1) Before using any particular character in the supposed Roleplay, create one post in the "Doorway" thread titled "Enter [CHARACTER]" at the top, describing your character in the form of them entering the tavern for the first time. You may use as many characters as you please, as long as each one has their own introduction in the doorway.
2) All posts within the realm should be in third person form, as if continuing the story of the previous post.
3) All posts in the realm are "in character." If out of character discussion becomes necessary, feel free to create a separate thread within the forum for the conversation, or use brackets. Please label these threads appropriately.
4) "Private" conversations between characters can be held by creating a new topic. Feel free to invite characters from the main conversation to sit at a table with your character. The first post in the table should contain a list of all the characters that have been invited, so that unwanted posts can be deleted.
5) Within the realm, keep in mind that an author’s character is speaking and not the author themselves. All character interactions are permitted and encouraged, including bar fights, insults, and shouting matches.
6) If another author’s character behaves rudely/violently towards your character, DO NOT take it personally. The point of the Roleplay is to test the realism and depth of your characters, by viewing how realistic their interactions feel with other, unpredictable personalities in the mix.
7) Moderators of the forum reserve the right to remove any inappropriate post for any reason, including out of character comments in the wrong topics and RP that would not be appropriate for younger readers.
I will add additional moderators as the forum requires them. Reliable authors with the best standing within the Tavern will be given first priority to become moderators.
9) Characters of all races within the
fantasy realm are allowed, as long as they are able to fit through the door. Using characters from stories you have posted in the Outlining Workshops is encouraged, as well as characters you wish to use in future stories.
10) When at all possible, spell-check your posts before submitting them. The Realms and "Doorway" topics are meant to read as a finished (if unpolished) story in itself, and good spelling and grammar reflect that.
11) Character limit in any Thread: 6. No one author may have more than 6 characters at a time in play in the tavern. If characters 'disappear' (due to idleness) or leave the tavern new characters by that author may be introduced. This is in order to prevent any one author from monopolizing and "clogging up" the Tavern thread.
Other information:
--The "NPCs":
The little kid at each "Doorway" thread is intended to further your initial description by giving your character someone to talk to. As such, you are free to do with him what you will. Likewise, the side-character "Mandrake" is a character I created to be used in the
fantasy realm. As I can't be around all the time to control him and would eventually like to make use of the Roleplay with my own characters, I hereby relinquish my control of Mandrake, so that anyone may use him for any plot advancement that is required. When I get around to it, the "cook" will arrive as well and serve much the same purpose. I may create a waitress as well. (Speaking about the Tavern Realm, here. It may not be the same for everything.)
If you so choose to make use of an "NPC," Please ensure their actions are true to their original personalities. The kis is a cocky and "king-of-the-Universe shtick, helpful but not very polite. Mandrakes's personality is as one who is an expert at their particular realm (in this case, bartending) but is otherwise absentminded and prone to rambling and hyperbole.
The same sort of extension of control may be used with other authors' characters for the purpose of advancing the story, but ONLY if the original author allows it.
Faquarl: A demon. A butcher or cook with a Bounty-Hunteresque personality, who tends to want more money than usual for everything he does.
Sayane: The sly whore character. While every realm needs a prostitute, this one is exactly the character needed instead of hooking up with a random girl you see at the end of the street. If you're gonna fuck somebody, this is the character you'll need.
--The "Time Warp":
All realm will technically be on the same night forever. The actual starting of a Quest is when all authors involved with that quest write
for their characters going to bed for the night. The next morning the actual quest will begin, and the characters involved will be in a time-warp compared to the Main Thread. When/if a character returns to the Main Thread after leaving it they will return to the original night the "Realm" opened.
The time warp is necessary for the main Tavern thread for the fact that its job is to coordinate the meeting of all other characters in all other threads. It's not realistic or economic to try and force everyone in the tavern to "go to bed" at the same time; there are far too many authors and characters involved for that to be done smoothly and quickly.
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