Plot
There has always been someone. Someone that can lay claim to the title of being the strongest, earning glory and renown for their school. The title can be taken freely and is often not held for long. Each school, each member, has their own motivation of reaching the peak of the mountain. There are many paths along the way. Word like arduous, deadly, and exhausting are often used. However, everyone starts at the same place, the base of the mountains, looking up. What lies at the peak. What it is that we seek? How far will I go? Only one way to find out...
Setting
This RP will take place in historical China/Asia, with more locales possibly being introduced. The world of this RP is similar to that of the manga/anime series Gintama, without the aliens. That is, there are technological advances that are illogical given the historical context of the setting. However, for the main focus of this RP, these advances will have very minimal impact. In the RP, there will be many different schools, some original and other taken from famous literary works. The masters of these schools will start off as NPCs controlled by the GM team. However, there can and will be a changing of the guards so to speak during this RP where a player-created character will ascend to the Master position. Given that information, all player-created characters will start off as a fresh recruit of the school of their choosing. The only stipulation of choosing a school is that switching is generally heavily frowned upon and can result in the character being hunted down by their previous school.
Rules
- 1. Observe standard Guild Rules. That is no Godmodding, Metagaming, Mary Sue/Gary Stu-type characters, etc.
- 2. No one character is invincible. Despite the fact that there is a clear hierarchy of power in play, the moderating team always take the skill/descriptiveness/creativity of the roleplayer into account when moderating fights. However, that is not to given a green light to be 'creative' and shit-pull. For example, a fresh recruit is unlikely to jump over a five-story building while dodging attacks from a master. The moderating team reads and discuss every fight, we will come to a consensus on a topic of dispute and may even ask the player to retcon if necessary.
- 3. Continuing with the previous topic, All interactions between player characters and outcomes of any them should be handled respectfully between the involved parties. If no agreement can be achieved in any reasonable way, the GMs will issue a decree saying how to proceed. Example:
- Player A's character committed a mistake during a battle interaction with Player B's character from an opposing school, placing it in a disadvantageous situation that'll lead to inevitable defeat.
- Player B's character wants to capture player A's character, however Player A doesn't fancy this idea, despite having no feasible way to avoid it other than arguing or trying to power game/godmod his way out of the conflict.
- Since none of the two players can reach an agreement, the GMs declare that Player A's character will die of the wounds it sustained previously in the battle instead of being captured. Player B's character still claims the victory while Player A does not get his character captured against their will, appeasing both sides. - 4. Try to keep a healthy level of activity IC. There's no need to do something like a post every single day, multiple times per day (in fact, it's not recommended to go this fast, for the sake of those that have less free time), however, a post once per week is the minimum everyone should strive for. Of course there'll be times when this will be impossible for some; we understand that since it happens to us as well. Try to avoid posting once every two weeks or even more at a time. Even if you don't disappear in the time between but keep posting on the OOC regularly your characters will be skipped over/removed from scene (Let us be clear: this does not mean killed/abused in anyway, just sidelined). We don't have the rights/power to hold you, but you don't have the rights to hold the game back and hurt everyone else's entertainment as well.
- 5. RPing isn't more important than real life. We acknowledge that. However, if you choose to commit to this, please don't disappear without explanation. Unforeseen events can happen to any of us, so disappearances are inevitable in most cases. And we are willing to take back anyone who drops the RP for any reason and or disappears for an extended period of time, as long as they don't suddenly stop posting on this thread but keep doing so on others, despite attempts of communicating with them. In other words, if you drop this game without letting us know but remain active on the Guild, we will be skeptical about accepting you back if you want to return. Other than this particular case, everyone is free to come and go as they please. Let us know and you have our blessings.
- 6. Relationships between characters are strongly encouraged but are not enforced. It is great for character development and makes it more amusing to me and my Co-GMs. Just be sure to not do anything too graphic in the public areas of the forum. Take it to PMs or an outside of the site source.
- 7. Discussion in the OOC is nice, but if there is prolonged heated argument, take it in the PMs. Try to avoid getting into arguments with your fellow players in this RP, especially with the GMs. Criticism is ok but, if you want to come here to argue, it will be resolved and will most likely result in a quick and swift ban.
- 8. If someone says no to anything you are doing, or ask that you stop interacting with their character partially, or totally (aside from GM-sanctioned interactions, like battles), please abide to their wishes. If the GMs conclude that you are bullying others (no matter the reason), you'll be asked to drop such behavior. If you insist, you will get kicked from the RP and/or reported to the site Moderators, depending on the degree of your infractions.
- 9. Please post your Character Sheets onto the OOC for evaluation. After being accepted, you may then post them onto the Character Tab.
- 10. There will be injuries and possibly death to characters. Treat this information as rule number one when entering fights. Death, in this RP, is permanent. Please react to injuries with some sense of realism. For example, if your character has their Achilles tendon severed, they will be hard pressed to move at all. Medical knowledge is definitely not required to have fun in this RP, but just think about how you would react to injuries sustained by your character and act accordingly.
- 11. There are no strict post length requirement. All that we as is that you react to everything being done to or with your character, and then post enough for the next player to react as well. That way, everyone is enjoying themselves and the plot continuously moves along.
- 12. DO NOT make unauthorized edits to your CS or IC posts. If such transgressions are discovered, the GM team will go back and assess the 'damage' done and hand out punishment accordingly.
- 13. If there are ever any questions, concerns, ideas, please do not hesitate to mention it to us in the OOC or in a PM. We promise to respond in a timely and appropriate manner.
- This one doesn't get a number as it is the most important. HAVE FUN~ Or we will make you.......
