Guide to RP Zones
Welcome to the RP zones! A land of beauty, drama, and character development await you! What you will find here is a few tips and even some rules that will help better your rp experience and help you and your character to grow as a player, writer, and roleplayer!
For a list of places to RP, check out Luna Pine (RP Zones)
RP Channels
We’ll be focusing on three very important channels: town-ooc, town-lore, and town-dice.
#town-ooc
OOC stands for “out of character.” It means talking to other players as a player and not as a character. All ooc talk goes in this channel.
One or two lines of ooc in the rp zones may be fine; i.e. (Hey I didn’t say that!) (Sorry, fixed!) But they should be deleted right after acknowledgement to keep the rp zones clean and immersive.
#town-lore
Honestly, this should be your first stop upon joining the server and going to the rp-zone to hop in to the fun. You should read up on the town and location you are at to better get an understanding of where you are.
#town-dice
This is where all rolls that relate to the rp go. All of them. It is frowned upon to do a roll in any other channel and they are all put here to keep the rp zones clean, neat, and not to break immersion. Please make sure to go here for any saves, checks, spells, etc.
Roleplay Etiquette
Now that you’re familiar with the use of the most important channels, let’s get to roleplaying itself! We’ll be be focusing on making a post, sentences, how to roleplay, and good rules of etiquette!
The first thing is to always strive to use proper sentences and grammar. Speech grammar is a different thing, because people talk in different ways, but action grammar is different. Please make use of proper sentences and punctuation.
*She walked over to the bar. She picked up her drink and downed it.* “Whew! That is strong!”
That is an example of a good rp post. The sentences are well structured but you can always make them a little more variable.
*Wait. Wait. What? What happened here? He barely could believe what he just heard!* “What!? You what!?”
Again, another good example of an rp post.
Another thing to consider: please refrain from using “text speak” “idk. Brb. lol” for in-character posts. Roleplaying is meant to be writing a story and to immerse yourself as your character and get to learn about them and to have fun seeing them interacting with others! You will make friends, enemies, rivals, and maybe even fall in love!
And also: do not take roleplays too seriously! You are your character, but not your character! If your character enters a relationship with another character, you are not dating the player. Your character is dating the character. If your character hates another character, you do not hate the player, your character hates that character, but you and the player can be friends and laugh at how your characters hate each other. We’re writing a story!
It is considered good etiquette to write in passive verbs..
*She would open the door and go through it.*
This allows for flexibility with responses and implies consent when partaking in an action with another player. It is considered rude to control another person’s player or try to make them react when you don’t play that character.
Good example:
*Joe would offer Jake him a glass.*
*Jake would take the glass.* “Thanks, friend!”
Bad example:
*Joe would offer Jake the glass. Jake thinks on how great a friend Joe is and takes the glass.*
See? Jake did not get a chance to say whether or not he wanted the glass and lost control of his own character. No one likes that.
On that note: Any saves or skill checks done on another player can be ignored by that player. Even if you got a Crit on a Persuasion, that PC(Player Character) bard you’re trying to pick up still has a choice not to go with you. That sleight-of-hand you made to steal from the Paladin can still be caught.
Setting Scenes
Now, look at you! Reading all the way down to here and ready to roleplay! But hold on there, tiger, there’s still a few things that you need to keep in mind before you go out there and give ‘em hell!
When you open a scene in one of the rp channels, you will need to use the following format
**Enter Character/Begin Scene Private/Public/Public but Ask**
Scenes can be reserved if there are other scenes open. This means that you must absolutely ask before joining or don’t join at all. However, before you reserve a scene, please be courteous and make sure there are many other scenes open. We don’t want everyone to be closed out of the rp-zones just because all scenes are closed!
- Scenes that are reserved are marked **Private** with the first post. Always checkj for this indicator before joining a scene.
- Scenes that are marked Public are open to all, but when two characters are talking, it’s usually still courteous to ask before jumping in.
- Scenes are Public but Ask, are required for you to ask before joining, even if it is public. Some players do this as a means of adjusting to the newcomer, especially when something important to the character(s) is going on.
Always be considerate of fellow roleplayers! They’re out here to have fun and many are just as excited to roleplay as you are!
This server has also been rated PG-13. Parental discretion is advised for under 13.
This is VERY important! This means to not fill your post with swears, no overt nudity, no sexual themes, and no hardcore violence.
We hope you enjoyed this little guide to roleplaying and keep checking in because more may be added in the future!
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(Written by Iris)