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GENERAL。 What? City of Darkness is a panfandom horror game that is based loosely on Silent Hill and Eternal Darkness. It is not at all necessary to be familiar with these games in order to play here, but if you are familiar with them then you can likely guess what types of things one may find here. The horror can and will tread into psychological territory at times, and there will be plenty of dark material to explore. Here, we encourage all kinds of terrible things from tormenting your character, killing them horribly, pushing their limits and exploring their darker side - you know, all that fun stuff. How does my character arrive? At some point, your character is bathed in darkness; and this can be as simple as just walking into a dark room. The instant they fall into the darkness, they stay there and after a moment, they realize that they are not where they once were. As they move forward, they will see a hazy, gray light in the distance. Moving toward it, the light will bring them to the City of Darkness. Once in the city, characters will find that they are surrounded by endless fog. In the distance they will be able to make out the outline of the mansion, but beyond that there appears to be nothing else in the fog. How do characters know where they are or what's happening? They don't. There is no welcoming party, no explanation, and not a whole lot around to help you figure anything out. All you have is each other - once you manage to find everyone else on your own, that is. OOCly there is a Plot Post summarizing happenings month by month. Where can my character stay? The mansion is currently the safest place for characters to stay. As of Day 009, the second floor has opened up to reveal multiple bedrooms that characters may claim as their own. Check it out here. What are the locals like? The few locals that can be found within the city are not exactly friendly, nor are they even human. A more detailed creatures/NPC page can be found here - but basically, there are no locals besides these shadowy folk and the unspeakable things that appear during the witching hour. There will be others to come. "The longer you linger in this city the more you feel yourself falling away from what you once knew." - What does that mean? From the most evil of villains to the purest of heart protagonists, all characters will eventually be affected by the darkness present in the city. However, the way it affects each character can vary because it depends on that particular character's desires and fears, and how willing they are to fight to hold onto their former selves. For some, it may be a long, drawn out process that they try to resist. For others, they may very well succumb to their darkest desires in record time. Perhaps they will begin to care more about the city than the home they came from, feeling as though they need something here - or that the city needs them. As time passes, their life before coming here may slowly become insignificant, and some may even have periods where they forget about it entirely or maybe they just end up being consumed by the darkness around them. Basically, we leave it up to player discretion to decide how exactly you wish to play this out and at what rate - just be aware that the City will eventually begin to affect characters in some way, big, small, brief, or long lasting. Will there be more places to explore soon? Yup! For the moment, the accessible locations for player characters are limited, but more places will open up as the game grows and more things are revealed. What about communication devices? How will characters interact with one another? Once more of the game is revealed there will be some form of communications, but for now, there is currently no network style posting. Characters may keep any communication devices they bring with them, but they will no longer work. For the most part, it's good old fashioned face to face communications. APPLICATION。 What kind of characters can I apply for? We allow fandom/canon characters, AUs, characters with CR from previous games, and original characters. Currently, we do not accept any fandom OCs. The only exception to this rule is in the case of OCs created within the world of an MMO such as World of Warcraft or the like, and only as long as they are not directly related to any canon characters. I want to bring my character in from another game. What would that be considered? Your character would be considered AU, so please use that app! How many characters can one player have? A player can have up to three characters at once. If you think you can handle more than that, and you have been sufficiently active with your other three characters, then feel free to talk with a mod and we may be able to sort something out for you! Do you allow application challenges? Currently we do not allow application challenges. If you are worried that someone else may want to apply for the character you have in mind, we encourage you to reserve instead. My character is coming into the game from a point where they are injured/dying/whatever - what will happen to them when they arrive? If you want to bring a character in with a fatal injury/illness/whatever then you can. However, because of the lack of medical care and resources here, your character will likely go untreated and die, so you might want to consider whether or not you want an immediate death strike. My character has an illness that will kill them if gone untreated, how do I handle this? Time is a little strange around here so the illness may well slow down in its process. As more of the game is revealed, options for these kinds of cases will open up. Until then we trust your judgement on how fast or slow moving the illness will be. Can my character bring a pet/companion with them? We will consider these on a case-by-case basis. CHARACTERS。 What items will characters bring with them to the City? Anything they have on them at the time which yes, includes any and all weapons. They may also keep any communication devices they may have, but they will cease to work upon entering the city. What sort of resources can characters find in the city? Except for the food that mysteriously replenishes in the kitchen of the mansion, you're going to be hard pressed to find anything of value. That said however, during certains event there will be additional things around for characters to find. What exactly these other types of resources will be depend on the event in question, and they will be explained in the OOC post that goes up about it. Does my character keep their powers? Yes! We do not have a restriction on powers, however if your character has a game/world breaking ability then we ask that it not be used. Also remember that the no godmodding rule still applies. What happens if my character dies? Death is going to be a very common event in this game, so it's best to check out the page we made for it for the answer to that. What if my character is immortal? Then they will remain immortal. However, just because they are immune to death, they will not be immune to the fog or the horrors that come during plots and events. My character is a werewolf and the moon is always full, what do I do? The full moon is a source of light when there is nothing else. Your werewolf will find that it does not affect them the same way or even at all. GAMEPLAY。 So what are the communities and what are they used for? The main community is thedark and this will be used for all logs. staywithus is the OOC community for things such as player introductions and mod posts. thecityof is the updates community, and 2spoopy is our spam/shenanigans community! What is the time ratio in City of Darkness? The current time ratio is 1 IRL week to 1 Game Day. It works like this: Monday & Tuesday = Morning Wednesday & Thursday = Afternoon Friday & Saturday = Evening Sunday = The Witching Hour Feel free to back or forward tag, just be aware that this is how the ratio is set up in real time. What is The Witching Hour? Basically the worst hour of the entire day. Information here. What kind of tagging system does City of Darkness have? You will require two tags in each post: [OPEN] or [CLOSED] to denote whether the log is open or closed, and the character tag for each character present in the log. PLOTS。 I have a plot idea. I want my character to start a Thing. Great! We love player plots, so please see this page post for more information on what to do with your idea! I have an idea for a place to be revealed. Excellent, shoot it on over to us through a PM or at the player plots post and we'll see what we can do! EVERYTHING ELSE。 I still have questions! Just ask away here and we'll get back to you asap! ( NAVIGATION )