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❖ COMMUNITY RULES ❖

The Wyld is a roleplaying Free Company based out of Diabolos in Final Fantasy XIV. Our community does not require or push FC membership. Our community hosts three events that operate on a rotating schedule:
Wyld Hunt, Roommates, and Broken Collar Club.We are a community that values OOC comfort and connections over in-character storylines. We do not take a policy of “no drama” or “no politics”, and we do not care to justify the quality of a person’s writing against the quality of their character.We are a 21+ only community. 21+ discussion is asked to be kept to properly indicated NSFW channels, including suggestive comments about other writers and/or their characters.

OOO . GENERAL

◆ Stray is not a server that is “drama free” or bans “politics”, in the sense that these policies tend to silence discussions on things like transphobia, racism, homophobia, mental health, ethnicity and so on, or to shelter bigotry. Users are allowed to speak at will on the things that affect them. Stray, as a whole, is anti-bigotry.◆ Stray encourages direct communication and setting boundaries; users are allowed to clearly define when they dislike something said or done to them, and can request it not be repeated, or offer a different course of action to take next time. Some users may also ask for tone indicators.◆ Although Stray is 21+, Stray does ask that members move to the 18 and over channel for any explicit material, including if 18+ material is brought up often or are comments aimed at other people’s characters. Users are encouraged to indicate if they do not want suggestive/adult comments aimed at their characters.◆ Immediate bans are implemented for a user engaging in: inappropriate conduct with minors, interest in “loli” or “shota” content, grooming, stalking, racism and right-wing social media conduct, transphobia and homophobia, Zionism, and zoophilia.

OO1 . NSFW AND SENSITIVE CONTENT

◆ NSFW material is opt-in. If you are not interested in NSFW material, you do not have to engage with it.◆ Stray does not subscribe to the “dead dove” mentality. Users with an interest in incest, pedophilia, zoophilia or necrophilia fall under the aforementioned rule of Stray not tolerating predators, abusers or bigots. Stray also disallows lalafell in any NSFW context.

OO2 . AI GENERATED CONTENT

No.

OO3 . SYNC SERVICES

We do not officially use Lightless due to generative AI and account security concerns. We do have a PlayerSync shell available on request for members of our Discord server.

OO1 . TONE & LORE COMPLIANCE

◆ Stray is a mid-power, mature fantasy roleplay space. To that end, Stray does not allow Primals, auspices, entities created through prayer (i.e., the Twelve), first brood dragons/great wyrms, first rung voidsent, lightwardens or other characters that could feasibly contend with them. Characters should be plausible within the boundaries of the game.See our Style Guide for more information.◆ Stray’s writing may touch on and address, but is not limited to the following sensitive topics and content warnings: violence and gore, firearms, fascism and imperialism, racism, ethics and morality, mental health and mental health crises, suicide and suicidal ideation, self harm, drug use and substance dependency, politics, unreality, and more.Stray looks for consent between roleplay partners and content warnings for these before roleplay happens.

OO2 . CONSENT AND ASSENT

◆ Venue openings are understood to be relatively lighthearted. By default, characters in /say should act as if they are passably ordinary, and that the atmosphere remains in line with venue spaces. More dramatically charged scenes you would like to host within venue spaces should be planned with a GM and/or moderator ahead of time, left to after hours, or written in forum threads within the server.◆ In line with the above, characters and users typically do not consent to bigoted characters in venue spaces without prior planning and/or permission. Characters with bigoted speech or actions can, and likely will, be met with violence and not sheltered. Many writers in our community must deal with systemic and interpersonal conflicts on a day to day basis, and did not all agree to involve themselves in these same conflicts used as plot devices in their spare time.

OO3 . "THE LIVING WORLD"

Stray’s venues are expected to be treated as a dynamic and interactive space, in line with the above. Interactions that exist in publicly accessible channels like /say within our venues and in the overworld should be considered fair game for other writers to react to, even if they are not directly engaged with your character. If you would like a conversation to remain private, we encourage the use of private channels such as /party and /tell.No one is obligated to interact with another writer, but if you are coming to our venues and participating in our community, we anticipate that you will be at least respectful toward attempts at walk-up RP from those you both do and do not know. This is also true in the other direction: If you exist in our spaces, you will be treated with respect if you walk-up to other roleplayers and interact based on what has been said in the public channels, or what hooks that roleplayer has available on their public profile and supplemental material.If you do not desire to interact with someone for any reason: you are encouraged to tell them upfront, in line with our rules regarding communication. If you feel uncomfortable with communication, you may ask a moderator or staff member to come assist you. Wallflowering is acceptable and you are not obligated to interact! We simply expect that individuals existing in the public space will be courteous and direct with one another.

