Guild name: Sharokti
Server: Arispotle
Language: English
Leader: Cenaeri
RP status: Heavy/High
Faction alignment: Neutral
Racial citizenship: Neutral
Character races accepted: All
Character factional beliefs accepted: Most
Apartment location: Fairhaven
What we look for in the players of potential members:
- enjoyment of roleplaying and general appreciation of the non-levelgrinding aspects of the game
- maturity, friendliness, helpfulness, and respectfulness
- willingness to roleplay, including in Team and Guild channels and in tells, whether one is a beginner or a well-experienced roleplayer
- willingness to use parentheses, double-parentheses, brackets, or some other form of notation to delineate Out-Of-Character messages
= Goals =
The primary goal of the Sharokti guild is to provide an immersive and enjoyable environment for roleplaying. If a member finds that their experience in the guild is not corroborative of this, they are sincerely welcome to voice their concerns, and if a solution cannot be reached, we won't hold it against them if they leave. I hope that all members will have fun with their time in Ryzom, and if they aren't having fun while in Sharokti and choose to leave, I hope they can find it elsewhere. On that note, we have no desire to force people to roleplay if they don't enjoy it, but Sharokti is an RP guild, so those who aren't seeking a heavily RP-oriented guild should look elsewhere to begin with.
We will provide help to members and to those outside the guild whenever and however possible (within reason), whether in the form of giving advice to beginners of Ryzom or beginners of roleplaying in general, or in the form of equipment, materials, etc.
Hopefully RP-oriented events will be run, sometimes involving only the guild, sometimes with invitation extended to the general populace of Arispotle, and sometimes focused on an individual or group.
Sharokti encourages active development of character, and abstract skills such as sneaking, while development of levels should be relaxed.
For now, there is no intention of obtaining an outpost. We will obtain outpost-produced resources (exp-doubling Elevation Crystals, stat-boosting flowers, and the special crafting materials) by other means.
= RP status details =
The definition of roleplaying used in defining this guild's stance on it is essentially "gregarious story-forming."
Players are separate from characters in the same sense that an actor is separate from the character they portray, or in that an author is separate from the characters in a story they write. The personality of a character may be vastly different from the personality of the person who roleplays them. It is important that each member understand this distinction.
The point of participating in this RP style varies from person to person, but an example of a motivation is creative outlet. Another example might be the belief that such RP enhances one's immersion into the gameworld.
In general, all channels except for Universe are considered eligible for In-Character messages. Tells are also IC. Long-distance and/or private communication is explained via the nanoseed.
People outside the guild are of course welcome to roleplay with us any time.
= Rules =
- Please be respectful of the lore of Ryzom. Characters who become members of Sharokti should fit with the existing lore; their background should not involve things like origination from another world or even a "distant land" that would not likely exist on Atys.
- Don't harass or grief other players. Roleplaying shouldn't be used as an excuse for violating the Courtesy Policy.
- When communicating Out-Of-Character in the Guild chat channel, please annotate your OOC messages with surrounding parentheses, double-parentheses, brackets, or some other form of delineation.
= Policy on alts =
Sharokti accepts alt-characters. In fact, anyone who wants to have a character to log into when they feel like roleplaying a bit, even if they do little or no RP on their main character, is quite welcome to create an alt and join it into Sharokti for that purpose. As far as Sharokti is concerned, this would not create or imply any OOC obligations of loyalty, support, or time-investment. The only stipulation is naturally that you follow our rules while interacting with the guild via your alt.
This policy is not intended to bolster our membership number. Numbers aren't important. Rather, it is hoped that Sharokti can be more widely useful and accessible as an immersive RP environment than merely to a few dedicated main-characters.
= Faction and race elaboration =
- useful information about faction and citizenship -
In order to allow and encourage a diversity of character personalities and beliefs within the guild, both of our alignments are "neutral." Thus, in the game mechanics, we can't accept characters who have declared citizenship to a race or alignment to Kami/Karavan. Also, we can only use teleports that are available to faction-neutrals. But, purely in RP, we can accept characters who lean toward a faction or hold a degree of loyalty to a particular race. In time, if members feel it prudent, our alignment and/or citizenship might be changed.
= Links =
IC letter of introduction
A way for characters to become aware of the guild.
< Sharokti website under construction >
Lore section on ryzom.com
Atys Chronicles
Official subsite containing many stories, event announcements and summaries, etc. Good lore resource.
Zoraï mask info
An article on Atys Chronicles that would be very useful to players of Zoraï characters.
http://www.errantdreams.com/static/rpg
Although these articles are written with pen-and-paper RPGs in mind, they may be useful, especially to a new roleplayer.
*sigh*