In-Depth Description:
Once you've registered, you'll be able to fully create your character and live the life of a Roachian. You'll find yourself roleplaying in some of the strangest and most thought-provoking scenarios.
Posting:
Your first post can be anywhere at all on in Roachia. Just feel free to pick anywhere (e.g. the tavern, the bank, etc.) and post anything from: "I walk in" to "I walk in after having traveled a long time....". You can tell us how you got here, or just appear.
Posting can be in first person, third person, or even second person if you so desire. You can write it straight out, or you can do it poetically as long as it is understandable.
Feel free to add little tid-bits like a slight wind blowing if you’re outside, or the smell of water. You may also have your character talk to NPCs. Just casual talk, if its something involving a plot, then make sure a narrator or deity is narrating for the NPC. You CAN narrate for public workers like waiters in a restaurant or bankers in the bank.
Example:
(This is perfectly acceptable)
“Jay sat at the table and greeted the waiter when the tray arrived. He smiled and thanked him, he ate slowly. Fried rice and a soft drink. Across from him sat Jack Smith, the two were engaged in a conversation on the lack of cockroaches in the city of Roachia. Smith made the point on how it might have been the pesticides the government was spreading. Jay had mentioned that he thought the situation was uncool several times throughout. After the meal was depleted, Jay left a tip of 27 RC for the waiter and bid Jack farewell before he left the restaurant.”
Plots: Narrators post major plotline related scenarios in yellow. When roleplaying a plot, or part of one, the posting rules change a bit, because you can't "self narrate"... For example:
Post by Jill Random:
Jill walks into the room and looks around.
Narrator:
A small orb glows brightly in the center of the room.
Jill:
Jill walks up to the orb and touches it.
Narrator:
The orb feels warm to the touch.
Subplots, usually run by player dieties are posted in BLUE. Everything else is posted normally. This should make distinguishing plot from regular roleplaying easier.
Multi-Locational Posting: Posting in multiple locations at the same time is legal, but within reason. Meaning…
You’re posting in multiple places at once, but in the RPG, its considered to be different times of the same day. Therefor, if you die in one of them, you must roleplay yourself leaving all the others soon, and not returning. In essence, you’re slowly phasing your character away before they die later on that day. Of course, you can quickly return as your reincarnated character. Also, if you gain an item while in one place, you can’t use it in another that you’ve been roleplaying in at the same time, as you wouldn’t have had it yet then. But you will be able to use it later, for example, after you leave the place; as long as you aren’t roleplaying in too many separate places, the next place you’d chronologically be would be where you get the item. Therefor, it is suggested that you stick to only two or three places at once. Finally, Your character should never, ever see themselves unless a narrator makes this so.
Gaining Levels:
You gradually gain levels when you post. Each post counts toward your level... Meaning the more you post the higher your level becomes.
Higher levels are able to fight stronger enemies, do harder things, and find themselves in more complex situations.
Once you achieve 1000 posts, you become a "Superior Being", and if you continue to post responsibly, you may eventually be offered to join the brother/sisterhood of the moderators.
**Remember, don't post lots and lots of unnecessary posts just to gain levels, YOU WILL GET BANNED!!**
Levels don’t apply if you join a member group, such as The Order of The Eastern Sky or The Guardians of Ehlowel's Chosen.
Immortality Level:
There are three levels of immortality:
Level 1 - Not Immortal: can be harmed by all levels
Level 2 - Semi-Immortal: can be harmed by levels 2 and 3
Level 3 - Immortal: can be harmed only by other level 3s
Intellect Level:
Your intellect level is based on the cleverness behind what you post. It can be added or subtracted by moderators, global moderators, and deities.
Reincarnation and Karma:
In the rare possibility that you die, your character information will change, and you will be a new person. Remember that you can change your character information (I.E.: Name, Sex, Race, etc.)
Karma is given by players to players, and also reflects the amount of posts a player has made. If a player finds another player's posts interesting, or is in awe of this player he or she may give a single karma point to this player by pressing the "exalt" button under their user name. Pressing the "smite" button takes away a karma point.
The more karma points you have when you reincarnate, the better your character will become. Likewise, if you have lower karma, your character may not return as good.
