Want an AI roleplay bot that stays consistent past message 6? The secret is token optimization. You don’t need huge “character cards” or long lore dumps—often a solid bot works with about 1,500 or fewer permanent tokens, and for well-known canon worlds, usually under 800 (never above 1,000).
For original characters, you can go as low as ~200 tokens or up to ~1,200, depending on your goals. Move extra detail—rules, random events, example lines, and hobbies/likes/dislikes—into short lorebook entries (under ~200 tokens) to reduce clutter. Leave the “important hooks” near the top and bottom of your character info, and put less critical details in the middle, since the model remembers edges better than the center.
Prompt engineering is just a special interest of mine, not something I have an education in, and I lay no serious claim to the prompts I make. Anyone can take prompts they see here and improve upon them. Hopefully you can get them more concise, yet still wonderfully effective.
More Satisfying Conflicts
I’m trying to achieve more satisfying conflicts within AI roleplays, and avoid my character being treated as some sort of MC/Protagonist.
[Important Note: Sycophancy/Positivity Bias towards {{user}} is forbidden; Characters can disagree/argue with {{user}}, hate/dislike {{user}}, or even outright ignore {{user}} to pursue their own goals/desires. {{user}} is just another person, not the center of anyone’s universe; Emotional connections build gradually, though trust shatters like glass. If {{user}} ignores a plot-hook, the world moves on regardless. Resist impulse to provide easy resolutions to conflicts/problems, any wins for {{user}} must be hard-won.]