This thread is where I'll store the rules and characters for the House of Dracula (small) Group Roleplay. The posting thread is located here (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=216283.0).<br/><br/><strong>Roles</strong><br/>The following roles exist in this setting:<br/><br/>•   GMs – Responsible for moving plot, acting out as NPCs, portraying innocents, keeping things moving and interesting (Darius and X – up to 4)<br/>•   Dracula (played by Darius)<br/>•   Brides or Would-be Brides – females interested in rping the bride aspect of the relationship, may begin as innocents (up to 3)<br/>•   Other Vampires – made by Dracula to have companions (up to 2)<br/>•   Werewolves (up to 2)<br/>•   Renfields – Corrupted servants (unlimited)<br/>•   Innocents – random humans who become involved, may be NPCed (unlimited)<br/><br/><strong>How Powers Work</strong><br/>Age Relates to Power: Newborn vampires and werewolves are *just* like ancient mythology depicts them. Vampires are basically really powerful undead when they are first born, and werewolves are basically apex predators (though vampires do not need to kill when they feed). Over time (hundreds of years for vampires and decades for werewolves), they gain control over their powers and abilities and can resist many of the things that they would normally be quite weak to. On top of that, meddling with witches and warlocks over the years has resulted in some vampires and werewolves having a few special abilities, resistances, and traits. Likewise, some strains of vampire may be unique - so if someone wants to join as a "half vampire" we'd use witches to explain that.<br/><br/>Witches: I would definitely consider allowing witches if someone has a vision and interest. At this moment, I see them as being more NPCs, since magic "breaks the rules" as it were.<br/><br/><strong>Post Style:</strong><br/>The posting style will be utterly free form. If a GM wants to interact with a PC (including adding temptation or action) they can, but it takes place on the PC’s timeline (wherever that is). We’ll mostly try to keep things together, but we all know tracking hours and days sucks – so just have fun. Ideally, we'd like participants comfortable with somewhat meaty (150-250 word+) posts, but we can be flexible.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>To make free form work and prevent everyone from reading text that doesn't apply, please tag some element of your post with the poster (or their character's) name in a bold color. This doesn't mean others can't also react or post a response to your thread, only that your thread prompts that character for some reaction.<br/><br/>For example:<br/><br/>(Dracula)<br/>Insert cool posty text here that somehow relates to the Dracula character.<br/><br/><strong>Relationships:</strong><br/><br/>All is fair in this game. Monogamy isn’t called for, as Dracula considers all monstrous creatures as part of the same “family” and all innocence up for grabs. Thus, even if a female becomes a “bride” it only implies certain obligations, not absolute restrictions on exploration.<br/><br/><strong>Simplified Character Sheets:</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[b]Name:[/b]<br/><br/>[b]Age/Apparent Age:[/b]<br/><br/>[b]Role (see above):[/b]<br/><br/>[b]Looking for [/b](tell us what sorts of experiences you want – adventure, intrigue, seduction, smut, etc. – so we can ensue everyone is getting what they want. Keep this up to date!): <br/><br/>[b]Appearance /Picture[/b] (keep pictures at 350 pix, please – let me know if you need the code):</code></pre> </div></div>