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[fairyfoes]

♛ . . . GENERAL FAQ . . . . . If you wish to contact a mod, please do so here. GENERAL FAQ APP FAQ | ARRIVAL FAQ | GAMEPLAY FAQ | QUEST FAQ WHAT KIND OF GENRE IS THE GAME? ED is, first and foremost, a Fantasy Adventure war game. The world is vast, the bestiary is large, and we fully encourage people to ride off into the sunset, become a dark lord, gain minions and have their own storyline on the go. Don't want to get involved with events? You don't have to. Please be aware that ED is not tailored to cater to sci-fi characters or technologically-based canons. We cannot stress this enough! If your character is AI or cyborg-based (beyond the steampunk-genre!) they will have to be humanized! This is a drastic alteration and cannot be reversed in order to permit such characters to function in-game. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE MODS/ HOW DO I CONTACT THE MODS? The quickest way to get a hold of us is by private messaging fairyfoes with your issue in the subject line. Please understand that we work and study full time and sometimes we can be delayed when answering inquiries. On occasion, we will have to discuss a question before answer and that can also take time; ordinarily we will let you know if this is the case. Sometimes we forget! As is the way of only being human. Our mod situation is different than other games, as you will be aware. At the moment, we are currently operating with several anonymous head mods to help with all facets of the game. Sometimes we mess up, as you'll know. Our anonymous head mods also deal with NPC, event plotting, and influence, among other things. We also have several helper mods who organize our lists and who approve reserves. Anonymity within the Mod Team is a personal choice; it's convenient for us to keep all correspondence in the one place rather than being contacted individually. Some of our team feel more relaxed operating under anonymity; largely, it's easier for us to separate being a player and being a mod this way also. If you are unsure how to contact a mod, we stress that the easiest way to do so is to private message fairyfoes with clear intentions in the header. HOW OFTEN ARE APPS/RESERVES OPEN? To preserve the sanity of the mod staff, apps are on a bi-monthly basis, with as many slots open as would bring the game up to 200 characters. HOW MANY CHARACTERS CAN I PLAY AT ONCE IN-GAME? You can play up to three different characters in-game, unless you can prove two successive passed AC rounds with the max of three characters: at that point, you may apply for a fourth the following application round, providing links to the passed AC for three characters in your application. Please try not to play individuals with a more than reasonable chance of knowing each other within the same canon. Please consider the time you have available before apping more than one character! WHAT IS THE AC REQUIREMENT AND HOW OFTEN DOES IT GO UP? AC is done every other month on the 26th, staggered with apps (except for December when there will be no AC owing to it being the busiest time of the year irl for a majority of players/mods). To pass, twenty network comments will suffice (non-linear or linear as needed) or ten comments in a log. Neither of these includes entry starters. The minimum requirement per AC thread would be five for logs and ten for network threads. WHAT ARE THE OOC AND IC DATING SYSTEMS? OOC the ratio is 1:1. IC you may defer to the current UK lunar calendar (characters can realise this adds up to the cycle of 2014 if they check the libraries and keep their own notes). This is for the benefit of characters who require a set routine such as werewolves, waterbenders or wizards. As of November 2015, the current IC year is 150 in the Age of Rifts in the predominant IC calendar. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HIATUS/DROP? During hiatus you may put your character on auto-pilot or have them fall into an enchanted sleep in the infirmary of their respective strongholds. They will be rushed back here by fairies/imps via fairy-rings no matter where they are, if they are abroad! Shardless, however, are on their own and must be taken somewhere by PCs. If you drop, your character will vanish into thin air the second they are alone and the servants will begin clearing your former rooms; where your character was last will be their newly exposed and depowered Shard. Boons your character received all vanish from the drabwurld. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON 4TH-WALLING? Always make sure you first ask the other player involved if your character knows of theirs as a fictional creation. As a general rule, it's a no-no. HOW OFTEN MAY I CANON UPDATE? Every four months you can update your character to wherever you wish in their canon. This grace waiting period is to allow any shock factor to wear off from the new information they bring with them and to allow other characters the chance to acclimatise to any changes. While being canon updated, the character will suffer the same effects as when hiatused. That is, a deep and overwhelmingly sudden urge to sleep. This enchanted nap will last seven days! Whatever changes overcome your character will be shown on their physical body while they slumber (height/hair growth, for example). Wounds will not be displayed and instead manifest themselves as expanding scars depending on the injury. Lost body parts will remain intact in the Drabwurld but be surrounded by even nastier scars that act as an echo for the events happening in canon. NB Unlike hiatusing where Shardbearer characters are hurried to the infirmary of their faction, fairies/imps will not come for them! Canon Updating can happen at any time, anywhere! MAY I CHANGE MY ALIGNMENT? Yes, either during a canon update that significantly alters your character's perception or whenever you feel it has become necessary due to in-game developments. The same process as usual will occur for a normal canon update (the 7-day rule, etc): your character will suffer a deep and overwhelmingly sudden urge to sleep whenever, wherever you decide. However, when you change alignment, your character will "fade" from sight into their new bedroom at the opposite stronghold. IS THERE AN UNDERLYING PLOT? There is! Though it may not be immediately apparent, and is likely to grow and change around player activity. If you want to, you can completely ignore the underlying plot and live your character's life however you please. WHAT ARE THE EVENTS LIKE? Events range from adventure/political/mystery/strategy on a loose basis. For clarification, these are the basic kinds of events a player might see: 01) The monthly event, as discussed in the calendar released at the beginning of each month. All characters may participate in these events. 02) Metaplot events, which involve deep interaction with significant npcs, and reveal or advance the metaplot; for mod sanity, since these are heavily npc'd, player participation in these is usually capped. 03) Player plots and quests, which are simply players orchestrating their own events which involve others, typically involving no or very minimal npcing. 04) Player requested npc scenes or quests, which are usually very short, but give characters enough information to move forward with other quests. There are widespread events which affect all realms. One month might consist of multiple small events, whereas another might have have two large events the full span of 2-3ish weeks. The leaders might issue proclamations (listed as having been issued on the OOC monthly event post with respective dates and not posted on the IC comm, for the easy reference of players) for groups of characters to ride out and fight a foe or to commit to subterfuge and steal a relic. Events are not mandatory and you can completely ignore them or only dip into them now and again, if you like. CAN MY CHARACTER AFFECT THE GAME? Absolutely. In fact, they affect the game even if they never participate in an event. The conclusion of Monthly Events can change the balance of power in the Drabwurld just as much as player plots, and by participating in metaplot events groups of characters can gain powerful allies for themselves and their faction, and may even change the map itself.

