Advanced
See Literate.

Anthropomorphic
See Furrie.

Apocalyptic
Any roleplay with an apocalyptic theme, typically set in a modern or futuristic timeframe. Usually, such roleplays are also realistic, but on occasion may permit things such as biomodifications or magic.

Autohit, also Autohitting,
1.) During a roleplay fight, or text-based fighting, your post includes mention of actions that affect the other character with certainty. (For example, "Peter swung his fist in Jake's direction" is NOT autohitting, but "Peter hit Jake in the face, breaking his nose", is autohitting. The first allows the other player to dodge, or to take the hit, whereas the latter does not.)
2.) The action of writing such posts.
3.) The habit of writing such posts.
Autohitting is also considered a form of godmodding.

Bunny
See Godmode.

Canon
1.) The official or generally accepted storyline or turn of events, as in "According to the canon, Han Solo marries Leia Organa and they have three children".
2.) The original history or backstory of a character, as in "In my canon, Tahira Ali is arrested by the FBI and sentenced to death, but in this roleplay, she was sentenced to life imprisonment".
3.) A character originally created by a published author or which already exists in another fandom, as in "In this roleplay, no one may play canons, such as Harry, Ron, or Hermione".

Character, also Charrie, Char,
1.) A fictitious persona or entity, typically personified with human emotions and sentience, created by a writer or roleplayer. Typical examples may include: an anthropomorphic wolf named Appomattox, an FBI agent named Natalie Schultz, a vampire named Fletcher Godeaux, an android named Aiyanna-A, or a sorceress named Sylvire.

Closed
1.) A roleplay that is no longer accepting players or characters.
2.) A roleplay between two people.

Cybering, also Cyber
1.) A roleplay which contains explicit sexual or obscene material.
2.) Any post containing such material.
3.) The act of roleplaying sexual or obscene activities.
4.) Specific guidelines on what does and does not constitute cybering differ among GMs and roleplay sites. Ours specify that if sexual content is written tastefully, has literary value by itself and in context, and contributes to the storyline of a roleplay, it is permitted provided other players do not respond to the post in order to continue the activity. These stipulations have been expounded upon at this article: Regarding Sexualized Role-Plays by Robert M. Wright (Skallagrim).

Cyberpunk
1.) A roleplay characterized by characters that are "marginalized, alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life was impacted by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body". (Lawrence Person)
2.) A story characterized in the same manner.
3.) The genre consisting of all fictitious works characterized in such a manner.

Dieselpunk
1.) "Fiction inspired by mid-century pulp and set in a world similar to steampunk though specifically characterized by the rise of petroleum power and technocratic perception, incorporating neo-noir elements and sharing themes more with cyberpunk than steampunk." (Wikipedia)
2.) Roleplay in such a setting.
3.) The broad genre of all such works.

DM, also Dungeon Master
See GM.

Faction
An entity such as a nation-state, paramilitary company, corporation, or terrorist group, typically played by one or a few players who portray multiple characters from the entity in addition to possessing large numbers of NPCs, territory, or weapons. See NRP.

Fandom
An existing setting or 'universe' in which writers may create roleplays. For example, the Star Wars fandom, the Harry Potter fandom, the Lord of the Rings fandom, the Naruto fandom.

Fantasy
1.) Any roleplay in a fantasy setting.
2.) Sometimes also used as a catch all term for any non-realistic roleplay.

Freeform
1.) A type of roleplay where there are no explicit guidelines on length or format of posts, usage of player characters, plot, or determining the success of various actions including combat.
2.) Another term for text based roleplay.

Furrie, also Furry
1.) An anthropomorphic character consisting of an animal with humanlike clothing, sentience, sapience, and behavior. Typically such a character walks upright, but furries may also be more animal-like in behavior, but possess humanlike emotion and sentience.
2.) An anthropomorphic character consisting of a non-human animal, especially horses, lions, wolves, foxes, and dogs, who possess sapience and sentience, as well as humanlike emotions and thought processes, but who otherwise behave and appear as their feral counterparts.
3.) A roleplayer who portrays such a character.

Game
A roleplay.

Gary Stu
See Mary Sue.

GM, also Game Master,
1.) A person who writes roleplays.
2.) A person who runs roleplays.
3.) The player who controls the overarching plot and/or any NPCs.
4.) The player who directs the actions of the player characters and enforces the rules of the roleplay.

Godmodding, also God-mode, or Godmode, or Godmoding,
1.) Controlling another player character's actions, dialogue, or thoughts without that player's permission to do so, typically by writing a post in which you direct the actions, dialogue, or thoughts of that player's character.
2.) May also refer to autohitting.
3.) Sometimes used as an umbrella term for any unfair tactics in a fight.

