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- | Welcome to Wandering Star Role Play! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. Please read it thoroughly. | + | {{ : |
- | ===== Setting Overview ===== | + | |"//What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror |
- | //Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for mankind to keep all its eggs in. | + | |
- | — attributed | + | **Welcome |
- | Earth was a long time ago. Perhaps as far from us now as the first recorded history is from now, but we have no way of knowing. Time and time again, humanity has been cast down to the dust to lift itself and begin anew - by war, plagues and occupation. The Earth itself is a legend and now too, the dimension it occupied as we leave it behind. But humanity survives, as distant travelers with new homes and new colonies as familiar to them and as home to them as Earth is to us. | + | Take your time if you feel overwhelmed or lost - maybe look at the relaxing scenery, grab a cup of tea, and smell the breeze for a bit. If you want, we have some [[/ |
- | Technology has advanced in strange directions | + | ===== How To Play ===== |
+ | Like a classic text-based roleplaying game, or tabletop game like [[wp> | ||
- | We have escaped a world not unlike | + | The outcomes of these tales could potentially affect |
- | There are however threats to that peace; lawlessness, civilizations unmet, aliens incomprehensibly strange | + | Roleplaying is a form of communication between its **Players** and their **Game Master**((Also called a Storyteller.)), |
+ | These stories often take place in colonies, towns, cities, spacecraft, space stations, starships, or may move from place to place over known and unknown locations. It is important that you should read up into the background of the kind of character you want to play and to get a sense of how the nations and entities within the setting work to determine which plot you feel would best suit you, the kind of story you want to be part of and the kind of character you want to play. | ||
+ | Before we get onto that however, let's illustrate how Roleplaying happens on the site: | ||
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+ | ==== Styles of Participation ==== | ||
+ | Other methods of roleplay do also exist, but detailed below are the methods most used here on Wandering Star: | ||
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+ | === Joined Post === | ||
+ | | **Players: | ||
+ | | **++** Reads like a short story or novella when completed.\\ **++** Very close knit, and intimate.| | ||
+ | | **!!** Can serve as a catalyst for an ongoing plot, with one of the participants acting as the Game Master.\\ **!!** Players write and edit dialogue/ | ||
+ | | **--** Requires players to have agreeable timezones/ | ||
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+ | The posts two or more players make are conjoined with direct interaction, | ||
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+ | Joined Posts require the participating players to organise a scheduling arrangement to meet up and write together. An agreeable timezone arrangement helps immensely, but it is not unheard of for players from different timezones to make do. Otherwise, leaving replies on a pad until to work asynchronously until completion is possible. | ||
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+ | === Sequential Post === | ||
+ | |**Players: | ||
+ | |**++** Format lends itself well to long term, episodic plots.\\ **++** Asynchronous posting playerbase possible.\\ **++** Possible for new players to join and begin participating quickly.| | ||
+ | |**!!** Run and told by a Game Master/ | ||
+ | |**--** Possible for players to drop out unexpectedly.\\ **--** Lots of players can mean lots of work for a Game Master. | | ||
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+ | Posts which come one after another and contain only a single player and their characters. In this way, players who can't normally be online at the same time can post and then have others see their post and respond. More public and less intimate, sequential posts are ideal for moving something forward for players with busy schedules or different timezones. Sequential Post plots generally follow a format: | ||
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+ | - Game Master makes a post with events and non-player character actions. | ||
+ | * This includes the introduction, | ||
+ | - Players post their character' | ||
+ | - Game Master reads player responses, dictates their outcomes with further events and non-player actions. | ||
+ | - Repeat until suitable conclusion is reached. Then, start another episode. | ||
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+ | No matter what happens though, the Players and Game Master generally have a vested interest to enjoy what they are doing together. | ||
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+ | === Messages === | ||
+ | |**Players: | ||
+ | |**++** Ideal for news broadcasts, announcements, | ||
+ | |**??** Basically, a forum within a forum, if that makes sense.| | ||
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+ | Messages are communications made in character, which can be result of or a cause for a plot. They can be written by one person representing an organisation, | ||
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+ | * Broadcasts from news networks | ||
+ | * Announcements from government, territory, or local agencies | ||
+ | * A character' | ||
+ | * A phone call made outside of a plot | ||
+ | * A private bulletin or edict within an organisation | ||
+ | * The outcome of a game played between friends | ||
+ | * Advertising material or promotions | ||
+ | * The contents of a document or in-character book | ||
+ | * A television show or an excerpt from a movie | ||
+ | * A distress signal | ||
+ | * Job openings | ||
+ | * Government propaganda | ||
+ | * An interaction with a government agency | ||
+ | * Trade, such as between a character and a vendor, an auction, or offers to sell goods and services locally | ||
+ | * Strange sounding alien gibberish from an unknown source | ||
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+ | ==== How to start a Plot ==== | ||
+ | To get a plot started, Wandering Star has a place, which acts as a rallying call and springboard: | ||
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+ | Players then reply with their interest, bring forward character ideas, and ask questions. It is possible for the planning and brainstorming to take place beyond the thread, such as in a chatroom like [[https:// | ||
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+ | Once the Game Master and/or players signal they are ready to start, the Game Master/ | ||
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+ | This prologue post acts as the beginning of the sequence of events of a given sub-story within the setting and can be thought of an **Episode**. Following the first episode or prologue of content, the story can be given a sub-forum, which can be thought of as a show or adventure within the setting. An OOC thread may be made and stickied by the Game Master((Who is granted moderator privileges for the new forum, as part of becoming a Game Master.)) for the purposes of sharing or specific information or for player chat. | ||
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+ | After that, it's just a matter of making more episodes until the plot reaches a suitable finish. Completed or inactive stories may request to be archived by Game Master or players. |