The Rules
Greetings residents and prospective residents
of Sanctuary. These are the current
rules under which all residents are expected to respect. Any changes or
additions to these will be carried out in the method stated in the Administration
section.
This writer's coven ("game") is a restricted list that's NC17. When
you contact the
Admins about joining, please be honest and tell your age. Also, we
would greatly appreciate if you could tell us a little bit about yourself
and any writing or rpg experience you have. This is not an rpg, but it is
similar. Also please read the rest of the rules so you can gain a better
idea of what we're like and what we do.
All character bios need to be
submitted to the Character Type Admin they fall under who will then go over it and forward it to the Character Admins.
Your character must be approved by them before you may begin
writing/playing. Once your bio is approved it will be sent to the main
list, by the Character Aproval Admin, not the type admin, and then put on
the bios page at the website.
About Admins and Rules:
There are three Senior Admins for Sanctuary:
Barbara
Nici
Rotating Senior Admin: Jp
These positions exist to help keep the game and list running
smoothly, answer questions, arbitrate disputes when necessary, and, as a
last resort, are empowered to remove people from the list.
Any changes in the rules will be brought before the list for comment
before they are implemented and, in cases where there are opposing ideas,
a general vote will be taken before a decision is made. While there are
Admins to keep things running smoothly this list belongs to all of
us.
Voting procedure to elect or re-elect a position: Admin Election
Procedure
Character Limitations: There will
be no characters based on other game systems,
books, or movies. This is to avoid copyright issues. Characters can be based on myth and history. Characters cannot
be all powerful. Very powerful, yes, indestructible, no. All
characters must have a stated weakness in their bios unless they are
obvious (vampires don't care for the sun, humans are prone to the usual
plethora of fatal possibilities, etc). Information on character types can
be found in the Character Rules
section.
Writing styles: This game is
restricted to the third person, past tense. If you have questions
about this rule, please refer them to the Senior Admins. This rule exists
to keep stories, especially on posts where there are more than one writer,
flowing smoothly. It adds coherence to the overall game. It is jarring to
the reader to switch between styles. You will not be penalized for
spelling errors, typos, etc (though we do appreciate it if you proofread
your posts to the best of your ability before sending them) but the style
rule applies to everybody.
Characters can think to themselves, talk to themselves, and when
they do, it is usually done in the present tense. Present tense is also
neat for the occassional dream sequence or the odd bit that really needs
to stand out from the rest of the post. All of that is fine and in no
way violates the past/present tense rule. It is only the main body of a
post that we would like to see stick to third person, past tense.
Sometimes the first person and present tense have their place. Feel free
to use 'em when you need 'em, just try to stick with third person, past
tense as a rule.
Interaction: This is primarily a
writer's coven rather than a role-playing game. That said, there is still
lots of room for interaction and surprises. Should your character wish to interact with another
character, then contact the writer directly. All of our bios contact the email address of our writers.
Please note that every writer has the option to decline any
interaction they find objectionable, simply don't have time for, or are
unprepared to deal with.
Try not
to be annoyed if no one is in a spot where they can jump in and copost immediately.Everyone wants interaction but we have the dreaded "real
life" to deal with and/or may already be involved in all we can
currently handle.
Interaction involving
conflict/hostility: In order that no one suffers a misunderstanding, no
one will be allowed to have their character attack another character in
any way unless they have discussed it with that character's writer
off-list prior to taking any such action and received that writer's
go-ahead. Attacks also include homes, places of business, etc., not just
physical/psychic/magical attacks directly on a character.
Needless to say, no one will be allowed to kill off someone else's
character without their permission.
Conflicts between writers: Please
try to work things out politely amongst yourselves, off-list, first. If
you find you are at an impasse and cannot come to a peaceful
solution/compromise, then, and only then, take your complaint to an Admin,
understanding that all three Senior Admins will likely confer about the
situation before making a decision.
Grounds for getting booted off the
list: We never want to have to do this but the Admins retain the
right to take anyone off the list who becomes a chronic problem for
others. In order to avoid this keep in mind the following:
Do not flame the list at large.
If you must communicate your
displeasure you are welcome to do so, but you must do it
off-list.
Be polite and always strive to understand (even if you
cannot agree with) the other person's point of view.
Do not
swear/use abusive language towards another person.
These are grounds for removal. Repeatedly breaking any of these
stated rules is grounds for removal. You'll be warned once.
It's pretty simple, treat people with respect and politeness and
there will be no problem. Become rude at your peril.
Writers retain full rights to their characters and the places
they create within the game. This not only covers copyright issues but
applies to what happens to their characters/places within the
game.
Say you want to blow up a building created by another writer. You
must ask their permission first. Their answer is final, no arguments.
Say you want your character to punch another writer's character. This
falls under rule #8. You must have their prior permission. No
exceptions.
Please title all posts in the
subject line.
Example: Lee Goes on Holiday
You may also wish to add in parenthesis your character's name and
a number for the post in order to make archiving easier but this is
optional. Example:
Lee Goes on Holiday
Any posts that are not story related but need to go to the main
list should have NRPG in the subject line. Example:
NRPG Question about the rules
Forced Interaction: This won't be
tolerated. Forced interaction is when a character does something that,
under any close to normal circumstances, would force passersby or casual
observers to react. Example:
Insane gunman walks into retaurant and opens fire.
If that happens and your characters happen to be there it pretty
much forces some sort of reaction out of them. To continue munching
dessert, perusing the wine list and chatting about the play they just
saw would not be very realistic.
Therefore before you even think about doing anythng like that you
had best clear it with every possible character it'll affect
first.
This is where we really differ from a regular role playing game.
Characters are not just sitting around waiting to have the GM throw
something at them. There is no GM here and most characters already have
at least the barebones of what sort of things they want their characters
to be doing thought out somewhat ahead of time. (Some of the writers
love to wing it but that doesn't work for everyone, and not even those
people all the time.)
Types of characters permitted:
Almost anything goes as long as you can give the character approval team a
reasonable rationale. Characters include but are not limited to the
following:
Vampires: refer
to guidelines from the Vamp Admin,
Barb/Maggie
Weres:
refer to guidelines from the Were Admin,
Kristina
Faeries/Fey:
refer to guidelines from the Fey Admin, Nici
Immortals
and Others: refer to guidelines from the Other Admin. Due to the
nature of the catagory there are very few written guidlines. This
does not mean there are no guidlines for "other" characters that
are not listed in the guidelines. Please email the Fey admin to discuss such
characters.
Guiding Sprits:
refer to guidelines from the Guiding Spirits Admin, Laura
Witches/Mages:
refer to guidelines from the Witch/Mage Admin, Xa
Humans: refer
to guidelines from the Human Admin,
Jasy
Death Affiliated (ex: Necromancers): refer to guidelines from the Death Affiliated (NAGGZ) Admin, JP