Series based Rules and Etiquette

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Introduction

Series based roleplays are in essence fan fiction, but with a diffrence, in a fan fiction you'd rewrite a popular story or series in the way you want, regardless of the original story or plot. With series based role plays, you instead take the world that series is based in and use it to write your story alongside the main story. Using your characters you tie up loose ends in the original story, or show the after effects of the main characters.

Now if you want you can make a roleplay with already well known characters, e.g. Cloud from final fantasy. But there must be an original spin on the story, like getting sent back in time, or a cross over with another series. Retelling the story won't do.  

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Rules

Creating a Series based roleplay is very similar to creating an original roleplay, in that is follows the same steps:


Step 1: Suggest the RP in the thread titled "Series Rp ideas" Found Here (not to be confused with the original roleplay idea thread)
Step 2: Wait for other members to give their opinions of it (these things are meant to be for everyone, so its only far they get a say)
Step 3: When you have the basic story make a discussion thread for your RP
Step 4: You finally can post your Rp, but before you start posting in it you still have a step to go
Step 5: Post a bio in the Bio's thread.

After completing these steps you can then start your roleplay.
It might seem like a lot of work, but this system is to make sure that firstly, you're willing to work with others on your roleplay, and secondly, you are willing to but effort into getting the roleplay up and running.

Anyone that doesn't follow these steps will have their thread deleted, and if they throw up a fuss about it getting deleted, may get a warning.  

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Roleplaying Etiquette

Your character has to be of reasonable strength, there can be no "god moding" which is to say your character can't be all-powerful in any way.

Also, the only character you control is yourself or npc's, usually which you invent. You may not control other players in any way. The exceptions are when you expressly ask permission. You may however control an NPC or non-playing character.

Please keep it clean: PG13. You will get ONE warning if you post something that is out of line. I'm not mean enough to ban you from the guild because of a second offense, but i will probably disallow you from that particualr rp. This is usually done by taking control of your character and killing them.

Copious violence is to be expected in an rp, but please keep the immoral stuff to a minimum. no killing children or super descriptive torture, basically keep it in good taste.

On that note, there is to be no cybering whatsoever! This is not difficult to understand in the slightest, and I have a particularly low tolerence for it. Any post with any sexual content will get a warning and the post will be deleted. I'm not saying you can't let your characters have relationships, I'm just saying if you can't do it outside, don't do it here.

Another Note On relationships, I have no problem in having characters from different series getting together, but please, let it make sense. if I see anything like "The Ice titan from Hercules tenderly stroked Ghost rider's face with care" I'll freak out, its not a warning offence, but its a big pet peeve with me.

If there are any questions feel free to post in the Discussion forum. Thank you.