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beautifuldreamermods) wrote2021-11-18 06:48 pm
beautifuldreamermods) wrote2021-11-18 06:48 pm
Premise & OOC FAQ
PREMISE & BASICS
?What is Beautiful Dreamer?
Beautiful Dreamer is an AU game based on the magical girl genre, with an original setting, story and magic system. Characters are AU'd into the world of BD and become Dreamers, magical warriors who are tasked with keeping the dreaming and waking worlds safe from that which would threaten it.
Beautiful Dreamer draws most of its thematic and aesthetic influence from all over the genre but mainly draws on stories from the "magical warrior" subgenre, such as Sailor Moon, Blue Reflection, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Wonder Egg Priority and Sleepless Domain.
Many of its combat and power mechanics are adapted to DWRP from the magical girl tabletop system Radiant Hearts by kithecat, with permission and thanks.
Beautiful Dreamer draws most of its thematic and aesthetic influence from all over the genre but mainly draws on stories from the "magical warrior" subgenre, such as Sailor Moon, Blue Reflection, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Wonder Egg Priority and Sleepless Domain.
Many of its combat and power mechanics are adapted to DWRP from the magical girl tabletop system Radiant Hearts by kithecat, with permission and thanks.
?What kind of game is Beautiful Dreamer?
As mentioned above, Beautiful Dreamer is a full AU game (that is to say, not amnesia/memloss/reincarnation/etc) based on the magical girl genre. In terms of mechanics, it is split between combat and exploration based missions, dungeon exploration and slice-of-life happenings, with players and characters encouraged to invest themselves in both the mundane and fantastical parts of the setting. Mod-run event logs that cover the game's metaplot will be posted on schedule but players also have the freedom to run their own explorations and smaller plots within the setting and these may pay off in a big way!
The mundane half of the setting (i.e, the waking world) is intended to be a modern day setting paralleling our own. Because of this, the game operates on forced humanization for any non-human characters. Additionally, power loss will be at play for characters AU'd into the setting, but you are free to have them use their canon powers and abilities as their Dreamer skillset.
Thematically, Beautiful Dreamer is a game built to encourage long-term character arcs in relation to things like self identity and hopes for the future, with players having the freedom to take this in both positive and negative directions. And of course, we're all here for anime shenanigans.
The mundane half of the setting (i.e, the waking world) is intended to be a modern day setting paralleling our own. Because of this, the game operates on forced humanization for any non-human characters. Additionally, power loss will be at play for characters AU'd into the setting, but you are free to have them use their canon powers and abilities as their Dreamer skillset.
Thematically, Beautiful Dreamer is a game built to encourage long-term character arcs in relation to things like self identity and hopes for the future, with players having the freedom to take this in both positive and negative directions. And of course, we're all here for anime shenanigans.
?Who can app to Beautiful Dreamer?
Anybody! You do not need any kind of invite to app to Beautiful Dreamer. Just hit the app page when they're open and you're golden!
?Who's behind this?
Beautiful Dreamer is run by Claire (![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
phainein). Any questions about the game or issues/concerns can be directed to me!
RULES & MISC.
!Expected Player Conduct
Rule Zero of Beautiful Dreamer is basically just a lot of things boiled down into one simple phrase: Don't Be An Asshole. While we understand that not all players will always be best friends with each other, we do expect a base level of civility from and for everyone in the game. Treat your fellow players and mods with the same level of courtesy and respect you'd like to receive in return and in instances where you would prefer not to interact with another player, please utilize their opt outs and alert the mods if this becomes a larger issue.
In terms of RP, players are expected to keep basic rules of etiquette in mind and refrain from godmodding, infomodding, blurring IC/OOC boundaries and otherwise avoid making other people's time in the game unpleasant. Act in good faith and make an effort to stay engaged and active, particularly if you intend to play a character who becomes involved in the metaplot.
If we find players to be contributing to an unsafe or unpleasant atmosphere in the game, we may issue a warning. In extreme cases of bad behaviour, the mod team reserves the right to act in the interests of the playerbase and issue an outright ban without prior warning.
