the WIP so far: an omniscient, unaging, and ancient race has decided the universe must be cleansed, and only the world of Restoria stands in opposition. After a failed battle in which nearly all was lost, the natives of the world know they won't be able to succeed on their own.
They summon together the last of their power to reach out to other worlds, bonding the layers of the multiverse together and pulling in the inhabitants of other worlds to help their cause - and to secure the fate of every world in existence.
The proposed setting includes quests, bonding mechanics, shared housing, and the ability for your OC's world to influence the world of Restoria. AC will be check-in and mod events will run monthly or every other month.
Canon OCs are allowed, but NOT canon AUs or rule-63's. When apping a canon OC, you cannot change canon events or create events that would have a massive influence on the other characters from your verse.
D&D OCs of your own design: Yes! OCs created for the world of an MMO: Yes! Characters from publicized campaigns, such as CritRole: No Malleable protags with pre-established storylines, such as WoLs: No
*Subject to fine-tuning as we aren't super familiar with these 'verses, but this is what we envision as fitting best with the setting.
Okay so characters like the Commander from GW2 or the WoL from FFXIV are a no-go but a random Au'Ra or a random Charr are okay, yeah? Just making sure I got that right.
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: AUs are AUs so those would not count as OCs no. Now if you would like to do an OC that is similar to a god from mythology but is Not That God, we ain't gonna police that.
Exacerangutan
: We're willing to be flexible with canon OCs who are close to canon characters, as long as your OC doesn't majorly affect the events of the canon such that it becomes an AU. future canon would be considered AU.
ah okay. I haven't been active in the dwrp scene for years so I don't remember how applications are like, I just remember that they took a lot of writing
I have an OC I've wanted to play for so long but has close ties to canon characters (and I haven't gotten around to writing her history so that she has no contact with them yet because of how long it's been)
She thinks the main character is like an older brother to her due to her past (but nothing that alters history. More like I wrote her around the events if that makes sense)
restoria mods
: lmao I feel ya, I just remember a game way back when where I typed paragraphs upon paragraphs on an app and got a revision request saying "there's not enough information in your personality, can you please expand" and I was like
Going to keep my eye on this game! I have a few friends with OCs who would appreciate the heck out of something like this. I'm a trashy, unoriginal canon player but I'll still signal boost the heck out of this!
honestly i dont have any journals for dd characters, but i could comfortably play Dismas, Reynauld, or even a Vestal? A Shieldbreaker I could figure out...a Grave Robber. Like I could comfortably spin about half the cast lmao. Otherwise, if you're open to cross canon, i have a whole pile of OCs, unjournaled canon/fandom ocs, and ofc canons
spoony bard
: Is the Heir an official game class or an AU created by players as a mod? Info I am finding is conflicting. Also Canon OCs are allowed as long as they do not have major influence over the events of the canon or changing canon events. So as long as they don't do that then you're good.
basically, it's the vehicle by which the player interacts with the game environment. there's no mention of the Heir's name, appearance, or gender, and they never appear on-screen in the game
but the Heir (you, the player) give commands to the hero classes and are responsible for sending them on missions and deciding how to restore the Hamlet
Just double checking: would a tabletop OC from a game that takes place in the setting of an existing canon without the characters and plot of that canon be allowed?
spoony bard
: That sounds like a Malleable protag similar to the FF WoL which would not be allowed due to their significant influence over their canon settings.
Speaking very generally: if the character has a role and a title that is given to you as an aspect of gameplay, then it's probably a malleable protag! If the character is one that you designed yourself, including role and title, and doesn't have an influence over the canon universe that you would have to explain to a "castmate" - this is an OC!
If you want to retool your malleable protag to be an OC of that universe, like in the case of a "random" miqo'te with their own story to tell, that would be fine.
so if we wanted to retool our protag from an mmo to be an oc, would it just be like "they aren't the chosen one. they didn't do the main story quest." but if they were in a guild, did side quests, would that be okay?
OH, I JUST had a brilliant idea how I can retool my Heir as a vampire hunter, so they can still keep their theme with the Crimson Court (and I won't have to change their icons or appearance lmao)
Any idea how flexible the accommodations/access to supplies will be? Like, for characters with needs (or just habits) outside the human norm? I'm strongly considering bringing a homestuck fantroll and like... I'm comfortable sticking one in human-style housing but it would influence exactly who I bring.
By Canon OCs do you mean characters that exist in name only or Fandom OCs that are our own creations based on already existing fandoms? I've seen it used interchangeably is why I'm asking. I have both.
big woop
: Technology in the setting will be mixed with modern, sci-fi, and fantasy. Not everything will be immediately accommodated, but can be changed as time goes with characters influencing the setting. Housing will be in dormitory style.
Sharkleberry
: OCs must be your own creation existing within the setting. If they are referred to in canon or are depicted by canon visually, that's a canon character, no matter how bare their existence in canon.
So for fandom ocs, what if the character is close to canon characters, but doesn't actually affect what happens eventwise in the series? They're more written to work around what's pre-existant and fit in that way rather than changing stuff
If another OC for that canon would be expected to be aware of their existence due to their closeness to canon characters then that's too close. As long as another player for that canon would not have to work your character into their character's story or the canon story, you're fine.
The Canon in question is pretty obscure rp wise so I havent really come across many castmates for it. If there was another fandom OC from it, I'd be surprised. If there was though, they might have to.
What if the chances of having another fandom OC from that series come along are slim?
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: The rule will have to be the same for all canons to be fair for everyone. We can't judge what canon may or not get more people interested in apping from it.
