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-	With all of the Social Threads being made in the Social Sub-Forums your Edge of Darkness Staff have decided to take things one step further. We're opening up the City Shards Sub-Forum to allow Open Social Scenes for characters of all the main venues. So if you want your Werewolf to meet my Mage, that can now happen!	+	{{TOC right}}Unless an ST is running a plot, the City Shards are social Scenes. Shards will last one month so that they may enter continuity, so expect the threads to be closed at the end of the month. The scenes will enter continuity when they complete - just like other regular Scenes.
-	But before you Supernatural Avenger Team Up fans get too excited, we're going to have some main rules.
-	=Rules for City Shards=	+	{{center|[http://nwod.org/forum/showthread.php?34612 Forum Discussion]}}
-	* Any scenes within the City Shards Sub-Forum will be for purely social purposes only.	+
-	* Which means: No Reveals of any kind and no tossing powers about (even benign ones.) That goes for you Daeva's :P	+
-	::* The only exceptions to this are Mask of Tranquility, Hardening Masks and Obfuscate 2. Vampires are expected to Blush.	+
-	The purpose of this change is to allow for a greater sense of sandbox game-play and for a wider variety of interaction between characters. The scenes within this forum will not be Storyteller driven but they will be Moderated. If any rules are broken penalties will be levied. So please, keep things on the level and on the stuff that should be on the down low, down low. There's very good reasons why each Splat has rules protecting their secrets.
-	==Scene Rules==	+	==No Reveals==
-	Right now, with this being a new idea, we do have a few other rules.	+	This includes tossing around powers. Exception(s) are Hardening Masks and Obfuscate 2. Vampires are expected to Blush.
		+	* No crossover influence is allowed, including exposing political rivals, venue-specific 'gifts', or discussion of plots.
		+	* Certain allowances are made for '''Nexus''' threads -- see below.
-	* All threads in the City Shards Forum are to be Open scenes. This is not the place for private Arrow or Carthian get together. If you want to do a Private Cross Splat scene it still needs to be approved by a ST from both venues. For example, if I want to do a private scene between Spartan and Chantay Jones, I need permission from both a Werewolf ST and a Changeling ST.	+
-	* The scenes will enter continuity when they complete - just like other non-sticky's.	+	==Open Scenes, Public Locations==
-	* Your character may be a total of 2 City Shards at the same time.	+	All threads in the City Shards Forum are to be open scenes and publicly accessible locations. These may lead to private Scenes, '''which should be approved by the participating venue's HSTs for PM or Social Group Scenes.'''
-	* All Public Locations are available for scenes in this Sub-Forum. But please remain respectful of the intended tone and purpose of the location you use. Spartan would never allow a dinner party at the Forge and Written in Water would never host a Rave.	+	* If the location is one of our player owned Sites, please do not take liberties; i.e. claiming an entire banquet room of another player's restaurant.
		+	* If it is NOT a Site, then the Scene needs to be at a completely neutral location -- not a location where one character works, etc. This keeps the Scene neutral and no one derives a benefit which they haven't paid for.
		+	* Werewolves should be aware of what territory the scene is taking place in. If it is in another pack's territory you are trespassing, unless you have gotten permission in advance.
	* When posting a scene please specify a time of day. If a time is not specified and a vampire shows up it is assumed to be after dark.		* When posting a scene please specify a time of day. If a time is not specified and a vampire shows up it is assumed to be after dark.
-	* Vampire PC's '''MUST''' be Acknowledged before they can enter a City Shard scene.
-	* Side Venue and Hungry Streets Characters are not eligible to be in City Shard scenes.
-	If you have any questions, please reach out to a member of the Edge of Darkness Staff.
-	'''And please: be awesome to each other!'''	+	==Participation==
		+	* Your character may be a total of 2 City Shards at the same time.
		+	* Please play in your chosen venue for six month before opening a Shard. You're still welcome to enter ones other players have created.
		+	* Characters must be recognized by their venue's hierarchy, or in the process of being recognized, to participate. Shards aren't an outlet for Lone Wolves.
		+	* Shards can be used for mentoring (teaching Fighting Styles, etc), but only if both venues follow the same restrictions for gaining such.
		+	* You must have a 'real' avatar/playby. No anime, art, etc.
		+	* Side threads similar to Court/Consilium/etc. are allowed, preferably after a minimum of five characters have entered the scene. Please don't skip over people. Everyone is waiting for their turn to post.
		+	* You must be engaged with another character with or by your second post. Swanning in and standing around indefinitely waiting for someone else to approach will result in post(s) removal.
		+
		+
		+	==Shades==
		+	Shades are an experimental type of 'half' character -- one that isn't involved in regular venues, doesn't have a full character sheet, or earn XP. Other than that, it's whatever you want them to be (although supernatural Shades should be limited to Changeling, Mage, Vampire, or Werewolf). They can even be retired characters or characters from closed games, or simply character concepts you never got around to finishing or want to try on for size.
		+	* Shades will only be featured in Shards, although they're more than welcome to 'graduate' into full-blown characters and go through the Character Approval process
		+	* The standard character limit does not apply to Shades.
		+
		+
		+	===Mechanics===
		+	Even though Shards should be mostly social, in case a Shade needs a dice pool or wants to be above average (Striking Looks, etc), here are the nuts and bolts:
		+	* Assume that all Attributes are 2
		+	* Assume any Skill test runs that Skill at 1
		+	* No 'free' Character Creation Merits
		+	* 3 discretionary 'dots' to put anywhere (this is how to pay for Merits)
		+	* Previously approved (and gracefully retired) characters may be played as 'Shards' with their existing character sheets.
		+
		+
		+	So much like the current [[Talk:Retainer|Retainer]] system, these 'universal' dots could be spent, say 1 for [[Presence]] (for 3) and 2 for [[Striking Looks]] (for SL2), giving you a good-looking, personable halfsie. Or 2 for [[Strength]] and 1 for [[Brawl Skill|Brawl]] if it's a cage fight (total dice pool 6). Or 2 for [[Strength]] and 1 for a Fighting Style maneuver.
		+
-	*'''''Rules are subject to change at the ST's discretion'''''
-	==Character Owned Businesses==	+	==Nexus==
-	Doing a scene or using a Site owned by another PC is fine, welcome, and encouraged. But please get that player's permission if you wish to do anything more than a normal patron.	+	As the Nexus concept is still a recent introduction, the current rules and documentation can be found in the [http://nwod.org/forum/group.php?groupid=214 Nexus Social Group] on the forum.
-	So if you want to go to Gypsy's or the Avalon and be a patron or meet up with some friends please do so. But if your going to do anything beyond being a normal patron please check with the owner of the site, either IC or OOC. So if you want to go to [[Ballo Della Notte]] and see a show, by all means, but if you want to put on a show there or something of that effect, you need to check with Myah Torsione,[[Twist]] IC or [[deltadream]] OOC.
-	''These rules were created by [[User:Steven|Steven]]''	+	{{links|Rules}}{{Help}}
-	{{help}}[[Category:Rules]]	+