Handwaving, also Handwave or Hand wave,
Skipping a scene either because it violates site rules (such as on romantic or sexual content), an individual roleplay's rules, or because the players involved agree not to write out the details of the scene (i.e. the uninteresting parts of a criminal trial, a speech, or a romantic scene with which one or both roleplayers are not comfortable). The content of the omitted scene is assumed to have happened, and the players whose characters are involved reach a mutual agreement before the handwave as to what occurs.

In Character (also In-Character, or IC)
1.) A post or piece of writing made from the point of view of one or more characters that adds to a storyline, or roleplay.
2.) Comments or remarks made in such a manner.
3.) Behavior consistent with that of a roleplay character, as opposed to a player's own personality.

LARP, or Live Action Roleplay,
1.) A roleplay in which the participants (roleplayers) physically meet and act out their characters' actions. Typically LARPers dress up in costumes, and may use foam weapons, die throwing, or rock paper scissors to determine the outcome of simulated comat. Most LARPs are in a fantasy setting.
2.) The general idea of such roleplays.
3.) The act of participating in such a roleplay.

Literate, also Literacy,
1.) An in-character post consisting of at least a few good-sized paragraphs, with good grammar and spelling.
2.) The ability on a roleplayer's behalf to make good usage of the English language, with respect to common usage, stylistic choices, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, while simultaneously adding coherent posts to an existing roleplay through careful development of character and plot.
3.) May also refer to the capability to write posts consisting of upwards of 500-700 words, although exact parameters differ between roleplayers.
4.) A roleplayer who is capable and willing to write such posts.

Mary Sue
1.) A character who is idealistic, lacking flaws, an overidealized self-insertion of the player, unrealistic, or characterized by several cliched and archetypical traits, including physical appearance, nomenclature, history, and personality. (For example, a half-demon half-vampire girl named Ebony Starblossom who was abandoned by her parents and raised in a society where halfbreeds are hated, in abject poverty, who was abused and raped, who has the power to control fire, who speaks twenty languages, who is stunningly beautiful with purple hair with silver streaks, who hates herself, etc. etc. etc. Don't make me puke in my guide.)
2.) The act of playing such a character.

Metagaming, also Metagame, or just Meta
1.) Information or knowledge in an In Character post which does not reflect the character's range of information or knowledge, but information or knowledge gained by the player in an Out of Character setting, discussion, or research.
2.) The act of writing a post with such content.
3.) The habit of writing posts with such content.

Minimum Posting Requirement
1.) A minimum word count for in character posts mandated by a GM for a specific roleplay. (Example: Minimum 2-3 good sized paragraphs, or minimum 75 words).
2.) A minimum posting frequency for in character posts mandated by a GM for a specific roleplay. (Example: Post once a day at least, or post once every other day).

Multiverse
1.) A 'setting' for roleplay where all 'universes' and 'fandoms' and 'characters' simultaneously exist at once. (For example, Obi-Wan Kenobi can hang out with Harry Potter, Gil Grissom, and Napoleon Bonaparte all at once).
2.) The thread where such a setting exists.
3.) Posts made with such a setting in mind.
4.) Relating to such a setting.

Newbie, also Newb, Noob, N00b
1.) Any person with little to no experience with roleplay.
2.) Any person who is a newly registered member of the site.
3.) May also have derogatory connotations, referring to any person with immature behavior either OOC or IC.

Non-Player Characters, also NPC, NPCs, or Non Player Characters
1.) Any character which is not available for any player to play.
2.) Any character controlled by the GM, or whose posts are written exclusively or semi-exclusively by the GM. Typically, such characters play supporting roles, or background roles, or may be considered too powerful for players. For example, canon characters are often NPCs, as are minor characters.
3.) Any character with a minor role, who is shared between players, or who is played exclusively by one player in supporting roles, without access by other roleplayers. For example, the family members of a PC, or a clerk at a store, or a passerby on the street.

NRP or Nation Roleplay
Roleplay in which the players control nation entities or similar factions which interact diplomatically, economically, and militarily. Players often take on the roles of individual government or military officials in addition to controlling broader aspects of their nation.

One-Line, also One line, one liners, or one-liners
1.) An IC post consisting of one sentence, or one line of text in a very literal sense.
2.) The act of writing such posts.
3.) The habit of writing such posts.
4.) A roleplayer who consistently writes such posts.

One on One, also 1x1, OnexOne
A roleplay exclusively between two players. They may choose to only play one character each, or to play multiple characters each, and write the plot together.

