-Knight-

• Yes, I AM over 18 & am 21+. I also have well over ten years of Role-Playing experience.

• My Writing Style is 3rd Person, Present Tense. However, if requested I will be more than happy to write in the past tense if you would prefer. Just ask and I'll make the adjustment.

• Profanity Level at PG-13 in my Role-Plays. Just a personal preference. Please respect that.

• Violence & Other Related Stuff: I don't mind some, but not when it goes to an extreme level. Basically, if the violence, and other stuff, matches the average superhero movie then I'm okay with it. I'm also okay with dark & gritty themes. I'll even be willing to push this to equal an R-Rated movie but no further than that.

• Communication: So many problems can be solved with simple communication and talking things over in a calm, civil, way. If we aren't communicating, problems will always pop up and go unresolved. So, please don't stick you're head in the sand & blame for me for the drama when you chose not to talk to me. Lets communicate, please.

• Collaboration: I will be more than happy to collaborate with you and help you carry the story/plot along by PMing you any ideas or suggestions I may come up with. But please be patient with me. I'm in multiple RPs at once and sometimes my creativity decides to take inconvenient breaks. I'll still try my best to come up with ideas, however, because I do LOVE to collaborate with others.

• Playstyles Chart (Always/Never): Way back when I first started Role-Playing via Play-by-E-mail, I had no one to help me out as a rookie. The same story played itself out most places I went. This is precisely why I choose to help wherever I can. I LOVE giving people what I never had. Among many other things, building up a great story with others is part of the fun of Role-Playing. Part of that journey is building up character connections, naturally or pre-planned. And I am certainly not going to stop giving people a helping hand and being a nice guy because of some "rule" under someone's Playstyle Chart. With that said...

When I am directly Role-Playing with you, I will absolutely respect everything under you're "Never" category. But if I am Role-Playing with someone else and I "break" one of you're "Never" rules, don't let it make you feel "uncomfortable". I learned this lesson a LONG time ago not to let what others do with their characters, that have no connection to my own, bother me. Why? Because it "always" causes drama. This is why you shouldn't let these kinds of things bother you. If it does, you're the one with the problem. In that case, stay away from me because you're "Never" rules do not apply to me when I am not directly Role-Playing with you.

• Fiction Vs. Reality: Just because my characters say or do certain things does not mean I share in them. Please keep fiction separate from reality.

• No Godmoding or Metagaming: Please don't Godmode with me. A simple example of this is Person A is a regular human while Person B is on par with Spider-Man. But somehow, Person A manages to dodge, or easily withstand, all of Person B's attacks regardless of how strong they are when, realistically, there is no way in the world Person A would last 5 seconds in a fight with Person B. That is clearly Godmoding.

Please don't metagame either or give information to your character about mine they shouldn't, realistically, possess. If you want you're character to know anything about my character, please do it through realistic means and through the course of Role-Play. Glancing at them and just 'knowing' anything about my character without it being revealed to them is Metagaming.

• Battling My Character: On the off chance our characters so happen to fight each other, please don't automatically succeed with your attacks. Always go for key words, such as "Attempts" or "Tries". I would also appreciate you don't dodge every single move my character makes against you're own. No one is invincible. Please don't add new powers/skills to you're bio during the fight that were never there before, either. I also will not tolerate lower powered characters being able to beat mine in a straight up fight and miraculously dodging and taking hits that should otherwise knock them out. If my character is stronger and/or more powerful than yours, I expect them to be treated as such. If you do not, I'll end the Role-Play.

• Controlling and/or Killing My Characters: Please do not do this without my explicit permission.



• Ghost Friendly: If, for any reason, you're unable to continue the Role-Play (or vanish during the planning stages) then please tell me. It will be unfortunate, but I won't be offended. Just don't vanish on me without saying anything, please. I will also inform you if I cannot continue for any reason. If, for any reason, you cannot inform me you're about to vanish for a period of time because circumstances won't allow it, then that's fine. I'll be here when you get back and I'll still be willing to RP with you if you're up for it. Ghosting on me may be rude but it is not a deal breaker.

• Flexible & Adaptable: I try my best to please my writing partner because what makes them happy, makes me happy. For example: If you prefer art for avatars and character profiles over RL images, then I will be more than happy to adjust. When in doubt, please ask me if I am willing to do this or that.

• Editing & Changing in My Posts: I'm also perfectly fine with editing & performing changes in my posts. For example: If you happen to spot something that needs to change for ANY reason, please send me a PM and politely inform me of the needed change and I will be more than happy to accommodate you. IN PM Role-Plays, I'll just edit my post and re-post it with the needed/requested changes. Not a problem at all.

• Post Length: I usually write 3+ Paragraphs per post, but I will also try and match what my partner gives me. But please, no novel sized posts. I'm here to have fun Role-Playing not read fan fiction that might as well be turned into a book.