Our "ARPG", or Art and Roleplaying Game, is our alternative to a Free Company plotline or application-based campaign. ARPGs are a format of player-driven, open-participation story campaign moved forward by player contribution. Game Masters provide minimal contributions aside from set dressing and event running, and allow players the freedom to inject ideas and collaborate on influencing the direction of the overall storyline.read the arpg's guidebook and faq here

THE WYLD is a Roleplaying Free Company based out of Diabolos in Final Fantasy XIV. The Wyld is an adventuring company... on the surface. Underneath that carefully crafted veneer is the truth that the Wyld operates what most would call "witness protection". Its proprietor prefers to call it "social work". Either way, the mission is the same. Find those who are the most in need, and find a way to ensure their safety and recovery.Split into a number of divisions, the Wyld carefully conceals its true purpose in order to efficiently carry out its role, keeping safe its charges, and maintaining secrecy in its inner circles. Only the right kind of person can perform this work. Someone who doesn't want to.The rest of the company operates as though it is a standard adventuring guild, taking odd jobs from their job board and helping odds and ends meet for whoever might ask it.

JOINING & PARTICIPATING

In order to participate in the ARPG / our ongoing story campaign, players must join our Discord server and create a brief character profile, then complete three introductory roleplays called Appeals. Appeals establish a basis for your character's presence and involvement, and rather than us expecting players to complete an application justifying why their character should participate in the campaign, we encourage players to continually address their character motivations. These roleplays are:

OO1 . APPEAL TO COIN

It’s hard to justify participating in a rescue mission if your rent is due. Characters in Stray have daily expenses they need to take care of before they can go galavanting off to adventure in the ARPG. The Appeal to Coin asks you to consider where your character is getting their money from.PROMPT: Depict your character discussing or securing their finances.Examples of ways to fulfill this prompt may be:
        • Drawing your character and another character in the community completing a job for the adventurer’s guild.
        • Submitting logs of a roleplay where your character is offered a job by another character in the space.
        • Making gposes based on a conversation you had with another writer, showing your character and theirs talking about their respective existing business ventures.

OO2 . APPEAL TO TRAINING

The Wyld requires that all of its members and all of its help are capable of contributing in some way, shape, or form. Characters in Stray must have some kind of skill to bring to the table, whether this is social skill, combat ability, specialized training, experience with record-keeping, or even maintenance and housekeeping. If your character is a complete boygirlfailure, then they must at least be ready and able to learn. The Appeal to Training asks that you to address what your character brings to the table.PROMPT: Depict your character refining or displaying the skills they can offer to the company, training someone else or being trained, or discussing how they learned.Examples of ways to fulfill this prompt may be:
        • Roleplaying a scene where your character trains another character in something they know how to do well, whether that’s swordplay or just washing the dishes.
        • Drawing your character and another character in the community based on a conversation you had OOC, depicting your characters doing a task together within their skillset.
        • Making gposes of a visit to the Wyld Hunt where your character either fought in the ring, or talked to someone else’s character about sparring.

OO3 . APPEAL TO COMMITMENT

Most normal people would see what’s going on in the Wyld and turn back around. There’s no reason to risk life and limb (or your reputation) for a bunch of strangers - much less a bunch of strangers with all kinds of weird and unusual things wrong with them. Sticking around will be a test of your morals, strength, and limits. The Appeal to Commitment asks that your character establishes buy-in, and a reason not to simply leave when things get tough. Why do they stick it out? Why is this their circus, and why are these their monkeys?PROMPT: Depict your character undergoing a test of their resolve. How do they react when confronted with a stressful situation?Examples of ways to fulfill this prompt may be:
        • Making gposes of your character and another character in the community based on a conversation you had, showing the two of them barely surviving a difficult encounter with one another’s help.
        • Drawing art of an Event you participated in where your character felt out of their depth, or drawing your character’s reaction once it was over.
       • Submitting logs of a roleplay where your character talks through their goals, doubts, and fears with another character in the community, and resolves to stick it out this time, even if they’ve failed before.

EXAMPLE PROFILES