The Mission Statement is effectively our reminder to ourselves, and our explaination to you as to what Orcrest is about and why we have made the design decisions that we made. While it is not the rules (those are found in another section) it is the lens through which rules violations, criticisms and other aspects of the sim will be interpreted.

The purpose of Beyond Orcrest, much like Mhirdrun before it, is to create a fantasy role-playing environment for you - the person reading this - to enjoy. However, because we cannot please everyone, or even a majority of the people all the time, we've chosen to focus on a few things that we feel help maintain the general sense of enjoyment of a person for the most sustained period. The primary features of Beyond Orcrest are:
 

• "Shit Happens" play-style: Our RP is NOT based on consent or BDSM ideas; because it isn't intended to be BDSM ... it's based on improvised story-telling. Shit happens. Leave your good china plates ( the same character you've been playing for 10+ years ) on the shelf where they belong and come play rough with us. At the end of the day -- we're all playing a game with each other. Tywin's actor doesn't get bitter because Tyrion killed his character.

• A balanced™ rules system adapted from table-top rules, using table-top style dice. (We're adding more automation this time so you don't have to do math!)

• An RP environment where OOC disruptions and OOC manipulations are frowned upon.

• An RP environment where character creation and individual powers are controlled, but choices in play are improvised and free.

• Where Game Masters and Admins are not appointed faction leaders - though they are free to start their own or be elected to positions of leadership.

• Where Player Characters (including staff characters!) are allowed the freedom to win and lose.

• Fully-realized role-playing environment where your choices have permanent consequences on your own, and other's characters.

• A Classical "Swords & Sorcery" setting - that while not necessarily 'realistic' will feel enduring, natural and intuitive to play in.

• Providing people space to get away from the crowd without dividing the sim traffic, or having to leave the sim for semi-privacy -- with a focus on scope and scale.

• NOT providing OOC safe-zones or immunity faction headquarters; keeping ALL zones as open traffic for RP.

• If playing something out makes you uncomfortable; it can happen off camera: "Fade to Black"; preserve other people's story.

• Fade to Black as a "Fast Forward" button. Not a "Reset to Last Saved Game" button.

• Dice based table-top themed RP that covers more than just combat.

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Things that are only secondary ideas; while present, MUST take a back-seat to the above:

• Allowing people to play a wide variety of fantasy races.

• Providing rental homes for players and factions.

• Allowing capture-RP or slavery scenarios.

• Sexual and other Adult roleplaying opportunities.

 

If the things you've read here appeal to you? Welcome to Beyond Orcrest.

 

Please check the menus at the top of this page and make sure that you familiarize yourself with:

1. The Community Code of Conduct

2. Lore Questions:

3. Race & Species Lore

4. Character Creation & Common Character Builds

 

And remember! If you aren't pissing anyone off, you probably aren't doing anything important!