RPPs

What are RPPs?

RPPs (Role Play Points and Perks) are a way of rewarding your efforts to tell your own story. They are:

• Gained from roleplaying with others, and spending time ongrid in any non-PrP or non-DM'd scene (those have their own rewards)
• Spendable on a variety of things which enhance your story
• Awarded per player; as you earn them, you may spend them any way you wish among your alts

How do I Get Them?

Step One: Join Roleplay

Get out on the grid! Only non-PrP and non-DM'd scenes count; these sorts of activities have their own rewards. Other methods are:

• Run a Meetup
• Run a Non-combat PRP
• Earn a Flaw over time
• Submit an article to the Alexandria Tribune! Include the article text in your +req.
• Log a scene for a staffer!

...the easiest though, is just getting out there and RPing with others!

Step Two: Send Staff a Note

What Should I Know?

• Upload the scene's log to the wiki. (All scenes uploaded to the wiki must abide by the Game Rating.)
• Use +request/rpp to submit your RPP submission.
• Include a link to the scene's log in your RPP submission.
• Only scenes outside of Meetups/PRP or staffer events are eligible for RPP submissions.
• What are staff looking for in an RPP submission? We are looking for the following:

1) There has to have been a scene, meaning a moment in time where something significant happened.

2) You have to have participated in the scene, meaning your character must have been part of the significant thing happening.

In other words, scenes must contain an extended and earnest attempt to deepen a character's relationship with the world, other characters, and/or both to be considered valid for RPP awards. No awards will also be awarded for logs where the submitter is not making a genuine effort to engage with the rest of the scene--in other words, just posing in a corner while the rest of the scene happens around them. If this seems fairly open and relaxed, it's because it is. We just ask for people to make a genuine and lengthy effort for RPP; we do not want quick three-pose scenes for a tiny chit-chat.

Examples

+request/rpp A Capering Duck=http://www.tenebraemush.net/This_is_My_Log_URL

Step Three: Buy Things

Select from several of the options listed later in this article.

What Can I Buy?

Types of RPP Spends

Unlimited		Purchasable an unlimited number of times. Sometimes less often, but the ability will say.
Limited		Purchasable one of its type per PC. For example, each of your characters may purchase one Aspect and one Vehicle.
Exclusive		Only one Exclusive spend per PC. These are spends that require a significant investment in time on behalf of your PC, and will develop as you do.*

Subtypes of RPP Spends

Tiered		Any of the above spends may be Tiered. These spends advance! That is, over time you can invest in them to unlock additional abilities. If a spend has Tiers, it will list them. You can advance with a RPP Tier as high as your Level/2. For example, at level 6 you could earn your third Aspect. Tiers are often abbreviated as: T1, T2 for Tier 1 and Tier 2, respectively. You may not repurchase Tiers to "double" abilities. In this way, they are similar to character levels. Just as you could not purchase Wizard 1 twice, you could not purchase an Aspect's Tier 1 twice.
Token		Additional, unlockable abilities. Almost all Exclusive spends offer Tokens once you've advanced high enough.

* If RP takes a different course, you can transfer from one exclusive to a different one. At tier one, this may be done for free. At higher tiers, you transfer at one tier lower than previous (though you must pay any cost difference, if there is one). This may not be done for Ancestral Weapon, due to its complications. Finally, for organization spellcasters: these spellcasters must pay back the costs of purchase and scribing any spells they have received.

Know What You Want?

Know what you want? Send in a +request to the SPEND bucket, letting us know what you're purchasing. Make sure you've moved enough RPPs to the correct alt, first, though.

The Big List

RPP Spends	Description	Type
Aspects	Magic in your blood.
Flaws	Even Superman had kryptonite.
Homelands	Your ties to your homeland are stronger than most.
Prosthetic Limbs	From animated clay to iron to artifice, prosthetics replace a range of body parts.
Small Vehicle (Retired)	That beerwagon you'd always wanted. Hauled by griffons. No longer available to purchase.
Ancestral Weapon	An intelligent weapon, tied to you.
Blood Pacts	You read the contract, right?
Influence Spends	Becoming well-known and influential in your social spheres.
Organization Spends	Exclusive benefits and exceptional training; become a mentor and be recognized among your peers.
Public Spaces (Retired)	Build an ongrid shop, tea house, or other small construction that may be shared with everyone. No longer available to purchase.
Mythic Paths	Become myth and legend and bolster your allies into song and folklore.
Character Spends	Reroll hit dice and other miscellaneous goodies.