Quote:God mode is the tendency to roleplay someone else's character or to say their lines for them. When RPing, one should act and answer for themself, and not for the others they are RPing with. It can sometimes be hard, a player may have an idea of where they would like the RP to follow, however, this is the beauty of RPing. One must adapt to whatever comes, whether it was what they were expecting or not.
I definitely agree with Eltharian's position on this. I also like how Rikitiki described a (different, but somewhat related topic)
Quote:God-mode (verb) (hyphen optional): To perform In-Character (IC), or attempt to perform IC, actions which are clearly beyond the power of any player character.
My FFXI RP group follows a merger of sorts between these two I think. Our rules state,
Quote:You use the game's lore and canon to determine what your character is capable of doing, etc. Care should be taken to not give your character any overwhelmingly strong relationships with certain NPCs, ie, being family, etc. In-game stats and abilities should only be used as part of your character in terms of how they rank within their job, ie, a level 30 BLM character cannot claimed to be able to throw ancient magic around. However, characters may have other abilities they may inherent from canon, or their own creativity, as long as it is reasonable and not used to give the character an overwhelming edge over others.
We've heard lots of horror stories on Siren about characters who developed powers that just weren't reasonable... like someone who could burn others with the touch of their hand. Some RPs might go for this kind of style, personally I don't.
But yeah, doing "punches ____ in the face" as an emote without prior consulting with Mr or Ms. ____ is definitely a no no. You can't write in RPers taking hits or not being able to react to something you do, that's scripting their character.
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