"Mizahar's lore can look daunting at first, but you do not need to be familiar with the vast majority of it. However, there are a few quick points that will better help you understand the world and figure out if Mizahar is the place for you. These can be found in the Need To Know section."
And then create a page called Need To Know:
| Below is a list of things you'll need to know before you begin the process of playing in Mizahar. If you have any questions on these or any other items, please contact a Storyteller and we'll be happy to help! 10 Things You Need To Know 1. Mizahar is first and foremost about collaborative storytelling, but there are rules involved in both character creation and playing. However, these rules were developed and written by the Founders of Mizahar. They are not D&D rules, or White Wolf rules, so please be sure to look them over and be aware of how things are done. Reading the rules/Lore and following the Character Starting Guide will save you an awful lot of trouble. 2. This game does not have vampires, werewolves, demons, angels, faeries, unicorns, or dragons. There are also no anthropomorphic animals - please read the Kelvic description CAREFULLY! They can only be in either fully human or fully animal form. No humans with cat ears or wagging tails. It's also important to note that Kelvics are animals that can take human form, not the other way around, so be prepared to roleplay an animal's behavior and psychology. 3. Mizahar is a dangerous world. The cities that exist do so because a large number of people have huddled together and carved out that existence with blood and sweat. Anything outside of those cities is in danger of being destroyed by predators, monsters, bandits, slavers, and the land itself. Because of this, there really aren't any villages or small settlements dotting the land. There aren't small towns ruled by Lords, and people don't live alone in cabins in the woods - if they did, they'd be killed very quickly. In fact, traveling anywhere alone, and most especially in the wilderness, should almost always end with your character in dire straits. 4. Read the Lore page of the city your character will be starting in. If a Lore page is not available, read some of the threads on the board or send a Private Message to the Domain Storyteller with any questions you may have before you start playing your character. This will give you vital information on the setting that you'll be playing in. For instance, Syliras is ruled by the Knights, who are fastidious about keeping crime out of it. As such, there are no assassin's guilds, mafias, crime syndicates, or gangs roaming the streets. Knowing your surroundings is part of being able to properly play your character and interact with other characters. 5. As a rule, everyone in Mizahar can read and write their native language. 6. After the Valterrian, there are no large-scale governments. Each city is autonomous, and has its own system of law and order (or lack thereof). There is no King or Queen, no overarching system of Lords or Dukes or what-have-you. Each city sets its own rules, and it's up to you to learn what those rules are. 7. The only steel that exists in Mizahar is Isurian steel. No need to go on and on about how your steel katana can cut through four bodies in one stroke, 'cause it just ain't so.  Once you build your character and start playing, there are a few key things you'll want to know... 8. In order to gain experience points and further your character, you must submit a completed thread to the region's Domain Storyteller or Assistant Storyteller for it to be awarded. Any money your character makes or items they may attain will be awarded as part of the XP Award and should not be added to your character sheet until it is approved by a moderator. 9. Flashbacks are scenes which take place in the past and allow you to further your character's training or explain backstory points of their plot. Flashbacks can only take place prior to the season in which you joined the game. For instance, if you created your character in Spring 510 AV, your flashbacks can only take place in Winter 509 AV or earlier. Once you reach Summer 510 AV, you can't do flashbacks in Spring 510 AV. 10. No, we will not restructure the Skills because you think Markmanship should be it's own category. No, we don't think it'd work better if it were structured like World of Warcraft. No, we are not accepting ideas for new races, you have 23 to choose from. This is not to say that we aren't looking for interesting ideas or for people to submit work to help us flesh out the Wiki - we have, in fact, dedicated an entire forum to encouraging player-based ideas for development. But please keep in mind that the basic foundations of the game are in place for a reason and have been in place for quite some time, and it's unlikely that they will be changed. |
Lemme know what you think, these were just sort of off the top of my head; when it's turned into a Wiki page, it would of course have a hundred more links to everything under the sun, I just didn't want to go through and do the BBC for it since that won't do any good for the Wiki coding. If you have better suggestions or suggestions for changes, I'd be more than happy to incorporate them.
Also, let's try and keep this serious and not start a rant of things that annoy us - though you're more than welcome to open a thread for that in the Non-Mizahar Discussions forum. Or just reply to Goss' scrapbook.