Open
1.) A roleplay which is still accepting players and characters.
2.) A roleplay without a clearly defined plot, beginning, middle, and end.
3.) A roleplay allowing for freeform play.
4.) A roleplay permitting the players to collaborate to develop their own plotlines and subplots, without the burden of an existing overarching plot.
5.) A roleplay that is not forcing the story to go in one particular direction, or forcing the characters to work towards one specific goal or 'end', or conclusion.

Out of Character, also OOC, or Out-of-Character
1.) A post or piece of writing made from the point of view of the player, not related to a roleplay.
2.) A post of piece of writing made from the point of view of the player related to a roleplay, typically made to comment on one's own or another player's in character post(s), or to discuss furthering the plot or creating overlapping character backstories or future character interaction.
3.) Comments or remarks made in such a manner.
4.) Behavior consistent with that of the player's own personality, as opposed to a roleplay character.

Player Character, also PC,
1.) Any character which may be created or controlled primarily by one roleplayer, and which is typically a major character in a roleplay.
2.) Sometimes may mean any character not created by the GM.

Powered
Any character with a special power. For example, a character who controls an element, who can read minds, summon demons, see the future, or defy death.

Private
1.) A roleplay exclusively between two players. They may choose to only play one character each, or to play multiple characters each, and write the plot together.
2.) A roleplay with all spots already filled, or already collaborated by a specific group of roleplayers in advance of either the OOC or IC thread being posted publicly.
3.) A roleplay that has never been publicly open to signups.

Profile, also Character Profile
1.) A post containing a description of a character for roleplay.
2.) A brief biographical account of a character given for reference purposes.
3.) A list of attributes of a character, such as name, age, race (for fantasy), gender, appearance, personality, and history, which may be simplified or extended as the GM desires.
4.) Such a description.

Realistic
1.) A roleplay set in the real world, whether historical, modern, or futuristic. This last one is very rarely associated with the term 'realistic', except in near future settings.
2.) Any roleplay where there is no form of magic nor of technology which does not exist in real life.
3.) Also sometimes used as a general term referring to any non-fantasy roleplay.

Roleplay, also RP, Roleplay, Roleplaying Game, RPG,
1.) Any collaborative writing project in which the participants typically control one or a few specific characters and work together to establish interaction and a coherent storyline.
2.) Any game where the players take on the role of one or more characters in a separate reality from their own lives.
3.) May refer to the concept in general, the community of people who participate in such games, a specific game, or a very specific collection of participants and the story they are creating.

Roleplayer, also RPer,
1.) Any person who participates in roleplaying games.
2.) Any participant in a roleplay.

Semi-Literate, also Semi-Lit
1.) An in-character post consisting of one to three good-sized paragraphs, with good grammar and spelling.
2.) An in character post of sizable length, but lacking perfection in terms of grammar and spelling.
3.) Any in-character post shorter than, or with worse mechanics than, a literate post.
4.) A roleplayer who is capable and willing to write such posts.

Sheet, also Character Sheet
See Profile.

Signups, also Sign Ups,
1.) A thread in which prospective players may submit profiles for the GM's consideration.
2.) A thread containing Out of Character information for an open roleplay, where players may submit profiles for the GM's consideration.

Skeleton, also Skelly
See Profile.

Steampunk
1.) A roleplay characterized by Neo-Victorianism, where characters exist in a Victorian era, and modern technological devices are modified to fit into such a time period.
2.) A story characterized in the same way.
3.) The genre consisting of such works.
4.) The subculture of fans of this genre.

Storyteller
See GM

Subplot
A plot developed by players, typically without the inclusion of the GM, involving some of the characters in a roleplay, which takes place within the frame of the overarching plot.

Sue
See Mary Sue.

Tab, or Tab Roleplay
1.) The unique system created by Eric Martindale, the owner of RolePlayGateway, in which users can create roleplays as self-contained portions of the site.
2.) A roleplay created using this system. It contains its own embedded chat function, posting function, character creation form, and unique URLs to locations and characters in the roleplay, affording Game Masters greater control over their roleplays.

Tabletop Roleplay, also Pen and Paper roleplay
A roleplay where the participants physically meet together, where the scenario is guided by a GM, where the roleplay is focused around the use of character sheets (physical pieces of paper), spoken actions and dialogue, and where the success of actions is often determined by throwing of die. Example is Dungeons and Dragons.

Text Based Roleplay
Roleplays which are primarily constructed and continued through written pieces, each player controlling one or more player characters, posting in sequence such as on an internet forum.

Credit it where it's due this: This was completely copied off this, http://www.roleplaygateway.com/ylanne-g ... 37238.html , post. All credit to Ylanne.

