I. Thou shalt contribute thine best.
II. Thou shalt not expect the best of others to appear identical to thine own best.
III. Thou shalt recall that roleplay is a collaborative storytelling endeavour.
IV. Thou shalt not place thine enjoyment of thine own character above the enjoyment others derive from theirn own.
V. Thou shalt not place thine desire to nit-pick above the enjoyment of others.
VI. Thou shalt observe the limits, requests, and preferences of thine chosen roleplay partner(s) and group(s).
VII. Thou shalt clearly communicate thine own limits, requests, and preferences as soon as thine art aware of them thine own self.
VIII. Thou shalt not utilise in-character circumstances to bully, boss, or manipulate others out-of-character.
IX. Thou shalt not utilise out-of-character circumstances such as absences, illnesses, or emergencies in order to gain in-character leverage over the characters of others.
X. Thou shalt not utilise thine character to broadcast thine out-of-character, real-life, ugly prejudices I mean really people it's the 21st century we shouldn't have to be going over this again and again and again but we do and we are and I'm so tired, I'm so tired, why are people like this, why,
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II. Thou shalt not expect the best of others to appear identical to thine own best.
III. Thou shalt recall that roleplay is a collaborative storytelling endeavour.
IV. Thou shalt not place thine enjoyment of thine own character above the enjoyment others derive from theirn own.
V. Thou shalt not place thine desire to nit-pick above the enjoyment of others.
VI. Thou shalt observe the limits, requests, and preferences of thine chosen roleplay partner(s) and group(s).
VII. Thou shalt clearly communicate thine own limits, requests, and preferences as soon as thine art aware of them thine own self.
VIII. Thou shalt not utilise in-character circumstances to bully, boss, or manipulate others out-of-character.
IX. Thou shalt not utilise out-of-character circumstances such as absences, illnesses, or emergencies in order to gain in-character leverage over the characters of others.
X. Thou shalt not utilise thine character to broadcast thine out-of-character, real-life, ugly prejudices I mean really people it's the 21st century we shouldn't have to be going over this again and again and again but we do and we are and I'm so tired, I'm so tired, why are people like this, why,
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*Worth noting the last commandment in particular isn't inspired by any particular recent experience, just... having been a roleplayer of characters-who-would-be-subject-to-IRL-discrimination-if-they-were-people on the internet since 2006. ><
TL;DR: RP is for fun, don't be a jerk, and don't mix IC/OOC.
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