Welcome to the Potion Factory!

Witchvalve is a community focused on roleplaying where actions matter, developing lore through members who report on their roleplaying scenarios. The in-game Rp Venue Witchvalve Manor is a shady potion factory ran by a mysterious household, selling their alchemy and expertise about the forbidden arts. Through their blackboard missions they act as a communication service between organizations and mercenaries.

We roleplay on demand so keep the Square Enix ToS and our Roleplay Etiquette in mind! Do NOT engage in our community if you and/or your characters are not over 18+ years old! Any content provided or participated in is considered a work of fiction, which does not represent any real events nor intentions.

BLACKBOARD MISSIONS - The roleplay at Witchvalve is called CO-Rp, where you pick a mission from our blackboard to roleplay towards it's objective with those who'd like to join or you are comfortable with. To get started join our Discord and head over to the #blackboard channel. Don't forget to write your mission report to contribute!

GREAT GATHERINGS - Around the beginning of each month, one big event is hosted at the Witchvalve Manor where the community comes together to connect, roleplay and scheme. This is also the time where new blackboard missions, reputation ranks and the progression of story is announced. Worthy a visit...but keep it down, aye?

HOUSEHOLD REPUTATION - Characters can gain certain reputations in the eyes of the mysterious household. These are publicly announced when relevant to create an environment where actions matter. According to your reputation characters you interact with might treat yours differently, maybe even allowing participation in secret missions.

INFO & QUICKSTART

Roleplaying at Witchvalve means to step into CO-Rp, where Roleplayers get together to roleplay towards objectives we provide through our Blackboard. By reporting to us what has happened on your roleplaying adventures we can develop and deepen lore, build up stories, all while acknowledging your contributions.

Getting started is easy!

Begin your roleplaying journey into the shady underground theme by joining the Witchvalve Discord to gain access to all currently available blackboard missions. It's not necessary get involved in our Community, we encourage to roleplay with whoever you desire, at any time and place using our blackboard missions ...that's all!

Step into the mysterious Underground

For the full roleplaying experience and ease of access, we highly recommend becoming a member of our community by accepting our discord server rules and guidelines. With access to the community section, you can easily find like-minded people who are all in for roleplaying and taking on our blackboard missions. With Rp-role pings and dedicated channels it is easy to form groups and go on adventures. Should there be any questions or uncertainties, guidance from our members is quick and responsive. Write us your Mission Reports to help build an ever-evolving interconnected web of lore everyone can play with!

For Potential Partners & Content Creators

If interested in covering Witchvalve or partnering up with us in one way or another, please open a support ticket on our discord and address the matter with a summary. We will get to you once we find the time! Generally we are always interested in collaborations and partnerships, though preferably a seamlessly connection between all sides is much preferred to minimize extensive and repeated amounts of work. Thank you!

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// "Attic" has been added, includes a library and an office
// "The Inn" has been added, includes two inn-rooms, a shower and bathroom
// "Basement 9" has been added, includes the storage and potion factory
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// Witchvalve now has branches
// "Gold Leaf" branch added
// "Jobs" have been added
// Application Form has been updated

About Witchvalve

On the 8th of August 2021 the Witchvalve was founded by Vilithos, a creator and story teller who wanted to see what would happen if he would take one of his ideas and ran with it. While it started in an in-game appartment, over the course of several months people started to gather there regularly. After moving to a small plot, some regulars wanted to help Vilithos run the Witchvalve, marking the first wave of staff members. With "Velvet Worlds" a new structure was layed out, for roleplayers and members of the team. As time has gone by the Witchvalve was in a great spot, though its systems were outdated. Through the release of "Manorghast" a new step into telling a story through roleplay and a new internal system was introduced, later optimized over time. Eventually the Witchvalve has become so established on the Light Datacenter of FFXIV, that it was necessary for yet another expansion. With the update titled "Whisperweave" the Witchvalve shifted its focus to it's roots, changed its system to on-demand roleplay and moved onto creating an active community instead of regular openings with the same "tavern style" theme. From here on an ongoing, always developing narrative, tied into entertainment focused events, were possible, even allowing to go back to its roots of underground themed roleplay.

Rules & Etiquette

We roleplay on demand so keep the Square Enix ToS in mind, as our staff only moderates the Witchvalve Discord and our major Rp Events, not the game itself. Do NOT engage in our content if you and/or your characters are not over 18+ years old! Any content provided or participated in is considered a work of fiction, which does not represent any real events nor intentions.Our discord server rules can be read on the discord server.

1. Do not mix OOC and IC relationships!
2. Ask for consent before roleplaying anything containing nudity, violence, psychological or sexual themes.
3. OOC chat is always available to you, make use of it.
2. Clearly indicate text using markers, we commonly use:
Character speaks out loud: "I am a Witch!"
Speaking out of character: (My character is a Witch)
Third-Person Narration: ⋆The Witch said out loud.⋆
Situational text marker: <Do not drink this!>
4. Spamming sounds, visual effects, animations, macros, short-texts, incomprehensible text and especially emote-messages is generally considered obnoxious behavior in public and party chats.
5. The /shout chat is mainly used by staff for announcements. The Looking to Meld Materia icon indicates who is a Witchvalve Household member or staff providing a service and are currently offering it.Requests for in-game moderation of any kind will be noted, but due to the lack of tools inside FFXIV we will not do anything about it. We recommend to consider opening a GM ticket inside the game.IC, acting in-character / OOC, acting out-of-character

