Rules The Next
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missrecalled_modsWelcome to the Rules page for Missrecalled. This game is invite only, and is intended to be a safe space where everyone can play and have fun. The rules are for that purpose and subject to change as the game grows and evolves. Here are the rules as they stand as of September 2023.
As a quick note about the mod team: We tend to be informal and sometimes choose the silly path. Please bear with us!
Rule 1 - Be Good To Each Other (including your mod team, please!)
Shocking no one, rule one is be good to each other. We are all here to have fun. Please follow the spirit of the rules not just the letter of them, please feel free and welcome to ask the Mods any questions you have. But mostly, just be good to each other. Please remember that OOC and IC are different things. Talk to each other OOC, and if you feel you can't, please contact the mods. Thank you. Love you guys.
Rule 2 - Who do we allow?
Not accepted: versions/representations/adaptations of any mythological or historical personage, even if they have been heavily altered by fandom. This means no Abraham Lincoln Vampire hunter, and no MCU Thor. No Fa Mulan. This rule also applies to real world people not yet considered historical. If there is a canon that parodies a figure that this rule would otherwise disallow, and the character's name is changed, that will be examined on a case by case basis. As will characters who share names with people/mythological figures but are not meant to be them.
(For example, Athena from Tomorrowland, being a robot named after the goddess would be allowable, where as the princess from Saint Seyia who is actually meant to be the goddess would not be.)
Tanks note: So basically, these characters aren't allowed, so don't get Thor about it. X3
For current active canons: To avoid spoilers for people who don't want to be spoiled, a character from a movie, video game, web comic, or book can't be apped until at least 2 months after the release of the media they are from. In the case of characters from ongoing shows or comic/manga series, the same rule applies to the episode/issue that contains their canon pull point. This applies based on accessibility in the US where the mod team is based, but may be made longer based on other countries upon request
If you want to play another version of a character already in play/reserved, please check out the multiples section of the FAQ.
There is a triggers list where players can send their triggers anonymously and they will be updated to the list. The trigger list will let you know which triggers need to be avoided entirely, which triggers it is requested to just use sparingly, and which triggers can be used so long as you warn in the thread headers.
Nothing linked can be explicit, even with warnings. This includes visually or in lyrics
If something linked is not explicit, but either does not fit the game rules (for example, cursing) or is on the trigger list, it needs to be warned for. If a thread is in this category and the other person you are playing with is the one with the triggers, or otherwise just requests a summary of the link without the trigger or game violation you are to please either provide it or edit to remove the link.
Rule 5 - Power Nerf? Mem loss? Tech?
No Memory loss!
Power nerfing however gets a bit... wibbly. There are areas of the game (The Isle is the only one at start) where powers will not work for plot reasons. This may change in the future, and there may be events where powers work in those places... for a short time. On the Auradon side, the rest of the game starts with minimal power nerf. If your character arrives on the Auradon side, his/her/their powers will work... with a few exceptions:
No game breaking powers. This is the usual DW rule. No god tier magic please. No bringing back the dead, communicating with other worlds, taking control of someone else's character's thoughts or actions.
Specific powers that don't fall into that category but are nerfed: Teleportation (See FAQ). Summoning of people. Items like Keyblades can be summoned. Anything that can cross the barrier into the Isle. Flight. (Levitation is fine, but please be reasonable. The rule is nothing that can keep anyone or anything aloft higher than 4 feet, or longer than a few minutes, and nothing that can be used to cross large bodies of water or other barriers put in by the mods to keep the map reasonable and expand it for everyone at the same time. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out.)
Basically if the power can be used to easily circumvent the duel nature of the game - Auradon and Isle - before game events have caused the barrier to fall (should that happen) or that can magically move people in or out of game settings is probably not going to work. For an IC reason.. there is a weirdly strong spell jamming it. (and yes, there may be chances to investigate that in the near future... >.>)
Rule 6 - Invites
Rule 7 - AC
Wait, you didn't mention AC yet! In this game, mandatory AC will be handled by Sir Not Appearing In This Game. There will be check ins, but no required proofs. We're trusting everyone to be honest with themselves about what they can handle, and understand that life happens. This is meant to be fun, not cause stress.
In a future DLC update the future there miiiight be a chance to submit bonus AC for boons from home, maybe. Possibly. Perhaps. But that is down the line and still a bit bluesky.
Bouns AC is here! This is 100% optional.
Rule 8 - Enough rules!
As of September 2023, these are all of the rules! We will add and update and subtract as needed.
But really, at the end of the day, we're here to have fun and to facilitate you having fun. When in doubt, remember rule 1, and that everyone here is loved by at least one person who also loves you.
For now? As the Mouse says, "see ya real soon" my friends.
As a quick note about the mod team: We tend to be informal and sometimes choose the silly path. Please bear with us!
Rule 1 - Be Good To Each Other (including your mod team, please!)
Shocking no one, rule one is be good to each other. We are all here to have fun. Please follow the spirit of the rules not just the letter of them, please feel free and welcome to ask the Mods any questions you have. But mostly, just be good to each other. Please remember that OOC and IC are different things. Talk to each other OOC, and if you feel you can't, please contact the mods. Thank you. Love you guys.
