General Rules:

The most important thing to remember is that this is a PG 13 site. Some of our players are only young and we don't want anything a parent of a thirteen year old would find offensive on our boards. This includes things like foul language, explicit sexual content in posts, signature pictures containing full or partial nudity, excessive violence or anything else you think might be out of line. Remember, if you think a parent of a thirteen year old would object, don't do it.

Under no circumstances are you allowed to kill or otherwise permanently affect a PC (player character, i.e.. a character played by someone else at the site), unless you are given specific OOC (out of character) permission from the character's creator.

If a character's creator has gone AWOL and cannot be found, they may be written out of the current RP in a plausible manner which will allow their return to the RP world (but not always the rp in question).

RP should only be conducted on Role Playing boards. People won't read or respond to your creative works if they aren't in the right spot and you may find them deleted by staff members.

In Broken World we are striving for some realism in the realms of Role Play. One must remember that the agents of Chaos are everywhere and characters need to remain vigilant. Putting up a proverbial red flag with your actions of either self or group may just bring said agents down upon your head. Should this happen you will have a choice. You may go quietly (or kicking and screaming) into slavery where you may either remain and form a new foundation, attempt escape or help others do the same. You may also go down fighting. If that is your choice do not worry! Though a character may die your hard work put into it will not and you will be given the same number of Advancement points to spend on a new character that your old one had. The last option is to attempt to escape. In any case, what you built will be destroyed and you will need to start your society over again. So tread cautiously!

If at anytime you feel harassed, belittled or uncomfortable with something contained within the site, please do NOT hesitate to bring it to the attention of one of the Administrators. We are here to not only keep the community running smoothly, but to ensure that an overall respect for those within the community is maintained.

Etiquette:

If you don't abide by etiquette, you will soon find yourself with no one to RP with.

So, what is the etiquette? Glad you asked.

Well, first and foremost, don't play other people's characters, especially if you aren't familiar with the character or it's creator. People get very annoyed, very quickly when someone is writing about their character in another post. For example, if you're RPing with your new friend Aureille and you write something like this:

"Aure took one look at the black uniform he wore and feinted dead away like the great big sissy girl she was."

More than likely Aure is never going to RP with you again, and since she's also the site owner, she might just kick your butt all over the place too (even if she is a big sissy girl).

Never do anything to any character other than your own without express permission. I cannot stress this enough. It's just plain rude and you'll find yourself friendless and worse, RPless.

Now, because there has been a few uproars about this, I should add that the above guideline also applies to people's bonded. If you are going to do something to someone who holds a bond, let their bonded know what's going on. What effects one will in turn affect the other and while you don't need permission from these better halves, they should at least know what's happening.

Also to save time and arguments, all duels, be they magical or physical should have a pre-arranged outcome, based on the Tier system. If you both decided the person with the lesser tier level is going to win, give a believable explanation, it spices up RP and makes a heck of a lot more sense than having a flock of penguins suddenly pirouette through the training yards.

Another important thing to remember is that you need permission for major RPs. That is, RPs that will effect more than just your character and the characters you RP with. For example, if you've decided to arrange a grand ball to celebrate the coronation of the Queen of Andor, then you should get permission from the powers that be before you start posting. If you aren't sure if your RP would be considered major, post an outline on the RP Discussion board.

Any bonds need to be approved by the appropriate group leader. This is, in most cases, merely a formality and different groups have different requirements for bonding. Please read your groups policies for further details.

And lastly, don't crash other RPs. If you want to join an RP, post and ask if it's ok first.

And that about wraps it up for etiquette.

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