WELCOME|ESTERWELL, NY

What we Expect from players:

 

Don't Cheat

1) No Godmodding. Forcing another character to automatically be affected by your character without their consent is not allowed on Esterwell. For Example, "John walks over and punches Billy in the face" is not an acceptable post, it should instead read "John walks over and ATTEMPTS to punch Billy in the face" please make sure that all of your combat reads as an attempt. Also please remember that this does not take away the another players ability to react to the post in a way that is fitting to their character. Just because you attempt to give damage a certain way does not mean it will affect their character the way you think it will, surprises are part of the fun. :D​

 

2) No Metagaming. Players are not allowed to take information that they learned out of character and bring it into the world in character without permission from the people they are playing with. This also includes showing up at strange places during key times in the RP. Contacting your friends during a fight scene for example and asking them to show up is not permitted without consent of ALL parties involved.​

 

3) No Powergaming. Players should be aware of their character's skills and weaknesses and play these accordingly. Playing a god like character or a character that does not react to damage is not permitted, even fantasy characters have boundaries, so make sure that when you are taking damage you are playing the effects of the damage as well. This makes it fair to all players in the scene.​

 

Don't Steal

4) No Cannon Characters are allowed. Playing a character that an author holds a copyright to is not permitted, like Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You are however welcome to play a character from any setting you wish as long as they are an original concept.​

 

Be Creative but Also Realistic

5) Any race or verse of character is permitted in Esterwell however, Triple hybrids, or higher, are not allowed. So please keep your character to one or two race blends.

 

6) Only two racial traits can be present on your character at any given time. This means for example that if you want to play something like a fairy you must pick two things that are normally visible when they are interacting with others, ie wings and ears. Do keep in mind that while most humans won't be able to see them in character some might and there is a masquerade to be kept on SIM, which means supernaturals are actively trying to hide that they are anything but human. So try not to make the traits too obvious.​

 

Follow the TOS

7) Child avatars are allowed in Esterwell however they have a different set of rules which they must adhere to because of the linden Labs TOS. Anyone caught engaged in a sexual act with a character under the age of 18 will result in all parties involved being immediately banned. Child Avatars please see the next section for further details on playing a child in Esterwell. Sex however is permitted on the main SIM provided it is not with child Avatars.

 

8) Please keep the Briarwood Elemtary and middle school area PG. When we created Esterwell we wanted to make a fun safe place for everyone to play. So please be aware that in the areas used mainly by the minors on SIM, sexual intercourse or sexual situations are strictly prohibited.

 

​Be Adults

9) All players must be over 18 in real life.

 

10) Respect is key for all of us to have fun in Esterwell, respect your fellow players by keeping OOC drama, name-calling, and discrimination out of the IC and OOC chats. Players who consistently bring these things into the chats will be considered to be griefing and be banned.

 

Stay In-Character

11) Blurring or bringing OOC disputes into local chat in-character will also be seen as continuing OOC drama and meta-gaming. If you are caught blurring you will be given a chance to attend an RP class that will teach you how to avoid it in the future. If you are still blurring your character's reality with your own after that, then you may be banned from the SIM for up to a week.

 

12) This is a fully immersive SIM So there is no OOC allowed on the IC floor, if you need to tell someone AFK or BRB send it in an IM. Whenever possible you can also write a quick post and type OOB which stands for out of Body at the end of it. IE: Marcus stares off into space (oob)​

 

13) IC actions in Esterwell have IC consequences. That means that if you do something in character there may be fallout, jail time or even character death. If a character dies in Esterwell, they will be unplayable for 3 days. Because of the story, if anyone dies and comes back they will lose the last 48 hours of their memory as well.

 

Play to the Consequences

14) Some characters will be able to perform magic, but because of the fact that the Cabals have insured that magic here is controlled and inhibited one can only perform 2 to 3 spells a day without facing exhaustion or taking medical consequences. A "Big" spell is anything used to directly influences another person or the environment. Massive AOE spells however are quite impossible.

 

15) Because this is a masquerade SIM the supernaturals here will want to hide what they are, so please make sure that you as a supernatural are playing to that idea, unless you invite the attention of hunters. If you are playing a human native to this place please carefully consider you character and how far they would go to stay in denial about such things, and please keep in mind that for most people explaining things away is the more logical course of action.

 

And finally ​Have fun!