Players are encouraged to try and resolve small-scale disagreements between themselves, but please don't hesitate to come to the mods if you find yourself in a situation you need some intervention in. We're always here to help!
In terms of RP, players are expected to keep basic rules of etiquette in mind and refrain from godmodding, infomodding, blurring IC/OOC boundaries and otherwise avoid making other people's time in the game unpleasant. Act in good faith and make an effort to stay engaged and active, particularly if you intend to play a character who becomes involved in the metaplot.
If we find players to be contributing to an unsafe or unpleasant atmosphere in the game, we may issue a warning. In extreme cases of bad behaviour, the mod team reserves the right to act in the interests of the playerbase and issue an outright ban without prior warning.
Players are encouraged to try and resolve small-scale disagreements between themselves, but please don't hesitate to come to the mods if you find yourself in a situation you need some intervention in. We're always here to help!
!Expected Content & Warnings
Based as it is on classical magical girl tropes, Beautiful Dreamer is intended to be a relatively light-hearted and affirming story. While it borrows elements and inspiration from entries into the genre known to swing grimdark, BD itself is not intended to be a "dark" magical girl story nor do we want or intend for the game to consistently stray into disturbing, upsetting or NSFW territory. If you need a quick comparison for shorthand's sake, the game is intended to be more on the Princess Tutu or Sleepless Domain side of things than the Madoka Magica or Magical Girl Site side.
Due to the nature of the premise and the setting mechanics, players should expect to encounter prominent themes of anxiety, depression and despair and instances of trauma and abuse discussed and referred to but not depicted directly. However, the intent is for characters to face and overcome these issues and come out stronger on the other side and not just to throw rocks at them for the sake of it.
Players should also be on the lookout for mild to moderate violence and body horror, unreality and mild existential horror and partial to total loss of memory and identity. Individual player plots focused on exploring a character's headspace may also dip into disturbing imagery & horror-adjacent content depending on the player and character in question. Logs and events will come with additional content warnings where appropriate and players will never be forced to take part in aspects of the game they might be uncomfortable with.
In addition, the nature of a panfandom game, as well as a game focused on characters overcoming personal struggles, means that potentially disturbing/upsetting material outside of the above will be introduced to the game on occasion. The mod team does not plan to excessively restrict what can be played out or discussed in game, but we do ask that players refrain from coming up with AU backstories that are overly dark or excessively traumatic for characters – as mentioned above, Beautiful Dreamer is ultimately intended to be a relatively light-hearted game above all else. We also expect players to warn for instances of upsetting or disturbing material when it comes up in threads and provide avenues for other players to opt out of interacting with this subject matter.
If you run into any problems in this regard, don’t hesitate to let the mods know.
Due to the nature of the premise and the setting mechanics, players should expect to encounter prominent themes of anxiety, depression and despair and instances of trauma and abuse discussed and referred to but not depicted directly. However, the intent is for characters to face and overcome these issues and come out stronger on the other side and not just to throw rocks at them for the sake of it.
Players should also be on the lookout for mild to moderate violence and body horror, unreality and mild existential horror and partial to total loss of memory and identity. Individual player plots focused on exploring a character's headspace may also dip into disturbing imagery & horror-adjacent content depending on the player and character in question. Logs and events will come with additional content warnings where appropriate and players will never be forced to take part in aspects of the game they might be uncomfortable with.
In addition, the nature of a panfandom game, as well as a game focused on characters overcoming personal struggles, means that potentially disturbing/upsetting material outside of the above will be introduced to the game on occasion. The mod team does not plan to excessively restrict what can be played out or discussed in game, but we do ask that players refrain from coming up with AU backstories that are overly dark or excessively traumatic for characters – as mentioned above, Beautiful Dreamer is ultimately intended to be a relatively light-hearted game above all else. We also expect players to warn for instances of upsetting or disturbing material when it comes up in threads and provide avenues for other players to opt out of interacting with this subject matter.
