Channels and Roleplaying

Babylonius is known for many channels, and with the addition of channels for roleplaying, it can be a little bit overwhelming. Here's a list of the channels and what they do.

Information Channels
These channels are purely for information (imagine that), they're not for discussion.

#announcements
Any big changes to how things are done, or news that the @DMs feel people should know will be posted here.

#welcome
Just to keep track of new potential players and friends joining. Feel free to welcome any newcomers.

#world-info
Links to the Wikia (here) and other important places will be posted here, as will any newsworthy changes in-world. If a meteor from space comes down and destroys a capital city, it will be posted there.

#getting-started
Information on what you need to do to get started in this campaign. You can also find information like rules and instructions on how to start your character on this Wikia.

Campaign Channels
These channels will be all about Out-of-Character (OOC) discussions for various things.

#general-chat
For any discussion about anything.

#world-discussion
For any discussion about things in-world; character, places, people, anything.

#dm-questions
For asking the @DMs anything about the server, the campaign, the world, the rules, and things like that.

#buying-and-selling
This channel is for helping to track where all the gold and items are coming and going. See the pin in that channel for information on how to handle it.

#job-board
Any quests or jobs will be posted here. These are meant to be, in-world, people from around the area or world looking for your help. These can be chosen as something to do when looking to schedule a session if you wish. They won't say there forever, and missing a job may have real-world consequences.

#scheduling
Post here, using the pinned template, when looking to schedule a session. Ideally give the @DMs at least 3 days notice, the more notice the better.

In-Character Channels
In addition to the out-of-character channels, we will have several channels that are available for Roleplaying through text.

These channels are meant to give people a chance to participate in the campaign even if they can't participate in all, or any, of the Voice/VTT sessions. Each channel is meant to represent a location that in-world characters can meet to communicate. The @DMs can also participate via NPCs if they wish, helping to provide information, conversation, or just fun.

All in-character channels will be named after a location (#bar, #great-room, etc.). It will also be paired with an OOC channel so that any out-of-character questions or conversations don't clog up the in-character channels (#bar-ooc, #great-room-ooc, etc.)

#character-introductions
This channel is for players to get started on their Roleplaying and character journey. Once you join and complete the steps in Creating your Character, you can post your character's information, and link to their D&DBeyond page. Add your in-character introduction as if your character is arriving to the group for the first time to give people an idea of your character's personality. This is the first impression your character will get, so make it count.

Roleplaying Basics
Here's a document that I copied for another, more RP focused, text server. Its very helpful to give you an idea of what can be done. This campaign isn't purely text-focused, so the expectations aren't quite as high, but its a very doable bar to reach toward.

TLDR:


 * 1) Develop your character as best as you can, details = great
 * 2) Play nice and don’t force your way into things
 * 3) Listen and learn others -- it’s important
 * 4) Have a plan and include your journey in your growth
 * 5) Learn continuity tricks
 * 6) Try and lead and follow both instead just jumping on the bandwagon without a plan
 * 7) ‘No’ matters
 * 8) Describe stuff like it matters
 * 9) Stay visible

The easy things to remember are how to differentiate what you're doing in an in-character channel:


 * "Quotations" are for things your character says
 * "Hey guys, lets go check out this dungeon."
 * *Italics* are for actions your character takes. They take one asterisk before and after whatever you want to italicize.
 * *Babylonius fixes his tie and takes a sip of his drink.*
 * [Brackets] are for thoughts.
 * [Oh lord this guy's an idiot]