Gaian Onboarding

Shifter Sphere

Welcome to the Gaian Sphere!

When your new character has been approved, there are a few things that are traditional for you to do. Now, some of your backgrounds may not fit into this, especially if you are keeping to an Urban setting, so adjust this for how you wish for your RP.

Please take time to read through the following information provided. Remember, this is meant for City of Hope MUSH, and getting started in our game here. You may have played on other MU*’s, LARP’s, or Table Top, but those are different in some practices than what we have developed here since 2012.

If you have any questions not answered on this page, or about information given, here are some people that are good to speak with:

Staff: HoneyBadger; (Renown Crew) - OldCrow, Buffalo, Wolverine

Players: Brooke, Journey, Leif, Skully

Getting Started

Below is an order for presenting yourself to the Sept by which traditionally is followed by new players:

1. Howl of Introduction (Garou)
2. Meet with the Warder (NPC)
3. Meet with your Elder

Howl

Garou traditionally will howl upon coming to the new territory of the new Sept. This follows along with the litany, announcing before you enter someone else’s yard, so to speak. Examples for that can be found here:

Example for Intro Howl

Warder/Caern

The Garou have a Caern in the deep forest. Gaians are welcome, not just Garou and their Kinfolk. Take a look at '+map/caern':

• Public area: Row 1 (#1186) is the forest grid room where the caern is located.

• Gaians only: Rows 2-3 (Cave, Large Cavern, Guest Lodge, Patrol Depot) are covered by a new 'Warder Station' hangout. '+hangout/jump warder' sends you to Large Cavern, where the NPC Warder is stationed.

• Vetted PCs only: Rows 4-5 (Mystic Valley, Living Area, Ritual Clearing, Amphitheater, Catacombs, Caern Heart) are covered by the 'Caern' hangout. '+hangout/jump caern' sends you to Mystic Valley as usual.

All Gaian’s can enter, but must pass through the warder first. The vetting works like this:

• All new PCs need to go to "+hangouts/jump warder" FIRST. That takes you to the Warder Station, and then you use the command: "+warder/handwave" (this @mails your race and subrace to the PC elders) and then they can proceed.

• Anyone who's ICly trying to fool the Warder should +request, and if they succeed then staff will flag you appropriately and tell the PC elders what they learn.

• If there are any issues with this code working, please +request to staff.

Elders

Shifters and Kinfolk all should seek out their Elder to introduce themselves. Sending an @mail is recommended, as not everyone is online at the same time zones, or realizes someone new has joined. For some, that may be harder than others, as some breeds/tribes have far fewer than others, and so seeking out another Elder (Rank 5) is alright. It is recommended to check on the wiki for your breed, and then follow from there to the tribe, etc.

Shifter Wiki Page

Additional Shifter Info

Information on setting up your shift code, renown, ranking up, and learning rites can be found as well on the Primer for Cliaths Page. While the page is a ‘Primer for Cliaths’, it is meant for anyone new to City Of Hope Garou Sphere, it can be applied for any shifter as well. The page is not just for people brand new to Garou, it is meant for people that have not played on this mush before to learn some of our customs and house rules.

Getting going in RP

There are several ways to get started with RP in the Gaian sphere. From joining our OOC channels, finding hangouts, meeting Elders, to making your board post to introduce yourself. It really depends some on what your character is (Shifter, Kinfolk), and what they do. Here are some of the basics below.

Channels

Be sure to join the Gaian channel, and then your breed channel, if it exists. Here are some of the appropriate ones:

Ananasi For Ananasi shifters and kinfolk. Bastet For Bastet shifters and kinfolk. BeastCourts For shifters belonging to the Beast Courts. Fera Fera shifters and kinfolk. Gaian Gaian shifters and kinfolk. Garou Gaian Garou shifters and kinfolk. GarouKinfolk Gaian Garou kinfolk. GarouShifter Gaian Garou shifters. GetOfFenris Get of Fenris shifters and kinfolk. RuralGarou For rural Gaian Garou. UrbanGarou For urban Gaian Garou.

Channels can only be joined if your +sheet passes the locks to allow you. So while all Garou and Garou Kinfolk can join the Garou channel, only Garou Kinfolk can join the GarouKinfolk Channel. If you believe you should be on a channel and the code it isn’t letting you, +request to staff for assistance.

Joining these OOC channels will give you a direct line to many of the more active RPers around, as well as a chance to ask where to go meet some people.

Hangouts

Gaian Hangouts listed below will be someplace that is known in the area. Going to the Caern, or word of mouth even from NPCs will tell you that you are safe to go these places:

Where	What	Private?	Contact
Blakesley's Steakhouse and Bar	Upscale Steakhouse	Gaian Member's Only Room	Genevieve
Black Stag Forge	Commercial forge.	Basement	Jake
The Caern	Just what it says on the tin.	Yes	Staff
Curry Corner	Indian restaurant.	Back room
The Dead Mall	Bone Gnawer colony.	Yes	Acacia
The Devil's Brew Pub and Dispensary	<ID> Pub with house brews and edibles.	Back room	Isla/Jes
The Glade	Gaian woodland retreat.	Yes
The Island	Ancient, inactive Caern.	Yes	George
Kinfolk House	Kinfolk chill zone.	Yes	Nascha
Lucky Strike Falls	<ID> Gaian Private Grounds near Lake	Yes	Isla/Jes
The Olympian Diner	Bone Gnawer burger joint and urban hangout.	Upstairs clubhouse	Dex
Pennington Fitness	Gaian Gym and Spa	Yes	Rian or Felicity
Smoke and Barley	Barbecue restaurant and pub.	Downstairs dining room	Felicity
Underground Tech Haven	Gaian City Workshop/Hangout/BACON	Yes	Brooke

More questions?

Check out the wiki. The Garou page has a lot of additional pages attached to it that may explain a lot to help you out. There are tribe pages available, information on magical item creation, rituals, the litany, renown Sept Patrols (which can include Fera and kinfolk!), renown charts, and much much more!

Questionable Character Concepts House Rules Shift code

Gaian Garou Renown Chart Kinfolk Renown Chart Renown FAQ Garou Creating Magical Items‎‎

Rituals by Name Gifts by Name Gaian Litany

Challenges Moot - how we do it here Sept Patrols Gaian Garou Packs

Is something missing? Just let one of the people listed at the top of the page know, and we will look into it!