If you run into any problems in this regard, don’t hesitate to let the mods know.
!Timezones & Availability
Beautiful Dreamer's headmod, unfortunately, lives in England and thus all times and dates for the game are run on UK time. Depending on the time of year, this will be either GMT or BST (GMT+1). For players outside the UK, you can use websites like Timezone Converter to doublecheck when the listed times fall in your timezones.
My overall availability is all over the place because of a slightly erratic work schedule but I am generally available on and off through the week and all day through weekends (barring other commitments.)
My overall availability is all over the place because of a slightly erratic work schedule but I am generally available on and off through the week and all day through weekends (barring other commitments.)
APPS & SUITABILITY
?Who can I app to Beautiful Dreamer?
Beautiful Dreamer accepts characters from all types of canons and mediums. In addition, while the game is based on the magical girl genre, characters of all ages and genders can be apped as Dreamers. Give Us Your Best Oyaji Mahous.
At base, players can have up to four characters in the game at any time – two Dreamers and two mundane/unpowered characters. Additional character slots can be optionally purchased via AC rewards.
We have a soft age cap of thirteen, but any characters below that are welcome to the game so long as you can make a good case for them in the suitability section of your app.
As mentioned above, characters who are nonhuman must be humanized. You do not need to find a PB or fill out a full roster of AU icons, but you are expected to provide some sort of visual reference for your character's AU appearance.
Characters who require large amounts of headcanon to be playable may be apped but will be judged on a case by case basis. Fictionalized versions of real people will also be judged on a case by case basis – as a rule of thumb, something like Fate or Eternal Sonata is fine but something like a VTuber or The Nostalgia Critic is not.
Original characters and PCs from tabletop campaigns are allowed and are grouped under the same heading. Players can also – and are highly encouraged to! – create setting native OCs to app into Beautiful Dreamer.
At base, players can have up to four characters in the game at any time – two Dreamers and two mundane/unpowered characters. Additional character slots can be optionally purchased via AC rewards.
We have a soft age cap of thirteen, but any characters below that are welcome to the game so long as you can make a good case for them in the suitability section of your app.
As mentioned above, characters who are nonhuman must be humanized. You do not need to find a PB or fill out a full roster of AU icons, but you are expected to provide some sort of visual reference for your character's AU appearance.
Characters who require large amounts of headcanon to be playable may be apped but will be judged on a case by case basis. Fictionalized versions of real people will also be judged on a case by case basis – as a rule of thumb, something like Fate or Eternal Sonata is fine but something like a VTuber or The Nostalgia Critic is not.
Original characters and PCs from tabletop campaigns are allowed and are grouped under the same heading. Players can also – and are highly encouraged to! – create setting native OCs to app into Beautiful Dreamer.
?Who CAN'T I app to Beautiful Dreamer?
At this time, Beautiful Dreamer does not accept:
We also ask that characters keep overall suitability and appropriateness for the setting and tone of the game in mind when considering potential characters. Everybody loves a good grouch or a reluctant hero, but characters who are completely uninterested in taking part in the magical warrior aspects of the game or participating in the metaplot would be a poor fit for the game overall. In addition, characters who are overly abrasive and hellbent on mayhem with no ability to function day-to-day in the game setting will likely be subject to revision requests.
Finally, characters intent on bigotry, racism, homophobia, transphobia, misgendendering of trans/nonbinary characters in-game or other such instances of yikes behaviour will not be accepted to Beautiful Dreamer.
- ⧖ Player-created AUs unrelated to BD
⧖ Fandom OCs
⧖ CRAUs
⧖ Characters without a mostly human level of sapience and/or ability to communicate
⧖ Characters from canons that are exclusively sexual/pornographic
⧖ Characters from canons that lack an English translation (official or otherwise)
We also ask that characters keep overall suitability and appropriateness for the setting and tone of the game in mind when considering potential characters. Everybody loves a good grouch or a reluctant hero, but characters who are completely uninterested in taking part in the magical warrior aspects of the game or participating in the metaplot would be a poor fit for the game overall. In addition, characters who are overly abrasive and hellbent on mayhem with no ability to function day-to-day in the game setting will likely be subject to revision requests.
