1. Respect each other, we’re here to have fun. If you have an issue with another player, take it to DMs, or take it up with the GMs if it’s beyond your abilities to handle. Don’t bring it to the OOC. On the flip side, don’t use any issues you have with other players from the past as a reason to give them trouble IC.

2. Focus on doing the common races, as they’re common for a reason. While we won’t deny anyone who does several of the restricted/uncommon races, we may ask you to make it a secret for your character. Just to make it more fun.

3. Don’t make that hero character who’s some messiah figure, this is a slice of life narrative with fantasy elements. If heroics happen, it’s just because you were in the right place at the right time, nothing more, nothing less. On the same token, if you make a really “good” character, as in one super strong or with a lot of skills, we may ask you to power down, and not do so, or just sit back for combat narratives as they go.

4. If an event idea of yours is going to effect the player base at large, let me or my Co-GM(s)(Incase I add another) know, so we can help you with it. Additionally, if you need help with anything, or want help, just shoot us a DM.

5. Should go unstated, but saying it for the sake of clarity. Don’t metagame, godmod, or the like. Additionally, even though this an rp with 18+ elements(such as torture likely being discussed, and the mass-genocide that only ended a bit ago in story), it should also go without saying, but keep the sex to fade to black, as that’s against the rules to depict clearly. If two players really want to do the do in rp, take it to DMs or something.

6. You may adapt characters you have used in past roleplays, but they need to fit the setting, so if that results in them clearly not being who they were before, then you may just be better off doing a new one. Akin to four, come to us if you need help. In the event we do more Tales narratives, and your characters are still alive, you may port them to new narratives, so long as it makes sense for them to be there.

Character Sheet

Name:

Age:

Sex:

Race: Human or not?

Appearance: Pic or description is fine.

Occupation: What is your character's role in the village?

Skills: What is your character particularly good at?, should you character possess magic, list it here

Equipment: What are you carrying on your person, or is notable to you in some way? If a given item is big enough to have some secret to it, tell us in DMs/PMs. Example, having a high end series weapon for no clear reason.

Description: Describe your character's personality and mix it with little bit of background story, but be sure to keep it sweet and to the point. Is your character a native to the area or are they a recent arrival? Please remember not to put the secret here, but in the PM

Point of Interest: Add some sort of feature to the village and its environment or perhaps some other location outside of the village. Examples: A cave, some interesting natural feature, some distant town, etc. This can be your current home, where you came from, something cool your character might know of, or something as simple as a graveyard. If its big enough to warrant being a secret, you know the drill.

Secret: While not required, this is your dramatic(melodramatic if you want to go that far) thing you keep quiet about, that could serve as a major plothook, or a minor. Like being the result of a Sechs experiment gone wrong and you fled across the border seeking shelter. Or are actually a half-monster. Do not attach this part to your public submission, send it to us in a DM/PM.

Name: Kaze

Age: 27

Sex: Male

Race: Dwarf

Appearance:
Kaze is roughly six feet and three inches tall and it normally bare on his upper body unless he's geared up for wandering into the monster riddled lands beyond his home and the village. Otherwise he's wearing thick heavy cloth pants, a leather kilt/apron around his waist, with a steel girdle that reaches up to his chest but leaves much of his scarred back exposed. Even casual he looks to be geared up for a fight...


Occupation: A local Smith and Monster Slayer

Skills:

• Crafting: Kaze is able to craft numerous items from the various ores and monster bits with the right recipes.
• Bludgeon Wielder: He knows how to use blunt based weapons well, even better if it's more of a hammer shape.
• Axe Wielder: Another of his preferred weapons, axes. Which he uses almost as well as bludgeons given their heavy nature.
• Light Armor: Despite being strong he prefers to be agile, so he uses lighter armors more often than not. Cloth, padding, and chain being it.
• Defense Master: Despite using heavy weapons, Kaze is a master at deflecting attacks using said weapons or even a shield.
• Combat Analysis: While in a fight he's able to observe his opponent for weaknesses and what they're most likely to drop upon being finished. Helps with gathering what he needs for crafting.
• Fishing: A guys gotta eat, and sometimes make side money when times are tougher. So he learned how to fish a bit.

Description: The gruff smith was not a native to the town he was currently residing in. He came in, unknowingly to all, and worked to make a home slash business. It was probably seen as abrupt for the villagers who regularly went to the forests and caves that surrounded his home, but for him it was well planned out. As gruff and grumpy as he may seem he's level headed and plans for the future. Hell he had even picked a time where people wouldn't be going out into the wilderness for some time so he'd be a big surprise. The magically appearing Smith.

Although he had miscalculated, the town wasn't bustling with adventurers, so he was mostly doing repairs and making the occasional farm tool. Ah well, it gave him time to go and get his own materials instead of putting up Requests on a Job Board. He'd always been the type to prefer doing things himself instead of asking for help anyway.

Bain had only been a part of the town for a couple weeks before more people seemed to be coming. Was something going to happen that people were gearing up for? Or were people moving away from the big cities to come out to more rural areas? Any reason was fine to the dwarven smith, it was more people coming by which meant more business.