Content KEYWORDS

Each keyword tells how and where you can roleplay specific content. These keywords help clarify what's considered sensitive themes around the FFXIV playerbase. Please always consider FFXIV's ToS.SFW - Safe for Work Content is allowed anywhere in all chats
- Characters being influenced by medicine, drugs and alcohol, retaining control of their actions
- Physical contact without detailed descriptions, suggestive, flirty or sexual additions.MATURE - Mature Content (18+ IC and OOC only) is allowed only in spaces marked as such, in private chats and after asking for consent of the involved players. By entering a location marked as mature you automatically consent to potentially exposure of mature themes.
- Anything related to body fluids, such as blood, spit, puke, urine, etc.
- Spiking drinks/food/etc. with other items (example: secretly poisoning somebody)
- Manipulating incapacitated characters in any way
- Violence without detailed severe bodily harm, long term damage
- Anything related to suggestive/flirty behavior
- The topic of death, war, crimes and murder without detailed descriptionADULT - Adult Content (18+ IC and OOC only) is prohibited everywhere, only practice "Adult" content in private chats such as /party or /tell after asking for consent of the involved players.
- Murderous intent, killing and describing visual death
- Any type of erotic, sensual or sexual roleplay
- Psychological content such as trauma or insanity
- Anything related to gore, such as cut off limbs or similar

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The Beldame Guild events are posted on the Witchvalve Discord due to being a branch of Witchvalve itself.
All Rules and Guidelines that Witchvalve has, apply to "Beldame Guild" as well. Being part of the Discord is mandatory!

• RP Beginner Guide
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• Back to Witchvalve

Next Questing Event

All event information is posted on the Witchvalve Discord or in the advertisements themselves!

What is this about?

The "Beldame Guild" is a system meant to create engaging roleplaying events where players who participate in can rank up to become more respected by other roleplayers, their clients and the Beldame Guild. By completing "quests" they gain "Certificates" which can be used at the "Beldame Guild" to gain a higher "Honor Rank". The more risky and difficult a quest is to complete, the higher the required Honor Rank is. This system is mainly about Roleplaying, not any real rewards. Your "Honor Rank" is valid for all of Witchvalve's branches.

Quest Types

Quests are roleplaying events where players can participate in to gain Rp-rewards and "certificates" for completing the given task. All quests have a required "Honor Rank" which can be increased by turning in "certificates" or completing a "Honor Quest". Honor quests are mostly special roleplaying events designed to have an impact on your characters reputation, good and bad. All quests fall into the following categories.

Quest Locations

To make quest events simple for everyone all players who want to participate will meet up at the Beldame Guild House. After enough people have gathered together the client or host of that event shouts out where the event will take place. This is due to the quests needing multiple locations to be completed. Make sure you are always paying attention to the /shout chat in your area while attending the Beldame Guild event.

Certificates

Certificates are in-game items crafted by specific characters, which are handed out to all participating players. Only items with a signature of an official "Beldame Guild" member are accepted. There are only two types of certificates which can be given to the Beldame Guild receptionists to gain "Honor Rank".

Honor Ranks

Your "Honor Rank" indicates how respected you are at the Beldame Guild. By completing quests you gain "certificates" and "recommendations" which can be traded in to reach a higher Honor Rank. When trading your certificates for honor rank, you lose what you have spend (certificates and recommendations).

About the Location

In lore the Beldame Guild is funded by a mysterious women referred to as "The Receptionist" who never really hid the fact that the budget for the house was extremely low. By players completing quests for the Beldame Guild, the location can be renovated and upgraded. What will happen with the Bedame Guild's house, is up to the players and clients who invest into the place. Generally speaking the house is only used for roleplaying events.

A Guide to Roleplay

This is a general guide to roleplaying in Final Fantasy XIV, which should be applyable to similar games as well. As of now, this guide currently only covers the topics listed below! - Written by VilithosEssential Knowledge <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#rpg-essential>
The Unwritten Rules <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#rpg-unwrittenrules>
Finding Roleplayers and Events <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#rpg-findingevents>

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE

First lets cover the most essential topics about roleplaying to prepare you to the general world of Rp. This includes some fundamental things such as "what even is Rp?", "what does x-term mean?" and much more.

WHAT IS ROLEPLAY?
In the case of in-game roleplay, a player who is roleplaying is acting a character who's properties can be defined intentionally or through the interaction of characters. Some players design their characters with clear intentions in order to portray or act them out according to their interests. The most fundamental properties of a character are listed below.
- Physical appearance
- Traits, positive and negative
- The characters intentions, not player intentions
- Backstory, backs up everything listed above
It is important to understand that a character can, but doesn't necessarily need to, reflect the players interests or intentions. This is why people differentiate between acting in-character and communicating out-of-character. In roleplay you look at characters as fictional figures, which do not represent Real Life intentions of players who are acting them out.ROLEPLAYING TERMS
In games like FFXIV players use short terms to talk about specified topics and even use them to indicate certain information about themselves and their character. These often find use in a characters profile to show other players what they are interested in.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLEPLAY
The definition of the general term "Rp" changes depending on the game, server and culture. Thats why players tend to be confused about the term "Rp" and will specify on what type of roleplay they are talking about. As an example, some players believe that Erp (erotic roleplay) falls into the same term as completely SFW (safe for work) roleplay, where no sexual content is roleplayed at all. The list of different types of roleplay below are meant to shed light on their definitions.

THE UNWRITTEN RULES

A lot of players fear that their way of writing is not good enough, too long and descriptive or simply being in a scenario where they do not know what to do or write. Most of these doubts that roleplayers have come from the lack of information many people already know about, but are only brought up when there is a situation or topic in relation to that. Below you can find the "unwritten rules" which are supposed to prepare you in advance, to take away some of the doubts generated by the lack of information.