Rule 2 - Who do we allow?
Original from canon. From canon + CRAUs, Canon AU, Canon AU+ CRAU. (Canon OCs on a case by case basis). OCs. OCs that are CRAU.
CRAU may have multiple sources, see FAQ for some ideas of how to merge them, as well as how to update a character who has CRAU preupdate!
Not accepted: versions/representations/adaptations of any mythological or historical personage, even if they have been heavily altered by fandom. This means no Abraham Lincoln Vampire hunter, and no MCU Thor. No Fa Mulan. This rule also applies to real world people not yet considered historical. If there is a canon that parodies a figure that this rule would otherwise disallow, and the character's name is changed, that will be examined on a case by case basis. As will characters who share names with people/mythological figures but are not meant to be them.
(For example, Athena from Tomorrowland, being a robot named after the goddess would be allowable, where as the princess from Saint Seyia who is actually meant to be the goddess would not be.)
Tanks note: So basically, these characters aren't allowed, so don't get Thor about it. X3
For current active canons: To avoid spoilers for people who don't want to be spoiled, a character from a movie, video game, web comic, or book can't be apped until at least 2 months after the release of the media they are from. In the case of characters from ongoing shows or comic/manga series, the same rule applies to the episode/issue that contains their canon pull point. This applies based on accessibility in the US where the mod team is based, but may be made longer based on other countries upon request
If you want to play another version of a character already in play/reserved, please check out the multiples section of the FAQ.
If you are unsure, please feel free to ask.
Rule 3 - Other characters not allowed.
Sorry, there is a bit more to add here. Some of the Descendants characters that aren't NPCs are still not allowed because their very presence is potentially game breaking. Or the mods have potential plot ideas for them in the future. These restrictions may (and probably will) lessen or be removed if the game lasts long enough to grow strong roots:
Rule 4 - Game Rating and Triggers
Rule 3 - Other characters not allowed.
Sorry, there is a bit more to add here. Some of the Descendants characters that aren't NPCs are still not allowed because their very presence is potentially game breaking. Or the mods have potential plot ideas for them in the future. These restrictions may (and probably will) lessen or be removed if the game lasts long enough to grow strong roots:
Fairy God Mother
Queen of Mean Audrey (Earlier canon points are fine)
CJ
Celia
Freddie
Freddie
Madam Mim
Maddy
King Beast
Queen Belle
Maleficent
Cruella
Genie
Ally
Carpet
Current Descendants NPCS:
Mal
Ben
Merlin
Yen Sid
Doctor F.
Mother Gothel
Lady Tremaine
Jordan
Maleficent
Cruella
Genie
Ally
Carpet
Current Descendants NPCS:
Mal
Ben
Merlin
Yen Sid
Doctor F.
Mother Gothel
Lady Tremaine
Jordan
Others may be added as they come up.
But most Descendants characters are not only allowable, but welcomed eagerly!
Also for secrety secret reasons that might pertain to future plot stuffs, Encanto characters cannot be apped at this time.
Also for secrety secret reasons that might pertain to future plot stuffs, Encanto characters cannot be apped at this time.
Rule 4 - Game Rating and Triggers
This game will allow violence (if the thread is marked with CWs and all participants in the thread agree to it), but not extreme violence, please be reasonable. The game will allow minor gore, again if all parties are amenable OOC and it is marked with CWs. Mentions of worse violence/gore are allowed if they are kept vague and the thread is marked with the warnings.
When it comes to physical intimacy, if a thread goes beyond kissing, please take it to journals/inboxes or fade to black. Please do not post things having to do with nudity or flashing people in the comns and keep that to inboxes as well. This is a small game run by two mods, one of whom has some atypical triggers. This is so that the mods can actually survive running this game. This rule may loosen up if there is a bigger mod team but right this is where we are.
As for cursing... For both the reason listed above as well as respecting the source material... there is a spell upon this land (as the IC reason for how this rule works) that changes cursing into interesting other words that suit the character who tried to curse, or the people they hang around. This is a world where the bad guys curse with words like "Dalmatians". So please do not curse, but please DO have fun with weird alternatives. For those who have seen the Good Place, this is the Good Place's rules, basically. But please leave those specific substitutions for characters actually from that series.
There is a triggers list where players can send their triggers anonymously and they will be updated to the list. The trigger list will let you know which triggers need to be avoided entirely, which triggers it is requested to just use sparingly, and which triggers can be used so long as you warn in the thread headers.
Nothing linked can be explicit, even with warnings. This includes visually or in lyrics
If something linked is not explicit, but either does not fit the game rules (for example, cursing) or is on the trigger list, it needs to be warned for. If a thread is in this category and the other person you are playing with is the one with the triggers, or otherwise just requests a summary of the link without the trigger or game violation you are to please either provide it or edit to remove the link.
Rule 5 - Power Nerf? Mem loss? Tech?
No Memory loss!
