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Rules of Roleplay!

First and foremost, all of these rules are basic, and what I
describe to be the "proper ways to roleplay" are strictly for guideline
usage and can be, and should be, changed for each roleplay according
to teh roleplay creator. Basically, my rules and ways to roleplay are just
how I run my roleplays and they are here if you should choose to use
them. Just please follow the guild rules and Gaia TOS when roleplaying.
Thanks, enjoy!

1. NO CYBERING! Ew! But romance is encouraged.
If you HAVE to include a sex scene, make it Pg-13 rated.

2. Be literate! Try not to do one-liners.

3. No "godmodding" (no auto hits or immortality...
vampires/demons/etc are not immortal!)
Try not to do instant KO's or kills...we
WANT our characters to last.
Deadly illnesses allowed, only if there's
antidotes or findable treatments.

4. What RealSilverDragon and
2Cute2BStraight says is LAW,
and they can alter any post at any time

5. Pictures allowed, but no nudity.
Anime is accepted.

6. Any out-of-game context should begin with "OG:",
phrases surrounded by "[[ ]]", or by
a different color. If you choose to create your own
out-of-game references, feel free, I just happen to
find this form much easier.

7. All roleplays should be kept in the same point-of-view and tense.
(IE - first-person POV, third-person POV / past, present, or future tense.)
(But not every roleplay has to match; each one can be different, but it
is nice to see uniform roleplays.)

8. If you choose not to roleplay anymore,
don't kill off your character. Instead, talk to the other
rolepley members and see if you are able to
"transfer" your character's powers to
someone else. Just killing your character is
unethical and immoral.

9. PLAY FAIR! Everyone deserves a chance to play
no matter how new they are.

10. If you wish to advertise your own Roleplay
threads/guilds or threads/guilds of others, please feel free
to do so, but each thread header must have
"Advertisement" in it somewhere.

11. More rules may be later added, so all must
check back once in awhile to see updates.

I. Points-of-View and Tenses

Examples of POV and tenses.

First-person
I at dinner, we went shopping, etc.

Third-person
The gentleman did this, the waitress did that, he/she did something else, etc.

Past tense
Did, was, happened, went, etc.

Present tense
Doing, walking, running, (ending in -ing pretty much), etc.

Future tense
Will be doing, soon to be running, etc.

III. Game Help

A. Out-of-Game Help
You can use color to identify out-of-game talking as well as brackets ( [[text]], {{text}}, ((text)), etc. It doesn't have to be in bold) or by adding an "OG" in front of a sentence or entry.

OG: This is an example of out-of-game talking.
[[This is another example of out-of-game talking]]
This is another example of out-of-game talking.

[[Below are examples of in-game talking. My story is written in third-person past-tense.]]

[[This is an example of a one-liner. Try to stay away from these.]]
Dragon left her house early in the morning and headed down the road.

[[This is a good example of an entry. Try to take turns posting so a good story can develop.]]
Dragon left her house early in the morning and headed down the road. She was headed to the nearest village where the squatters found her to be an angel. They seemed to worship her as this because she had wings. Born with wings at birth to a half-breed eagle/human man and a mortal woman, Dragon's wings were a gleaming red with a slight orange tinge.

[[etc, etc, etc.]]

B. In-Game Help
Obviously when writing stories, one must put spoken text in quotes ("text")

For example:

"Dragon said she was going out," he said.
"I feel like having dinner," I say.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"I love cheese!" Dragon exclaimed.

You can show many different expressions and tones-of-voice by expanding your vocabulary and using a plethora advectives.

If your character is thinking, you can incorporate italics.

For example:
I'm hungry, Dragon thought.
Where are we going? she asked through her mind-speech.

V. Disclaimer

1. Thanks to the Dungeons and Dragons Handbook v.3.5
--> All information used in the thread is compliments of it.

2. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY OF THESE EXAMPLES!
--> You are able to create your own roleplay no matter how you
wish to play. I do, however, expect you to follow the main rules
on this thread. Thanks.