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A rule of thumb I use: If a character doesn't remind you of anyone you've met or seen, they're probably over-the-top. It's fine to have a drama queen goth character who has feelings, motivations, and the like - but a drama queen goth character with 3 eyepatches and 17 Large Facial Scars :tm: is...

If you don't know what an alignment chart is, it's basically this. There's a lot of controversy surrounding alignment charts, either that they box in characters, or are so vague that they mean very little. I personally categorize all of my characters in some similar way just to keep them...

You could maybe keep him anonymous in the first chapter - not using names, instead perhaps a first-person flashback of the incident as a prologue - and slowly let the reader become aware of his role as he becomes a more sympathetic character. This could let the reader have a sort of feeling or...

Witch hunting. Witch hunting on roleplaying sites tends to go badly especially when staff action is confidential. As a rule: report, and let the staff do their jobs. My roleplaying pet peeve is using information you only have OOC in character. It's not fun for anyone, honestly, and will...

I know a lot of GMs that now just ask for an in-character response to a prompt instead of (or in addition to) a basic character sheet. Such a GM may ask for a character photograph or appearance description at the top, a simple name-age-gender-appearance block preceding the post, or for all...