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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ARRIVAL
OOC MECHANICS
β HOW TO JOIN:
This is a closed, private game, with a player cap of 50 people. To join, you must be invited by a mod. Anyone is free to comment around the TDM and play in the setting, but the number of invites will be limited until the game is better established. If in the future we open up invite requests, this will be updated.
β WHO CAN I APP?
** Characters with game breaking powers will be nerfed at the playerβs discretion. If that option is not applicable to a specific character, the character will not be allowed in game.
Players can have a total of 3 characters in game, with no limit to how many can be apped in one app round. More character slots can be earned through in game participation (see: REWARDS SYSTEM). IC powers in general will not be nerfed, unless it breaks the game, in which case we trust you to know what is acceptable or not.
β WHAT IS THE GAME PACE?
The first weekend of every month is the event drop. We switch every month between a public TDM and a private event. Players can submit event ideas and themes HERE, or if there are no submissions, the mod will come up with one. Events will generally switch from smut/positive to horror/negative on a month by month basis, but there are usually little hints of both in every post.
β MY CHARACTER NEEDS SOMETHING TO SURVIVE.
The house is happy to provide whatever they need. For example, a vampire character who requires blood to survive will have it on the nightly menus βΒ medication and disability devices will work in similar ways.
β WHAT IS ACTIVITY?
Activity is check-in + summary, and will run the last week of the month. See more about activity checks HERE.
β WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHARACTER WHEN I DROP?
Your character will be escorted out of the house shamefully, under the cover of night. It's up to you whether their expulsion is deserved, essentially if they'd rather go out with a bang or with false charges brought against them. In either case, the manor has a short term memory, and reapps are possible regardless of how you choose to drop.
β WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHARACTER WHEN I HIATUS?
Up to player choice. Either a coma keeps your character bedridden for the length of your hiatus, or, as is the option with dropping, you can choose to have you character do something that gets them kicked out for the length of your hiatus, and then welcomed back in after that penance.
β HOW DO I CANON UPDATE?
Canon updates are at the discretion of the player β you don't need to submit for one, you can just do it at your own pace. Characters go comatose for a time, and wake up with their new memories.
β WHAT IS THE REWARDS SYSTEM?
Both IC and OOC rewards can be won through in game participation. You can read more specifics about it on the REWARDS page.
This is a closed, private game, with a player cap of 50 people. To join, you must be invited by a mod. Anyone is free to comment around the TDM and play in the setting, but the number of invites will be limited until the game is better established. If in the future we open up invite requests, this will be updated.
β WHO CAN I APP?
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** Characters with game breaking powers will be nerfed at the playerβs discretion. If that option is not applicable to a specific character, the character will not be allowed in game.
Players can have a total of 3 characters in game, with no limit to how many can be apped in one app round. More character slots can be earned through in game participation (see: REWARDS SYSTEM). IC powers in general will not be nerfed, unless it breaks the game, in which case we trust you to know what is acceptable or not.
β WHAT IS THE GAME PACE?
The first weekend of every month is the event drop. We switch every month between a public TDM and a private event. Players can submit event ideas and themes HERE, or if there are no submissions, the mod will come up with one. Events will generally switch from smut/positive to horror/negative on a month by month basis, but there are usually little hints of both in every post.
β MY CHARACTER NEEDS SOMETHING TO SURVIVE.
The house is happy to provide whatever they need. For example, a vampire character who requires blood to survive will have it on the nightly menus βΒ medication and disability devices will work in similar ways.
β WHAT IS ACTIVITY?
Activity is check-in + summary, and will run the last week of the month. See more about activity checks HERE.
β WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHARACTER WHEN I DROP?
Your character will be escorted out of the house shamefully, under the cover of night. It's up to you whether their expulsion is deserved, essentially if they'd rather go out with a bang or with false charges brought against them. In either case, the manor has a short term memory, and reapps are possible regardless of how you choose to drop.
β WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHARACTER WHEN I HIATUS?
Up to player choice. Either a coma keeps your character bedridden for the length of your hiatus, or, as is the option with dropping, you can choose to have you character do something that gets them kicked out for the length of your hiatus, and then welcomed back in after that penance.
