Hello and welcome!
Before you get started, I need to point out a few ground rules.
1) This is not going to be a vanilla game of The One Ring. Forget any assumptions you might have about setting, monsters and NPC's; this is a game set in Games Workshop's Grimdark future of the 41st Millenium, also known as the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is
not set in Middle Earth or any kind of fantasy-proxy world within the scope of Warhammer 40k; I am merely using The One Ring rules (modified somewhat to fit the 40k setting) because they fit the tone and style of the game I am running.
1a) Knowledge, lore and (most of all) learning from your experiences in the game will stand you in good stead; they will be your primary weapons! You will know what your character knows; I'll see to that, but I encourage you to take notes, read between the lines and generally use your head. Do not expect a hack'n'slash or pure adventure style game (I've tagged it "Intrigue" for a reason!).
NB - The material I present to you and your characters may contradict Games Workshop canon. In such cases, you can assume the discrepancy is due to local lore/custom, in-character misinformation, a straight up lie or any other reason that your character might believe a thing to be true when it is not. Please have your character act accordingly and not from your personal knowledge of the GW 40k lore.
2) Spelling, punctuation and grammar. Please get them right or as near to correct as possible. If you're in doubt such as, for instance, if English is not your first language then please use a word processor to check and correct your work; they're not perfect, but it's better than the alternative! It just bugs me having to work out the discrepancies between "there", "their" and "they're", for example.
I reserve the right to get pedantic and correct posts that bug me.
3) Be nice. Abide by the RPoL rules of use, of course, but please keep it friendly. Anyone that gets out of line or who I suspect is being a douche-bag
will get booted and replaced. I will not tolerate uncivilised behaviour (from players...feel free to be uncivilised in-character, within reason, of course!).
3a) If you have any concerns about another player, a course of action you think might be close to the line, or anything else, please don't hesitate to send me a PM to discuss it.
3b) This game is rated Mature. Please refamiliarise yourself with what that means before submitting an RTJ.
4) Please abide by the following posting conventions:
- Third person, past tense. e.g.
Ash:
Ash walked across the street and clouted the fool using first person present tense. "Get it right, idiot" he said scathingly.
- Pick a colour for your speech text and stick to it. I will post a table in
Player Resources with colours that have been taken; please don't duplicate.
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Orange is reserved for out of character text; all dice rolls, OOC queries or statements of action.
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Red is reserved for GM notifications and Combat Headers (see The Rules of Engagement).
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Green and
Aqua are both reserved for NPCs.
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Italicize your characters thoughts in your chosen speech colour.
- No novels. I like a good read, but if your post is hitting its fourth paragraph, it might be time to stop for breath. You can always continue your soliloquy after others have had a chance to respond or interrupt. I reserve the right, as GM, to ignore this convention!
5) Post Rate: Please try to post at least every other day or so (3 times a week is ideal, more is fine, less is, er, less than ideal). I won't be strict about this because I appreciate that playing PbP often means waiting for another player, but if you haven't posted in-character for three days, at least give a little wave in the OOC thread Whispers from the Warp to let us know you're still alive!
5a) Any player that hasn't posted in more than a week, without prior notice, will be NPC'd for a further week and then dropped from the game. In combat, please please please keep things moving; a post a day or more would be great.
6) As mentioned above, this game is not set in Middle Earth. As such, we will be using a slightly modified version of The One Ring rules to fit the setting. These changes will be described where relevant, but for a collected list please check the Rules of Engagement thread. I will try to provide hypertext links wherever necessary.
7) Theater of the Mind : I don't have the facility or the time to upload maps for everything, so this game will be played entirely in TotM. If that's a problem, this game isn't for you. I will endeavour to provide as detailed a description of things as possible but if there's any confusion or doubt, as always, please don't hesitate to ask.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:06, Wed 08 Apr 2020.