This section covers metagaming and godmodding.

People want to have the most over powered characters. ( OP ) This will change, hopefully, once you read this section.


I: Meeting people

A big tip on meeting people is to not metagame. ( Wow, big surprise. ) An example is this:

“Bob strode up to Jill and smiled warmly. “G'day, Jill! You've probably never met me before, and I've never met you, but I magically know your name because I'm lazy and illiterate.”

When you meet someone, depending on your character, you usually don't know about them. Let's say a group of heroes who don't know eachother are assembling in a tavern.

Wrong:

“Magnus! Will! Dak! Darius! Illaisure or however you pronounce your name!” The adventurer shouted loudly. “I see you have all answered the call, as have I! The Dragon of the North will rue sending out his bandit knaves..”

Right:

The adventurer took a sip from his mead and looked around. The tavern was packed, and there was not one man he recognized. Many had refused to tell him his name. He looked around to another explorer sitting beside him. “Ay, lad, do you know what we're all here for?”

You see, someone who knows everything like that just ruins the fun.

II: Combat

The number one instance of godmodding is usually endurance. I've seen fights go on for a page or two. It isn't even that big of a deal if you lose ( Considering the RP has anti-killing laws. If it doesn't..Well, make a new application! )

Now, auto-hitting and auto-dodges. Sometimes people do things like this:

“The queen picked up her battleaxe and with a loud cry slashed over and over at your corpse. The blade hewed and cut so fast that there was no time to avoid it!”

“But wait! Somehow you did! Jumping up, you kicked the queen back and ran out of the building.”
That's not cool, yo.

There are occasions where people make characters designed to be cheap in battle. An example: Elite, hulking, bodyguard who was skilled at parkour and longswords, but also was an expert boxer and martial artist. Despite his large size, he could spring like a nymph and was extremely lithe. His only weakness are female spies who had dual daggers and katanas.

Get my drift? That's just..Ugh. No one wants that guy in their roleplay ( RP ) His only weakness was female spies with a specific set of weapons. So please, don't do this type of person. It's neither fair nor fun for people in the RP.
III: It was in my pocket!

As this title clearly suggests, this is about having knowledge of something that you shouldn't know. Here is a prime example.

“Percy Jackson tightened Riptide and charged toward Luke. He had never fought him before, yet by watching Luke fight over and over, he had found out his one protected weakness!”

“I'm starving..” Percy said weakly, and then noticed the bark on the tree. “!@#$%^ Bark!” In the nature's handbook, it had explained that this extremely rare bark was healing in nature, and also provided an ample meal!

It's terrible if Character One, the main plot, is hopelessly sick with an incurable disease. Doctors can't cure him, but....Enter Character Two, who falls madly in love with C1, and using her incredible healing powers, she heals C1.

Finally here, there's backstory insertion. This is when you somehow know someones backstory.

This happens too:

Another example of nonviolent godmodding: inserting yourself prominently into someone else's backstory without permission. Somehow you know how Jack's parents died, so you comfort him. What the hell you talking about? That's private! Unless your an acceptor, DON'T READ OTHER PEOPLE'S APPLCIATION! This way, you can slowly learn more about them.

IV: I knew that!

A hybrid of Powergaming & Metagaming, your character somehow knows something, even though it might have not been mentioned in the IC, just in the application / OOC.

Here's an example
The adventurers continued down the ruined temple stairs, their eyes alert. However, they didn't realize they were fixing to trigger a dart trap, which, if successful, would send a bamboo arrow, tipped with venomous poison, into their bodies. However, Evan, just for safety, muttered a safety spell to protect from any objects.

Another example:
OOCP1: “Wanna no something cool? Promise not to tell.
OOCP2: “Sure.”
OOCP1: “My character is sick and he's gonna collapse soon from exhaustion.

In the IC...
Quote
P1: Jack fell to the ground with a cry and slumped forward. He managed to cry out, but the soldiers, busy as they were, failed to notice him.

Person2: Luckily, James ran up and, lifting Jack up, since he had known he would faint, placed him on a prepared blanket and pillow.

See how many different ways you can metagame? I know it may be hard to not include a neat fact you learned in the OOC, but it’s much more fun for everybody if you allow the person whose character it is to reveal it themselves IC the way they’d intended to.


Hope Section I helped you!

Written by Korigon.

Oh yes!
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http://www.planetminecraft.com/forums/alternatives-application-thread-t96780.html

Alternative Universes RP

*cough* Rp including mech and awesome sh1t I'm coming up with... Coming soon to a PMC near you! *cough*

I'm in too!
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Plll, I guess I'll join.

