Front door to the guild hall: Roleplay rules.

[Gabriel -The Angelic-]

Gabriel walks to the from steps of the guild hall, the old stone walls towering above him, and he pulls out the letter he was informed to write.

"I feel certain that this will aid everyone in their time here."

Gabriel feels the last hammer-fall push the nail the parchment firmly in place and he reads over his work he has affixed to the guild door.

Role Playing is an art form used to act out a character with imaginative description in a time, place, and setting. By role playing, one steps out of there normal reality and immerses them self in a world that basically has no bounds.

The reason I say basically is because Role Playing(RP) has some etiquette rules depending on the persons whom one rps with. For this guild, the rules are decently tight. Not everyone has etiquette when they rp, but everyone can learn if they try.

To help, I have posted several examples of RP "rules".

--------------------------------Speaking--------------------------------------
So some people like to rp with a crude way of letting them know that there character is talking.

Quote:

i is yur dude fri34d frum th old clss rum. Du u rem/ber? We had lots of fn n tht clss.

My point has been made. typing like you have just learned to eat Cheerios is not going to be acceptable in rp chat.
Now, the only exception to speaking in ANY kind of short hand is when one wants to express a character of low intellect.

But even then there is a lot wrong with the sentence from earlier.
1. WHEN A CHARACTER SPEAKS THERE IS ALWAYS QUOTATIONS AROUND THEIR LINE. "SENTENCE"
Example:Character:Low intellect, while remaining within etiquette boundaries.

Quote:

"H-hey! I'm dat kid from yur ol' class... Dun you member? Me and chu was good friends.. We hads us lots of fun.."

Now if you notice, I purposely misspelled some words. This was to give the character a type of accent, but I still maintained a type of etiquette to keep my character's line from seeming untamed.
2. Always use correct spelling(Character dependent) and grammar(Also depending on the character).


---------------------------------Actions and Thoughts-------------------------
Actions and thoughts are sometimes necessary to portray particular events, feelings, or ideas. Actions make your character do anything, while thoughts give away specific events, or tell a story without words so to speak.
Example: A bird in its nest thinking and acting only:

Quote:

Sqqqarrrk! I wish those kids below me would hush! They have been under my tree for half an hou-! The bird flops around losing its train of thought. He flaps his wings to regain balance in his tree.
Damn kid! He threw a ball at me! The bird flies higher into the tree. I'll show him! Hmph! The bird then plucks a particularly large acorn from the tree and flings it at the kid.
Heh heh! Score kiddy!

The bird was obviously mad, but did you notice how the words were italicized? Gaia has enabled us to utilize a specific coding feature that lets us italicize our thoughts or anything else. If one doesn't know how I will explain, but for those who refuse to code it can also be done like this:

Quote:

-Sqqqarrrk! I wish those kids below me would hush! They have been under my tree for half an hou-!- The bird flops around losing its train of thought. He flaps his wings to regain balance in his tree.
-Damn kid! He threw a ball at me!- The bird flies higher into the tree.
-I'll show him! Hmph!- The bird then plucks a particularly large acorn from the tree and flings it at the kid.
-Heh heh! Score kiddy!-

3.Thoughts are always italicized or placed within -'s or ~'s.

The actions in the above stories are fairly easy to grasp. One basically types what the character is doing at each point and time.
--------------------Out of Character--------------------
Out of Character(OOC) is speaking in an rp chat outside of the story , actions, or out of the character(gasp?!). One uses OOC when they need to express something URGENT and only then.
Lets use our bird story from earlier:

Quote:

Sqqqarrrk! I wish those kids below me would hush! They have been under my tree for half an hou-! The bird flops around losing its train of thought. He flaps his wings to regain balance in his tree.
Damn kid! He threw a ball at me! The bird flies higher into the tree. I'll show him! Hmph! The bird then plucks a particularly large acorn from the tree and flings it at the kid.
Heh heh! Score kiddy!
Hey everyone! I have to go! Seya!

Now the problem with the above is that the rper(me) didn't use () around my OOC. OOC is widely accepted if used right.

4.Out Of Character must always have ()'s around its line.

------------------God moderators------------------
God moderators(God mods, god modding) are people who like to run the story their own way. Usually, a god mod likes to throw there ego in with their story
Observe:

Quote:

Tyler:"Hey man. wassup?"
Jim: Jim looks over his shoulder and smiles."Hey, nothing much."
Tyler: "So do you care for a quick battle?"
Jim: "Sure!"
Tyler and Jim each take their fighter stances. Jim starts the fight running towards Tyler with a type of closed hand punch.
Jim:"Hiyah!"
Tyler biggrin odges punch and appears behind Jim and sends a kame-ya-meya super nova instant kill death punch blast from the pits of hell.

Woa woa woa! Super nova wth? No one in rp can fight like they are superman ok? Everyone in rp has just a fair chance as the other.

Just like a fight rp, one can not control any aspect of a character. One may grab a character and run away with them, but one can not say that another persons character went somewhere.
Example:

Quote:

Alex looked at Luna intently. He knew they were about to kiss. She kisses him passionately. She likes it. She is happy.

This is a problem because the character Alex has obviously spoke for the opinion of Luna at this point. This is God modding and is unacceptable.


The only exception is in predefined stories.
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These are basic rules for all rpers. Please make a comment if you think anything should change or if anything is not correct.  

[Oukimuni]

Thank you Gabriel. This works out wonderfully!