<div class="floatright">(https://orig00.deviantart.net/d937/f/2016/002/c/c/fighting_2016____by_bayardwu-d9mffqc.jpg)</div><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">RAGE OF DRAGONS</span></span></span></strong></div><br/>Welcome and congratulations to all who made it this far on your first steps to !  This page shall serve as a place for anything non-related to IC posts.  First up, I'm going to establish a few ground rules by which we should operate on.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">GAME ETIQUETTE</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Respect each others PCs.  Don't poke fun or wax aggressive IC unless you've discussed that sort of dynamic with them before hand - remember that communication is key.  If my time on the internet has taught me anything, it's that people can react wildly to even the most seemingly innocuous of things.  Discuss, discuss, discuss.  You may want to surprise someone with something, but what you might have thought to be a good surprise may well turn out to be somebody else's bad surprise.</li><li>Do you have a problem with someone else's PC?  Bring it to me first, however small or irrelevant it may seem.  I would have put this one first, if I didn't think respect more important.  Again, this is simply a matter that people may take things wrongly.  I've seen it happen - a small, seemingly inconsequential spat escalated because someone took it as a personal affront or the person bringing it up did so insensitively.  I've seen games break away after the first round of posting due to stuff like this.  So, once again, any problem - major or minor - for my eyes <del>first</del> only.</li><li>Do not kill, attack, or endanger another person's PC.  Ever.  If you're not sure on what a good way to proceed may be, bring it up here in the OOC.  Remember that thing about communication?  I'm bringing it up again.</li><li>Do not butt into other peoples scenes.  Everyone will get their time in the sun; no single PC is more important than the other.  No drama queens (or kings) shall be entertained here - try the solos threads.</li><li>If you know you're going to be absent beforehand, put it up here or send me a PM.  An absence for a week will have your character pushed into the background, or designated to some task as I think may be suitably non-intrusive.  Absence for two weeks or more will have your PC zapped out of existence due to an in-game mechanic (or killed if s/he doesn't make it past the first dungeon).  If your muse is acting up for this particular story for <em>any</em> reason, that's okay, just say so - god forbid you say nothing, but I see you are posting elsewhere.  It's a simple courtesy; not a demand of wealth, servitude, or your immortal soul.</li><li>Do not establish facts in the IC, unless it has been cleared through me, or is intrinsically logical.  Gathering wood for a campfire in a forest is a nobrainer.  The same in a dungeon is not, unless the PCs are carrying the wood on them or I mentioned there was something wooden somewhere.  Better than saying <em>what</em> your PC <em>is/will</em> do, say what they are <em>trying</em> to do (and, if you want to be more complete, what they will do if the action they are trying is possible).</li></ul></div></div><br/><br/>The next thing I'll be bringing up is that I will by aiming to update this game roughly every Tuesday, Thrusday, and Saturday/Sunday whever possible.  I will try to post sooner if I think a particular post requires an expeditious response.  I am making it my mission to help everyone's PC to live up to its maximum, especially story-wise.<br/><br/>Other than that, I'm wishing everyone the best and a wondrous and satisfying game ahead of us!<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Character Sheets (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=276436.0)</strong><br/><strong>World Building Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=275718.0)</strong><br/><strong>IC page</strong>(Coming soon)