Role-playing: Difference between revisions

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*Backstory - The history of a character prior to entering play. Often included in a character's bio.

*Blending - Confusion that occurs when a player mixes or 'blends' knowledge and events between their character and themselves, or uses OOC knowledge that wouldn't otherwise be known to their character. Blending should be avoided as it is distracting at best and at worst quite rude.

*Blending - Confusion that occurs when a player mixes or 'blends' knowledge and events between their character and themselves, or uses OOC knowledge that wouldn't otherwise be known to their character. Blending should be avoided as it is distracting at best and at worst quite rude. This is also known as "meta gaming" in other RP games/communities

*BRB - Abreviaton of Be Right Back. An OOC term used to explain an interval without posting, sometimes when logging off briefly. Usually pointless to add in chat, as it's easy enough to write a characters temporary exit. See AFK. The two terms are sometimes used together

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*SL (Story Line) - One or more characters' narrative involving a specific recurring conflict. An SL ends by concluding when the conflict is solved, or being dropped when it proves to be boring or distasteful to one or more of the participants.

*ST (Story teller) - Also known as DM (Dungeon master) A term originally from the pen and paper style role playing. The Story teller is the person who tells a Story Line, describes objects, constrols NPCs that are part of that story line etc. Can be, but should not be entierely confused with the Host(s)

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 *Backstory - The history of a character prior to entering play.  Often included in a character's bio.
-*Blending - Confusion that occurs when a player mixes or 'blends' knowledge and events between their character and themselves, or uses OOC knowledge that wouldn't otherwise be known to their character.  Blending should be avoided as it is distracting at best and at worst quite rude.
+*Blending - Confusion that occurs when a player mixes or 'blends' knowledge and events between their character and themselves, or uses OOC knowledge that wouldn't otherwise be known to their character.  Blending should be avoided as it is distracting at best and at worst quite rude. This is also known as "meta gaming" in other RP games/communities
 *BRB - Abreviaton of Be Right Back.  An OOC term used to explain an interval without posting, sometimes when logging off briefly.  Usually pointless to add in chat, as it's easy enough to write a characters temporary exit.  See AFK.  The two terms are sometimes used together
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 *SL (Story Line) -  One or more characters' narrative involving a specific recurring conflict.  An SL ends by concluding when the conflict is solved, or being dropped when it proves to be boring or distasteful to one or more of the participants.
+*ST (Story teller) - Also known as DM (Dungeon master) A term originally from the pen and paper style role playing. The Story teller is the person who tells a Story Line, describes objects, constrols NPCs that are part of that story line etc. Can be, but should not be entierely confused with the Host(s)