Roleplay Guide

Roleplay is where a chat stops being a Q&A and becomes a story you're both in. Xotic AI gives you real tools to direct that story — scenarios, settings, and goals. Here's how to use them.

Start with a scenario#

When you begin a chat with a character, you can pick a scenario — a pre-set opening scene that drops you both straight into a situation instead of a cold start. The scenario frames who you are to each other and what's happening, and she plays from there. Choosing a scenario at the start is the fastest way into immersive roleplay.

Set the scene yourself#

No scenario needed — you can open any chat by describing the setting. A line or two establishing where you are and what's happening gives her something concrete to react to. Use actions and dialogue together (write actions in asterisks and speech as plain text), and she'll match your format.

Steer the scene with actions#

Actions — anything you wrap in asterisks — are your single most powerful tool for directing a roleplay. She treats them as things that actually happen in the scene and responds to them, so an action is how you move the story rather than just talk about it.

• I take her hand and lead her toward the door — changes the location.
• A knock echoes from the hallway — introduces an event she has to react to.
• I raise an eyebrow and step closer — shifts the tension and mood.

Want to change the setting, introduce someone or something, escalate, or pull back? Do it in an action. Dialogue is what you say; actions are what you do — and the more decisively you act, the more the scene bends to your lead.

Tune the settings for immersion#

Your chat settings directly shape the roleplay:

• Style: Immersive leans into rich, in-scene writing over casual texting.
• Length: Elaborate gives her room to describe and develop a scene.
• Pacing: Slow burn builds tension; Fast moves the plot.
• Explicitness sets how far a scene can go.

Dialing these in is the difference between short replies and a scene that breathes.

Give characters goals with group roleplay#

For multi-character stories, group chats add two powerful roleplay tools: a group premise (the shared scene) and per-character goals — a private agenda for each character. Characters with their own goals pursue them instead of just reacting, which is what creates genuine tension, conflict, and drama. Give two characters opposing goals and a premise that forces them together, and the scene writes itself.

Keep it going#

• Steer, don't script. Nudge the direction with your own moves rather than dictating hers — she's more fun when she has room to respond.
• Give her something to work with. Detailed, in-scene messages earn richer replies than one-liners.
• Regenerate a reply that breaks the scene, and delete one you want gone — see Message actions.
• She remembers. Callbacks to earlier moments deepen a long roleplay — that's her memory at work.