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RESPECT. - To receive kindness, be kind. Zen. To receive respect, be respectful. Zen. To receive love, give love. Zen. To not be offended, do not offend. Zen. Basically, don't be a butthole. We good? Okay, we're good. Now meditate on the respect rules and be one with God and the universe. Zeeeeeennnnnnn.
DRAMA, NO, NO, BAD, BAD. - We will not talk oocly about politics, sexuality, or religion in the main-chat on discord. It causes arguments among us, but characters are welcome to do that just fine. We will not take IC drama as a puncture to our own hearts but our characters' hearts. We will not slander anyone within our group, or slander anyone outside of it, not even in the venting channel. We will care about each other, love and nourish each other. We will talk about all things that do not cause arguments. We will help each other plot, qualm any jealousy and be hippies, man. We will be people who love, not hate with bitterness and venom. Zeeeeeeeennnnn.
RATING. - We are rated about R. We are adults and there will be adult content. I ask you not turn this into a smutting community, pls, no. I ask that your characters actually learn not to cuss as much or at least adopt made up curse words of this world, that players are free to create. I don't know, authenticity. And violence is going to happen, we're a game based on battling by daylight and winning love by moonlight. Never running from a real fight~
All characters must be 18+, all players must be 18+. All faces must be 18+. That is all.
WRITING ETIQUETTE.</b> - Third person, past or present tense. IMO it doesn't really matter, both get the job done and it reads the same. Only Grammar nazis get annoyed, and some of us just aren't that. Remember, some of our partners are writing by phones, tablets and other devices. So, I won't enforce a word document rule but I ask that your grammar and spelling at least be understandable. No broken English that hurts our poor delicate brains.
POWER PLAYING. - You will not control another player's character without expressed permission. If your character battles or spars someone please use a turn base system, and please decide the winner before hand. A Black Mage may win against a knight if they are strategic enough and have enough elixirs. A Bard may win against a samurai for quite the same reasons.
Typically an offensive may win against others that are more defensive and a saumurai vs a knight might be evenly matched even though they use different fighting methods. If you can't decide a victor, outside of personalities and strengths, please use a randomizer to get the job done. Stick by it and deal with a loss like a good rp sportsman.
ACTIVITY. - It's easy peasy. Our first check will be a simple; I'm still iinterested/here! With list of your characters. The second one will be I'm here! With proof of activity, at least two threads over the last two months. Though you're always welcome to do more. This activity check design will continue over the months. It will remain the same. Always.
HIATUSES. - Hiatuses happen for many reasons; vacations, family emergencies and muse loss. Feel free to take up to two weeks, with an extension of two weeks. if you're gone for a month, you may not be interested anymore or you loss interest a long time ago. Please use the discord channel Member Directory - Hiatuses as an announcement for your departure for a time.
MUSE LOSS - It happens. You're free to retire a character, no problem. You may open a hero spot for another player and their crystal gem will pass over to them. This new character can be from any species. I'd approve if your character died in some way if a hero, so the story doesn't get mucked up. However, if the muse loss is short, we will wait a month before killing them off. What I mean by muse loss is simple, you may have another character but no muse for another. I don't want you to make a mistake of killing off a character just yet when it's a hero and they've been around for awhile. End of story.
PLAY BYS. - In-line with muse loss. If a character who died or is retired used a playby for six months, then it's off-limits entirely for the next year. If we remember that face and character vividly, then no, the face is still off limits. If the player who had the character, does not kill them off, and picks up the character with the same face, that is perfectly fine. Basically six months of continued character activity, and two months of muse loss? Retire for a little while and come back to it later. If you're certain the character is kaput in your head? Then kill them off and we'll retire the face for a year. If we remember them too much, we'll continually retire them. End of story.
GRAPHICS, ICONS AND JOURNALS - I don't care. Make your journals pretty. Or not. Have one hundred icons uploaded. Or not. One or two icons suffice as long as we see the character's face. As for journals, you can make it a random name that fits the character somehow or go by character's actual name. It doesn't matter. It really doesn't. Do whatever. Make it rain. Dance on rooftops. Sing your heart out to Celine Dion. But I seriously recommend some fantasy music while you write. Seriously.
NINEVA, THE ELF GUIDE - She is basically there as a guide and a fighter to help the sixteen along. She is a fairly young light elf at 116 years old, considered a young adult in elf years but she was trained all her life to become a guide for the heroes and help them in their journey. She was basically chosen because of the prophecy, a rare light elf born exactly at the right time with red hair. She was born with a full head of hair. No Light Elves have red hair. Typically light elves have brown, blonde, silver, white hair and fair skin. Dark elves have black, red, and white hair, and dark skin for the most part.
She is loyal to the cause, wants to make this happen so her world is saved but a bit bitter that she can't have a mate and fall in love until after the journey is over. She has always been told it could take months or years because the order is a conniving bunch and continually hides out in the forgotten lands or other places around the world. Basically, heroes, don't judge her snippy comments just yet, she's a bit sad and lonely. That's all. Don't be surprised if it takes a little while to warm up to you. She needs to make friends, instead of isolating herself over this.
SOUL BONDS/BREAKS - As a rule, characters can only have two soul bonds a piece. One friendship soulmate, one romantic soulmate.