1 Do not mix OOC (out of character) and IC (in character) relationships
2 Indicate the type of text inside your messages clearly
3 Communicate with your roleplaying partners and enjoy yourselves
4 Do not metaplay, godplay or do modding in roleplayMixing OOC and IC - is when a player for example gets upset out-of-character over an in-character interaction with other characters, which influences the actions of their character. A character should always be acted out according to their own backstory, not the players feelings. Characters that reflect the players feelings and intentions are called "self-inserts" which are mostly what beginner roleplayers start with. It is no shame to play a "self-insert" character, as long as the player can clearly differ between OOC and IC intentions.Indicators or affixes - are tiny symbols which are extremely important to clearly communicate with other players. They are small but make a gigantic difference, so using them is always welcomed by roleplayers! There are many styles of writing, but all of them should clearly indicate what a character is saying out loud, what they are doing and what is said out-of-character. Imagine you are writing a story, but don't distinct between the narrative and the characters spoken words, it's confusing and hard to read. Below you can see the indicators we are using in the Witchvalve Framework, which are based on what roleplayers generally use in not only FFXIV but also in other games.
- Character speaking out loud: "I am a Witch!" or 'I am a Witch!'
- Speaking out of character: (My character is a Witch)
- Third-Person Narration: ⋆The Witch said out loud.⋆
- Readable text on signs and items: <Do not drink this!>
Not all indicators are needed when writing. Check out the indicators used in these examples!
ExampleA: "Hello there friend!", he waves smiling widely with both arms.
ExampleB: Oh hey there! ⋆she raises her voice surprised but welcoming⋆ Its been a while!
ExampleC: 'Welcome, we have a sale today!' The signs only says <Orange Juice 30% less!>
ExampleD: (Do you want to check out that Witchvalve place today?)Communication - is the most important unwritten rule on this list. Only by communicating with your partners about the scenario and your concerns, both you and them, can truly enjoy roleplaying characters. Should you like or dislike something simply tell your partners in the OOC chat by staying respectful. That also means that a roleplayer doesn't need to participate in a scenario they do not want to roleplay, eventually leaving what you may have planned already due to poor communication. When all rules and guides do not help, communicating with others is the best way to solve a problem.Metaplay, Godplay and Modding - are terms in roleplay describing the manipulation of a scenario or system to a players advantage. Let's say a character in a roleplay has just been fatally damaged and is on the brink of death. Meta- or godplay would be if the character inside of this scenario would roleplay that they are suddenly back to full health, just because they feel like it. In roleplay you have the ability to write your own stories and act it out to your liking, which is freedom that can easily be exploited. A player who is modding in roleplay refers to making characters so powerful they are able to overcome any type of situation because of their backstory. Modding can also refer to players making up items, gadjets and plots which gives them an excuse to act their character out in a certain way. Especially in already established planned scenarios this can easily ruin character development and the scenario itself. Roleplayers who use metaplay, godplay or modding are mostly ignored or excluded by roleplayers.

FINDING ROLEPLAYERS AND EVENTS

It can be quite hard to find your way into the roleplaying culture without asking other people about it, but even then its a gamble of landing at the right places in the right group of players. Some players are very open to the topic of roleplay, though some might even judge you for bringing it up. In the end you can not influence the behavior of other players towards you, even if you are careful with what you say. In this part of the roleplaying guide you can find the biggest sources for roleplaying events and communities to finally sink your teeth into the world of in-game roleplay without much fear.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS
Before you go to any of the following sources you should definitely get an idea about the different types of events that have been established over many years. There are clear distinctions between each type which change the overall crowd of players who participate. The culture of how things are done therefore changes which can lead to some awkward situations most players can't handle well.Tavern Archetype - A place where all players are in character for a majority of the time, roleplaying in public chats. This type can be found in many different variants such as bars, restaurants, cafés, libraries, and many many more, essentially places where players will gather together in-character to roleplay their characters inside of the events theme in public chats.
Nightclub Archetype - A place where there is a clear focus on enjoying music by dancing, where a majority of players are out of character in public chats. This type will very likely have a music playlist or livestream where their players can join in to listen. They often offer various optional roleplaying content on the side such as a bar, gambling, private rooms or staff which can be hired to roleplay.
Campaign Archetype - A roleplaying campaign is an event where the scenario is somewhat planned in advance and lead by one or multiple so called "Gamemasters". This archetype is mostly done in private by groups of roleplayers that have build up a certain amount of trust in each other. Gamemasters are not only planning the scenario that is roleplayed, they also make key decisions to balance their campaign. If you have ever heard of "Pen and Paper" or "Dungeons and Dragons" this archetype is reflecting both in the sense of more planned systematic roleplaying. Campaigns are extremely free in theme and goal, so make sure to ask the campaigns gamemaster before participating in their event.

ESSENTIAL DISCORDS
The following Discords listed below are the main sources to find not only roleplaying events, but also other related sources such as venues and communities.Endless Nights Events - SFW/Mature/Adult, Hiring, All Datacenters
Seventh Haven - Roleplaying Mentorship System, Hiring, Beginner Rp Friendly, All Datacenters
Silver Valkerie Events - SFW only, Mainly Light Datacenter
Chaos Roleplaying Community - SFW only, Chaos Datacenter

*Head over to our Discord and let us know about other major sources so we can add them here!

OTHER RESOURCES
The following sources listed below are related to roleplaying in FFXIV are not necessarily offer any events to participate in. This list is meant to point to major non-discord sources.Seventh Haven - SFW/Mature/Adult Roleplaying Hub for the Light and Chaos Datacenter
Endless Nights Calendar - SFW/Mature/Adult Events on All Datacenters
Chaos Archives - English roleplaying portal to the Chaos Datacenter
FF14 Light Wikipedia - German roleplaying source to the Light Datacenter

*Head over to our Discord and let us know about other major sources so we can add them here!

Witchvalve Framework

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Welcome to the Witchvalve Framework which goal is to set somewhat of a standard to help create player events and venues in Final Fantasy XIV. Currently covered topics listed below! - Written by Genoen N. JunContent Categories & Keywords <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#wvf-keywords>
Venue Content <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#wvf-venuecontent>
Ruleset Guide For Venues <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#wvf-rulesetguide>