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they're still everywhere but that's kind of a curse with games like FFXIV and Dragon Age. dwrp gets flooded with the protags, and the few npc players get swarmed. Also there has been plenty of wank about xiv and da(i) ocs. (I mean there's wank about just about every aspect of dwrp somewhere, but the point stands I suppose)
No don't! Meme comms like bakerstreet can be a fresh kind of hell for ocs in my experience, but I think it's less of an issue in a game where there aren't as many ocs competing and crosscanon is basically required anyway
As for applications, expect something very similar to any standard game app. We are looking for applications that are easy to understand by a canonblind, free of canon-specific jargon, and descriptive of your character's personality and motivations.
For canon OCs, expect a justification section as to why your OC is a true OC (i.e. not a not a named or visualized character or role in the canon, not a major player in canon plot or events, etc).
There will also be partial power nerfing. Enough to ensure characters do not have excessive advantage at the beginning. You will be expected to detail how you want your character nerfed (or justify why they do not need it).
If this is starting to sound like a lot, please don't worry! Bullet points will be fine for many of these things. The most important thing is that you app makes your character easy to get to know.
How do we feel about OCs from an AU of a canon where you just take the setting/universe and toss out all the named characters and replace them with originals
How about characters who are offspring of canon characters who are canonic horndogs and likely have more than a few kids scattered around the world/galaxy/known canonic universe??
Eldritch
: This would be acceptable as long as the character has no significant impact on canon events, nor any role in canon that would have to be explained to a "castmate." We'll have a section on the app for canon OCs to state their case!
When we look at apps for canon OCs, we will be asking ourselves: is this a character that will confuse a future castmate, with a role/impact/etc that will need to be extensively explained to someone joining you? If so, then they won't be accepted. 🌈 Be kind, don't give your castmates homework 💡
Yeah, Verrity would be more or less "Hi, Dad! Remember that space travelling show you hitched a ride with? Remember that half-grav hoochie coochie dancer you taught some new moves to? Well, we could've started a family act, and I'd be the cute little kid." And not much more.
We won't comment on anyone's characters specifically in this post, especially since we're terribly canonblind to so many things. The rule of thumb is: if the character has a role in the canon that would be known to and have to be explained to an incoming canonmate, they won't be allowed.
So, then, it's "explained at all" not "explained in detail" so far as canon-OCs go? (this sounds aggressive but I swear I don't mean it that way, coffee hasn't kicked in properly) I'm leaning more towards a completely original character as is, but just wanted to be clear.
zero justice
: No worries, we totally get the coffee thing. Yes, in order to be fair to all players we have decided to be relatively hardline about canon connections.
all right, thank you! She could be rewritten as just a country doctor from a world with vampires &c., anyway. (I'm guessing "originated as a solution for a few plot holes in a canon riddled with them, and that meant marrying her off to a guy with no canon personality but a canonically traumatized-by-dad's-death son" is way too close.)
as an aside here, not anyone I'm really looking at but a potential hang-up, where would the mods fall on characters like FFXIV canon ocs? say a character is a thaumaturge, which is open to basically anyone who wants to learn but has potential castmates because of the lore and guild NPCs, for example.
if the rule held as firmly as "cannot have potential castmates at all" that would basically cut off any chance of xiv characters altogether though, so it's an important distinction
Pᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ Sɪɴ
: We are relatively canon blind to FF14, so we will be relying on the "state your case" section of the app. If there is an official depiction of your character in the canon that would be known to anyone apping into the cast, then we wouldn't consider that an OC.
because like... if you say your character is a resistance fighter, people are going to know what that is. it's a big huge part of the world meta, with an official canon depiction, which castmates would know of even if they didn't know that individual.
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: I'm not 100% certain but I feel like with ocs that aren't WoLs who could still have castmates can be easier to work with because as the WoL, everyone has to know you, and see you as the special chosen one, and important npcs, such as Cid, can only know one WoL etc, whereas guild npcs train a lot of people all the time-
yes, like I said, I understand how canon OCs work and what makes one difficult to app, but I'm an unfortunate stickler for how things are presented. "The character cannot have an official depiction in canon" suggests something far more restrictive, for example "the character cannot have any direct importance to the plot/world"
Those are different rules with different applications though? A character that appears in crowd scenes but doesn't actually do anything would break the "no canon depictions" rule, while an oc in a job that would bring them into regular public-facing contact with major canonical characters would break the "no influence on canon" rule
yes, which is why I mentioned that the statements are contradictory, because the rule stated was "If there is an official depiction of your character in the canon that would be known to anyone apping into the cast, then we wouldn't consider that an OC." but the clarification was the latter.
(fwiw, I actually got asked about this clarification by someone who hasn't been in a game with her canon oc bc she did think her character wouldn't be appable initially despite that not being the case in clarification)
I agree it could use clarification, but I don't think it's an inherent contradiction. "part of x guild" is a trait, not a character, unless the guild in question is small enough that all members would appear on screen at some point and/or know each other personally.
it doesn't change that I had to go read it and squint to interpret it to make sure I was correct in telling my getting that no, her character is still eligible
I think the clarification is that "part of x guild" is a trait that nonappable characters might also commonly have, so it's a clarification on the acceptable proximity to canon
1. We encourage anyone who needs further clarification to come to us themselves. 2. Let's try to keep combative tones to a minimum in public game spaces!
I'm not being combative, I was actually trying to help clarify things that could be shaky on an FAQ. good luck with your game, it seems like a neat premise.
OCs created for the world of an MMO: Yes!
Characters from publicized campaigns, such as CritRole: No
Malleable protags with pre-established storylines, such as WoLs: No
*Subject to fine-tuning as we aren't super familiar with these 'verses, but this is what we envision as fitting best with the setting.
i don't have a journal for musketeer... yetd&d13th age characterWhat if the chances of having another fandom OC from that series come along are slim?
2. Let's try to keep combative tones to a minimum in public game spaces!