An indeterminate amount of time passes, exactly ten hours in length. During this indeterminate time, the teams get to know one another until they are as close as the closest of paranoid schizophrenic brothers. They laugh, they drink, they pillow fight, they partake in sex orgies…the usual things that teams tend to do behind closed doors.
The morning comes about, and those who had actually fallen asleep were awoken by a loud trumpet call outside. Half decide to heed the call, the other half go to the toilet to wash the taste of other men out of their mouths. About half-an-hour after the point, everyone had assembled outside.
“Good morning, campers!” Fox cheerily announced, trumpet in one hand, a scroll in the other, “And yes, before you ask, I DO realise the impossibility of me blowing the trumpet in my hand due to my helm. ‘Tis one of the mysteries of life!”
“Now are you ready for today’s game? Chosen your captains? Excellent! But first, we have a few ground rules to go over. Do pay attention, as these will make the difference between victory and defeat. Ahem…”
Basic Everyday RulesAlright, here’s how the posts go in Tavernland.
Basically, in whatever RP that comes up
(unless specifically stated otherwise), the events will take place over a series of ‘turns’. You can only post MAXIMUM a turn, once to perform one action, and once to react to someone else’s action against you (if possible, put these in the same post to make things easier) during this turn. Then, after everyone has posted or 4 days go by, I shall update and everyone will move onto the next turn, and y’all can post again.
Sounds simple, right? Yes, it is, but unfortunately I’m going to have to make it more complicated for you. You see, as stated, you may only perform one action per turn. ‘Shoot at Shade’, ‘Run to the truck’, that sort of thing. But you aren’t allowed to say ‘Shoots at Shade, hitting him in the servos and disabling him’. That’s what we like to call god-modding, kiddos.
I decide what works and what doesn’t. This goes for personal actions, too, like ‘Fifth regenerated a limb’. NO YOU DIDN’T, not until I say so. Reactions work the same way, so it’d be ‘Dancer attempts to dodge the biting jaws of the scorpion’.
So damn, how can you succeed? Basically, I will be looking at your posts for their writing quality, and deciding on how successful your actions are based on that. If you just write ‘He shot at Shade’, then more than likely you’re going to have your own face blown off. Write me a paragraph or two about your action/reaction, and I’ll be much happier.
Also, when I say ‘quality’, that doesn’t mean it was to be serious. A well-written song-and-dance number will net you just as much props as gritty serious description, provided it all goes towards aiding your action in some way. Infact, such non-serious actions may well get you more points. Unless it’s random bullamphetamine parrot. Then bad things will happen to you. You CAN, with another posters permission, have a conversation between the two of you though, I don’t think that I’ll penalise anyone for this.
WHAT IS MORE (What is love? Baby don’t hurt me...don’t hurt me...no more...), you aren’t all gods.
I am god. Now normally I only allow one ‘power’ or so for every person in my RP’s, but I’m feeling generous for the time being so am letting the rule go. That said, you shall soon find out exactly how far your reach extends if you try and grasp for too much. I doubt anyone’ll get killed, but you never know.
“Everyone clear on that?” The venerable Seer asks, to no reply, “Good! Now then, we move onto the first task! Everyone, follow me to
The Proving Grounds!”
Ciat,
Seer Fox
