Aldien
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(5/23/04 3:42 pm)
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The Rules of Eldamar
These rules are intended to promote common sense, and not stifle creativity.
1. Please be courteous to others. This means treat them how you would want to be treated.
2. Do not borrow someone else’s character(s) without permission from the author.
3. If you write someone else's character, try not to make their behaviour out of character. If you aren’t sure, then ask.
4. Slash is not permitted in any form. If there is a demand for this then I will consider putting up a seperate Eldamar forum for it, but it will not be part of the heterosexual group. Neither is any type of rape, incest or abusive relationship acceptable.
5. If you are going to be gone for more than a week please let us know. If you are gone for two weeks without warning your characters will be placed back in the pool.
6. Everyone is allowed up to four characters, with no more than two major characters and two minor book characters. Any of these can be substituted for an original character as long as the total does not exceed four. There is a list of major and minor characters to choose from -- if I have missed one you want to play please let me know.
7. Please feel free to be funny and humourous but not to the point where it becomes silly and ridiculous and the characters are no longer recognizable. For instance Turgon was the king of Gondolin. To give him purple hair would be taking it too far, but on the other hand you could have him burp at a very important function and I wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. The point of this is to keep it as real as possible with the ability to develop your relationship with your character. We want it to feel like a real world and to keep the characters fairly true. But there is plenty of room to do what you want as long as it doesn’t get too extreme.
8. There is one main forum for Eldamar and a battle forum. Please keep skirmishes and battle out of the Eldamar forum. Not everyone wants to fight. Thanks!
9. If you decide to found a town keep in mind that you can’t then talk to someone in another town if they are not present. For instance if I am in Tirion I can’t talk to someone who is in Foremenos -- I don’t think they would hear me  Remember there is distance to consider, just like in real life.
10. Every player is allowed to found one settlement per 60 reputation points and make one discovery per month.
11. Swapping characters. If you decide you are tired of your characters you may swap them for new ones but your old ones will remain in the world for anyone to interact with how they see fit. You no longer have a claim on them, but their history should still be acknowledged by the new owner.
12. Children are a natural part of life and you can have them in Eldamar, but it has to be done with some realism. In other words, you can’t get pregnant then a day later the baby pops out. Try and write about the process and make it seem it happened over time rather than just instantly. Some of us wish it would happen instantly in real life!
I think that is all for now but if you would like to discuss the rules with us don't hesitate! We are very open minded people who just wanted some basic ground rules in place to get started.
Edited by: Aldien at: 5/24/04 11:58 am
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