TIMING - One month real life, is two weeks in game for normal threads/logs. When the sixteen do a group thread, all sixteen are off-limits from participating in anything but the group thread and back logs/threads or past driven threads/logs or stand alones in the past. Other characters, as long as not participating in group threads, are free to make present threads within the game timezone. We'll use one week for a group thread, so everyone with heroes can participate. Short replies, so we'll finish sooner, rather than later.
I'll change the dates in the discord, no problem. It'll be designated underneath plot stuff = announcements.
CHANGING LOCATIONS - When our characters enter a a new land. This will equate to a group thread, probably very short before the heroes disband and break off with their closet friends or go off by themselves to explore. Something about them typically makes others want to approach them, they have a glow about them not seen even in elves. Their auras are different from everyone else.
When they enter into a new kingdom or city that is part of a land, there will be a narrative done by me, the mod, with some group input if necessary. This cuts down on group threads, and helps move the story along.
FIRST PLOT FOR HEROES? - Finding the crystal gems of course, in the sacred ruins of the Juparian lands. At least that's what's always been prophesied.
WHY THIS IS A GPSL AND NOT A FREE FOR ALL? Because I am a lonely eel. Unless I get help in the near future/far future, I do not want fifteen-twenty members to keep track of. Characters are different.
WHY WE HAVE RATIOS, MAN? - It keeps things fresh and interesting. Having ten knights, and not enough of the other classes gets boring. Having ten elves instead of other species? Where's the challenge? Use all this information to step outside your comfort zone of what you would normally play if it's not available. I want you here, but ratios are a must.
WHY SO MUCH INFORMATION? MY BRAIN CAN'T COMPUTE. - Guuuuuuuurl. Duuuuuuude. I love world-building. Deal with it. Honestly, the richer the world, the more it actually feels like a place. Too little information and we get bored. It doesn't mean there isn't room for growth, but rather e have a constructive basis for rules of this world. I welcome your own creations and interpretations besides my own.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF SOUL BREAKS? OMGOSH, SO UNNEEDED! - Because soul breaks cannot be created manually, they develop by whoever you spend time with. I thought it'd give a soulmate element for entertainment purposes. It bonds the users. I love it. Shuddap.
WHO USUALLY BONDS THE MOST? - Defensive and offensive partners. Protectors with their protectees. For example Bards/Songtresses and Mages. Yep. Knight/Mage is not the norm like those darn tootin Final Fantasy games. But it can be done.
WHY ACTIVITY CHECKS!? DUDE, WE'RE A GPSL! - Because, man. Without rules, guidelines and structure we may fail at this and I want it to be around for at least a year, or heck, two. Long enough to finish the story. The activity rules are lax, so stop yer yapping.
Why are we becoming invite only after awhile? - Again, too many players for one moderator. I have to learn everyone's names and characters. Some people will likely want this to remain a GPSL. A lot of us get overwhelmed with too many people and information to remember about them and their characters. I've talked to people about being overloaded by a community and ghosting out like, nope, can't handle this. Too many people. I'm out.
This doesn't mean be scared to join, but rather be selective about who you invite in the future. Typically I only get overwhelmed if there's so many players it might as well be a mmorpg. Just help me stay sane. That's all.
WHY DISCORD? OMGOSH. NEW STUFF KILLS ME. I'M SO OLD. - Because. We are are in an evolving age of technology and and and...they took AIM away from us. *sobs.* Discord is very user friendly, able to chat privately and in a chat room. I think it'd be better than a OOC COM tbh.
There will be designated channels for talking, plotting, venting, character developments, shouts to me, the admin to look at applications, game announcements and updates to the plot, throwing your wanted ads into the fire and hoping for chewy chocolate chip cookies. The list goes on. Very crucial in my opinion and helps keep things organized. besides, who the heck wants to constantly update tags in the darn community besides the logging/thread com. not me, or you. Hard to remember.
CAN I BACKLOG? DO PAST THREADS? USE GOOGLEDOCS? - All the yes! Characters are nothing without a past. Sometimes we get behind in tags and it's important to finish. And googledocs are universal these days. Just make sure you label whose post is who's, and all that.
HOW WILL YOU HANDLE GROUP THREADS? - They will have to be finished before we move on to other ventures typically. Because something may happen that affects the group or a character, and it makes no sense to log/thread until after the thread is finished. We will pay attention to detail and focus on that part of the story until it passes. We will do short replies to move faster, especially when we all may be busy. You are fine to opt out of the story/group thread, but please keep in mind if you are playing a hero/heroes, it's imperative that you join most of the threads or you having that character doesn't make sense.
CAN OTHER CHARACTERS JOIN THE SIXTEEN IN A GROUP THREAD? - For some threads, no. For other threads, yes. They, of course, won't be isolated to themselves but some plots and subplots will be for them only. Others are also welcome to tag along on the journey as well. The more help from skilled warriors, the better.
WILL OTHER CHARACTERS BESIDES THE SIXTEEN GET PLOTS? - I imagine the answer is yes! I'll be focusing on the sixteen heavily, but I welcome plots for other characters as well. Just other characters are more open world travelers/explorers and the sixteen have a job to do.
CAN I PLAY SOMEONE FROM THE ORDER? - In the future. Yes. Not right now. There's other things to do first.
WHEN WILL THE ORDER BE REVEALED? - Can't tell. But someday very soon.
How do you want us to label posts? - who, what, when, where, rating, status, warnings. the usual.
THANK YOU SWEET, ANGEL. I NEEDED A WORLD LIKE THIS. - You're freaking welcome. <3