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Hey all, thanks for coming by!  Welcome to the End of Sleep, a high fantasy adventure RPG set in the cursed land of Invernier.  Think of it as a dark setting and a dark story, as written by an optimist.  Happy ending possibly included.   

Players will start off in the hamlet of Alonso, and by random circumstance find themselves forced together on a journey to discover whether or not their sick and weakened world can be saved.  I know there’s a lot of world-building info involved here, so if you have any questions at all, no matter how small, feel free to post them in the OOC thread, or, if you prefer, shoot me a PM.  

The actual RPG itself will start as rumors begin circulating that magicians in our region of the world are being conscripted into the newly ascendant People’s Legion, which has taken over management of the lands of the Tempesta.  From there, thing start to go off the rails.  


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❖ [b]Have fun.[/b]  First and most important thing.  Above all else, we’re here because we love storytelling.  As Ogobrogo put it, “There is no winning. There is no losing. There's not going to be some phat piece of loot waiting at the end, and you're not going to see some game over screen.  So just enjoy the journey.”  As Surtr put it, “Don’t be a dick.”


❖ [b]Standard role-playing guidelines apply.[/b]  No godmodding, no controlling other people’s characters without their permission, the usual good stuff that comes with respecting your fellow players’ writing and characters.  

❖ [b]Don’t post character sheets in the character thread unless I’ve approved them.[/b]  If you have a draft you’d like to post for review, put it up in OOC or message it to me privately.  

❖ [b]I can be a bit anal while critiquing sheets.[/b]  Don’t worry about it, it’s nothing personal and it’s not at all your character in particular, I just like to give detailed thoughts on these kinds of things.  

❖ [b]That said…[/b] I’m always open to discussion on posts and characters, but if I put my foot down on something, I ask you respect that, and make any necessary changes that are required of whatever post or character is being discussed.

❖ [b]Posting[/b]  I am expecting players to post at least once a week, but I know life happens, and when it does it’s usually more important than an online play-by-post RPG.  If something’s come up, let me know over PM or in the OOC thread.  

❖ [b]Absences/Dropping.[/b] Likewise, I totally understand if you’ve lost interest, need a break, or just can’t keep up with the RP anymore.  Completely fine, no hard feelings, I just ask you let me know so I know whether to drop or wait for you.  If you go two or more weeks without a word, you will be treated as dropped.

❖ [b]Posting.[/b]  I’ve never been very strict with post length.  I’d prefer a single good paragraph to a page of filler.  That said, please avoid one-liners or low effort posts.  Make sure you respond fairly to what’s happened with other characters, and give other people something to bounce off of. 

❖ [b]The OOC thread.[/b]  Post here literally whenever you want, about even the most tangentially related stuff.  It really helps to keep this section active, so don’t sweat about anything from questions to even mildly fantasy-related chit-chat.