In a nutshell: DON'T DO IT!

Bad roleplay interferes with collaborative storytelling or with another player's ability to control their own character.

Godmodding

Do not make your character unrealistically powerful or invulnerable, control another player's character without permission, or dictate the outcome of an action that involves another player's character.

You may write what your character attempts to do. Unless agreed upon beforehand, the other player determines how their character responds and what effect the action has.

GM Godmodding Exception

The Game Manager and her minions reserve the right to move a character when necessary because the player has stopped responding.

We'll do this as non-intrusively as possible and avoid assigning thoughts, emotions, dialogue, or unnecessary actions to the character.

If a player becomes unresponsive without giving notice, the Game Manager will make one attempt to contact them. If there's no response, the character may be sidelined or moved out of the current plot using reasonable, non-lethal actions.

If the same situation happens again after the player returns, the Game Manager may simply sideline the character without another warning.

Once sidelined, it is the player's responsibility to find an appropriate way for the character to rejoin the story or move into another plot.

Life happens — including in the middle of an active thread. Just communicate with us. Send a message through the Aereth website, DM us on Discord, or post in the Absences OOC forum. We're happy to work with you.

And yes, this applies to the GM too. If she disappears, a minion can move her character out of the way. All's fair, after all.

Metagaming

Characters may only act on information they could reasonably know in-game. Player knowledge is not automatically character knowledge.

Other Bad Roleplay

• Ignoring Character Traits: Keep your character reasonably consistent with their established personality, abilities, motivations, and limitations.
• Loner Syndrome: Give other characters something to work with. Characters can be solitary, difficult, or antisocial without making collaborative writing impossible.
• Excessive Character Whomp: Don't constantly injure, sicken, or traumatize a character simply to generate attention. If it contributes to character development or the story, have at it. If every Tuesday brings another near-death experience, ease up.