Finally, characters intent on bigotry, racism, homophobia, transphobia, misgendendering of trans/nonbinary characters in-game or other such instances of yikes behaviour will not be accepted to Beautiful Dreamer.
?I want to play a supernatural creature/robot/weird edge case not covered here! Can I do that?
Unfortunately, we don't currently allow characters to come into game as anything but a regular squishy human! However, we do also love weird edge cases and if you've come up with one of them that falls in line with the Beautiful Dreamer lore and setting info, feel free to pitch it to me! Worst case scenario, you just have to workshop it a little more. Generally though, if you have an idea that you're not totally sure about you can just give me a yell and we'll discuss it!
?What's the app process?
Beautiful Dreamer's app process is pretty simple!
The AU workshop opens the 10th of each month and prospective players are encouraged to use it to plot out their AU and plan out potential CR. Apps will be open for the final week of every month and are screened to allow you to keep any sneaky secrets you have under your hat. When applying, just head over to the application page, fill out the appropriate form and post your application in the comments. If your app is too long for a single comment, feel free to split it across as many as you need.
Apps are processed on a rolling basis as the week goes by until midnight of the final day of the month, at which point apps close. When processed, your app will receive one of the following responses:
BD does not have IC intro logs, so there's no need to wait for one - characters can begin posting as soon as they're accepted and have done all their intro housekeeping!
The AU workshop opens the 10th of each month and prospective players are encouraged to use it to plot out their AU and plan out potential CR. Apps will be open for the final week of every month and are screened to allow you to keep any sneaky secrets you have under your hat. When applying, just head over to the application page, fill out the appropriate form and post your application in the comments. If your app is too long for a single comment, feel free to split it across as many as you need.
Apps are processed on a rolling basis as the week goes by until midnight of the final day of the month, at which point apps close. When processed, your app will receive one of the following responses:
- Accepted: Success! Your acceptance form will have some housekeeping for you to do but once that's done, you're free to start playing in the game.
Revision Request: Revision requests just mean there's something about your app that needs fixing before it can be accepted. Your revision request will outline what needs to be fixed and what the timeline is for revision submissions. Get them submitted and you should be good to go!
Rejection: Rejections go out in the rare instance of a character or player not being suitable for the game, or because there are too many issues with your application for a revision request. In the interest of discretion and player privacy, we do not publicly disclose the reasons an app is a rejected but players are free to PM us for a fuller explanation of our judgement. Unless directly stated, a rejection does not equal a ban from the game and you are free to submit a fresh app during the next app round.
BD does not have IC intro logs, so there's no need to wait for one - characters can begin posting as soon as they're accepted and have done all their intro housekeeping!
?How do I drop from the game? Can I re-app if I do?
We don't have a formal drop page, but if you plan to leave Beautiful Dreamer, just pop a DM to your gorgeous and humble headmod (Claire) and let them know. You can hash out the specifics of what happens to your character and you have a few choices for what happens to them.
Drop: No muss, no fuss, just a straightforward drop. Your character will still exist in the game setting but you will no longer be playing them. You are free to establish an explanation for this or just handwave it and not think about it too hard.
Retirement: Your character loses their powers as a Dreamer and is demoted to a secondary character slot. This allows you to continue playing them in the setting but you will no longer be able to take part in the Dreamer half of the game. Retirement is permanent and even if you drop and re-app your character, they will not regain their powers. If you would like to play a retired character as a Dreamer again, you will need to app them fresh with a brand new AU backstory.
If you’re dropped from the game and are now looking to app back, that’s easy too! Comment to the app page while apps are open with a link to your previous app and some notes on how you would like your character to re-enter the game and once you get a mod response, you're good to go!
Drop: No muss, no fuss, just a straightforward drop. Your character will still exist in the game setting but you will no longer be playing them. You are free to establish an explanation for this or just handwave it and not think about it too hard.
