Roleplaying
Tip for
Is
your character cultured?
Each race within GemStone IV
can be separated further into several cultural groups. A character’s culture can be just as
important as their race. For many of the
races, the individual cultures can be dramatically different from each other,
so deciding which one is best for your character can be very important. Most characters would be heavily influenced
by the culture they grew up in, even if they have since left it all behind.
For some characters, not
choosing a culture will say a lot about them as well. Maybe your character grew up in a family away
from any cultural centers, or maybe had no regular family at all. If your character was not heavily influenced
by a specific culture, leaving it blank will tell more about him or her than
you might at first think.
If you want to choose a
culture for your character to help develop him or her further, but haven’t yet,
the GemStone website provides a lot of information. You can either choose a culture that seems to
best fit an already established character, or pick a culture first and then
build a character around it.
Some people like their
characters to be a prime example of what they think someone from that culture
would be like. Others like to go against
their chosen culture. If you choose to
go against the culture, it really only works well if you do your homework so
that you understand the culture, and then develop reasons for why your
character is different than the norm.
For information on the
various cultural choices available to your race, look here:
http://www.play.net/gs4/info/races/races.asp
Zyllah