Post by Sofia on Apr 8, 2014 19:28:52 GMT 1
1. No Pini elves. Cutter, Rayek, Leetha and the others don't exist in the world our elves live in, so they won’t appear in any shape of form in this holt.
2. No High Ones. The High Ones are all missing. Perhaps we will run across one somewhere but if we do it will only be briefly and they won’t be available for adoption.
3. Don’t play another person’s character without permission. It’s no fun for the other person if you are controlling their character. If you have a player’s permission you may play their character(s), but only then. If you're going to be gone for a while, ask someone to play your characters or ask the Holt to treat them as NPCs.
4. To join you have to be 15 years old. The game has some descriptions of violence and there is some romance, which might not be suitable for people younger than 15. No one will be forced to partake in adult-ish situations or violent scenes in the game. If you want to skip some part of the game, say so and an alternative thread will be created for your character(s). Telling people in advance what sort of situation you'd like to avoid in-game (i.e. violence, flirting, etc.) is very helpful for other players.
5. Magic is limited. Your elf can have latent abilities, meaning later on they may learn how to use this magic, but over all this is a fairly low-magic game (at least for now). Check this thread for available magics.
6. There are no participation demands. If you're looking for a fast-paced roleplaying game, this isn't it. Such games are also great, but the players here prefer to roleplay when they have time, without deadlines or post demands. We thus have periods of downtime and periods of activity. If that sounds like the game for you, welcome! If not, we wish you the best of luck finding a game that suits you better
7. Character switching. If you feel that your character for some reason is too hard or no fun to play anymore, but you still want to be a member of the holt, you can always create or adopt a new character. But the old character has to go somewhere. Here are three options:
- Put the character up for adoption, but let them remain in the tribe. While waiting to be adopted you can ask someone else to move the character around so they don’t disappear into the background.
- Killing the character. It could be in a hunting accident, a battle or whatever suits the current game best.
- We will run into other elf tribes. You can always have your elf grow tired of wandering around and stay with this new tribe.
8. There is no character limit. You can play as many characters you want, but please keep them all active. Tip: interacting with other players is much more fun than playing an entire family by yourself, so if you want your elf to have lifemates/parents/children etc. make them and put them up for adoption or, even better, ask if any of the players have elves who could be your family!
9. Recognition is random; love- and lifematings are not. In other words: Recognition is decided by the admin while the players themselves decide with whom and when their characters mate. If more than one member is the owner of the characters who are going to mate the members agree with each other before anything happens. If one player is against the mating, it doesn’t happen. Also remember that the elves are rather open-minded in their relationships. Don’t limit your elves to male-female relationships and having more than one mate isn't seen as weird or wrong. If you have a problem with this, you shouldn’t join this group. If you want to conceive outside of Recognition, please ask the group first, so we can discuss it.
10. How Recognition is decided: If you don't want your elf/elves to Recognize, let the admin know. Remember that Recognition doesn't have to mean elves loving each other and sticking together for life - especially now when there most surely will be Recognitions between elves from very different tribes and cultures. Most do lifemate though (getting to know every inch of someone’s soul can do that to you). Talk with the player of the other character to figure out where you want to go with things.
11. Everyone's allowed and encouraged to contribute ideas to the rpg's plot. A good Holt does not have a storyline dominated by one person. The admin (Sofia) has a over all plot figured out, but the group can at any time come up with new ideas!
12. The group and the admin have the right to change rules if they feel it’s necessary.
2. No High Ones. The High Ones are all missing. Perhaps we will run across one somewhere but if we do it will only be briefly and they won’t be available for adoption.
3. Don’t play another person’s character without permission. It’s no fun for the other person if you are controlling their character. If you have a player’s permission you may play their character(s), but only then. If you're going to be gone for a while, ask someone to play your characters or ask the Holt to treat them as NPCs.
4. To join you have to be 15 years old. The game has some descriptions of violence and there is some romance, which might not be suitable for people younger than 15. No one will be forced to partake in adult-ish situations or violent scenes in the game. If you want to skip some part of the game, say so and an alternative thread will be created for your character(s). Telling people in advance what sort of situation you'd like to avoid in-game (i.e. violence, flirting, etc.) is very helpful for other players.
5. Magic is limited. Your elf can have latent abilities, meaning later on they may learn how to use this magic, but over all this is a fairly low-magic game (at least for now). Check this thread for available magics.
6. There are no participation demands. If you're looking for a fast-paced roleplaying game, this isn't it. Such games are also great, but the players here prefer to roleplay when they have time, without deadlines or post demands. We thus have periods of downtime and periods of activity. If that sounds like the game for you, welcome! If not, we wish you the best of luck finding a game that suits you better
7. Character switching. If you feel that your character for some reason is too hard or no fun to play anymore, but you still want to be a member of the holt, you can always create or adopt a new character. But the old character has to go somewhere. Here are three options:
- Put the character up for adoption, but let them remain in the tribe. While waiting to be adopted you can ask someone else to move the character around so they don’t disappear into the background.
- Killing the character. It could be in a hunting accident, a battle or whatever suits the current game best.
- We will run into other elf tribes. You can always have your elf grow tired of wandering around and stay with this new tribe.
8. There is no character limit. You can play as many characters you want, but please keep them all active. Tip: interacting with other players is much more fun than playing an entire family by yourself, so if you want your elf to have lifemates/parents/children etc. make them and put them up for adoption or, even better, ask if any of the players have elves who could be your family!
9. Recognition is random; love- and lifematings are not. In other words: Recognition is decided by the admin while the players themselves decide with whom and when their characters mate. If more than one member is the owner of the characters who are going to mate the members agree with each other before anything happens. If one player is against the mating, it doesn’t happen. Also remember that the elves are rather open-minded in their relationships. Don’t limit your elves to male-female relationships and having more than one mate isn't seen as weird or wrong. If you have a problem with this, you shouldn’t join this group. If you want to conceive outside of Recognition, please ask the group first, so we can discuss it.
10. How Recognition is decided: If you don't want your elf/elves to Recognize, let the admin know. Remember that Recognition doesn't have to mean elves loving each other and sticking together for life - especially now when there most surely will be Recognitions between elves from very different tribes and cultures. Most do lifemate though (getting to know every inch of someone’s soul can do that to you). Talk with the player of the other character to figure out where you want to go with things.
11. Everyone's allowed and encouraged to contribute ideas to the rpg's plot. A good Holt does not have a storyline dominated by one person. The admin (Sofia) has a over all plot figured out, but the group can at any time come up with new ideas!
12. The group and the admin have the right to change rules if they feel it’s necessary.