Blood Souls and Explosions

Anyone gonna make a sig for this cause? We need one!

XamboldoreAnyone gonna make a sig for this cause? We need one! It needs magic and explosions and awesome sh1t!

Agreed.

Hey! You twist my words sir!

I want in!

Would my Latest RP Count as Original? Its the First Link in my Signature Currently.

Yes it would

Also, I'll Take a Shot at Making a Signature ASAP.

Signature (Scaled down)



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Thanks ThunderHooves! Others, keep sending yours in too! Maybe we can have options for people to choose their own. This is Option #1!

http://www.planetminecraft.com/forums/post427937.html#p427937
Theres one of my Rps, though it never actually started on a good foot.....

Keep those signature options rollin in!

...Through my short time here on PMC, all I've seen was high school RP's, unnatural romance...it's disappointing to say the least. I will join, just because I think that original RP's are cool, but unoriginal high school is for drools...

I remember when BlackFTW's thread was the first and only RP around, though it was riddled with godmodding and the such until I actually looked up the rules and told him.

Oh, why not? I've tried and tried to make original rps, I did an animal high school, at least 4 pages. Please you guys, look at uniqe things!

*Edit: Making an original rp because I looked at this. I'll post a link on here or the PMC Role-play hub.

I think what puts them off is the 'highschool' aspect of it. Seriously, what's with everybody's obsession with high school?

My new original RP:
fairly-oddparents-fourm-application-thread-t97497.html

You have some of the best RPs, Xamble!

Some of my original RPs:

Broken World: broken-world-applications-t89356.html

Rise of Nations: rise-nations-application-thread-t73246.html

So many RPs! *explodes from too much epicness*

Ewww, where did these guts come from?

I will join you!
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!!!!

XamboldoreHey! You twist my words sir! And may I say it was some excellent twisting of them!

Why thank you! I'll try a signature today.... Gives me something to do until 2.00 where I have to do maintenance on my friends survival games server ((god that's annoying to re-wire))

The_Universe You shall make a signature or DIE ONI!

Wow, that's a little harsh.

terrible signature i made

Can't see it... it shows a broken pic.

it was just cobra commander with the group name on it

I had an idea for an RP but i doubt i could make it any good. It would have been based around the book/movie 'Holes'

Do it!

i did it ages ago, but i couldn't think of a very good story other than the one in the book/film anyone else can do it if they want, i would apply!

XamboldoreRequest!
We need a banner for our cause! So, I call out to the RP community! Please have it include a tag line, such as:

The Original RP idea Hub. We're taking a stand.

Please keep them coming! You can make your own tagline, or whatever, but we need more options!

I would like to join you and your league of original ideas of roleplaying-ness *Curtsey's*

1. I guess I'll join....I guess..

2. A message from BlackFTW

Just wanted to say this, but... Original RPs, in my view, have two different meanings. The first definition of an original RP is something not done before in this RPC. Of course, that's not pure originality, I.E. a Hunger Games RP. It's not completely original because it was already made before, and you're just copying it but you're the first to make an RP out of it.

The second version of it is a 100% original RP. That means a completely original idea that you thought of yourself and no one has ever done it before. Obviously, a school RP is automatically unoriginal, unless you make some big twist on it like it's kindergarten or something. (Now that I said it, I bet someone is going to make a Kindergarten RP eventually.)

So, I'm assuming that this hub uses both the First and Second kind of RPs, instead of 100% originality.

By the way, the reason I'm posting this is because of my really lame excuse:
It's like quitting a baseball team. You quit it, and you don't do anything that the team does, but you can still go up to the team and tell them things.
Also, I really wanted to post this, just because I'm like that.

Brb. Gonna go make a kindergarten RP.

I'll join

I argue that 100% originality is impossible as every idea has inspiration at the centre of it. I say, 'don't think of an elephant,' you think of an elephant. I have given you that idea, and you can build whatever you want around it. It's still not complete originality.

Second, why did BlackFTW not just tell me?

BlackFTW is gone? NO!

Making a SIG for us :3 It involves a Baby Dwagon...

Yay! And Gobble, while it's true that you can base something of off that inspiration to make something unique, it's never, ever, going to be 100% original.

Ended up failing :/ I can't draw on computers and editing's difficult with hand-drawn stuff... anyway trying to think of a name and a plot for my new futuristic Rp... it seems pretty original....

PAGE FIVE IS MINE FOOLS

D'aww, we need some more sigs!

If you give me something pre-made but not edited, just text and a pic, I could try editing it...

It's alright, I'll find someone.