[1] No Player-Created Clans/Tribes or "Web Clans/Tribes" allowed.

If it does not appear either at www.white-wolf.com or in a book they published, it does not exist. The exception to this rule was removed in March 2002. There are now NONE.

[2] NO NPC CLASSES PLAYED AS PC’S.

You may not use character classes specified as NPC only, as PC's (example: VII, NPC's from a WW Book). Having a clan/tribe book issued for it does not automatically mean it is a PC-Class character.

Refer to "Restricted" sections of the individual sub-rules pages for more specifics.

[3] No Non-White Wolf Character Classes allowed.

We are not AD&D. We are not Cyberpunk. We are not ShadowRun. We are not Highlander. We are not In Nomine. These games are spiffy, but that is not what we play here. We are White Wolf's World of Darkness ONLY. Period. Just because some idiot with a PC was savvy enough to load a web site with conversion rules, doesn't make it balanced or legal, and we have no interest in setting precedent by accepting it. As per above, if it is not in an official White Wolf published gaming item, it doesn't exist.

[4] No Non-Modern-Day Character Classes allowed.

No Dark Ages anything. No extinct by the 20th Century bloodlines or char classes.

[5] "LEGAL" CHARS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BANNED PLAYERS:

Any characters that belong to AKicked/Banned players will not be accepted at any time, even if the CS is otherwise legal & proper.

Playing here is a privilege, not a right, and getting banned forfeits that right.

[6] NO VENGEANCE CHARACTERS:

If your character dies, don't create a long lost brother / cousin / clanmate / packmate etc. to avenge your character. We will specifically reject any newly-created PC's of the same Clan - Tribe, etc. as the dead PC, or with BG ties to the lost PC, even if the sheet is otherwise 100% legal. No same contacts/allies/friends, work for the same people, any of that.

If such a new character or connection is not already in play before the character’s death (in the PC's BG), it will not get approved after the fact. The Op’s judgment on whether we think you created a vengeance character is the final word. If you can't convince us, you're doing something wrong in the design.

[7] NO "YOURSELF AS A PC" CHARACTERS:

We all put pieces of ourselves into the characters we make. However, some players have designed PC's that are supposed to be representations of themselves in real life. They have never worked out very well because the players that do it too often take every bad game move against their PC personally, so we will no longer accept them. If you want to base it on yourself and then change or expand it, then fine, but PC's designed to be "You in the World of Darkness" will be thrown out. We don't need the drama.

Dec. 2007: (The side game with Self-Insert PCs is unrelated to this rule, as that is for fun and unaffiliated with the regular chronicle.)

[8] NO UNDERAGED PCs:

Please do not make your character under the age of 18. Such characters, while legal and sometimes interesting, suck up an excessive amount of ST time spend just on trying to avoid truancy issues and legal issues of other kinds. Also they wouldn't be allowed in half the IC venues. Overall, they are just an excessive burden on game time just dedicated to trying to cope with being minors.

The following character classes are considered restricted for all character types. (ST APPROVAL ONLY)

They are legal as PC's, but have been a problem in this game before, so their use is restricted. The ST's have final say in who plays them and how many there are in play. 

It is unlikely that a brand new player will be allowed to run one of these. 

NOTE: Restrictions specific only to a particular genre (such as Clans, Tribes, etc.) are posted on the Sub-Genre Rules Page for that genre.  

[1] OBSOLETE CHARACTER TYPES

Any Clan, Bloodline or other character type that was phased out by White Wolf canon in the most current edition. Types that have been extinct before Modern Times are forbidden (see Section A4 above) 

[2] "Secret Society" Characters (such as Inquisition, etc.)

 

[3] Promiscuous Bi-Sexual Female PC's Run By Male Players. 

Legal or not, we all know why you do it, and it's OLD.

Deal with your cybersex fantasy issues on someone else's time, not here.

[4] Known "Combat Whore/Sword Jock" Players trying to run yet another warrior-class PC.

 

[5] Infernal-type characters of any sort not covered elsewhere.

 

[6] OOC/IC MIXING TEAMS:  

If your sole purpose here is to only play with your friends and no one else, and you can't be here without them, start your own channel; leave ours alone.

 

We will not approve paired up PC's written up between OOC/IRL friends, or Boy-Girlfriend/Spouse teams, if those PC's can only function as a pair or a unit; if they are PC's whose backgrounds are so inextricably linked that if something happens to one character or player, we lose the pair or entire group automatically. 

 

Give your PC an existence outside of your friend's PC, or they will not be accepted. Should one of the pair or party die or vanish, or one player in your OOC group of friends quits, you are expected to continue to RP as normal. You are individuals, no matter how you came to be here. If you already know you won't abide by this, do not play here. You waste our mutual time, and we don't want some kind of mass exodus if one player has an issue.

 

[7] OUT OF ELEMENT CHARS:  

Some characters just wouldn't logically be in this City (for cultural or geographical reasons).

[8] MISFITS BY DESIGN: 

You can choose a legal character that may not be safe here at all IC, because they are an outsider by design. Also, bear in mind that the Laws are enforced, both Supernatural & Mortal. 

We do NOT guarantee your safety or compatibility IC; that is your responsibility as players to handle through RP or Character Design. If your ST feels your PC is going to attract more than the usual ration of IC hassle, they may point this out and suggest that you alter it. If you insist on playing it anyway, they will not stop other PC's from turning on you if you bring in someone they would naturally loathe IC. Don't cry bully if you make that choice.

[9] REHASHED CHARACTERS:

Please don't send us a sheet for a Character you are currently playing elsewhere, just altered slightly to pretend to be another char. As in: same stats/new name, same name/new stats (different Gen/Char class/etc.). What usually happens is that people try to submit characters in another game's format, or using background info that doesn't exist in our game. The other problem is players lose sight of whose game they are in, when they are constantly playing iterations of the same PC all the time, and mess up their IC agendas or the PC's design by forgetting which version plays here.

If you alter a PC from elsewhere to be run in here, it is up to the ST whether or not to accept it. If you are not capable of remembering which CS or stats you use with us, don't run a dual-venue PC. We have found that a lot of players forget which "version" of that PC they submitted and screw up their dice rolls or powers, causing havoc during RP. So, it is better to just not have to worry about it in the first place. But if you insist, be prepared to make sure you don't make this the ST's problem by losing track of which version of your PC belongs here. If it becomes a problem, the PC may be removed at ST discretion.

[10] PC NAMES & CHARACTER PICS:

Please do not name your PC something that is taken by someone else now, or was in the past and is therefore on the blocked list. This list is HERE. Any first or last name, or celebrity on this page, is blocked from use by other players. Please choose another. This prevents confusing the players about which PC you are, or being stuck with player associations from the 1.0 game, or with other PCs currently in play.

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