A few thoughts on participating in RPG's.
I hadn't thought much as to posting any sort of rules for the role playing forum, but after some thought I decided to lay down just a few. They aren't set in stone, not everyone is able to wax on for ten paragraphs about their character for every single post for example.
1) No 'god moding'. This just means that you cannot control another person's character. Sheogorath is a sort of God, and if attacked can and will
teleport your character to a point above the Isles and drop you. This is not god moding since it is an established fact within the game.
2) Don't copy your character from an anime, book series, etc. This is, to put it mildly... boring. I don't think we will have this problem but I thought I would put it in here.
3) You can have more than one character if you like, you don't even have to let anyone know it's you if it is on another account, but PLEASE don't bring a new character in (who you made a character sheet for and is not an NPC) with the express purpose of killing them. That is what NPC's are for.
4) Don't post several times in a row if no one else is participating. Someone will eventually respond to your post so please be patient. At the moment we have a low number of people in the RP and it sometimes can take awhile for someone to get back to you.
Other things to think about
- You don't necessarily have to come in from Cyrodiil, you can have a character who was born in the Shivering Isles. It is obvious from the Vitharn quest that some places have been populated for generations. If you think you can pull it off, and can stay in character, you can even be a Mazken or an Auriel...
- Joint posting, meaning a collaborated post with one or more players via email or chat, is acceptable and encouraged.
- If you want to leave the RPG please tell us. Don't leave us hanging, we can give you an interesting send off or kill your character off, but only if we know you aren't coming back. If you disappear for six months without warning and come back to find that your character is wandering the hill of suicides as a disembodied spirit you would be annoyed. Anyone who does not post for six months with no messages to the mods or an ooc post about taking a break will end up there.
- Please, please, please do your best to post more than a sentence per post. It is sometimes difficult to respond to 'Rimph gro-Logrob walked up to the others and stuck his hand out' as opposed to 'Rimph gro-Logrob walked up to the others and stuck his hand out. He had a scowl on his face and seemed he would much rather not be touched, but had a duty to be polite in any case.' Try to write at least a paragraph and be as descriptive as possible.
If anyone has any further ideas for rules or just ideas to make the RP more dynamic and interesting, please feel free to post it here. Also if you have any questions they can go here as well!
"Of course, anything I tell you to do is important. My Realm, my rules." - Sheogorath
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