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Most of what I learned about portraying mentally ill characters comes from Vampire: The Masquerade. Specifically vampires from the clan Malkavian who are all, at least in game-terms, afflicted with various forms of insanity. Done well, these characters can be vastly entertaining; done poorly these characters can be more irritating than .
Because meta is universal, some V:tM gamers who like playing Malkavians have written various articles on the subject, generally centered around the idea of how to play Malkavians well (as opposed to the "I'm crazy so I can do whatever silly, stupid, random thing pops into my head and you can't stop me!" sort that need to be smacked *hard*.)
Admittedly, since these links are for roleplaying games, they're probably not 100% accurate in terms of real psychology, but the authors generally are trying to treat mental illness within a fictional context with respect and realism rather than as a "Get out of Responsibility Free!" card.
Playing a Malkavian -- this is a big site with a lot of different articles about various aspects of Malkavians and gaming. I recommend going here first.
Burning Void: Mental Illness in Roleplaying Another big site with several links to articles written about mental illness and roleplaying. Does not seem to be a V:tM/World of Darkness centered site. Also includes an exerrcise from the blogger's writing section about Mental Illness Go here after you go to the first place. Or go here first. Is full of win. In fact, the site itself seems to be pretty win-full.
Stupid LARP Tricks for Clan Malkavian and the companion piece Not-So-Stupid LARP Tricks for Clan Malkavian -- LARP = Live Action Role-Playing; the advice is mainly about getting into the right mindset.
Johanna's Advice For Those Wishing to Play Malkavian Characters
On Playing Malkavians -- a new site I just found today.
Because meta is universal, some V:tM gamers who like playing Malkavians have written various articles on the subject, generally centered around the idea of how to play Malkavians well (as opposed to the "I'm crazy so I can do whatever silly, stupid, random thing pops into my head and you can't stop me!" sort that need to be smacked *hard*.)
Admittedly, since these links are for roleplaying games, they're probably not 100% accurate in terms of real psychology, but the authors generally are trying to treat mental illness within a fictional context with respect and realism rather than as a "Get out of Responsibility Free!" card.
Playing a Malkavian -- this is a big site with a lot of different articles about various aspects of Malkavians and gaming. I recommend going here first.
Burning Void: Mental Illness in Roleplaying Another big site with several links to articles written about mental illness and roleplaying. Does not seem to be a V:tM/World of Darkness centered site. Also includes an exerrcise from the blogger's writing section about Mental Illness Go here after you go to the first place. Or go here first. Is full of win. In fact, the site itself seems to be pretty win-full.
Stupid LARP Tricks for Clan Malkavian and the companion piece Not-So-Stupid LARP Tricks for Clan Malkavian -- LARP = Live Action Role-Playing; the advice is mainly about getting into the right mindset.
Johanna's Advice For Those Wishing to Play Malkavian Characters
On Playing Malkavians -- a new site I just found today.
