Draft Policies

This page is for policies that are likely to be formally added, but content is still being workshopped by staff.

Assume Good Faith, aka Hanlon's Razor

The principles of Wikipedia's Assume Good Faith policy are equally valid here.

Hanlon's Razor says "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity". Going further, never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by them (or you!) simply not knowing all the details of the current situation.

Dead Horse

Occasionally, a specific topic of RP may cause so many headaches that staff may dictate how it gets resolved and insist that it not be pursued further.

This is a drastic measure and not to be used lightly. Examples of what will justify it:

• Severe OOC rudeness
• Attempting to barrel at high speed toward violation of another policy

Actual past example, of the 'super rude' variety: Player #1, feeling ICly scorned by #2 and #3, wanted to abduct them for a scene, show #2 video of #3 being killed, then reveal that the video was faked and vent about their feelings before letting them go. Had they OOCly explained up front (at least to staff) and been polite, it probably would have proceeded as desired. Instead, they yelled at players and staff alike that they needed to log into the game and do his thing Right Now. Staff intervened, declared that the relevant events had already ICly occurred as desired, and ordered everyone to drop the subject thereafter.

Edgelord

We don't want edgelords here. They are a net negative to the game, and should leave immediately and stay gone until/unless they stop it.

Creating PCs who are ICly racist/sexist/whatever can set up the following perceptions:

• You yourself are OOCly racist(/etc.) and get off on being ICly the same
• Staff condones all of this
• Any claims/reassurances to the contrary are blatant lies

Please do not put yourself or staff in this situation lightly.

Some of these things are more expected of certain splats (e.g. sexism from Black Spiral Dancers), and you should bear that in mind before apping a target who belongs to that splat. Fade to Black, Avoidance, and other relevant policies are still a thing.

Entrapment, aka Casus Belli

Sometimes, Alice decides:

• Bob is a person of interest, but we're not sure what level he's on.
• Let's do X, and if and only if Bob responds by doing Y, then we intend to escalate (and possibly risk-escalate) to Z.

Provided that Alice has reasonable IC motives and legit IC info, this is okay. However, the following is almost certainly not okay:

• Alice and/or one of her buddies tries to set things up so that Bob thinks that not doing Y will screw him over.

This is not measured threat response, this is just bullying. Bob, upon realizing his situation, may just OOCly quit without Alice and company needing to go any further.

Z may include not only obvious direct measures like 'kill Bob' or 'lock Bob up', but also indirect measures like 'blackmail Bob into leaking more IC info'.

Jumping the Gun

If you +request something and staff hasn't done it yet, then don't RP as if it was done, even if you're absolutely sure that it will be approved.

• You may turn out to be wrong.
• Another player or staff unaware of the +request may notice and perceive wrongdoing.

Example: You want to join a faction and then RP with an existing member at one of their hideouts. You can still RP with them, just somewhere else.

If staff has done part of it but not all, then it's okay to RP the part that's done, unless staff advises otherwise.

Multi-faction

Each PC can only have one Faction on +sheet. This is intentional and will not change.

Many PCs effectively participate in more than one faction, e.g. a Tradition mage who's also Garou kinfolk.

• This is okay, but one still needs to be selected as primary.
  • You may base your choice on which one you RP with more often, and/or which one you would more likely choose if they came into conflict.
• You can be OOCly granted access to the hideouts/bboards/channels of your secondary faction.
  • If it has PC leaders, one of them needs to vouch that you're ICly in good standing with them. (If this appears to have been skipped, it probably just happened quickly enough not to incur an obvious delay.)
  • This does not affect +census or +roster.

See also: +rules multiclass (and vice versa)

Miscellaneous

• General: In a situation requiring staff involvement, continuing to add complications faster than staff can keep up.
• General: Repeatedly making unconfirmed and self-serving claims about what another person feels.
• Vampire: Risk implications of feeding on a PC
• Shifter: Examples of what will reasonably draw a punishment rite, including risk escalation if needed