CONTENT CATEGORIES & KEYWORDS

In the Witchvalve Framework content is divided into three categories indicated by a resprective keyword. Each keyword tells the player where they can roleplay specific types of content to avoid exposing other players to content they possibly do not want to put their eyes on or participate in. These keywords exist to clearly define content of any type to avoid the need of complex explainations. Simply point a player towards this section of the framework to show them which content is connected to which keyword.
Link to share this section: <https://witchvalve.carrd.co/#wvf-keywords>Venues marked as SFW and NSFW or MATURE
A venue marked as SFW will only contain SFW content and no content listed in other categories such as NSFW, MATURE and EX. There are no exceptions to this.
A venue marked as NSFW or MATURE will definitely contain NSFW content in some way.
Never mark a venue or space as EX (extreme content) because exposing any player to this type of content publicly or privately without consent is violating the FFXIV Terms of Service.SFW - Safe for Work Content is allowed anywhere in all chats
- Roleplaying content and items marked as SFW
- Ordering content and items marked as SFW
- Characters being drunk or high on items, retaining control of their actions
- Physical contact without the extensive description of the scenario, no suggestive or sexual contentNSFW / MATURE - Not Safe for Work & Mature Content (18+ only) is allowed only in spaces marked as NSFW, in private chats and after asking for consent of the involved players. By entering an area/venue/event marked as NSFW you automatically consent to potentially seeing NSFW content.
- Roleplaying content and items marked as NSFW
- Ordering content and items marked as NSFW
- Anything related to body fluids, such as blood, spit, puke, urine, etc.
- Spiking drinks/food/etc. with other items (example: secretly poisoning somebody)
- Manipulating incapacitated characters in any way
- Minor violence, no detailed bodily harm, murder or long term damage
- Anything related to suggestive/flirty behaviorEX - Extreme Content (18+ only) is prohibited everywhere, only participate in EX content in private chats such as /party or /tell after asking for consent of the involved players. Never mark an area/venue/event as EX due to the high probability to get suspended by FFXIV's gamemasters (GM).
- Only roleplay EX content and items in private chats
- Only order EX content and items in private chats
- Anything related to death
- Any type of erotic roleplay
- Any type of abusive content
- Psychological content such as trauma or insanity
- Anything related to gore, such as cut off limbs or similar

VENUE CONTENT

All player events offer some kind of service to give their players a unique experience. Most content is tied to specified services, which is the reason why designing and managing a venue is so fascinating. Making the content you'd like to offer actually work is a constant process you shouldn't underestimate. Just know that there is no perfect way to do things and keep adjusting. Because of that, how well this framework works for your content is entirely up to the structure of your very own venue. Below are a few conceptual services and their requirements.Tipp: Having fewer but more iconic items is generally better in terms of inventory space and remembrance. Storage management also becomes much easier. Item descriptions should sum up what it is about and/or what it does short and clear.Pricing: Making prices more easy to calculate eases the experience for all players. Especially having some kind of item-tiers can help with workflow a lot. Just watch out that the price a player pays isn't connected to a high commitment, especially for roleplaying items. Players generally tend to ignore items with high pricing, if they need to invest too much effort into a service after paying.

ITEM SELLING - No Roleplay
Selling items without roleplay in mind requires
- Staff who takes orders and hands out in-game items
- Management of getting items and keeping track of the storage
- Location where this service is provided like a bar or counter
- Optional: Cost and stating if actual in-game Gil is required
- Optional: Description of items, keep it short and on point.

ITEM SELLING - With Roleplay
Selling items with roleplay in mind be it SFW or NSFW requires
- Staff who takes orders and hands out in-game items in character
- Management of getting items and keeping track of the storage
- Location where this service is provided like a bar or counter
- Footnote redirecting to this frameworks content categories and keywords
- Optional: Cost and stating if actual in-game Gil is required
- Optional: Description of items and what they do in-character, keep it short and on point
- Optional: Staff roleplaying how they aquire an item, such as bartending or cooking in character
- Optional: "Rp" keywords on the menu to define the type of an item regarding this frameworks content categories using keywords. Check our content categories here!

*Keywords such as SFW/NSFW/EX are explained in the Witchvalve Framework

Work in progress! More service concepts will follow.

HOUSING DESIGN GUIDE

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ADVERTISEMENT AND MARKETING

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Ruleset Guide for Venues

In this section you find out how to put together a set of rules according to your venues needs inside of the Witchvalve Framework. There is no universal way to come up with rules that apply to every venue, so instead you will can check your options indicated by the colors. How you color code your rules on your sources is entirely up to you, but for clarity we will use the following set.
// Green indicates that something needs to be specified.
// Blue indicates multiple options such as A or B.
// Red indicates something that is set in stone and can not be changed in this Framework.
// Lets begin!

Warning! - Do NOT engage in any content marked as "NSFW" (not safe for work) or "EX" (extreme content) if you aren't over the age of 18+ years old!

Any content provided or participated in is considered as a work of fiction and does not reflect or represent any real events or intentions in any shape or form. Any content affecting a player's character in any way is optional and does not need to be roleplayed without consent.
// This is the two-part NSFW disclaimer! Every venue that offers NSFW content in any way needs a visible disclaimer and especially a warning about adult content to show players what they are dealing with.Any content provided or participated in is considered as a work of fiction and does not reflect or represent any real events or intentions in any shape or form. This is a safe for work environment accessable by everyone so please do not engage in any mature or NSFW (not safe for work) activities.
// This is the SFW disclaimer! You do not need an adult content warning as a SFW venue.

GENERAL RULES / VENUE RULES
// Title of the rules section. Makes it easy to find and point at!

1 Do not mix OOC and IC relationships!
// The most important rule for all roleplaying content.

2 To clearly indicate a certain type of text use these markers:
Character speaking out loud: "I am a Witch!"; 'I am a Witch!'
Speaking out of character: (My character is a Witch)
Third-Person Narration: ⋆The Witch said out loud.⋆
Readable text on signs and items: <Do not drink this!>
//These are very common affixes/markers used to indicate certain types of texts in roleplay. In the Witchvalve Framework they can be used selectively according to anyones style of writing.

3 In case public chats become too busy please invite others into a party or use private chats. Others will appreciate a cleaner public chat without parallel conversations happening at the same time.
// Optional: Decide if you'd like a reminder for players to keep chat clarity in mind or let go completely.

4 Please dismiss all Minions/Pets and dress accordingly, if there is a special event announced. The host of the day is allowed to have a minion out.
// Minions and players share the same slots, so decide if you allow them or not.
// Should you have a general dresscode at your venue let your players know. The text I used implies that players can wear what they like, unless a theme or dresscode is specifically announced.
// Optional: That the host can have a minion out is there to show you how specific this rule can be.

