CodeOfConduct

Child Characters and NPCs

Fulcrum does not allow Player Characters that are younger than 16 years of age. In addition, per the site host, anyone caught engaging in adult situations (eg, TS) with a teen/child PC or NPC below the age of 18 on Fulcrum will be banned from the game with no exceptions. Note that characters such as shapeshifters who are born in wolf form but mature to adult humans when they shapeshift are considered above the age of 18 if their character appears to be above the age of 18 in 'homid' form. Childling Fae, however, are still considered children, and are not playable on Fulcrum.

Behavior

Everyone is here to have fun. Staff will attempt to accommodate what each and every player and staffer considers fun. We will encourage players and staff to try new things, and we will tolerate certain behaviors that others may find offensive. People get mad at each other, and if it gets too bad, staff will intervene. What will not be tolerated is systematic enjoyment that depends on the manipulation and degradation of other players or staff. If you can only get enjoyment by showing how smart you are or how stupid other people are, then you should find some other place to play. If you can only get enjoyment by attacking other players or staff plans and stories, then you should find some other place to play. If you harass or harangue other players or staff OOCly, then you will need to find another place to play.

Non Consent

Fulcrum is a Non-Consent game; things will happen to your character as a consequence of another player's or staff's actions. You will never be required to role play a scene that makes you uncomfortable. Many themes of the White Wolf game systems involve disturbing and sometimes offensive events in which not all players are willing to participate. You may choose to Fade to Black(FtB), which means:

1. Alert the other players in your scene you will FtB
2. Contact a staffer
3. Work with staff, explain what you want your character to achieve and how your character would act so they can apply that to the character's actions as best they can
4. Log off

Once you FtB, you have surrendered the control of that character for that scene to Staff.

If you are being pressured OOCly to participate in a scene that makes you uncomfortable due to poses or emits, you should understand that this is harassment and it will not be tolerated by staff. Please contact staff immediately or send a +mail to the Godstaff. A log may be requested.

NPCs

The following contains information about how Sheltering Sky Staff And PrP Runners are expected to handle NPCs.

What's an NPC?
An NPC (non-player character) is a Staff or Prp Runner controlled character that is used to assist in the development and continuation of plots. It is /not/ a player character and is 'expendable' at the whim of the Staffer or Runner controlling it.

NPC Creation
NPCs are created to do a specific job. The general rule is that the NPC should only be approved if a PC with the same stats would have been approved for the same position. This is an attempt to avoid 'twinkishness' and curb the possible frustration of PCs running into such characters. Some NPCs for PrP's may have to receive Staff approval before they are can be used in a plots.

NPC Use
NPCs will only be used to further plots and/or generate RP for the MUSH. They are not to be played as player characters. NPCs with player bits will be allowed to vote XP for others (see +news XP for more details) but should not receive XP. An NPC supports the story, but does not tell it.