- While the gaming structure in Beauty's Castle Crypt Gaming Rooms is “relaxed” for the sake of creativity and innovation, the gaming context adheres to the Old World of Darkness created by White Wolf Publishing and abides by the Six Traditions of the Masquerade.
Please familiarize yourself with the Old World of Darkness using the many resources provided on these pages.
- God Moding is strictly prohibited in ANY of the gaming rooms. If you do not know what God Moding is, please consult the Glossary, ask a Monitor, or ask one of your fellow players.
- Anyone who enters these rooms and uses them to harass, joke about, or in any way ridicule the Patrons for whom they were designed, will be removed ON SIGHT for at least 24 hours!
Respect your fellow gamers and treat all Denizens with courtesy!
- Private Messaging requires the permission of the person you wish to PM.
- Please keep OOC (Out of Character) chit chat to a minimum in ANY of the Gaming Rooms! One or two initial OOC posts will be allowed for certain situations, but further ongoing OOC chat should be private, or taken outside of the Gaming Rooms.
- Each player is limited to playing NO MORE THAN THREE CHARACTERS, mortal, Kindred or "other". The number of NPCs each player can create will be restricted at the discretion of the Authorities.
- Character Sheets are not required to be submitted to play in these rooms, however please familiarize yourself with the White Wolf character sheets as an aid in the development of your character.
Character sheets, full profiles or backgrounds are not mandatory, but may be submitted to the Authorities.
We do however require ALL PLAYERS to submit a character summary, outlining the character you wish to play, or are playing if you are an already established player. A summary should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs (approx. 12-15 sentences, 150-200 words). These are to be submitted to the Authorities.
Note: No new Vampire characters may be lower than a Generation of 9 (refer to the Glossary for “generation”). If you wish to create a character lower than generation 9, a plausible reason must be given AND properly played out in detailed SL.
Likewise, any extraordinary levels of power and special abilities in characters of all types must be plausibly justified through submitted character summaries or profiles and roleplayed in detailed SL.
In addition, please also submit character summaries for any NPCs (non-playing characters) that will be used in SLs on a regular basis and play a major role in the SL.
Please refer to the document “Playing the Game” for some tips on creating a character for the game, and some guidelines on what information should be considered for inclusion in character summaries.
- Character summaries must be submitted to the Authorities within 2 weeks of that character's or ongoing NPC's appearance in SLs in any of the Crypt rooms.
The Authorities reserve the right to suggest changes and/or approve or disapprove submissions.
- “Temporary” NPCs may be used as needed, but while character summaries are not required for these, their function in the SL should be established within play prior to being used in that capacity. A temporary NPC is one that is used only for a minor function once or twice within the SL for the purposes of accomplishing a specific and immediate goal.
- Remember these are Vampire Fantasy/Role Playing Rooms. Keep Scenes in line with the nature of the rooms. Long running Scenes with no obvious 'Vampiric Context' may be told to change rooms, or exit the gaming rooms altogether.
- There will be NO overtly sexual scenes in ANY of the gaming rooms EXCEPT The Rack! If you wish to have interactions of a sexual nature, you may use The Rack, but remember to keep the scene in line with a Vampire theme and “In Character” (IC), otherwise use another room in the Castle that allows sexual interaction.
- NOTE: The gaming rooms adjoining the Crypt each have a specific set of rules, posted via a hyperlink below the banner of each room's page, as well as below on this page. Collectively, all of the adjoining game rooms, including the Crypt, are known as “The Crypt Gaming Rooms”. Please familiarize yourself with the rules of each room upon entrance!
Warning: Some rooms are KILL ZONES - enter at your own risk!
- All gaming is strictly on a post-for-post basis. This means that a player may choose NOT to interact if they do not wish to participate in a scene by NOT POSTING responses or comments to that scene. If you respond to gaming posts “In Character” (IC), your character will be deemed in consent to whatever transpires in that scene. Alternatively, you may state your desire not to engage by posting a single statement to that effect “Out Of Character” (OOC).
For example, if another character, IC, attempts to engage your character in a fight, you will have consented to the fight by responding to the engagement IC, and will be expected to abide by the outcome as it is played out by the engaged characters. If, however, you choose NOT to respond to the attempt at engagement, or state your wishes in an OOC comment, the other character is obliged to cease the attempt. If the attempt to engage is continued, this may be deemed harassment at the discretion of the Authorities as outlined on the Entrance to the Crypt Rooms, and subject to the Laws of both the Castle and the Crypt.
With that stated, please keep in mind the principles of fair play (refer to the Glossary) -- should your character put itself in a situation during the course of playing a SL, it is fair to accept and play out the consequences of that development.
Slight variances apply to a fight/kill in the KILL ZONES, as well as Blood Hunt kills in any gaming room. Be sure to read ALL room Rules and gaming information thoroughly.
A Blood Hunt kill may occur in any of the Gaming rooms, and is not restricted to Kill Zones.
Any kill, including a Blood Hunt kill, is not final until the Crypt Monitors announce the final ruling.
- Due to the nature of role playing games, Talk Bans will not be enforced in the Crypt Gaming Rooms within roleplay situations. They will, however, be enforced for posts made OOC or in PM.
- Any play done in private message will not be considered part of game play.
- The above mentioned Rules along with the Room Rules are NOT to be considered the ONLY rules of conduct and should not be used to substitute common sense or common decency in on-line role playing.
- If you have any questions, Ask! You may often find someone knowledgeable only a breath away!