Retirement: Your character loses their powers as a Dreamer and is demoted to a secondary character slot. This allows you to continue playing them in the setting but you will no longer be able to take part in the Dreamer half of the game. Retirement is permanent and even if you drop and re-app your character, they will not regain their powers. If you would like to play a retired character as a Dreamer again, you will need to app them fresh with a brand new AU backstory.
If you’re dropped from the game and are now looking to app back, that’s easy too! Comment to the app page while apps are open with a link to your previous app and some notes on how you would like your character to re-enter the game and once you get a mod response, you're good to go!
PACE & ACTIVITY
?What's the expected schedule and pace of Beautiful Dreamer?
Beautiful Dreamer's apps and activity periods are on a monthly schedule with mod-run events spaced out roughly every four to six weeks, though these may be pushed forwards or backwards depending on what best suits the playerbase and the overall game pacing.
I can't make any promises about the game's eventual pace, but similar games I have run in the past have been slow to medium paced, moving up to medium to fast during events.
I can't make any promises about the game's eventual pace, but similar games I have run in the past have been slow to medium paced, moving up to medium to fast during events.
?How does activity check work in Beautiful Dreamer?
Beautiful Dreamer runs on a bimonthly AC system, meaning that players are required to provide two threads with separate characters totalling ten comments overall per two-month period to pass activity check.
Players are required to submit AC on the Permanent Activity Check page and may submit their AC any time during an activity period.
AC is processed on the first day of a new AC period. Once AC is processed, the results are posted with the corresponding Monthly Post and any characters who have failed to meet the activity minimum will be issued a strike.
A strike can be cleared by passing AC the next period with sufficient activity. Failing to pass AC for checks in a row without some manner of discussion with the mods will result in a character being swept from the game.
While BD's AC is relatively relaxed and the mods are open to accommodate players who are struggling due to real life or circumstances otherwise out of their control, if a player is found to be consistently taking strikes and scraping by on minimum AC, the mod team reserves the right to discuss the state of their activity with said player and, in extreme cases, remove them from the game.
Players are required to submit AC on the Permanent Activity Check page and may submit their AC any time during an activity period.
AC is processed on the first day of a new AC period. Once AC is processed, the results are posted with the corresponding Monthly Post and any characters who have failed to meet the activity minimum will be issued a strike.
A strike can be cleared by passing AC the next period with sufficient activity. Failing to pass AC for checks in a row without some manner of discussion with the mods will result in a character being swept from the game.
While BD's AC is relatively relaxed and the mods are open to accommodate players who are struggling due to real life or circumstances otherwise out of their control, if a player is found to be consistently taking strikes and scraping by on minimum AC, the mod team reserves the right to discuss the state of their activity with said player and, in extreme cases, remove them from the game.
?What happens if I can't make AC?
As mentioned above, characters who do not meet the AC minimum will be issued a strike. This can easily be cleared the next round, so long as you are sure to tag around. If you fail to clear your strike before the next activity check, your character will be swept from the game.
If there are extenuating circumstances around you not being able to make AC then please speak to the mods and we will do our best to work with you!
If there are extenuating circumstances around you not being able to make AC then please speak to the mods and we will do our best to work with you!
?I need a break! How do I go on hiatus?
If you need to go on hiatus, simply contact the mods and let them know that you need a break from the game. Provide an estimate on how long you will be away and when you expect to return and you will be given a pass on your activity until your hiatus expires. While on hiatus you are, of course, free to keep playing your character and tag around in BD – if you are totally stepping back from the game for your hiatus period, it will be assumed your character is on autopilot unless other plans are made.
We do not have a max limit on hiatus length currently, but ask that players who expect to be absent from the game for 3+ months with no estimated return date consider dropping and reapping when they are in a better position to play.
We do not have a max limit on hiatus length currently, but ask that players who expect to be absent from the game for 3+ months with no estimated return date consider dropping and reapping when they are in a better position to play.
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That is super cool and I'm stoked to hear it! I'll have to rifle through my muselist for sure... :D