5 Weapons are allowed inside the premises, but wielding them is prohibited. Please avoid any bright particle effects including the sheathed glowing weapon glitch.
// or
5 Weapons are prohibited inside the premises. Please avoid any bright particle effects including the sheathed glowing weapon glitch.
// You either allow weapons under specified conditions or you prohibit them.

6 Please refrain from bringing your own items, crafting at the venue, public dice rolling, emote and emote-message spamming.
// These actions are mostly cluttering chat and are disrespecting your created content. Specify which actions your venue perceives as disrespectful or experience breaking.

7 Avoid using /yell and /shout chat which are reserved for announcements, and the yellow "Looking to Meld Materia" and green "Looking for Party" icon, which mark our staff.
Looking to Meld Materia = Shows you who is Staff
Looking for Party = Shows you which Staff is available for Erp
// Every venue needs at least one channel to make announcements live, which is always /yell and optionally /shout. I highly recommend sticking to /yell due to text reaching area wide.
// In order for players to know who is staff and who isn't, the icons mentioned in this rule are set in stone. Should you do not need the "Looking for Party" icon to indicate staff which is available for Erp, remove this icon from the rules, cross it out or specify that they are not needed. Ex.: (not needed, we are a SFW venue)

8 Respect each other and do not meta/god play characters within our content. Nobody is forced to roleplay a scenario, so please speak up should you want to change or jump out of a scenario. By using /say (DoP) or sending a /tell to a member of our staff you can let them know they might need to handle a situation for you. OOC chat is always available even when unconscious IC, publicly and privately. We value interactions over lore-friendliness especially in the context of FFXIV's Lore.
// Rule 8 is very important to act on specific situations where a player steps out- or over a line. Some players might not want to see, read or participate in certain types of content, especially NSFW and EX content, which is why this rule allows staff to clearly find these kind of situations to handle. How your staff is supposed to handle "DoP" situations is entirely up to the venues internal staff rules.

IC, acting in-character
OOC, acting out-of-character
DoP, Disageement of Participation
PSDoP, Publicly stated Disagreement of Participation
// Some short terms must be explained if used so make sure to include them visibly on point.You can always talk to our staff privately if you have any questions or are in the need of help regarding situations within our events. Staff is there to help you after all!
// Optional: A little message emphasizing that your staff is there to help is always good.

Hopefully this guide was helpful to create a set of rules fitting to your content! If you'd like to see how a set of rules could look like as an example check out our own page. Rules Page

Into The Cauldron

UNTESTED VERSION - Work in Progress

This is Witchvalve's roleplaying system designed for (hopefully) entertaining streaming content where a narrator or streamer reads out loud what the participants are roleplaying. In this system a descriptive style of writing and proper knowledge about the system is mandatory. - Written by Vilithos

• All you need
• preparation
• Full Guide
• Skills & Abilities

Into The Cauldron

UNTESTED VERSION - Work in Progress

This is Witchvalve's roleplaying system designed for (hopefully) entertaining streaming content where a narrator or streamer reads out loud what the participants are roleplaying. In this system a descriptive style of writing and proper knowledge about the system is mandatory. - Written by Vilithos

• All you need
• preparation
• Full Guide
• Skills & Abilities
• Gamemaster Book

ALL YOU NEED

Understanding the structure of ITC is very important to be able to apply any other of it's sub-systems to the roleplaying campaign that you are participating in. We recommend to create your character in Preperation first to then proceed into reading our Full Guide to ITC very carefully. While this seems quite a lot, everything should be fairly easy to remember once read. "All you need" is intended to be an overview participants.

Into The Cauldron

UNTESTED VERSION - Work in Progress

This is Witchvalve's roleplaying system designed for (hopefully) entertaining streaming content where a narrator or streamer reads out loud what the participants are roleplaying. In this system a descriptive style of writing and proper knowledge about the system is mandatory. - Written by Vilithos

• All you need
• preparation
• Full Guide
• Skills & Abilities

Preparation

For the sake of streamlining, a lot of information has to be condensed into easy to understand packages. While the character creation from scratch can take some time, it is extremely easy to convert an already existing character into ITC. The "character sheet" and "organization sheet" both give vital information about a player and their character to make campaign events easy to manage.

Organization Sheet

For the people who host campaigns or streaming events, information about their particiapants and their characters are extremely important to plan ahead. For most events the GM (Game Master) will announce a way to gain information about their participants before any campaign even starts. This can be done through direct messaging, a dedicated discord channel or in most cases a form. Below you can find the most vital questions participants normally need to answer.

Macros

While you do not need all of these macros for playing "Into the Cauldron", they are making a lot of things much easier. The requirements for these macros are the following:
- Be part of the Crossworld Linkshells (invited only for campaigns)
- Set "System Log" to Crossworld Linkshell number 8.
- Set "Narration Log" to Crossworld Linkshell number 7.ESSENTIAL MACROS
System Log; Narration Log; Character Sheet; End Turn; Skip Turn; Roll against Target; Respond to Roll; Status of Target; Status of Party; Job AbilityNICE TO HAVE
Declare Combat; Resolve Combat; Flee Combat; Request Sheet; Start Chapter; Resolve ChapterAll macros are on our Discord in the ITC Macros channel, due to carrd.co not accepting some symbols.

Character Sheet Overview

Below you can see an example of the character sheet that will be created. It is quite short and streamlined, to make it easy to keep track of and post as a macro when needed. Especially the description of a character should be short and on point without giving too much away from their lore. After all how you roleplay your character matters more anything. With the command "_Sheet" "Character Name" you can ask other players to send you their character sheet in one of the chatlogs or privately.

