This will be a basic introduction to role-playing at the Galaxy Cauldron forums. The RPG has a ton of neat features and even more to do, but I will not be covering it all in this workshop. Instead, the primary goal of this workshop will be for you, the workshop participant, to join your first role-play on the GC RPG.


This is Part 1 of a two-part series. 

What is role-playing? 

There are several different types of role-playing, but let us focus on the type of role-playing done here on GC. Role-playing is the acting-out of a character through writing with at least one other role-player. You can pretend to be any canon character, create your own otaku character, and place the character in any imaginable scenario to find out what would happen. 

Think of role-playing as a semi-structured method to co-author a story with another or multiple people. 

Let’s get the tour started! 


You can find the Galaxy Cauldron RPG near the bottom of the forums in the section labeled The Silver Millennium.

There are 3 sections to the RPG that cover basic information about the RPG, figuring out what role-play to join, and where you will write as your character. 


Of course, you should read the rules, but let me provide you the abridged version. 


The RPG Staff exists to help you and make role-playing a better experience. Use them as a resource when you do not know what to do or you are not able to find something. 


In order to role-play on GC, you need to join a role-play or create your own role-play. For the sake of simplicity, let us assume you are going to join an existing role-play. 

But, oh no, there are so many role-plays already in progress! It’s too over-whelming to find just one. Don’t worry, there are two great places to start. Check these places out, first. 


The Planning Forum[/size]will have information about all of the role-plays in progress or those being planned, so this is another area of the RPG you can check out for role-plays. Each role-play or role-play idea has an information thread in this section where you can learn about the role-play and what characters are available. 




At this point in your journey, I will assume you have found a role-play to join and you picked an available character. The next thing you need to do is submit a character profile. A character profile is a method for you to better understand your character in the context of the role-play you just joined. 

Go to the Character Profiles section in the Planning Forum. Here, you need to determine what ‘bucket’ your character fits into: Canon Character, Otaku/Crossover Character, or Multiverse Character. 

Canon Character(You want to role-play as a character that is in the Sailor Moon series)
Otaku/Crossover Character(You want to role-play a character you created)
Multiverse Character (You want to role-play as a character that is not from the Sailor Moon series) 

For the purpose of this workshop, let us assume you want to role-play as Usagi Tsukino, Sailor Moon. Click on the appropriate section. Once there, click on the Canon Submission Form.

There are two different types of character profiles: relaxed and advanced. For now, do not worry about the differences and select the Relaxed Character Profile. Copy the Relaxed Character Profile Skeleton and create a new thread with the profile skeleton. In the title of your thread type Relaxed Senshi: Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino.

Let’s fill out the character skeleton! Hopefully, you can fill out many of the fields in the character profile based upon your own knowledge. But, if you are ever uncertain on what to include in a character field, then ask an RP Administrator. If you go ahead and create your character profile thread, regardless of whether your character profile is complete, you can ask questions within the thread.



The character name is Usagi Tsukino. The gender is female. And the age is partially dependent on the plot of the role-play you are applying for. If you don’t know what age to pick, then ask for some help in the character profile thread you create.

Find an image of Usagi in her civilian form online and include the picture in your character profile. If you want to take an extra step, then, based upon what you see in the picture, describe what she looks like and what she is wearing.

Now, in the next field we are asked to describe 4 personality traits. Usaki Tsukino is not motivated to get good grades in school, but she can make friends with anyone. She will do anything to keep her friends safe and happy. She sees the best qualities in other people.

The next field is optional and you are not expected to fill it out now. This is a field that will keep a record of new, important details that happened during your role-play. For example, maybe Usagi was sent to boarding school outside of Juuban or maybe Sailor Moon gained a new attack.

The next field is also optional. If you want to mention something about Usagi that just doesn’t seem to fit anywhere else, then you can say it here. I think it is important to know Usagi hates carrots, but I don’t know where to mention that, so I’m going to say it here.

The next field only needs to be filled out if you directly copied information from another source, like Wikipedia.



For now, I am going to skip the role-playing sample, so we can fill out the senshi information section of the character profile. The senshi name is Sailor Moon. Find a picture of Sailor Moon in her fuku and include the picture in your character profile. If you want to take an extra step, then, based upon what you see in the picture, describe what she is wearing.

Because I want to role-play Sailor Moon when she first became a sailor senshi, I only have a short list of attacks and items to describe. There are lists of attacks and items on Google, so I am going to use that as a reference to make sure I don’t forget anything important. Moon Tiara Action is one of Sailor Moon’s basic attacks. To perform it, she uses her tiara like a Frisbee to hit her enemy. And, her most important item is a brooch she uses to transform into Sailor Moon. She wears the brooch all the time on her school uniform, so she can easily use it whenever there is danger.

Almost done! Now, finally, the last item left is the role-playing sample. The character profile provides you a prompt and all you have to do is pretend to be your character and respond to the situation. Uh-oh, looks like Usagi is late for a meeting.

Oh no, the meeting was already starting and she wasn’t there! Usagi looked at her watch and whined in frustration. That detention had made her late and she had to stop to buy some food from the vending machine. She burst into the shrine and apologized loudly to her friends. “I’m so sorry I’m late! I didn’t mean to be, honest.”

Done! Now, all we have to do is submit the thread and wait for your character profile to be reviewed. Do not worry, the profile reviewer will not reject a character profile. Instead, he or she will help you by providing recommendations on how to improve the character profile until it is accepted. Then, you can role-play!

Let your fellow role-players know that your character has been accepted and you are ready to join in the fun.

End Part 2 and the Dummy's Guide to Role-Playing at the Galaxy Cauldron
Happy role-playing. (:

Just a quick bump, because this was posted during the hiatus.