• Post Frequency: An old friend of mine said, "Its not the quantity of posts that matter, its the quality." In other words, I'm patient to wait for you're post. I realize people have lives to live outside of Role-Playing and sometimes they are very busy people. However, I hope you don't mind the occasional PM from me if things happen to be taking too long.

My own response times will be once a day, if I can. Maybe once every other day, depending on how many RPs I'm in. I have a life to live outside of Role-Playing the same as everyone else. So, please be patient with me if I'm not posting as often as you'd prefer. Barring a few exceptions, I don't usually respond to RP's on Fridays and Saturdays. Please be mindful of that. Everyone has their schedule and so do I.

• Romance: The story/plot, and literally everything else, will take up about 80% of the Role-Play with Romance taking up about 20% of it. While I do appreciate romance, I don't enjoy giving it a strong focus. As for romantic pairings, I only do MxF or FxM. I will also NEVER do any romance with Divine Beings, Angels, Fallen, Demons, Ghosts, Clones, Genetic Experiments, Witches, Zombies, Androids, Robots, Furries & Human/Animal Hybrids.

It also must be noted that none of my characters will be tied to just one character while in a romance. Alternate universes exist for a reason. So, while one of my characters is tied down with a romance in one universe, they are still open to be romanced in another.

• Smut: Fade-to-Black ONLY. If we Role-Play together and you prefer the details, then I'll either write my character out of the scene if we end up going in that direction or I'll keep the relationship between our characters strictly on a friendly level.




Do Fight Scenes: I love some action in an RP. I don't want just talking scenes, I want some action! So, please make an effort to keep up with my character because I don't want the combat/action to be summarized, I want to play it out.

Don't do one liners: I hate one sentence, or shorter, posts. Please don't do that. I'll stop Role-Playing with you if you do. The ONLY exception to this rule is Trixie's Bar. I'm fine with one liners there, but in a real RP with me, please no one liners.

Do Character Development: LOVE this! It doesn't need to happen in every RP as I prefer it happening naturally and in an organic way. But when it happens, its beautiful. So, please don't force it.

Don't Shut Me Out: This, right here, is why I stopped Role-Playing on the site that I came from because people kept shutting me out without telling me the problem they had with me and wouldn't give me a chance to talk it over with them, explain myself and apologize. So, if a problem arises between us, PLEASE tell me about it. Keeping it to yourself does not do anyone any favors. Let's talk things over like reasonable, very civil, adults so we can explain to each other our side of the problem and then try and work things out along with apologizing. EVERYONE deserves the benefit of the doubt & a second chance, so please give me one and I will return that courtesy. I cannot emphasize this enough: Exercising a little forgiveness over minor slights (especially unintentional ones) is much better than holding onto a pointless grudge.

Do give me advice. I'm NOT asking you to be a Grammar Nazi because everyone makes mistakes. So grammar is not what I am asking you're advice on. So, if I make a writing mistake, I want to know about it so I can improve as a writer. Keeping my mistakes to yourself will all but ensure I will end up making the same mistake with someone else. An example of this is doing a Flashback scene with my character just to add fluff to my post. If you're the kind of person who hates that, PLEASE tell me so I can edit it out of my post and stop making that mistake.

Don't Transform my Characters without my permission first. What if I don't want my character to be transformed into a Vampire, a Werewolf or into the opposite sex? This is why I would love it if you consulted with me first if you want to transform my character into any other form. Thank you.

One Extra Don't: Please do not ask for my suggestions on what type of character I'd like to see you create for me only to take all those suggestions and throw them out the window before creating a character that was not even remotely close to any of the suggestions I gave you. If I give you my suggestions, that is what I want to see. If you're going to ignore my suggestions, then you never should have asked in the first place.

Aside from the forum rules, I always live by my own rule that is simply this: Have fun Role-Playing. Everything else is just icing on the cake. I hate and despise drama so I try and avoid it whenever possible. If I cause any harm to anyone else, its completely UNintentional and I will always seek to make amends with others to try and work things out. We're all here for the same thing, after all. Having fun Role-Playing with each other. All I ask is I be given the benefit of the doubt so that any potential problem can be resolved peacefully, in PM's, and hopefully a solution can be found so both parties are happy. But if you cannot find it within you're heart to do this simple little thing, the problem lies with you and not me so you might as well put me in you're block list if you're going to be like that. I don't need anyone judging me for things I didn't do.

When someone makes a simple request, such as communication, along with being given the benefit of the doubt the first time around (or being forgiven), and the other side refuses to give it; don't be surprised that the one asking for two simple things gets upset they aren't being given one chance. There is a VAST difference between that and being a narcissist/martyr. Learn it.

Asking for one simple thing and being upset that chance has not been given is called being human. For example: The innocent man being blamed for an act he didn't commit has every right to be upset over that (especially when he was just wanting to be nice and help someone). Sad that we now live in a society where people aren't allowed to be upset over anything, otherwise they are automatically the villain.