EXAMPLE CHARACTER SHEET
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CHARACTER NAME / Group
Visibility / Size / Equipment
Arsenal (Type/at 0/Art or Spell/)
Tokens (0) // Discipline
Proficiencies
Job Ability (0) // Job Ability B (0)
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Backstory Summary

MACRO TEMPLATE
Copy paste this into an in-game macro and replace the words with your characters information. Later you can use your macro to easily give out your character sheet.-----------------
CHARACTER NAME / Group
Visibility / Size / Positive Trait / Negative Trait
Equipment
Tokens (0) // Discipline
Proficiencies
Job Ability (0) // Job Ability B (0)
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Backstory Summary

Character sheet Creation

The character sheet in ITC only lists key information to streamline roleplaying while still giving all players the most creative freedom possible. Because character actions are very impactful to the campaign, the complexity of characters is not defined by their character sheet. Every character is roleplayed by a player, meaning that even some NPCs or minor characters have a character sheet, even if shortened

CHARACTER NAME
State the name of the character you are playing, not the name of the in-game character. They can both be the same, but it is recommended to use a short nickname. This is due to giving participants the ability to reuse in-game characters multiple times instead of needing to recreate new ones repeatedly. It also enables NPC characters like bandits who wear masks or diguised characters.GROUPS
A characters "group" defines which faction, company, guild and so on they are tied to. Groups are defined by the GM and should you want your own "group" you have to talk with your GM due to lore reasons. For anyone who is not part of any group, please use "neutral" as your group.APPEARANCE
Pick "appearance traits" that are logical to your character. Both traits below need to be defined depending on your characters appearance. Anything but average appearance traits will greatly influence your roleplaying experience. The bigger, more buffed a character is the harder they are to lift up. Characters with a lot of weight attached such as weapons, bags or tools are also harder to lift up. Choose only one of the available options for both questions. Is you in-game character small, you have to choose "Tiny".

ICONIC TRAITS
In ITC your character has one positive and one negative trait, which are meant to lay out some fundamental personality traits everyone can work with. You have to pick one positive and one negative trait from the list below, but not two that are inside of the same line. Iconic traits give you reason why your character is written a certain way, but does not change ITC-mechanics such as combat or roll-values.

DISCIPLINES
Your specialization will give your character a "discipline" they are very familiar with. These add a field of knowledge to a your character and define which proficiency skills and job abilities are available to you.

EQUIPMENT
All equipment is divided into different "equipment types" which each allow you to use a specified "equipment skill" as long as you wear or use that equipment type. No character can equip more than two equipment types at once. Equipment skills can only be used once and have to be recharged, repaired or reaquired afterwards. Equipment can be destroyed, get lost or even break, making you lose their skill.As a start, pick one Equipment Type to flesh out your character.

PROFICIENCIES
With proficiency skills you can give your characters customized abilities to make them unique. Proficiencies use tokens meaning you can not fail them. Proficiencies are specified actions, but how they are done is written by the players themselves. A barrier can look like wall of rocks, a bubble of fire or a technological pattern from a gadget. As you can see, you can be quite creative. However your unique "proficicency skill" looks, it still only does what is defined in the proficiency skills written in ITC. You can not add ailments or additonal effects to your custom proficiencies due to it's in-lore nature.Pick one of All Proficiencies which contain your character's discipline.

JOB ABILITIES
The job abilities are iconic and will influence the campaign greatly. Should you ever use one of these, it will definitely be remembered. All job abilities are unique and have their own amount of usages, referred to as "Job Tokens". Feel free to embrace a job fully or combine your own set of abilities together to create something unique.Pick one of all available job abilities, which includes all Combat Job Abilities and Worker Job Abilities.

BACKSTOY SUMMARY
Write a short summary of your characters backstory, which does not give away too much of their lore. Then include your characters intentions in context of the campaign they are a part of. This is information all players have access to and will very likely be used by other characters in the course of the roleplaying campaign. Backstories of multiple characters can be connected, but the summary should still only touch on the key aspects of their lore. Please do not exceed the messaging limit when writing the "backstory summary" as it should fit into one line of the in-game macro feature.

Into The Cauldron

UNTESTED VERSION - Work in Progress

This is Witchvalve's roleplaying system designed for (hopefully) entertaining streaming content where a narrator or streamer reads out loud what the participants are roleplaying. In this system a descriptive style of writing and proper knowledge about the system is mandatory. - Written by Vilithos

• All you need
• preparation
• Full Guide
• Skills & Abilities

FULL GUIDE

On this page the main flow of interactions and what you need to know as a player is explained. As long as you do not understand the core system of ITC, we do not recommend participating in campaigns. It is highly advised to create your own group in-game and train this system with some others before participating in any ITC content. ITC is designed for entertainment purposes and fulfilling roleplay, where less time wasted equals an overall better flow of interactions.

Terms

NARRATION LOG - Crossworld Linkshell 8
Everything in the narration log will be read out loud by a narrator. It is where all paragraphs are posted in, which describe acting characters. Please always set the campaigns crossworld linkshell at position 8 to be on the same page as everyone and the use of ITC macros.SYSTEM LOG - Crossworld Linkshell 7
Out-of-Character communication and character information is posted in the system log. This is where ITC macros do their magic. This log is also used for important out of character notices and communication.PARTY CHAT - /party /p
In the party chat players can discuss their evil plans privately without being read out loud or seen.PLAYER PARTY
With the in game party-feature participants are sorted into "player parties" to make turns easier to manage. This is only used for large group to group interactions.ACTIONS
An action is what a character does. There are three types of interactions in ITC called "Social Actions", "Combat Actions" and "Job Actions". We differ between them to put players into a position where they have to make crucial decisions, which will influence the roleplay greatly. For balancing, a player can only use one type of action each turn, limiting their options and forcing them to become creative.CAMPAIGN
A campaign is a series of stories set within the same universe or world, for which a so called Game Master (GM) creates a backstory and evironments for their players to interact with or within. The goal of a campaign is mostly tied to the players interests or given through the story the GM delivers their players.CHAPTERS
Campaigns are structured into sections which contain a specific plot of the overall storyline. These sections are referred to as "chapters" to make storytelling easy.GROUPS
A "group" is a set of characters which are connected or associated with each other in the campaign and not a player party. If a character is not part of a group they are considered "neutral".MAIN CHARACTERS
In every group there are "main characters" which will lead the plot of a chapter or campaign further. What they contribute to the campaign is really important.SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
The "supporting characters" are always part of a plot which is lead by a "main character". Supporting characters are important for storytelling and mostly used to make plots more believable.COMMANDER
In large scale campaigns with a lot of participants involved, the "Commander" decides what each character in their player party does, but the players themselves are who write out the action. This is only used for strategic battles where the story lead main characters into a fitting position.

