Welcome! I'm glad you want to participate in Fifth Age's on-going Role-Play plot!

We're in the process of changing over the way we handle the plot, so please be mindful of the construction mess.

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The emphasis I want to make for this change to our RP procedure is that we want to get serious about our plot, and we realize not all of the Pae'il owners want to be involved in serious RP. So we're making this separation so that the people who casually RP can still have fun as well as the people who want some nice and gritty conflict for their Pae'il to deal with.

For those that choose to participate in our Plot, we will have some pretty rigid RP rules to follow, and will be raising the standard for quality of content. We want to provide a fun, creative and challenging experience for those that want to play in our story.

The rewards for participating in our Plot will be amazing. And will include free plot characters, which will be nicely editted Pae, done up to reflect their role on the island, and in the plot. More on this as we get everything set up. wink

For now, all of the RP threads will remain in the main guild forum. However, as the Plot progresses and involvement grows, PLOT and SOLO RPs will likely be moved into the Plot subforum.

We will be distinguishing the RP by 3 different tags: [PRP] (ORP counts with this one), [PLOT] and [SOLO]
[PRP] - Private RP that players can participate at their leisure. These RPs will be for personal fun, for those who want to find hookups or just goof off. These RPs will not count towards the Plot, or for qualifying for the Luminary Quest. (more on Luminaries will be revealed later) These RPs will remain private, and unmonitered, and we will not have NPC interaction in them, unless shop rules are being broken. (if you break Gaia TOS, the thread will be deleted however, because my guild can get shut down if you RP inappropriate content)
PRP threads will always remain in the main guild forum.
[PLOT] - This will be the RP that will later be done in the Plot subforum, and will be regulated by our RP guidelines. There is a chance that an NPC or IPC can randomly appear in these RPs, but they will only do so if its important for the main plot, or to help steer the RP back to the right track. If we notice the Role-plays that are tagged as [PLOT] are not meeting the quality standard for our story, expect one of our NPCs to make an appearance to keep the RP on track. wink PLOT RPs must also always end, in order to count.
These RPs will be required to be eligible for Luminary Quests. More info later on that.
[SOLO] - these will act like [PLOT] RPs and count towards eligibility for the Luminary Quest. The purpose of this particular RP is for character development and occurs involving one or more of your own Pae'il.
[NOTICE] - these threads are made by IPCs or NPCs to give a notice to a specific Pae'il. They will be used for messages, dropping off items, calling Pae'il for quests or tasks (Hallowed stage related) and for record-keeping purposes when announcing things like extra powers or God domains.

Constructive Criticism can be given to participants in our Plot, because we want to make sure everyone is playing fairly, and understands what is expected of them. One of the requirements to play in this game, is you must be able to take the criticism and not think we are picking on you. We are fair, and only want to make sure you fit in and have fun as much as everyone else!

We do not endorse nor encourage collusion or gossiping. We, as staff, are here to maintain a fun and fair atmosphere. If something is going on that you feel is not fair to another player, feel free to PM Iris and we can work to reach a satisfactory solution. We do our best to remain objective and fair.