Project Multiverse is meant to be an open and enjoyable experience for all of our players. Nearly anything can be found or created within our setting. So that members of our community can enjoy their time here, we have a collection of base rules for players to follow during their time with Project Multiverse.
-Staff
One of the core concepts for Project Multiverse is consent. We let players have extensive freedom to play how they want. In exchange, we have some important expectations for how players treat each other and the setting as a whole.
Generally speaking, using another player's character/s requires that player's express consent. Players running Shards and Plots are given implicit consent to use characters by a player participating in that part of the setting, within reason.
Unless they have consent to do so, players should never do something to another character that can't be easily reversed. This includes romance or violence in all their forms. SMs and GMs may bend this rule, so long as a plot's players understood what they were getting into beforehand. If you have something you want to do with someone else's character, make sure to to talk to them and get permission first!
We are a collaborative story telling community. We aren't interested in who is the most powerful or who has the most territory. Something being “the most” is only as interesting as the stories that can be told because of that.
Project Multiverse largely avoids setting restrictions upon its members in terms of what a given character or Nation can do. We accomplish this by assuming that everyone and everything is, at the end of the day, equal in the eyes of the story.
Example: If one Nation has a fleet of a million ships and another Nation only has three, the smaller Nation could still win the conflict. Both groups of players are just as deserving as a win - or loss.
Star Wars would be a lot shorter if the Empire had won by default, after all.
What is 'fair' may vary from Shard to Shard, depending on that Shard's themes.
Anyone found to be abusing the community's desire for fairness may find themselves suddenly without all their shiny toys - or banned entirely. If you cannot participate in a fair manner, simply don't involve yourself in it.
When one or more players can't agree on an outcome, we'll lean on our Conflict Resolution rules to help sort it out.
Ultimately, it's up to everyone involved to find a way to make the story make sense. Let's have fun together!
When players decide to RP together, there's some basic rules that players expect everyone to follow. The following are a few roleplay-specific 'rules' of behavior that players should follow so that everyone can have a good time.
Project Multiverse is a setting collaboratively built by all of its players. We are an RP-first community, so while we maintain a wiki for its ability to improve our roleplay, we do not wish for the wiki to be a major part of how we spend our time or a roadblock to good storytelling.
Adding content to our setting comes with a number of responsibilities:
While we want to be as open as possible about the content allowed within PM, we also need to respect the wishes of the players who already have content. Should your content impact someone else's, then you need to get their consent.
If you aren't a Shard Master, you should talk to them about major additions to their shard. Some Shards' wiki pages may have information about what type of content can be created for the Shard without oversight.
Anything other than characters, plots, or locations (each of which have their own namespaces that you can find on the sidebar to the left) that is not setting-wide should be created under the relevant Shard's namespace.
If you're creating something that affects the setting as a whole, you should discuss it with the site staff. Pages outside of a Shard's namespace that don't match the above categories are under Staff's authority and may be rejected or modified. This is because content outside of a Shard impacts all Shards - we want to make sure each Shard's setting is respected and only impacted when we feel it is truly appropriate.
Content with limited impact, such as things affecting a single Shard, is typically fine. Don't feel overly constrained.
It's easy to get excited and start adding all of your favorite things, but when you create something you're taking on the responsibility of making that something truly great. You may also be reducing the 'creative space' in the setting if your creations are overly broad.
Example: You decide to make elves. You describe all of the standard elf tropes as variations on the core elves. You give them magic and advanced technology.
If/when you're making something, please be thoughtful about the identity of your part of the setting, whether or not a new addition is necessary, and whether or not you're going to develop your creation to a reasonable extent.
Making a unique, well developed take on an idea leaves plenty of room for other players and expands the setting in fun ways.
In addition to our basic intellectual property rules, we allow content creators to define some basic asks around how others can/can't use their content. Most wiki templates have a section in the 'OOC' part at the bottom to cover this, but you can add it there yourself should it be missing.
Usage asks must be reasonable or they will not be followed. If you're unsure if something is reasonable - ask!
If you don't wish others to use or interact with your content at all, Project Multiverse is not the place for it. We're a collaborative storytelling community, after all.