Free & Story Mode Guide

Free Roam: (As edited by Enygma)

I'll describe this better. This setup is where you don't RP under the guiding of the 'Narrator' or Mod/Admin that you asked to narrate for your topic. You may RP with friends and Narrate your own way through the whole shebang, without use of a Narrator. Mods and Admins prefer if you can do it this way, because frankly, we're pretty lazy around here, and short handed. However you cannot do a free-roam by yourself though. During free roam, you can do whatever you want, to an extent. If, during the free roam, you are found to completely overpower your character, you may become 'bitchslapped' which is when an admin or moderator will take over and change it into a Story Mode topic, by RPing as a very powerful enemy or plopping you right in the middle of a tremendously hard-to get out of situation for your rank. At a low rank, this could mean a marine ship will pull up next to your ship and try to board you, loaded with slightly well-ranking marine officers. At higher ranks, a whole buster call could be called on you, while the Kracken awaits you at the only viable exit, giving your crew about 10 posts each to kill the Kracken, without damaging your ship into oblivion. Please do not make us do this if you choose to Free Roam.

Story Mode: (As Edited by Enygma)

Since the previous system that allowed for straightforward and otherwise pretty uninteresting pre-made missions until you hit the Grand Line, where you had some choices to make, we, and by we I mean I, have decided that those are going away. In its stead, we will have a more RPG-like setup. As in Dungeons and Dragons, anyone who is a moderator or admin, will also become a 'narrator'. These 'narrators' act as the "Dungeon Masters" of the site. When you start an RP you choose the location, the 'narrator' will set up the situation for you to deal with. If you don't like the situation, you still have to deal with it. There may or may not be use of NPCs that are listed, you may just have to fight a group of random pirate mooks. You may have to fight enemy's that are far too powerful for you and you have to escape. Each storyline will be custom-fabricated so that all characters can remain as original as possible. There are limitations, you cannot ever overpower your character in a Story Mode, and if you do, you will be asked to change your post. Loopholes in an ability of yours will not be allowed to be used to explain overpowering. If you try you will suffer bannage for an allotted time.