Rules
1: RPs in this guild should never become more than PG-13 if something gets too heavy or violent, it needs to be taken off forum for the gaia TOS peace of mind. (fades to black, closing curtains, etc. are your friends) This goes for thread titles too! Keep it clean!
2: As this is a community-driven shop, characters should not be 'killed' without first asking permission and telling the RP-mods. Failure to do so could result in the RP being deleted or both players getting in trouble. Battles may still have hurting and 'getting knocked around pretty badly' but no death without express permission from both the players involved and staff. (we are not obligated to make you a new pet if your old one dies!!)
3: King's City has a wide array of nationalities, varying from American to Japanese, to Indian to alien. No nationality is banned from players, but we may encourage less of one sort if we get too many of them. As such, don't be a racist or sexist punk. If we see an RP that has too many racial slurs about one group or another, you will be asked to change them, or risk the RP being deleted.
4: The meta-plots run on a certain time-line. Any RPs started before a meta-event are considered to have happened 'before' the event (even if they don't finish till after the meta) and any RPs started after the meta happened after. This is to avoid confusion arising from unfinished or still going RPs and character knowledge between the time.
5: The RP should be considered to be running in modern day, around a generic school timeline.
6: Random NPCs like no-name police, nurses, passersby and random schoolkids are fine for players to use for monster bait, getting splatted, in the way, or chatting to the characters. Just do not make a big deal over these NPCs, please. Anyone may use these for plots. These NPCs are NOT to become our next quests. Don't get attached, they're fodder.
7: Only staff may use the major NPCs! (Thief! and Aphrodite)-Chompas used in awakenings, can be moderately controlled by the one(s) being awakened if you need them to lunge at you or attack you. But don't decide you can auto-kill them. Staff will decide when they are killed.
-Pest chompas in magical-centric RPs can be controlled by all parties participating, as long as everyone agrees. (Just as fodder NPCs can be used by all)
8: Please keep OOC out of the RPs. Use the main thread, PMs, IMs etc UNLESS it's a disclaimer, such as permission for your partner to control your character, notifying anyone reading the RP that a character can/will be killed by the other, and that it was planned.
-OOC should be clearly marked with brackets. () (()) [] {}
Ex: (Emothunder is allowed to/is going to kill Magical Bob within the next few posts.)
9: Characters should not suddenly manifest random powers or abilities that aren't detailed in their journals in the middle of an RP. We may take to you with a cold fish of some description if you do. So you should probably make a journal if your character has reached/is about to reach stage 2. But you should have one
anyways to keep track of RPs, relationships, personality... They're fun. Really.
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