About Us

• Kotoll is an intermediate modern fantasy writing community.
• The site itself takes elements from advanced technology as well as a 1950’s type of theme. Think bulky, but current. It’s as if the current world were wiped over and started again with an advantage. It’s like you started using antiques or relics but with modern technology streamlined through them.
• We consider ourselves a relaxed atmosphere. We don’t require a certain amount of posts per week. How often you post is entirely up to you and okay by us! We just ask that you be mindful when threading with others if it’s a vital thread for their characters that may trap them until the thread is done. We want everyone to have fun!

General OOC Rules

• Be courteous and polite. Communication is key when it comes to resolving any issues you may have.
• We love answering questions so never feel like you can’t ask! It helps the staff team figure out what should and shouldn’t be in our consistently updated FAQ as well.
• No powerplaying, godmoding, or metaplaying unless permission is given; please note permissions in your posts (or if you want to have a blanket permission granted, you can put the disclaimer in your signature.)
• Use common sense.
• While we don’t have a limit to how many active characters you can have, we ask that you keep in mind how many you can feasibly handle. This keeps it fair for the rest of our players!
• You must be 18+ to join, given our 333 rating.
• ICly, 9 real life months equate to 1 in character year. Liquid time is used on this site.
• Our minimum word account is 100 words.

Posting Rules

• We currently have three types of trigger warning icons: Violence/Gore, Sexual Content, and Substance Abuse. Please mark your posts accordingly! A suggestion is also to utilize the 'attn' field in the starter post of the tread, writing e.g. "TW sexual content" or such.
• Avoid clutter in titles (such as a tag), please place them in the ‘attn’ field.
• Select the appropriate prefix when making your thread. Here's an overview of what the different prefixes mean and the general etiquette around them:
  • OPEN: This thread is not earmarked for anyone in particular, and open to one other character. If you're dying to join an "Open" thread someone else has already joined, ask the players involved for permission.
  • OPEN+: This thread is not earmarked for anyone, and open for multiple characters to join.
  • PRIVATE: This thread is earmarked for specific participants. Please respect this, and do not post to it unless you are invited or given permission.
  • CORE QUEST: This prefix is for when you start a core quest (pilgrimage, tournament, etc) for leveling up.
• No OOC posts in IC boards or threads.
• When your thread is complete (IC ending), use the archiving tool.
  (Please make sure all parties participating have finished the thread too!)
• Please wait 48 hours before asking someone if you can skip them in the posting order. It’s also considered polite to not break posting order.
• Activity checks run on the 1st of each month. If your character has not been posted in the previous month, they will be marked as Inactive, which protects them! (There is no penalty for being marked Inactive.) In order to reactivate a character, go to the User CP > Manage Characters on your OOC account and select which one/s to reactivate.

Absences

• If you are busy or absent for any reason, please utilize your OOC account’s “I’m Away” feature in User CP. This will keep your characters safe. Away characters will still be removed in activity checks if they don’t meet the activity requirements; this is largely to protect your characters and their ranks by placing them in the Inactive storage.
  (Please note that you are not allowed to make posts while ‘away’.)