Power nerfing however gets a bit... wibbly. There are areas of the game (The Isle is the only one at start) where powers will not work for plot reasons. This may change in the future, and there may be events where powers work in those places... for a short time. On the Auradon side, the rest of the game starts with minimal power nerf. If your character arrives on the Auradon side, his/her/their powers will work... with a few exceptions:
No game breaking powers. This is the usual DW rule. No god tier magic please. No bringing back the dead, communicating with other worlds, taking control of someone else's character's thoughts or actions.
Specific powers that don't fall into that category but are nerfed: Teleportation (See FAQ). Summoning of people. Items like Keyblades can be summoned. Anything that can cross the barrier into the Isle. Flight. (Levitation is fine, but please be reasonable. The rule is nothing that can keep anyone or anything aloft higher than 4 feet, or longer than a few minutes, and nothing that can be used to cross large bodies of water or other barriers put in by the mods to keep the map reasonable and expand it for everyone at the same time. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out.)
Basically if the power can be used to easily circumvent the duel nature of the game - Auradon and Isle - before game events have caused the barrier to fall (should that happen) or that can magically move people in or out of game settings is probably not going to work. For an IC reason.. there is a weirdly strong spell jamming it. (and yes, there may be chances to investigate that in the near future... >.>)
As for tech:
on the Auradon side, anything that does not serve as the tech version of the powers nerfed above is fine! But remember, no tech or magic can allow communication between Auradon and the Isle. At least... not yet...
On the Isle side... That is trickier. There is a communication method for talking to each other within the Isle, but that will have to be found through game play and events. To start it does not exist and any device that uses wifi, cell signal, Bluetooth, or anything like that to work won't. Signals can't get through the barrier, with a few exceptions (see setting info and/or FAQ for more details.) Walkie talkies and other short range devices work very very poorly if at all, and the batteries drain fast. ANYTHING with a battery drains fast on the Isle. There is some electricity on the Isle, but almost no outlets and even fewer working charging cables.
Rule 6 - Invites
As stated above, this game is invite only currently. Each player in the game will get one invite per player already in game so long as they do not carry a strike and have checked in at least once. If a player has posted bonus AC for the month before they may have a second invite for the current month. Other than certain events, two invites a month is the maximum any player can give out in a month, and they do not roll over. If you feel that you need more, please contact the mods.
Also, more as a request than a rule, please only invite people you have played with before. On the TDM, in a PSL, in another game... Please do not just cast hunt on EMP. We are trying to keep this a very friendly and easy going community, and invites are one way to make sure everyone in the game has been vouched for by at least one person already in the game.
How Apps Work
Each person may bring one character per calendar month. Apps will be processed as soon as reasonably possible. As of now there are no cast caps, game caps, or character caps per player. Again this may change if the game grows. Please only app a character if you think you can be active with them. If you are no longer active with a character, please either hiatus so others know the situation, or drop so other people can play too. Thank you!
If you already are in game with another character, you do not need an invite. If you are apping from outside of the game, you need to let the mods know, on your app post, who invited you. If you dropped and want to come back but don't have an invite, talk to the mods, please.
Also, more as a request than a rule, please only invite people you have played with before. On the TDM, in a PSL, in another game... Please do not just cast hunt on EMP. We are trying to keep this a very friendly and easy going community, and invites are one way to make sure everyone in the game has been vouched for by at least one person already in the game.
How Apps Work
Each person may bring one character per calendar month. Apps will be processed as soon as reasonably possible. As of now there are no cast caps, game caps, or character caps per player. Again this may change if the game grows. Please only app a character if you think you can be active with them. If you are no longer active with a character, please either hiatus so others know the situation, or drop so other people can play too. Thank you!
If you already are in game with another character, you do not need an invite. If you are apping from outside of the game, you need to let the mods know, on your app post, who invited you. If you dropped and want to come back but don't have an invite, talk to the mods, please.
If a character is dropped, there is a full month between when the drop is processed and when someone else may take the character. The player who dropped the character may reapp them within that month if they have not apped anyone else that character month. If you dropped a character and change your mind, please contact the mod team.
Reserve list: For characters not allowed to be apped yet because of newness, reserves will last until one month after the character becomes game legal.
For all other characters, reserves last about a month after they are processed.
Characters do not have to be reserved to be apped, but if two people app the same character, priority goes to who ever apped first. The reserves will count as app dates in this case.
Rule 7 - AC
Wait, you didn't mention AC yet! In this game, mandatory AC will be handled by Sir Not Appearing In This Game. There will be check ins, but no required proofs. We're trusting everyone to be honest with themselves about what they can handle, and understand that life happens. This is meant to be fun, not cause stress.
Bouns AC is here! This is 100% optional.
Rule 8 - Enough rules!
As of September 2023, these are all of the rules! We will add and update and subtract as needed.
But really, at the end of the day, we're here to have fun and to facilitate you having fun. When in doubt, remember rule 1, and that everyone here is loved by at least one person who also loves you.
For now? As the Mouse says, "see ya real soon" my friends.
