So, there have been some questions about Consent and how it works in our Strict RP setting.
Please remember the consent role is used in Persona Play; in Siochain it works a little differently. Furcadia states "The Dream Owner or the Rah and the people they designate have complete control over their own Dreams.
They set the setting and conduct rules for everyone to follow, which are usually posted on their Group page, website, or in-Dream rules." read the whole article here
In Siochain, the Consent Rule covers kidnapping, maiming, death, and adult situations, like sex. Our rules are found here.
Here is what Furc has to say about Strict RP
Please remember the consent role is used in Persona Play; in Siochain it works a little differently. Furcadia states "The Dream Owner or the Rah and the people they designate have complete control over their own Dreams.
They set the setting and conduct rules for everyone to follow, which are usually posted on their Group page, website, or in-Dream rules." read the whole article here
In Siochain, the Consent Rule covers kidnapping, maiming, death, and adult situations, like sex. Our rules are found here.
Here is what Furc has to say about Strict RP
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You do not have OOC control of the consequences of your IC actions. For example, In Persona Roleplay, it is appropriate for you to say whether or not your character fathers a child. But in Strict Roleplay, a character who has "unprotected sex" may end up a father or pregnant against both their IC and OOC will! For this to be handled in a fair fashion requires a referee, who can make an appropriate random die roll.
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At some point, in order to participate, you need to knowingly agree to a Continuity. This doesn't happen by accident. Control of the Continuity can be enforced by membership in a Guild and one's presence in the Guild's Dream, but it starts when all of that Guild's players mutually agree to adhere to one. If you haven't done so, then you're not a part of the Continuity yet. Expecting someone to adhere to ANY Continuity, when they haven't already agreed, is very unfair to them, so it shouldn't be done.
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In-Character Actions yield In-Character Consequences. This is the ruling philosophy of Strict RP. If you mouth off to somebody, you might end up in a fight. If you commit a crime, you might be the target of law enforcement or the angry grief-stricken relatives and friends of the victim. Although the actual consequences might not happen in the game, you should try to play your character as if it was a possibility.
Strict RP Guilds can also use a variation on the above philosophy. "In-Character Actions should yield FAIR In-Character Consequences." In real life, if you mouth off to someone in a bar, they might assault you but it would not normally be with lethal force. Therefore, attacking you with lethal force would not be a fair In-Character Consequence. Note that "fair" here does not mean "both characters have equal IC power"; it refers to whether or not you had ample OOC warning about what you were ICly getting into.
Consent is about both parties being ready, willing, and happy/excited to have a role play scene be it, sexual relations, death, maiming, ect.
Keep that in mind as you write and as you go forward in game and out. If he or she doesn't seem thrilled to be in the moment and they have already said no or implied discomfort or a no thanks; Then you don't have consent.
Keep that in mind as you write and as you go forward in game and out. If he or she doesn't seem thrilled to be in the moment and they have already said no or implied discomfort or a no thanks; Then you don't have consent.
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