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| === Style Guide === | | === Style Guide === |
− | *Major inspirations for this game include PMMM, Sailor Nothing, The World Ends With You, the Persona series of games, probably a ton of other anime, and various old-school RPGs. There will be some relatively minor cyberpunk and transhuman elements, but this is not a cyberpunk or transhuman game.
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− | *Everything in the campaign is mortal. The PCs can die, NPCs can die, named monsters can die, dragons and demons can die, the "Immortals" can die. If there are any Gods out there, you can bet that they could, in theory, be killed.
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− | *The PCs should be passionate individuals. There's a certain tension between mortality and ambition, between the fact that you could die in the attempt at doing big things and that playing a character who just sits on the couch is boring. To a large extent, '''the campaign happens because the PCs are doing something.''' Don't be afraid, if you think you can back it up, to bare your sword, hoist a fistful of gems to the sky, and declare yourself queen of the ground on which you stand.
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− | *There are boundaries of good taste in this game. Rape, torture, the cold-blooded murder of innocent non-combatants, anything resembling real-world bigotry, and similar squicky subjects, are not intended to be a part of this campaign. It is certainly true that evil lunatics or sinister monsters, for example, might engage in slavery, human sacrifice, and even worse vices. But the tone of those incidents should be closer to a somewhat exploitative pulp magazine rather than SAW or something. There is also a fairly substantial gulf between what the players should expect to see from the worst villains of the campaign and what I should expect to see from the PCs. Basically, it should be obvious to the reader that you are the good guys and the enemies are the bad guys, at least in a very loose sense.
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− | *Similarly, persons younger than around 14 years of age will very rarely appear on-screen. Awful things happening to children is a bit too much, IMHO.
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− | *There are a fairly small list of things that I must ask you to never do on account of the fact that they cause me to twitch in an unseemly manner. Please don't try to loot and sell purely mundane items. Retrieving normal weapons, armor, and clothing from your enemies in hopes of turning some extra profit sends me loopy. It's not like I don't hand out substantial treasure.
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− | *Secondly, please do not ask me if it's okay to put something on the wiki. The wiki is here for you to put things on it! Just make sure it's in the right place. That is, it doesn't interfere with anything already here or clutter up some vital existing page, it's categorized appropriately, and it's possible to find it. I have faith in your best judgment. If you must mention your intent, just let me know what you did and I'll tell you if it's a problem.
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− | *Information Sharing: I presume (and the other players may therefore presume) that PCs share relevant information at the earliest reasonable opportunity, unless the player informs us otherwise. If I suspect that information is likely to be concealed, I may or may not PM the player. However, secrecy and intra-party intrigue is strongly discouraged.
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− | *We're all adults, and I will typically expect that people can talk about any issues that arise. If there is an element that you really don't want to have appear in the game, or there is another issue that you want raised anonymously, bring it up with me.
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