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Comments

[ashing]

I'm not sure if you're accepting questions here but I couldn't see where else to ask: Will reserves and applications open at midnight/00:00am GMT? Probably a silly question, but I wanted to be certain!

Also, out of a more general curiosity, how do you pronounce eachdraidh?

[fairyfoes]

Hi! Reserves & Apps will open on Midnight GMT London time!

It's pronounced 'awk-dree'.

[ashing]

Excellent, thank you!

[exloserspromise]

On a similar note for clarity's sake, do apps close at 00:00 of the final day (April 4th in this case) or 23:59?

[fairyfoes]

Yes, 00:00 GMT!

[exloserspromise]

Thank you!

[bluffs]

If we're apping a character for whom there is no confirmed canon age, is best guess acceptable as long as we note it as such?

[fairyfoes]

Hi! Yes, that would be fine!

[pontificus]

Question: what if your character starts out one way which would make them alley with one court, but as the series progresses, life events change your character's outlook on life enough to change their alignment and you are thinking of updating them once they are established in game at some later time. Would they still be whatever court they are originally or would they change?

[fairyfoes]

Yes, certainly! They would change at player discretion. The same process as usual will occur for a normal canon update (the 7-day rule, etc): your character will suffer a deep and overwhelmingly sudden urge to sleep whenever, wherever you decide. However, when you change alignment, your character will "fade" from sight into their new bedroom at the opposite court.

Thank you for bringing this question to our attention! We've added it to the FAQ to help future applicants.

[pontificus]

Would they be treated as outed double agents then? Would they still retain their status if they are royalty as well as anything gained in game (boons/ powers, etc). I know these are really specific questions but I've been looking for a good place for Lucrezia for awhile now, but I've had certain ideas with what I wanted to do with her given how much she does change and what happens to her in canon.

But thank you for answering my questions!

[fairyfoes]

These are all really good questions, no worries! While she would technically be accepted as a member of her new Court, we would like to leave how she is treated down to the PCs in the game which should allow you more freedom in building CR based off what other characters do (especially if Lucrezia has been at odds with her new Court for a while!). It would be a very interesting tangent to take!

And she could definitely keep all her boons/powers, yes.

EDIT: Along with her status! Whoops, forgot to add that.

[pontificus]

Thank you again, mods. This clears up a lot of things and makes me more certain on a canon point as well as ideas of possible plots if I do get her in.

[fairyfoes]

We hope you have lots of fun if you join us! Good luck!

[excessivehubris]

I apologize if this question is answered somewhere and I've missed it but transportation?

Is there a livery of horses for character who do not have their own? Carriages/wagons? Or is it there are you feet, try not to get eaten on your way to the Station.

[fairyfoes]

There are definitely horses for whoever needs them in the castle stables! Anything you require transportation-wise, in that sense, will be down in the Ward.

[bullhorned]

Do characters have full access to the smithy? For instance, Gendry is a smith himself. Would he have access to material to craft weapons and armor? And if not that, at least improve existing ones?

[fairyfoes]

Yep, he's definitely allowed into the smithy to do as he pleases. Knock yourself out, Gendry!

[aliased]

so what sort of animals are in the cities, could it be safe to assume that there are cats? i am thinking of doing a post of arya chasing cats, would that be feasible?

[fairyfoes]

Sure! The bestiary has the more notable creatures but there are certainly normal animals running around.

[notafishwhisperer]

Sorry if this has been asked already, but out of curiosity, regarding language:

"There are none [language barriers] unless you actively choose to make a point of it IC."

If a character chooses to consciously speak in a language from back home, will it come across as that language and not be understandable to people who cannot speak it?

[fairyfoes]

Exactly so, yes! Unless your character wishes to speak a specific language, everyone will understand them. For example, the elves in-game often chat amongst themselves in Elvish so no one else can spy on their conversations.

[brainiest]

Hi! I have a quick question about travelling. Are there inns/hostels outside the Courts where characters can stay when they travel, and would these places have accessable fireplaces? Then, for example, if Harry and Hermione travelled out to these places and, later, asked for Floo Powder as a boon would they be able to use it to travel to these inns and meet each other? If not Floo would apparition and/or Porkeys work?

[fairyfoes]

That's completely fine, yes! Only the larger structures of realm-wide note are on the maps but feel free to assume there are inns, farmsteads and suchlike dotted around.

[inafadingcrown]

How well known is the information in the locations page? Basically, I'm trying to figure out what my character is likely to know when considering travel plans that she might make.