' Wrote:Now both of these archetype characters may well be extremely well developed, complete, believable and enjoyable to interact with. But what happens when they meet. Well... lets see...
Too many Archtypeal characters stagnates roleplay, though. Inevitably you will run into characters like this, and then you have to deal with it. But when every single character you run into follows these archtypes it just kinda gets boring...
The problem is people don't know how to make a unique character be realistically believable. This is because people think realistic/believable = ordinary and cliche, while unique = God mode unstoppable.
I know you can't expect everyone to have the ability to write a unique character, which is why these archtypes are useful. It just gets boring after a while having the same RP interactions with every single person you meet. It's easy to translate repetitive and common roleplay as bad roleplay in these situations.