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Hello there!
We're so glad to have so many great new friends here in NV with us! We thought that some friendly reminders about the continuity's more strict lore might be helpful to those of us who are building new characters or bringing in old ones. We don't use a character application process here. In fact, so long as you can find a way to fit into the following parameters you can start playing as soon as you'd like!
New Versailles is an amazing place full of magic and wonder. However, the continuity here is a little different than some other modern settings you may have known in the past. You can take a look at things which are not allowed by clicking here
Some simple rules of thumb--
If your character looks too cool for school, they're going to need a human disguise. This has to be within the limits of believable. Anything that can't be argued as a cosmetic choice isn't going to pass as human.
Revealing your character's true nature to humans is not without risk. There are supernatural-aware officers in NVPD, as well as a branch of the military known as the Lazarus division who specialize in enforcing this rule ICly.
IC actions = IC Consequences.
If you're going to have your character reveal aspects of -or- the totality of their supernatural identity to a character who doesn't know about the supernatural world yet, it is polite to ask for their permission OOC to make that reveal. The player might want their character to be blissfully ignorant to it for a while longer. Alternatively, if you want a supernatural heavy scene, be sure to spell this out in your Open RP prompt so that players know what to expect going into it! (For example, any RP in Rochet and other specific areas would be openly supernatural by default.)
--If you find yourself unsure of how to adapt your current character to this particular setting please feel free to message one of our staff directly on RPR, or join our Discord server.
We're so glad to have so many great new friends here in NV with us! We thought that some friendly reminders about the continuity's more strict lore might be helpful to those of us who are building new characters or bringing in old ones. We don't use a character application process here. In fact, so long as you can find a way to fit into the following parameters you can start playing as soon as you'd like!
New Versailles is an amazing place full of magic and wonder. However, the continuity here is a little different than some other modern settings you may have known in the past. You can take a look at things which are not allowed by clicking here
Some simple rules of thumb--
If your character looks too cool for school, they're going to need a human disguise. This has to be within the limits of believable. Anything that can't be argued as a cosmetic choice isn't going to pass as human.
Revealing your character's true nature to humans is not without risk. There are supernatural-aware officers in NVPD, as well as a branch of the military known as the Lazarus division who specialize in enforcing this rule ICly.
IC actions = IC Consequences.
If you're going to have your character reveal aspects of -or- the totality of their supernatural identity to a character who doesn't know about the supernatural world yet, it is polite to ask for their permission OOC to make that reveal. The player might want their character to be blissfully ignorant to it for a while longer. Alternatively, if you want a supernatural heavy scene, be sure to spell this out in your Open RP prompt so that players know what to expect going into it! (For example, any RP in Rochet and other specific areas would be openly supernatural by default.)
--If you find yourself unsure of how to adapt your current character to this particular setting please feel free to message one of our staff directly on RPR, or join our Discord server.
Community Feedback
- Spitballing theories on canon isn't very helpful to this particular PSA. The rule for the continuity is that the supernatural remain hidden. Things are kept deliberately nebulous so that each supernatural can come to their own conclusion or have their own reason for hiding. There's no central or overarching governing body for the whole of the supernatural world, so micromanaging and defining that in canon would be a monumental task that would exhaust staff resources.
The government chooses to keep the supernatural world hidden for reasons mentioned previously, and it enforces that appropriately. Any further questions can be directed to staff directly, but as this is directly from my mouth, I hope it suffices!
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Sorry, I was kind of expanding off my original point. Basically the alternative is worse for everyone. I think that was the thrust of it.
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Is that canon or are we just throwing ideas around?
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I think what's keeping both sides contented with the situation is the threat of mutually assured destruction. Humanity and the supernatural would tear the world apart, at least how I see it. The same reason the USSR and the US never went to war.
There will be flashpoints and things that could, if handled poorly, spiral into a nightmare war that would destroy the world. I just think most on both sides dont want it. -
That's a good way of thinking of it, Hexus. But we know insurgents exist. How can it be possible to keep a secret that big is what's really confusing me. I feel like it would be really difficult to keep such a large, powerful, and diverse group of people silent without escalating the situation to violence.
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Hexus gets it. *fingerguns*
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If I'm following this right. MIB is a good baseline idea as to the why things are. The government knows supes exist and want to keep them secret. The government would rather put out a few small fires from one or two supes revealing themselves or abusing their power.
The government probably wants to treat supes as an insurgency, rather than enemy combatants. They dont want to escalate the scope of the fight because then everything falls a part. Supes just kind of understand the what could happen if they disrupt the status quo. -
Cool beans. I'm looking forward to it. Having more solid reasoning behind fundamental continuity concepts like hiding the supernatural will really make this a richer roleplay world.
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The lore is a constant work in progress, and more information will be added to the group RPR as it's written up. I am but one woman with a handful of volunteers.
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Alright, cool. Got it. Do you or any of the mods have plans to flesh out that lore? Or should we expect that it will be left the way it is?
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The Men In Black comparison is a good one. The essential train of thought from several factions is that mortals knowing the reality of the supernatural could potentially make their lives harder. Imagine vampires trying to stalk knowing victims who are armed with actual protection against them, now imagine that on a massive scale. The government cares less about the supernatural self-preservation and more about preventing widespread panic.
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Alright I have one more point I want to clarify and then I'll stop asking questions.
There isn't any sort of politics or backstory as to -why- supes have to be hidden from the world. It's just a sort of "because they can't handle the truth" conspiracy a la Men In Black and we shouldn't question it too much? -
Sure! For added clarification, it largely depends on the scope of the exposure. Dropping your glamour and revealing yourself to have inhuman features in front of a handful of people is unlikely to draw any ire, but opening up a portal directly to hell in a public space would have the Lazarus Division showing up to imprison you (or kill you if it's a very big portal and people are being endangered). It has to be fairly egregious or risk exposure of the supernatural population at large in order to risk retaliation.
In most cases, exposure can be written off as a hallucination or something, in which case the government does not intervene. Even in cases where video is taken, people could say it's all special effects in this day and age.
The main point of this PSA was to encourage people to have their characters hide what they are for the sake of maintaining the continuity and respecting those with humans who OOCly don't want them to be exposed just yet. It all boils down to respect for the setting and for other people. -
Hey there. I haven't roleplayed yet in NV. But, can you be a more specific about what the consequences to a supe outting him or herself might be?
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Auberon
February 21st 2020
7:37pm