ENCOUNTERS

Encounters are parts of the campaign that were intentionally put in front of the players to solve. A similar word may be "quests", but encounters can change depending on the players decisions which varies the outcome drastically, eventually opening or closing the doors to different new encounters.! Before every encounter a "Party Leader" is determined.
! Encounters will always use the "Frogshot System" explained below.
! If not in an encounter, use the "Freebird Mode" explained below.TYPES OF ENCOUNTERS

FREEBIRD MODE + General Rules

If no encounter is currently occurring the player party can freely roleplay their character activities until the next encounter, which is eventually created through the characters actions or campaign. This does not enable you to roleplay the way you do at player events like Witchvalve for example, so please keep the following Freebird Rules in mind as best as you can. After all ITC is about descriptive writing!

FROGSHOT SYSTEM

The "Frogshot System" is a turn based system where actions can be chained together. Metaphorically you "feed a frog something, to shoot it filled with said something at a destination, where the frog spits it out". As this is the heart of ITC roleplay, learning this principle is mandatory.THE PRINCIPLE

TURNS
A turn in ITC is a bundle of character actions that are written by their respective players who are inside of the same player party. These "bundles" are thrown at a target specified by the "party leader".CHAINS
A chain is a sequence of paragraphs that correlate to each other in terms of story or character actions. For example, multiple different combat abilities can be part of the same chain.PARTY LEADER
For every encounter a new "party leader" has to be determined. If the GM doesn't specify, the participants who want to lead this encounter roll the dice against each other, where the lower value wins.

PARAGRAPHS

When roleplaying in the game most players write their characters actions, emotions, perceptions and dialogues in a single message. Some roleplayers write in such detail that their message exceeds the character-limit of a single message, which forces them to split up the text they wanted to send. A paragraph is the text a player sends to describe their characters actions. A paragraph can be made of multiple messages, which can become quite confusing if other players can't tell when a paragraph ends. Because ITC is designed to be entertaining, all paragraphs need to be written in a way a person can read them out loud while still containing key information for all other players that are quickly recognizable. This causes a lot of specification issues which are fixed by enforcing a template for paragraphs. A single paragraph contains multiple Indicators and a clear structure.

Type Pos Target Token // Descriptive text including character name, "Dialog", creative freedom // More?

PARAGRAPH RULES
To give all participants a fair chance to do what they intent to do, a few rules have to be kept in mind when writing paragraphs. These rules apply to everyone no matter the style of writing.

SPEED
Speed determines the order in which players write their paragraphs into the "narration log", adding their paragraph to a turn while being part of an encounter.

INDICATORS
With indicators you can define or recognize a paragraphs properties. Typing out the full explaination for every single one of your paragraphs wastes a lot of time, space and is confusing to everyone. That is why we are using the indicators below.

COMMANDS

Commands will only be posted in the system log which are necessary tools to gather information or initiate certain situation without the need of detailed explainations. Simply type the colored texts in the sytem log manually or by using a macro, to "call" a command.

Dice Rolling

To determine the outcome of non-token actions one player initiates a /dice roll against their target, which the targeted players will respond to with a /dice roll or by using a token. There are macros for this type of rolling: "Roll against Target" and "Respond to Roll".Ailments take into effect if the counter-roll is 100 or below.
Tokens always beat dice rolls, no matter the circumstances.Combat Rules
- You can only use the same proficiency or job ability twice in a row.
- You can only do one type of action per turn.
- Actions such as "counters" can only be "countered" once.
- Characters can only be affected by up to two ailments.

TOKENS

With tokens a player can guarantee actions such as proficiencies and job abilities without the need of rolling a dice. Should a character throw a fireball at you using a token, you can only dodge it by using your own token to guarantee the "dodge" proficiency for example. This also applies for social interactions.
- You can not use two different types of actions in one turn.
- Tokens always beat dice rolls, no matter the circumstances.

AMOUNT OF TOKENS
Every player starts an encounter with 3 tokens, but can only hold up to a maximum of 6 tokens in total. The GM who leads the campaign can define how many tokens are availaible and what the maximum is.PROFICIENCY COSTS
All proficiencies can be targeted at a single target or an area (Aoe). The base cost of a proficiency will always be used for single targets. The cost for AoE's is always double the amount of tokens you spend. Proficiencies can have an "Efficiency" where the base cost equals one level of effectiveness. "Job Abilities" can not be adjusted unless stated in their description specificly.Effectiveness - A value for proficiencies and abilities which does something specified, such as the level of a "Heal", "Distance", "Damage", "Nullify" and so on.

Arsenal

An Arsenal is a any type of weapon fitting into the "Arsenal Types" listed here. Any weapon a player wants to use for their character has to fit into these types, or else are prohibited to participate. GM controlled characters (Bosses, Vehicles, ...) may vary for specific encounters, but players will only use the list below.

OVERVIEW

STATUS

With the command "Check Status" specific characters or parties have to state their current "status" containing Name, Speed, Health and Ailments. These "checks" are mandatory to give other players information that would normally be visible in a game or told by a GM. A good ITC roleplayer looks at their characters situation logically and would state their "status" according to it, even if it puts their character into a bad spot. Being unrealistic about your characters situation is generally considered as "Bad RP".

POSITION
Every turn players have multiple movement options available: m2, m1 or w2. The range in which certain actions work is determined from object to object, meaning that there are only four "distances" you have to remember. If a character is out of your actions range, you have to move in range to be able to hit them.

To state which movement option you use for a turn, you write the indicators at the front of your paragraph with a specified character or object. The two indicators below are not used for status checks.

