Rules and Guidelines
From Black Country Role Playing Society
For the PBEM Forums please follow these rules and guidelines.
Referees
Place a thread here to invite players to a game. Please use the following template
Ref Name: Your real name
Game System: Include version if appropriate
Scenario Name: The adventure title
Character Lvls: The minimum required experience of the character
New Characters: Yes or No. Yes indicates that new characters will have to be generated. No indicates existing characters will be used
No. of Players: Specify number of players
Special: Any additional instructions or restrictions.
Description: Detail any world details, character types and information that will be useful for players to create characters.
As an example...
Ref Name: Darth Phil
Game System: Legend of the Five Rings 3rd Ed.
Scenario Name: City of Lies
Character Lvls: Rank 1
New Characters: Yes
No. of Players: 4
Special: All characters are Rank 1 Emerald Magistrates. No shugenja.
Description: The game will be set with the newly appointed magistrates arriving at the Scorpion Clan city of Ryoko Owari. The characters have all got to know each other on the journey from Otosan Uchi.
Players who wish to participate can reply in this thread to indicate their willingness to play. Players should indicate the type of character they wish to play if possible.
Once the sign up process and character creation is completed the thread will be closed and discussion moved to the OOC and IC threads for the game.
It is important that both players and GM monitor the In Character and Out of Character thread for any games they are playing. Use the Email Notification box where possible. If it is necessary to use OOC text in the IC thread type the text in italics and put in in brackets marked OOC. e.g. (OOC – [i]text here[i])
Rules mechanics such as the result of dice rolls can be put into the IC thread for a game. Players and GMs can use [spoiler] and [/spoiler] tags to create hidden text.
Do not use Spoiler tags for secret messages. That is what the PM facility is for. It is recommended that any PMs between players are also sent to the GM.
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