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Latest revision as of 17:21, 5 June 2020

Contents 1 No Reveals 2 Open Scenes, Public Locations 3 Participation 4 Shades 4.1 Mechanics 5 Nexus

Unless an ST is running a plot, the City Shards are social Scenes. Shards will last one month so that they may enter continuity, so expect the threads to be closed at the end of the month. The scenes will enter continuity when they complete - just like other regular Scenes.

No Reveals

This includes tossing around powers. Exception(s) are Hardening Masks and Obfuscate 2. Vampires are expected to Blush.

• No crossover influence is allowed, including exposing political rivals, venue-specific 'gifts', or discussion of plots.
• Certain allowances are made for Nexus threads -- see below.

Open Scenes, Public Locations

All threads in the City Shards Forum are to be open scenes and publicly accessible locations. These may lead to private Scenes, which should be approved by the participating venue's HSTs for PM or Social Group Scenes.

• If the location is one of our player owned Sites, please do not take liberties; i.e. claiming an entire banquet room of another player's restaurant.
• If it is NOT a Site, then the Scene needs to be at a completely neutral location -- not a location where one character works, etc. This keeps the Scene neutral and no one derives a benefit which they haven't paid for.
• Werewolves should be aware of what territory the scene is taking place in. If it is in another pack's territory you are trespassing, unless you have gotten permission in advance.
• When posting a scene please specify a time of day. If a time is not specified and a vampire shows up it is assumed to be after dark.

Participation

• Your character may be a total of 2 City Shards at the same time.
• Please play in your chosen venue for six month before opening a Shard. You're still welcome to enter ones other players have created.
• Characters must be recognized by their venue's hierarchy, or in the process of being recognized, to participate. Shards aren't an outlet for Lone Wolves.
• Shards can be used for mentoring (teaching Fighting Styles, etc), but only if both venues follow the same restrictions for gaining such.
• You must have a 'real' avatar/playby. No anime, art, etc.
• Side threads similar to Court/Consilium/etc. are allowed, preferably after a minimum of five characters have entered the scene. Please don't skip over people. Everyone is waiting for their turn to post.
• You must be engaged with another character with or by your second post. Swanning in and standing around indefinitely waiting for someone else to approach will result in post(s) removal.

Shades

Shades are an experimental type of 'half' character -- one that isn't involved in regular venues, doesn't have a full character sheet, or earn XP. Other than that, it's whatever you want them to be (although supernatural Shades should be limited to Changeling, Mage, Vampire, or Werewolf). They can even be retired characters or characters from closed games, or simply character concepts you never got around to finishing or want to try on for size.

• Shades will only be featured in Shards, although they're more than welcome to 'graduate' into full-blown characters and go through the Character Approval process
• The standard character limit does not apply to Shades.

Mechanics

Even though Shards should be mostly social, in case a Shade needs a dice pool or wants to be above average (Striking Looks, etc), here are the nuts and bolts:

• Assume that all Attributes are 2
• Assume any Skill test runs that Skill at 1
• No 'free' Character Creation Merits
• 3 discretionary 'dots' to put anywhere (this is how to pay for Merits)
• Previously approved (and gracefully retired) characters may be played as 'Shards' with their existing character sheets.

So much like the current Retainer system, these 'universal' dots could be spent, say 1 for Presence (for 3) and 2 for Striking Looks (for SL2), giving you a good-looking, personable halfsie. Or 2 for Strength and 1 for Brawl if it's a cage fight (total dice pool 6). Or 2 for Strength and 1 for a Fighting Style maneuver.

Nexus

As the Nexus concept is still a recent introduction, the current rules and documentation can be found in the Nexus Social Group on the forum.

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