The Roachy Jay and other Gods or Goddesses may award karma points for players who do good deeds, use micro terms, or worship the administrator and player gods.
If you kill a player, you will loose as many karma points as the player you killed's level.
Levels do transfer from life to life, as well as moderator + status, however RC and inventory do not.
Inventory Size:
A simple number that shows the amount of items in one's inventory.
The 'hood of the Moderators:
After playing a long time and following the rules, you may be granted optional membership into the 'hood of moderators.
Moderators DO NOT have the ability to create their own scenarios (narrate).
Global Moderators can ban members, however they MUST inform The Roachy Jay who they banned and why.
Narrators: Without narrators, the world would not move. The Narrators basically sit right next to The Roachy Jay and hear his whispers. They know everything about RRPG... And if they're missing something, he'll tell them without hesitation. Narratorship isn't easy to come accross, you have to be asked directly by The Roachy Jay, and CAN NOT apply. Narrators are at liberty to do pretty much whatever they want... Even without asking The Roachy Jay... Unfortunatly, they can't roleplay outside of Freeform Village. Their most important role is helping The Roachy Jay carry out the major plotlines. If the name appears in white, it's a narrator. Narrators can ban members without the consent of The Roachy Jay.
Gods and Goddesses:
Gods and Goddesses keep the game running, but aren't full narrators. They can only control NPCs that they create. They can "possess" players, as well as make a building collapse. Gods and Goddesses have access to The Dark Skies of Roachia where they collaborate with The Roachy Jay and other deities. Goddesses and Gods can ban members without informing The Roachy Jay, but must do so reasonably because, if discovered, they may reduced to mortals or banned.
If a moderator, deity, or narrator bans you and you do not believe you have done anything severe enough to deserve such punishment, send an email to theroachyjay@gmail.com and explain your side of the story! If The Roachy Jay decides that a ban wasn't necessary, he may lift it, and consequences on the one who banned you may have disciplinary action taken upon them.
**Remember: The Roachy Jay can appeal all bans**
People of No Souls:
The People with No Souls are those who post without sending in Bios, they may have no inventory, and no gender, nor a name... Just an alias; what they call themselves.
The Order of The Eastern Sky
The Order of The Eastern Sky is run by the water goddess, Yaellka... Who is also known as Yan Jueling of Chinatown. The members of this order have the ability to control water; and as it is co-owned by the god of time, Trijackha, members of this order may also find they have limmited powers over time. One could join this order by speaking with Yan in her mansion in Chinatown, or Trijackha who is usually nearby Yan. Members of this order have a direct portal to The Lake of Emjampai.
Power: Water Manipulation, the ability to pull hydrogen and oxygen molecules together and create water out of thin air (meaning it does not work in the void of space), shape water as willed, generate ice or steam.
The Magma Guards
Started by The Goddess of Fire Delajeth and The God of Earth, and the late Great Logan, The Magma Guards are a combind team of these two main elements. They are the the arch enemies of The Order of The Eastern Sky and have control over Earth and Fire. You might join them by speaking with either The Great Logan or Delajeth.
Power: Fire Manipulation, the ability to summon collective heat and create fire (also does not work in the void of space), control fire as willed, create smoke from thin air.
The Hegemony of Truth
The Hegemony of Truth, lead by BonTiki, who considers himself The Hegemon. "The Hegemon" found that with extreme concentration, he could manipulate light and darkness, though he is a mere mortal. Seek Bontiki if you are interested in powers of dark and light.
Power: Light & Dark Energy, pulling together light and/or darnkness from where it lurks and manipulating it. This does work in the void of space.
The Enlightened Ones
There are two main ways to become enlightned. One is by pledging your soul to Jemhoja, bringing your mind into obscurity. The other is to simply hold chopsticks with your chin and eat the broth of soup. The Enlightened are as nearly as strong as dieties and cannot be harmed except by few. In fact, the only ones said to be able to destroy an enlightened one are infact the four who probably wouldn't bother bothering them: The Roachy Jay, Ehlowel, Lord Outrrrageous, and Jemhoja.
Power: Can enter The Temple of Illumination...