This message was last edited by the GM at 06:13, Mon 19 Dec 2022.

If you apply to join the game, this is what you should follow.

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While broody, loner characters may make for great novels, characters need to be able to cooperate and work together. Please keep that in mind when submitting your RTJ.

Please answer the following:

• Three-paragraph (Maximum) concept & background.
• What motivates your character?
• What is your character's job or what do they spend the majority of their day doing?
• Name three NPCs connected to your character; One that your character would go to for aid, one that the character would rush to save, and one that works in opposition to your character (Include name, relationship to the character, and whether they are Supernatural or Mundane).

• How familiar are you with The Dresden Files? WARNING: This game will contain heavy spoilers for everything currently written in the Dresden Files Universe (and I do mean EVERYTHING).
• How familiar with the Dresden Files Accelerated (or Fate Accelerated) System?
• How long have you been on Rpol? What is your longest-running game?

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:06, Mon 19 Dec 2022.

THE GOLDEN RULE
Put simply, my one and only rule is DON'T BE A DICK. Hateful speech of any kind is being a Dick. Not respecting your fellow players or the GM is being a Dick. Not adhering to the rules and Terms of Rpol is being a Dick. Blatantly breaking the rules is being a Dick... You get the point. We're all adults here to have fun and tell a good story.


FADES AND CUTS
You may have noted that this is a Mature game, not an Adult rated one. This is an immutable fact of reality so there are certain concepts we will embrace in the form of Fades and cuts.

Fade: The Dresden Files contains adult content, at least once or twice, but the series generally holds to the same rules we will on this matter. If you want your character to hanky-panky with another character or NPC the scene will 'fade to black' once the scene and the intent has been established.

Cut: If the character's are doing the hokey-pokey in the middle of the scene, that's where the Cut gets added in. Cuts will be denoted with 3 tilda '~' marks. Basically hitting skip over the R-rated parts and picking back up afterwards. See the text below for examples of both techniques.

Example
Riley snarled as her back hit the heavy steel door. Her acquaintance from the bar down the street was not only willing, but quite enthusiastic at that. He was tall, muscular, and possessed a particular boyish charm. She fumbled in her jacket pocket with one hand as she reached up, balled her fist in his brown hair, and dragged his mouth down to meet hers in a hungry embrace. After several long, sensual moments she managed to fish out her keys and turned to unlock the door. She'd barely gotten the key in the lock when she felt him press against her from behind, latching onto her neck and nearly making her drop the keys as his exploring hands wrapped around her. Finally she heard the bolt disengage and shoved the door open. She spun with a growl and dragged him inside, her hands fumbling at his belt
~ ~ ~
Hours later, Riley woke with a start at the sound of her shattering window. She sat bolt upright, gun in hand, just in time to see the lit Molotov sail through the broken window.

POST FREQUENCY
With the holidays coming up and the fact that we are all adults with lives and responsibilities, I am the last person on earth to tell you that you have to post a certain number of times a week or every day. Some times as adults we just ain't got time for that. Having said that, we should always strive to follow The Golden Rule, so if you see there is a post that requires your involvement you really should make the attempt to respond or at the very least drop by the OOC and let us know why you've disappeared and when you might be back.

If at any point and time there is no response from your character in three days (not including weekends) I will move the story forward by NPCing your character. I am not responsible for the state of characters, and any mental/emotional trauma, they may suffer under my 'care'.


FORMATTING
First and foremost, try to use the proper punctuation. Write in complete sentences and try to be as coherent as possible. Typically if you make it past the RTJ stage this shouldn't be an issue, but just in case here it is in black & white.

Pick a color for your character's speech, ORANGE is the only color off limits as it is reserved for game mechanics and GM information. Use quotations to indicate that your character is speaking out loud and italicize (and color) your character's internal monologue. If your character has the ability to 'speak' telepathically with one or more indiviguals, those interactions should be colored and contained within brackets '[' and ']'.

Aspects, in addition to being colored orange, will be both bold and italicized: Aspect.