Ausflucht is a fictional University which is located in a fictional town somewhere in a remote area of the real country Germany. The game will take place in the University, the connected Research Facility and some spots in the surrounding town/area. The year is 2008, and you will have three days OOC to play one day IC. [This doesn't include logs, which can go on however long you like.] However, other than this time will still pass normally. For example, it will still be September IC if it is September OOC.

The Council is basically a group of supernatual allied leaders. The Council represents the largest and most powerful supernatural populations, the leaders of which are all members. The Council is responsible for all large decisions that affect more than one group of supernatural beings. Each leader also acts as a general of sorts, meaning that ever character in the game ranked under them has been assigned by their respective leader and if asked, all supernatural beings must report to their Council leader. That's right, they'll be checkin' up on you!

Basically, the International Metascience Committee is the human counterpart to the Council. Each of the world's wealthiest and most powerful countries send a representative to meet the others for just such an occasion. Whenever there iS a documented incidence of supernatural actiVity, the Committee is the group to handle it. Though the Committee technically appointed the united States with custody of our mermaid, the Committee is in charge of overseeing all of the research an security that goes on in Ausflucht.

Not at this time, no. Because the Council and Committee members are so powererful and so central to the plot, the mods and mod helpers will be playing them. However, this is not to say other members will never be allowed to play a Council/Committee member! Give us some time to get to know you and learn how you play and we may offer you a Council or Commitee position.

Right now the maximum number of characters we are allowing everyone to play is six. This number may increase or decrease at some point in the future, but for now it's six.

Yes! We require that no matter how many characters you play, each one has his or her own livejournal account and icons.

No! This is an original character roleplay which means all of your characters, their personalities and backgrounds, must come directly from your brainz. We really want to see how creative and diverse people can be with this, there are sooo many options for characters! If you need some help with ideas, check out the Wanted Characters post.

Absolutely! It would be impossible for us to cover every single supernatural being in the world, but you are in no way limited to the ones in the quide. We just outlined some of the most popular beings so that everyone who did decide to app one of those was on the same page. But if you have a different idea for a character you'd like to play, please be our guest! The only thing we don't allow is for people to apply as animals or non-sentient creatures. All characters have to be able to speak, and use language. Therefore we don't allow people to play any unicorns/dragons/polar bears. We also don't allow any angels, demons, or gods. Sorry, but we'd like to stay away from those. Otherwise, any kind of supernatural character you can think of is allowed!

Not to worry! There is always a solution. In the case of vampires, there is always the possibility of a human host, provided you don't kill them of course! And, well. This is the Council who is in charge here, and the Council isn't always nice. If there are people that get in the Council's way, perhaps someone they need dead immediately, those fated to die might be allowed to be killed and eaten by zombies. However this will be VERY RARE. The last thing the Council needs is for excessive deaths to be traced back to them or you. In the meantime, there will be very advanced synthetic human blood, brains, and body fluid available. It won't satiate vampires or zombies for a very long period of time, but it should signifigantly cut down on the number of necessary human victims.

Not at all! Having actual in-game classes would be very time consuming, and probably not very much fun. If you wish to run an in-class log at any time, please feel free, but they are in no way required.

Your supernatural character is allowed to have any powers or magical abilities that are common to their race. We're not dampening or taking away any magic or powers, but please remember to use your discretion. These beings are going to among humans almost constantly and don't want to be discovered! If your character is caught using noticeable magic around humans, you can bet the Council will have something to say about it, and the consequences will be drastic.

All first person posts will go in ausflucht_rpg. The main community represents an online site or message board that everyone in the University and surrounding area. All third person posts go in ausflucht_logs, which is for all in-person interaction between characters. Any Out Of Character posts, including introductions, hiatus notices, and announcements will go in ausflucht_ooc. For more information on the separate communities, please check here.

Eventually, of course! It's only a matter of time before knowledge, secrets, and information begin leaking to the humans. But not just yet. Where's the fun if the humans start finding out right off the bat? The wrong person is bound to catch wind of it and then it's Game Over. Not to mention that in character actions like that would have drastic in character consequences. You can bet your life that the Council WILL find out and when they do, whoever leaked will be in major trouble. We'll let you use your imagination on what the Council can do to punish you, but it won't be pretty. You will know when the time to reveal is right! Besides, these things take trust and time!

Most definitely! We will never run out of ideas for things non-human characters can do to help contribute to the plot and overall RP. Merpeople can try to find a way to get in touch with our mermaid, and they can also deliver messages throughout the ocean. Perhaps centaurs can read the stars and tell the future. In fact we'll need fortune tellers of every kind! Tiny creatures like sprites are always excellent for spying or assistance. There will also be a haven of sorts for supernatural creatures where they don't have to worry about being discovered by humans. We will need characters to help make things that other supernatural beings will need while they are among humans, as well. Such as the synthetic blood, other specialized foods, anything! Trust me, we will never run out of things for our characters to do.

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