the backstory and the experience. Game Master Matt Mercer lays out a few tips for roleplaying against type in this episode of GM Tips!
One-shots can be fun and handy for trying out new characters, tactics, and more. Critical Role's Matthew Mercer outlines a basic structure to designing your own one-shot, and gives some tips to make them better.

On Writing & Roleplaying Older Characters Many writers and roleplayers, especially those in relatively young age groups, find themselves faced with the challenge of portraying many characters who are quite a bit older than themselves - and with no personal experience to go on, this can sometimes present a challenge. And as it's hardly realistic to just try and wait until you're as old as all of your characters are supposed, here's some advice and tips for those of you having a hard time with this.

This week on GM Tips, Satine Phoenix (Co-creator & GM on Maze Arcana and founder of Celebrity ChariD20) talks with Maze Arcana co-founder Ruty Rutenberg about finding and cultivating a game community using different opportunities available to players in 2017.



Turn Your Table Top Into an Interactive Display with the Touchjet Pond ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ in AR Teased by Wizards of the Coast Digital Games Studio Ark: Survival Evolved Roleplay I was drugged, forced to sing, and accused of murder in one night on an Ark roleplaying server

By Steven Messner February 16, 2017

"And that still wasn't the most uncomfortable thing that happened to me."

Hi all! Come and join our RP Whitelisted server running the Volcano map, there's a discord link just below here, as well as a link to the steampage mod list. And ofcourse don't forget to subscribe.

Getting to know the wonderfully mad community of EVE Online at their 2017 fanfest EVE’s Space Pope & entourage. Image Credit: Brynjar Snaer / CCP Games

Life of Rome MMO Brings You Back to the Ancient Rome - Release date 2017 Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen - Release date 2017 Rift Wardrobe The first segment of the Let's RP in Rift series, all about the great wardrobe system!


Disney is mooting an overnight Star Wars LARP resort There's no place like home after a long day of adventuring. Homestead, The Elder Scrolls Online's player housing system, is now live on PC/Mac, Xbox One, and PlayStation®4 and includes 39 player homes, over 2,000 unique furnishings and decorations, robust Housing Editor tools, Furnishing Crafting, Master Writs, and more.
Hey Guys! *Click SHOW MORE for time links to each section!* I made a very in depth guide for the Homestead Housing System in Elder Scrolls Online. Covering everything from homes, pre requisites, house caps, decorations furniture crafting, master writs, setting permissions, and how to use the housing editor.

Visit the Elder Scrolls Online community here to see screenshots of players homes: Jungle of Housecat by Shazah Stay Moise Manor by Grelox Dranacea's Tree Fort Ample Domicile by Ixie

Rift Dimensions built by Whatchacallit on the Greybriar Shard

Visit the Rift Dimension Gallery website to see all of Whatchacallit's work! Temple of the Gray Lords White Flower Shrine Island Breeze