To state your "position" at a "status check" simply look at the range unit in relation to your target. It could look something like this: "Dizzy at 1 from Badguy" or "Dizzy at 0 from Snackbar"

HEALTH
There are no "health points" in ITC, there is only a "health condition". All player characters can survive two hits, while the third hit causes either a KO or Death.

AILMENT
Anything that affects your character in a negative way, which is not a negative trait, falls into the categories below and gives you either "Disadvantage (Dis)" or "Unable to act (Uta)". Characters can only be affected by up to two ailments.

EXAMPLE LOG (OLD)

Here is what you will see in the game while participating in an ITC campaign. Learning all the indicators and commands is the hardest part about ITC. The example log below should give you a visible idea of what you are going to deal with when roleplaying in "Into the Cauldron".

Into The Cauldron

UNTESTED VERSION - Work in Progress

This is Witchvalve's roleplaying system designed for (hopefully) entertaining streaming content where a narrator or streamer reads out loud what the participants are roleplaying. In this system a descriptive style of writing and proper knowledge about the system is mandatory. - Written by Genoen N. Jun

• All you need
• preparation
• Full Guide
• Skills & Abilities

Skills & Abilities

Listed below are all available Proficiencies and Job Abilities, including a description of keywords that define core mechanics of all abilities listed here. Should you have ideas for new "classes" or job abilities feel free to let us know on the Witchvalve Discord server.Note: Work in Progress

Ability Keywords

Proficiencies and job abilities have certain keywords attached to them to indicate specific defined mechanics within ITC. Learning these keywords will enable extremely strategic interactions.

EFFICIENCY
The keyword "Efficiency" refers to an ability that can change its "Effectiveness". By spending an abilities base cost multiple times you can increase its "effectiveness" making it stronger per base cost spent.AOE
An ability that will affect an area or multiple targets at once. The token cost for proficiencies is always double the amount of tokens you spend. [base cost] x [efficiency] = [sum] x [2]FINISHER
Abilities that are considered a "finisher" will definitely cause character KO or Death, which the acting player has to choose. Finishers can be avoided with dodge, barrier, block, deflect, withstand, invulnerable, dash, flight, rocksteady and counter.EXECUTE
Abilities that are considered an "execute" will definitely cause character Death. Executes can be avoided with dodge, barrier, block, deflect, withstand, invulnerable, dash, flight, rocksteady and counter.SPIRITS
Any ability that is considered as a "spirit" has a purpose. Once the purpose is fulfilled the spirit disappears, dissolves or returns to the body. Spirits can not interact with the environment out of their purpose, which is always described in the abilities description.DASH
Dashes move characters to a specified position on the ground. Only while in flight, you can dash to a specified position in the air. Should you get hit or affected by a _severe Ailment or extreme ailment while dashing, you get interrupted and have disadvantage.SUPERARMOR
A character acting out an ability that gives them "superarmor", will make the character complete their action by force, but they will still receive damage. All ailments received while having superarmor become active after the superarmor effect is over.INVULNERABLE
Characters that are "invulnerable" receive no damage until the effect is over or nullified. They can still be affected by Ailments and proficiency skills that require social tokens.IMMUNE
Abilities that make characters "immune" will nullify all currently existing ailments and while immune, you can not receive any ailments. While immune you can not be healed by magic.FLIGHT
Abilitites that make you have control over your movement in the air are considered as "flight". That includes hovering or jumping extremely high. "Flight" is also active when on a flying mount. Should you get hit or affected by severe ailments or extreme ailments while in "flight", you fall on to the ground becoming "weak" with "disadvantage" and dismount should you have been mounted.UNSEEN
While hiding in the environment characters are considered "unseen" until the situation makes them visible, heard or obvious to identify. If any of the mentioned situations occurs, the character that was discovered has disadvantage.INVISIBILITY
While characters have no visual of characters that are "invisible", "invisibility" can be interrupted once touched, heard or affected by severe ailments or extreme ailments.COUNTER
Counters absorb combat actions to cause specific effects or combat actions described in the ability, making the character receive no damage or ailments.

EQUIPMENT SKILLS

You can only posess two "equipment skills" at the time and lose the skill upon use. Should you lose equipment, you lose the respective "equipment skill". Only one equipment skill can be active at the time. Hower the equipment a player wants for their character is desribed at the character creation, only the effects below are possible. In character creation players can only choose one equipment and their skill.

Proficiencies

Proficiencies can be customized to suit your character in a stylized way to describe actions your way, but your character can only cause the proficiency skills that are listed here. A "barrier" can look and work in many different ways lore-wise, but in the end the barrier will only do what is defined here.

PROTECTION

ALTERATION

MYSTERY

MASTERY

SURVIVABILITY

SPEECH

WEAPON ART

Weaponless (Close)

Close Weapon

COMBAT JOB ABILITIES

In ITC there are no classes specificly, but rather abilities that originate from class archetypes. The amount of usages for abilities is implied by the amount of "job tokens" it has. You can not use "job tokens" from a job ability to use other abilities. Job abilities have their unique token, which is why we refer to "Job Token A" and "Job Token B". Short terms for Job Tokens are "JTA" and "JTB".

PALADIN

WARRIOR

DARK KNIGHT

GUNBREAKER

WHITEMAGE

SCHOLAR

ASTROLOGIAN

SAGE

MONK

DRAGOON

NINJA

SAMURAI

REAPER

BLACKMAGE

SUMMONER

BARD

MACHINIST

DANCER

BLUE MAGE

WITCH

ANDROID

HEX PILOT

WORKER JOB ABILITIES

In ITC there are no classes specificly, but rather abilities that originate from class archetypes. The amount of usages for abilities is implied by the amount of "job tokens" it has. You can not use "job tokens" from a job ability to use other abilities. Job abilities have their unique token, which is why we refer to "Job Token A" and "Job Token B". Short terms for Job Tokens are "JTA" and "JTB".

CARPENTER

BLACKSMITH

ARMORER

GOLDSMITH

LEATHERWORKER

ALCHEMIST

CULINARIAN

MINER

BOTANIST

FISHER

MAIDEN

JANITOR

HUNTER

EXORCIST