β HOW DO I CANON UPDATE?
Canon updates are at the discretion of the player β you don't need to submit for one, you can just do it at your own pace. Characters go comatose for a time, and wake up with their new memories.
β WHAT IS THE REWARDS SYSTEM?
Both IC and OOC rewards can be won through in game participation. You can read more specifics about it on the REWARDS page.
IC MECHANICS
β IS THERE A NETWORK?
Welcome to the first gen iPhone. It has all the regular features of an iPhone, along with a Saltburnt-wide network for open posting. While it is fully functional for calls, texts, video calls, and apps, the Wi-Fi and reception in the house can be pretty spotty, so anyone you try to communicate with outside of the house probably wonβt receive it. So sad!
In addition, there is a standard app installed on every phone called VOYEUR that essentially works as a data collective of anything the house staff might note about your character: e.g., anything scandalous about their past, anything strange they brought with them to the mansion, voyeuristic photos of them doing unsavory acts, or any gossip worthy behaviors. These accounts are public but unsearchable, and only accessible from swiping left or right on people. To summarize, it's a dating app for stalkers.
β WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN SALTBURNT?
Life is very much what you'll make it in Saltburnt. Most things are taken care of by a predominately invisible staff, leaving your character free to experience a life of privilege and luxury as they like. Some may take well to a lack of responsibility, others might feel the need to occupy their time with manual labor. However they decide to involve themselves with the setting, your character will always have the distinct impression they are being watched. Messes they make will be cleaned up when they aren't watching β private conversations have a way of ending up catalogued on the VOYEUR app. Laziness and hyperactivity are both equally worthy of critique in the eyes of the Balfours, so there's no real winning with them.
β HOW DOES SALTBURNT FUNCTION?
On paper it is a normal, overlarge and extremely expensive mansion, that runs like any other castle would run βΒ with a house staff, and a lot of invisible upkeep going on behind the curtains, that guests and owners generally don't worry about. In practice, there does seem to be something more supernatural to the house, like it's constantly in a state of flux βΒ rooms never exactly where you remember them, new rooms popping up seemingly right when you need them, a feeling that "the walls have ears" is a bit more literal in Saltburnt than anywhere else.
β MY CHARACTER ICLY WANTS TO LEAVE.
There's nothing stopping your character from hopping the outlining fence of the estate and leaving. Except, once they're outside it, there's a foreboding sense of paranoia, fear, and disgust that settles into them βΒ shouldn't you stay? Don't you want to? Regardless of how your character fairs through discomfort and sickness, eventually they will succumb to unconsciousness, where eventually they will wake up back safely inside their bed in the manor. Silly, you must've gotten lost. Multiple attempts to leave have the potential to result in harsher punishments, assigned by the mods.
β CAN MY CHARACTER DIE?
Short answer: yes! Long answer: read more about the death mechanic HERE.
β MY CHARACTER WANTS TO BEFRIEND AN NPC
Due to the involvement required from the mod team at the front, it is only available to you in the form of a reward, given from plot involvement. You can read up on that HERE.
β WHAT IS THE LIBRARY?
Essentially, the Library is the heart and soul of Saltburnt, as well as being a fun OOC system for dispensing interesting/sentimental items. You can read more about it on the SETTINGS page.
Welcome to the first gen iPhone. It has all the regular features of an iPhone, along with a Saltburnt-wide network for open posting. While it is fully functional for calls, texts, video calls, and apps, the Wi-Fi and reception in the house can be pretty spotty, so anyone you try to communicate with outside of the house probably wonβt receive it. So sad!
In addition, there is a standard app installed on every phone called VOYEUR that essentially works as a data collective of anything the house staff might note about your character: e.g., anything scandalous about their past, anything strange they brought with them to the mansion, voyeuristic photos of them doing unsavory acts, or any gossip worthy behaviors. These accounts are public but unsearchable, and only accessible from swiping left or right on people. To summarize, it's a dating app for stalkers.
β WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN SALTBURNT?
