Roleplay Resources
About
Silver Valkyrie is an FFXIV Roleplay Community based on the Light Datacentre, with a big focus on helping introduce new roleplayers to roleplay and building their skills and experience.
A number of our group have collected resources together or created their own, to help expand on our own collective knowledge. While a lot of these resources are chosen with a view to using them for FFXIV, a lot of the Character Building and Roleplay Guidance are applicable to roleplay of other systems and games too
The community primarily exists on FFXIV and Discord if you want to join or contribute to this list.
FFXIV World & Lore
| Naming Conventions | Official naming conventions for each of the playable races |
| How rare is that job? | Guide by Mis'to |
| Mirke Menagerie's Index | Deep dives into a variety of lore topics |
| Botanica Eorzea | Details of plantlife found across FFXIV canon |
| The Hunter's Handbook | Guide to Fauna and Flora, aimed at hunters |
| The Raimdelle Codex | Compiled lore about all types of creatures |
| Meals Catalogue & Compendium | Recipes, information, and lore about all in-game food |
| Ishgardian Lore | A huge collection of lore about all aspects of Ishgardian life |
| Dragonspeak Dictionary | A dictionary of the Dragonspeak language spoken by Coerthan dragons |
| Keeper of the Moon Lore | A huge collection of lore about the Keepers of the Moon |
| Fantasia Lore | A compiled set of the few times Fantasia has been officially acknowledged, and the limits |
| The Perculiarities of the Echo | Audio for Morgana's talk about the Echo |
| First Steps to Adventure talks | All 7 of the TED-style talks given at First Steps to Adventure |
| Common knowledge in Eorzea | A set of facts that the average person in Eorzea would be expected to know |
| /r/ffxiv's Lore flair | All posts from the FFXIV subreddit tagged with "Lore" |
| Official Forums: Lore | The Lore category on the Official FFXIV forums |
| Loresearch | A tool for searching tooltips and descriptions, created by Erroch |
Character Building
| Character Development Scoresheet | A self-assessment sheet for character development, created by Kazenone |
| The Mother of all Character Questionnaires | A huge set of questions designed to flesh our your character |
| Defining and avoiding Mary Sues | A guide by Mis'to about what a Mary Sue is, why they can be problematic, and how to do better |
Roleplay Guidance
| What is Roleplay? | Guide for the unaware/newcomers to roleplay |
| Common Roleplay terminology | Words and what they mean when it comes to roleplay |
| The Roleplay Handbook | A huge guide to roleplaying in FFXIV |
| RPG Consent Checklist | A checklist aimed at DMs to gauge player comfort and red-lines for different themes |
| Body Language cheatsheet | How to show your emotions through body language instead of spelling it out |
| Roleplayers Collective | A huge forum dedicated to FFXIV Roleplay |
| Silver Valkyrie Events discord | A large and established FFXIV roleplaying community on Light DC, and the authors of this site |
| Overcoming RP Anxiety Pt.1 Pt.2 | A guide by Mis'to on how to deal with anxiety over roleplay, for both old and new players |
| "Dark Jacket" Formal Attire | A dresscode equivalent to "Black Tie" used by Silver Valkyrie for formal parties |
| How to set up a venue | An introductory guide to setting up a Roleplay Venue |
Credits
Special thanks to the following members for their contributions:
Morgana Browne (Morgana#3284)
Kazenone Alagar (Kazenone#9999)
Mis'to Raesthe (Silverskeejee#5141)
Anonymoose (Anonymoose#7485)
Erroch (erroch#5348)
Drahauk (Drahauk#0074)