Point of Interest: Kaze lives in a cave just outside of the village where most people tend to start their adventuring when they visit or settle down in the village. He actually made it himself, burrowing into a massive boulder with a signe above the door. 'Kaze's Arms and Armor'. A simple wooden door with metal bands keeps out monsters and smoke comes out of a metal chimney from the side.

Secret: No real secret or plot-twist yet...

Name: Auron Lockhart

Age: 19

Sex: Male

Race: Human

Appearance:
Basically that but without the glasses or piercings.

Occupation: Almost like a coast guard. Oversees trade at the port town he lives in, handles any trouble and deters pirates.

Skills: Auron favors physical attacks and hasn't dabbled too much in magic. He's a swordsman at heart, the only weapon he's really used in his line of work. Other than that he's particularly strong, mildly dexterous, and has a bit of stamina and hardiness. From living in a coasal town he has most of the knowledge and skills a sailor or "police-man" would know, such as tying knots, living on the sea and handling a boat, knowledge of the law system, etc.

Description: Born and raised in his how town of the Storm Coast, Auron is a respectable, dependable, and hard working man. He has a strong sense of justice and doing what's right, and he's chosen his career path to fit just that. He does his job well and he puts as much effort as he can, knowing that what he does help's the world around him. Brave, honest, and kind-hearted, he would give the shirt off his back for anybody who needed it, and will always defend those who cannot defend themselves. Nothing was handed to him in life, and he respects others who also work hard in their profession. However, meeting lots of people in the port town of his, he's very open minded.

Point of Interest: The Storm Coast is the home of Auron and a bustling city-state. It makes a majority of it's income off of trade and harvesting fish and the like from the sea. It gets it's nickname from the nasty storms it gets from time to time, making the storm coast not much of a vacation place. Most come and go, but the inhabitants are hardy. Mostly human, they have grown and adapted to hard conditions, and most work a blue collar, working/middle class life.

"Welcome to the Golden Hind Inn, the finest, and only lodging this side of the border!"

Name:
James

Age:
While unknown, it can be safely assumed James is in his later years, due to the significant amount of "gray hairs" to him.

Sex:
Male

Race:
Human

Appearance:
Dressed in clothes that can be only described as upper class, James has a flair and sense of style, from his brown striped pants to his vestcoat over top of threads underneath. While these are his primary threads, he may wear leather gloves, a cape, and a cane for more dramatic moments.


Occupation:
Innkeeper, historian, storyteller.

Skills:
Bookkeeping: As the one in charge of the Inn, as well as often handling the majority of those passing through, James is a master at keeping score of the money that goes in and out. He also helps the other older villagers when they need it, though in honesty, so long as they can afford new materials, they'll be fine.
Well-Traveled: Aware of many cultures and racial norms, James is a fine host, making sure to cater to his guests, no matter who or what they are. He does his best to keep a stock of supplies that can, as far as he knows, be used by anyone. This also allows him to dazzle the village children with tales of far away lands, and of great events of the past.
Recordkeeping: As the town historian, its his job to keep records of as much as he can. He mostly relies on younger adventurers to assist him in various tasks.
Fencing: Though this is more a rumor than anything else, its said that James is a skilled user of fencing weapons, but not much else. It's probably all part of his acts.
Food Preparation/Drink Mixing: Being able to prepare food for oneself is key, and as the Inn Keeper, its always good to be able to cover should the need arise. James is not only good at making food that appeals to most, but also at making various drinks and mixes.
Actor: He's a dramatic fellow when he needs to be. Really, its all to make the children laugh.

Equipment:
Walking Cane: A rather nice looking wooden staff that has been, over time, burnished gold, not being actually made of gold.

Description:
The larger than life James is Frontier Village's Innkeeper, a kindly old man who acts as an almost grandfather esque figure to many in the village. Despite being in the village for only a decade, his diligence has time and time again helped his fellow villagers as needed. Noble and kind, he is ever the gentleman, ever the gracious host. That isn't to say he cannot be stern, merely that he wishes to run an efficient system. When business is slow, he'll tell stories to the children, and to grownups alike, even occasionally acquiring props to assist in dramatic tales. While he rarely talks about his life prior to the village, it can be inferred he was probably from the capital, and grew tired of city life, retiring to the country side to enjoy its cleaner air, and better food. It seems that while he is not of the famous family of gourmets, he certainly is aware of their tastes.

Point of Interest:
Golden Hind Inn is located across from the village guild, allowing adventurers to move from one building to the other with ease. Over time, it has been expanded, such as when James invested into adding a small pub for those seeking something...stronger than milk and water. The pub is open for general events during the day, and at night opens for drinks, and card games. The inn itself is three stories tall, and James has confessed a desire to add more rooms, so as to accommodate more guests, as recent information suggests there may be a rather large trading festival coming up that will have traders of both the Norad Kingdom and Sechs Republic hopping along. Rustic on the inside, James lives in a series of rooms located behind the front desk, which is also implied to be where the cellar is located. There's stables for Runemon mounts, and moorings for carriages. All in all, just what a village needs.

A Note for the Players: The Inn, alongside the Adventurer's Guild, are "hub' areas, so if you're stuck on an idea for how to fit yourself in, why not put yourself on the Inn's staff? Additionally, you can use this as a place to live, as the inn will function much like its counterparts in the Its a Wonderful Life pair of Harvest Moon games.