Life is very much what you'll make it in Saltburnt. Most things are taken care of by a predominately invisible staff, leaving your character free to experience a life of privilege and luxury as they like. Some may take well to a lack of responsibility, others might feel the need to occupy their time with manual labor. However they decide to involve themselves with the setting, your character will always have the distinct impression they are being watched. Messes they make will be cleaned up when they aren't watching β private conversations have a way of ending up catalogued on the VOYEUR app. Laziness and hyperactivity are both equally worthy of critique in the eyes of the Balfours, so there's no real winning with them.
β HOW DOES SALTBURNT FUNCTION?
On paper it is a normal, overlarge and extremely expensive mansion, that runs like any other castle would run βΒ with a house staff, and a lot of invisible upkeep going on behind the curtains, that guests and owners generally don't worry about. In practice, there does seem to be something more supernatural to the house, like it's constantly in a state of flux βΒ rooms never exactly where you remember them, new rooms popping up seemingly right when you need them, a feeling that "the walls have ears" is a bit more literal in Saltburnt than anywhere else.
β MY CHARACTER ICLY WANTS TO LEAVE.
There's nothing stopping your character from hopping the outlining fence of the estate and leaving. Except, once they're outside it, there's a foreboding sense of paranoia, fear, and disgust that settles into them βΒ shouldn't you stay? Don't you want to? Regardless of how your character fairs through discomfort and sickness, eventually they will succumb to unconsciousness, where eventually they will wake up back safely inside their bed in the manor. Silly, you must've gotten lost. Multiple attempts to leave have the potential to result in harsher punishments, assigned by the mods.
β CAN MY CHARACTER DIE?
Short answer: yes! Long answer: read more about the death mechanic HERE.
β MY CHARACTER WANTS TO BEFRIEND AN NPC
Due to the involvement required from the mod team at the front, it is only available to you in the form of a reward, given from plot involvement. You can read up on that HERE.
β WHAT IS THE LIBRARY?
Essentially, the Library is the heart and soul of Saltburnt, as well as being a fun OOC system for dispensing interesting/sentimental items. You can read more about it on the SETTINGS page.
OTHER RESOURCES
β CONFUSED ABOUT THINGS?
for a better understanding of the mansion and grounds check the SETTINGS page.
for a better understanding of events and rewards check the EVENTS & REWARDS page.
for a better understanding of the Library check out the LIBRARY page.
for a better understanding of NPCs check out the NPCs page.
for a better understanding of the mansion and grounds check the SETTINGS page.
for a better understanding of events and rewards check the EVENTS & REWARDS page.
for a better understanding of the Library check out the LIBRARY page.
for a better understanding of NPCs check out the NPCs page.
setting investigation q!
As of this thread, Matt and Betty are scheming to go to the kitchens and investigate/interrogate for signs of cannibalism. Matt will not be trying any magic, so tactics used will be classic gumshoeing.
What might the result of this be? (Also let me know if there's a better spot to ask these questions!)
no subject
There's no signs of cannibalism in the kitchen β though the ingredients to make the human cakes are there if you manage to pry into cupboards (see: specifically flesh colored food dyes). However, Betty and Matt are free to notice that the staff all seem pretty shaken up by the cannibal cake event, especially anyone who was recruited in cleaning up the rotting mess, and are prone to snapping if interrogated too hard.
Feel free to ask follow up questions here, if you have any!
no subject
Is there anyone willing to talk to Betty and Matt? Betty would just want to know what their theories are and how that could have happened since obviously no one in the kitchen did it (she's not going to accuse them even if she's suspicious of them!) She'll be bad cop in this scenario though if needed and Matt is her good cop.
no subject
When the subject changes to what happened at the Rococo party, she tries to shoulder her way through both of them, but Betty holds firm and lays on the pressure. Cracking a little, Ella says, "I really don't know anything. But ..."
Leaning in, she drops her voice, and speaks very quickly.
"Things like that happen all the time. There's something wrong with this place. I don't know β like, I don't know what, but there's something to it that none of us talk about it, I guess. Like an open secret? I don't know. This place is so weird. It's a nightmare to clean, and sometimes β you know! We're not cleaning just shit off the floor, I mean. It's a mess. And β and I really have to go, thank you!"
Ella does succeed in pushing by the pair this time, and when you watch her exit the pantry, you see a head chef stalk her out. Safely said, this conversation will be reported on, for all three of you.