Moderating Roleplay - Roleplay 101

There are two people involved in Roleplay - IC or In Character and OOC or Out Of Character

You, sitting behind the screen, we can’t see = Out Of Character
Your Character, in-world, we can see = In CharacterPlay your Character as he or she would interact with others - not the way You would
If you are one in the same, that’s fine, but your Character is what we see and with whom we are interacting, not You

- Your Character won’t like every other Character
- Your Character might even get mad, be insulted, or be insulting - You can not
- Your Character is not required to be friends with every other Character

- If your Character likes another Character, your Character will, most likely, want to be around that Character
- If your Character does not like another Character, play it out, as your Character would act and react
- Your Character might find it easiest to simply avoid that Character

Example:
Fred (behind the screen) has a Character named Fred_of_<city>
- Fred_of_<city> is of the Caste of Leatherworkers
- Fred_of_<city> is a bully
- Fred_of_<city> picks his nose in public
- Fred_of_<city> does not bathe
- Fred_of_<city> has a terrible stomach disorder and a bad case of gas

Sue (behind the screen) has a Character named Sue_of_<city>
- Sue_of_<city> is of the Caste of Clothworkers
- Sue_of_<city> is sees Fred_of_<city> from time to time due to their business
- Sue_of_<city> avoids Fred_of_<city> like the plague

Fred cannot get mad and fling OOC insults at Sue because Sue_of_<city> does not like Fred_of_<city> and won’t roleplay with him

Your Character is not telepathic

Your Character is not omniscient (all-knowing)

You may know of something that has happened

If your Character did not see it, hear about it or read about it - your Character does not know about it

City Citizen Group Chat

For all practical purposes, the City's Citizen Group Chat is OOC - Mostly this is because it is broadcast Group wide

- Use it to ask questions

- Use it to give answers

- Use it to share Grandma’s favorite oatmeal cookie recipe

- Do Not use it as though your Character is shouting something across the city

Not All IMs Are OOC

- Use it to roleplay a private, whispered conversation standing next to another Character

- Use it describe a four paragraph serve if there is a lot of other local conversation in the Tavern or other busy part of the city; these do not need to be broadcaste for everyone

- Use it to talk a long distance and roleplay message scrolls passed along by a person running back and forth