03-04-2018, 02:49 AM
Here will be a list of various tweaks and adjustments I make the the Core rules set of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Also listed below is a basic few general rules for playing in one of my games. These rules are the most important to read and understand.
BASIC SPIRAL RULES
Rule #1: I tell adult stories for adults. Do not read any of my game threads if you are under 18. There will be sex, graphic violence, drugs, and all sorts of nasty grown up shit that I don't feel like censoring. With that in mind, Sexual situations should not be graphic Porn. You can role-play the whole tender, undressing, making out and even subtly and tastefully mention how you are making love to another character/NPC. But do not post graphic in and out motions, noises or full on descriptions of fucking. Don't need all that, we have internet porn for that shit. If you are unsure how to do this, a simple few sentences like the following are a good example. (They walked into their room, shut the door and fell into each others embrace. They explored one another all night. It was amazing.) Done. No further explanation needed.
Rule #2: I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to tell a story with you. BUT if the die rolls kill your character, its fate. I use that as measure of plot twist. I will be pretty upset if your character dies, (As I put a lot of work into telling a story for them) as I am sure you will be, but them's the breaks. I will try any reasonable plot device to keep them alive or bring them back though. The caveat to this is if you do something overly and literally stupid. If you see me giving you a count down of some sort or replying with (...) and nothing else, then you're a few posts from either me letting you die or me killing you outright. If you suddenly stop posting for more than a month and DO NOT tell me of your absence, I will kill your character off after a month. Period. So keep this in mind. If you drop me a PM and say hey Spiral, I going to Europe for a year or getting deployed for the next six months, Hell even if your like, "I'm becoming a Buddhist monk and will be gone for four years in isolation", Solid. Your character is safe as long as you let me know something and will be waiting for you when you return.
Rule #3: Don't break the Narrative. It totally throws off my story brain if you post something in your story thread that isn't (IN Character) that's what the OOC (Out-Of-Character) stands for after all. I look at the threads and want a nice flow to the story so I can keep a rhythm going for you. If you interrupt that rhythm its harder for me to get it going again. Just as others who are reading your thread will be pulled out of the narrative as well and that's kinda like scraping your nails across a chalk board. So please use OOC or PM's to talk about out of character or rules stuff.
Rule #4: I have a low tolerance for bullshit. So, don't come at me crazy, pissed, or whining about me or other players in any fashion. If you have a problem with me or another player you can approach me about it. You just need to speak to me about it logically and politely and if it can be addressed it will be. It's not my intention to purposely upset anyone or put them in an environment in which they are uncomfortable, but in the same breath, You need to be polite about airing your grievances. If your not, trust me when I say this, it will not go well for you and you will definitely not get the response you were hoping for. (Unless of course you wanted to get told off and thrown out of the game, then well, bravo.)
Rule #5: Don't bring Out-Of-Character Drama into the Game. I see my stories as self contained worlds and communities. If you have a problem with someone outside my game. I don't care. Keep it to yourselves. If you or that person try to bring that shit into my game and/or disrupts it in some fashion, I will kick you out of the game. I have had people literally trying to cause fights between my players and not even BE a player in my game. (Shit blew my mind by the way.) So yea, that shit will get you booted or worse depending on how much bullshit I have to go through to get it to stop.
These are the basic rules of a Spiral Game. More may eventually be added, but these are the basic guidelines.
BASIC SPIRAL RULES
Rule #1: I tell adult stories for adults. Do not read any of my game threads if you are under 18. There will be sex, graphic violence, drugs, and all sorts of nasty grown up shit that I don't feel like censoring. With that in mind, Sexual situations should not be graphic Porn. You can role-play the whole tender, undressing, making out and even subtly and tastefully mention how you are making love to another character/NPC. But do not post graphic in and out motions, noises or full on descriptions of fucking. Don't need all that, we have internet porn for that shit. If you are unsure how to do this, a simple few sentences like the following are a good example. (They walked into their room, shut the door and fell into each others embrace. They explored one another all night. It was amazing.) Done. No further explanation needed.
Rule #2: I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to tell a story with you. BUT if the die rolls kill your character, its fate. I use that as measure of plot twist. I will be pretty upset if your character dies, (As I put a lot of work into telling a story for them) as I am sure you will be, but them's the breaks. I will try any reasonable plot device to keep them alive or bring them back though. The caveat to this is if you do something overly and literally stupid. If you see me giving you a count down of some sort or replying with (...) and nothing else, then you're a few posts from either me letting you die or me killing you outright. If you suddenly stop posting for more than a month and DO NOT tell me of your absence, I will kill your character off after a month. Period. So keep this in mind. If you drop me a PM and say hey Spiral, I going to Europe for a year or getting deployed for the next six months, Hell even if your like, "I'm becoming a Buddhist monk and will be gone for four years in isolation", Solid. Your character is safe as long as you let me know something and will be waiting for you when you return.
Rule #3: Don't break the Narrative. It totally throws off my story brain if you post something in your story thread that isn't (IN Character) that's what the OOC (Out-Of-Character) stands for after all. I look at the threads and want a nice flow to the story so I can keep a rhythm going for you. If you interrupt that rhythm its harder for me to get it going again. Just as others who are reading your thread will be pulled out of the narrative as well and that's kinda like scraping your nails across a chalk board. So please use OOC or PM's to talk about out of character or rules stuff.
Rule #4: I have a low tolerance for bullshit. So, don't come at me crazy, pissed, or whining about me or other players in any fashion. If you have a problem with me or another player you can approach me about it. You just need to speak to me about it logically and politely and if it can be addressed it will be. It's not my intention to purposely upset anyone or put them in an environment in which they are uncomfortable, but in the same breath, You need to be polite about airing your grievances. If your not, trust me when I say this, it will not go well for you and you will definitely not get the response you were hoping for. (Unless of course you wanted to get told off and thrown out of the game, then well, bravo.)
Rule #5: Don't bring Out-Of-Character Drama into the Game. I see my stories as self contained worlds and communities. If you have a problem with someone outside my game. I don't care. Keep it to yourselves. If you or that person try to bring that shit into my game and/or disrupts it in some fashion, I will kick you out of the game. I have had people literally trying to cause fights between my players and not even BE a player in my game. (Shit blew my mind by the way.) So yea, that shit will get you booted or worse depending on how much bullshit I have to go through to get it to stop.
These are the basic rules of a Spiral Game. More may eventually be added, but these are the basic guidelines.
