Post by Igor on May 10, 2017 20:25:52 GMT -6
character guidelines
Compiled below is a series of comprehensive notes and bulletins made with the intentions of maximizing our guest's creative ability to fully realize the image of the characters contributed to Alter-Ego™.
Please consider that these rules are kept in place to represent the experience of the Persona video games as best as a text-by-post roleplaying forum is capable of visually demonstrating; we of the Velvet Room are fully aware that there may be some inconsistencies with certain procedures and encourage our guests to file all suggestions to enhance and improve our policies to myself or one of my attendants through private message at any time.
I. All characters created on Alter-Ego™ are works of fiction and, because of the variety of tropes and archetypes found in literature and mythology, they may logically materialize themselves in ways that others might find distasteful or offensive. We strongly urge all of our guests to be ever mindful of their own experiences and those of their character's, and to always maintain appropriate boundaries between the two existences.
II. Your character cannot, and should not, possess a grossly unbalanced amount of positive attributes like talents, skills, or gifts in comparison to their negative attributes like flaws, shortcomings, or weaknesses—these characters are typically called "Mary-Sues" (or "Gary-Stus" in the masculine) in literary works and are reflective of a lack of experience in writing. Life generally operates under the rule of duality; a skill or characteristic of immense perceived value is often countered or balanced by an equally significant, observable crack or blemish. There is no such thing as a perfect human being.
III. Your character's Arcana cannot be different from its Persona's Arcana, as it is a reflection of both their individual identities as personalities from the collective unconsciousness. A character whose hallmark Arcana is the Chariot, for example, will not have a Persona defined under the Judgement Arcana.
IV. There is no express limit to the number of characters one may choose to roleplay at any given time, but it must be stated with great emphasis that frivolous character creation is highly frowned upon and may require corrective action to be taken if we have reason to suspect its occurrence.
V. As of current, we do not allow non-human characters for approval. These include sentient mechanical constructs and animals such as Persona 3's Aigis and Koromaru, Shadows that have gained consciousness like Teddie from Persona 4, or created lifeforms like Morgana from Persona 5. Furthermore, characters with the Wild Card ability — that is, the power to retain and summon multiple different Personas — is expressly prohibited.
VI. Alter-Ego™ is an animanga roleplaying site, and makes use of graphics and images that adhere to the anime or manga aesthetic; if your claim is from a video game series, it is deemed acceptable as long as it fits the expected criterion. Certain requests may be approved or denied on a case-by-case basis. If you are still having trouble with this issue, please notify myself or an attendant of the Velvet Room for assistance.
VII. Characters that are identified as canon to the main series of Persona games and related media are permitted for public use as faceclaims only — they cannot be utilized with the intentions of playing that particular character. If there is enough reason to suspect that a carbon imitation of a canon character is being made or played, we reserve the authority to take appropriate measures to correct the situation.
VIII. The username of a character's account must match the character's name.
Please consider that these rules are kept in place to represent the experience of the Persona video games as best as a text-by-post roleplaying forum is capable of visually demonstrating; we of the Velvet Room are fully aware that there may be some inconsistencies with certain procedures and encourage our guests to file all suggestions to enhance and improve our policies to myself or one of my attendants through private message at any time.
a few things to consider
I. All characters created on Alter-Ego™ are works of fiction and, because of the variety of tropes and archetypes found in literature and mythology, they may logically materialize themselves in ways that others might find distasteful or offensive. We strongly urge all of our guests to be ever mindful of their own experiences and those of their character's, and to always maintain appropriate boundaries between the two existences.
II. Your character cannot, and should not, possess a grossly unbalanced amount of positive attributes like talents, skills, or gifts in comparison to their negative attributes like flaws, shortcomings, or weaknesses—these characters are typically called "Mary-Sues" (or "Gary-Stus" in the masculine) in literary works and are reflective of a lack of experience in writing. Life generally operates under the rule of duality; a skill or characteristic of immense perceived value is often countered or balanced by an equally significant, observable crack or blemish. There is no such thing as a perfect human being.
III. Your character's Arcana cannot be different from its Persona's Arcana, as it is a reflection of both their individual identities as personalities from the collective unconsciousness. A character whose hallmark Arcana is the Chariot, for example, will not have a Persona defined under the Judgement Arcana.
IV. There is no express limit to the number of characters one may choose to roleplay at any given time, but it must be stated with great emphasis that frivolous character creation is highly frowned upon and may require corrective action to be taken if we have reason to suspect its occurrence.
V. As of current, we do not allow non-human characters for approval. These include sentient mechanical constructs and animals such as Persona 3's Aigis and Koromaru, Shadows that have gained consciousness like Teddie from Persona 4, or created lifeforms like Morgana from Persona 5. Furthermore, characters with the Wild Card ability — that is, the power to retain and summon multiple different Personas — is expressly prohibited.
VI. Alter-Ego™ is an animanga roleplaying site, and makes use of graphics and images that adhere to the anime or manga aesthetic; if your claim is from a video game series, it is deemed acceptable as long as it fits the expected criterion. Certain requests may be approved or denied on a case-by-case basis. If you are still having trouble with this issue, please notify myself or an attendant of the Velvet Room for assistance.
VII. Characters that are identified as canon to the main series of Persona games and related media are permitted for public use as faceclaims only — they cannot be utilized with the intentions of playing that particular character. If there is enough reason to suspect that a carbon imitation of a canon character is being made or played, we reserve the authority to take appropriate measures to correct the situation.
VIII. The username of a character's account must match the character's name.
