GAME MECHANICS
What's this game about?
Hotel Caelum is character driven jamjar. The events will be a mixture of slice of life and character exploration, ranging in genre from the lighthearted to the more horrific. Players will have free reign of the hotel and the many different floors within it to engage with their character and make use of the setting.
Is there a plot?
Not in the traditional sense, no! At the start of the game, characters will understand that they have been brought here willingly. Over time, the hotel will grow and evolve in reaction to the character's actions and the characters will need to deal with that in order to maintain their peaceful lives within the hotel.
What can my character do?
Hotel Caelum is intended to be a game with a tone similar to the jamjars of old. With that in mind, events will range from lighthearted to horror and back again, depending on the month. Player-run events are also highly encouraged!
Is there a network?
Hotel Caelum will have an in character network server (basically a Discord server) where characters can post to the channels to talk to one another. The app for this server will appear on their phone/laptop/etc. If they do not have one, they will be provided one by the hotel. They can make channels within the server, as well as react to any NPC announcements. Characters will be able to ICly pick their username when they arrive.
All posts to the server will be posted to caelumserver.
What is the technology level in the hotel?
Modern current day levels of technology. If your character desires a phone/laptop/video game system/etc, they simply need to make a request of the hotel and it will be delivered to their room.
Are there any NPCs?
Just one, the concierge, Mr Bennet. He's there to facilitate and respond to any questions the characters might have but the intention is for him to not be critical for characters to interact with in order to live at the hotel. He's just for flavor, so to speak.
What about the hotel staff?
The Hotel is semi-sentient and also full of staff, ranging from typical humans to aliens to furries to whatever is most fun for you to play with. Do you want a bear waiter? You've got one. Do you want your character to be massaged by a tube man? Sure, why not. The hotel staff will be happy to answer any question about the hotel but the deeper the questions go, the more likely they are to look confused and refer you to their manager, Mr Bennet, for answers.
Can I hurt/maim/kill a hotel staff member?
Yeah, but wow, dude. If your character is caught assaulting a hotel staff member, they will be put in charge of the hotel night shift desk for one week by Mr Bennet. Though if your character has killed a staff member, they may see the staff member back again a few days later with no memory of the incident.
If this becomes a pattern, please hit up the mod contact because the game definitely will take on a tonal shift if characters are killing the staff members every week. ðŸ˜
Can my character bang the hotel staff?
... Yes.
My character can leave? They're not forced to stay?
Yep! Characters can come and go at any point during their stay. Mechanically, this will function as apps, drops, hiatuses, as well as canon updates. If you'd like your character to just leave, without dropping, hiatusing, or canon updating them, please get approval from the mods first! But there shouldn't be any problems with that unless you're planning for your character to be out of the hotel for more than a week.
What is the IC/OOC day ratio?
The game will run on a 1:1 IC:OOC day ratio. Each IC day will be equivalent to one OOC day.
Can my character die?
Yes, they can! If your character dies within the hotel, their body will disappear after 24 hours. Afterwards, other characters may be able to see your character acting as a hotel staff member for the next three days. Any questions presented to your character will be responded with confusion and obliviousness ("I'm who? We're what? Sorry, please go talk to Mr Bennet.") Players are free to play with this as they'd like.
After the three days, characters will reappear in their room with no memories of their time being in service to the hotel. They're once again a guest.
What happens if my character is injured?
If your character is injured, they will be taken to the hotel infirmary and attended to by the hotel staff that just so happen to have the skill of seasoned doctors and nurses. Weird, huh?
Will my characters have their powers?
Yes, they will. However, power strength will fluctuate depending on what their purpose is. If your character is trying to use their super strength to destroy the hotel for instance, they'll find they can barely lift a pebble. We ask that you use your best judgment in what characters can do, and be fair to your fellow players! If you have any questions, please ask below.
Rule of fun is also in play! If a character is injured and the player would like to play with that injury, then healing magic will be less effective, etc. Please just reach out if you have any questions.
Can I mess with the hotel without powers?
Absolutely! If you want to mess with the phone lines or build a pipe bomb, have at it. Just reach out to the mods to get the green light first.
Are there any IC consequences to violence? What if my character wants to beat people up?
Go for it. Other characters might not be very happy about it though. Please make sure you've gotten OOC permission before attacking another player's character though.
Is adult content allowed? What are the rules for CWs/TWs?
Please apply proper warnings where sexual, violent, and potentially triggering activities are occurring. Keep anything that is risque under a cut, when applicable. All smut should be kept to character journals or locked in the comm.
What format should we use for logs?
Please use the below format when posting logs to the log comm:
What is Activity Check like?
AC will go up on the 1st of every month and be available all month long to reply to. Please follow the monthly AC requirements. The requirements are as follows:
20 comments from your character across a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 threads.
One post will count as a thread.
New characters are exempt from AC of the month they were apped. (i.e. if you apped a character in November, you don't need to do November AC for them.)
Hiatuses must span the length of two weeks within the month of that Activity Check to grant Activity Check exemption. No hiatus can be taken two months in a row. One month is the maximum hiatus length; if you require longer than that, please come to us directly so we can talk it over.
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
What characters can I app?
Canon characters from games, books, anime, movies, comics/webcomics, TV, etc whose apps will be more than 75% canon (and thus 25% headcanon or less) and OCs will be accepted at this time! Malleable protags are also allowed as well as OCs from gaming systems like D&D, Pathfinder, Blades in the Dark, etc. Though only one Warrior of Light from FFXIV will be allowed.
You may not app a real life person, but characters based off of real life people who are nonetheless fictional characters are appable (i.e. characters from Sengoku BASARA for instance). Rule 63s will also not be appable at this time. There are no minimum age requirements for characters, though if your character is exceptionally young (i.e. around 7 or 8) we may need to ask for justification in their application.
Unfortunately, we will not be accepting CRAUs or Canon OCs at this time, nor will AUs be accepted.
Can my character bring along their Cute Animal Companion?
If their animal companion is the sort to be with them 90% of the time, absolutely! Robots, and similar sentient companions are also more than welcome. A Pokemon trainer can absolutely bring along the Pokemon they had with them in Pokeballs, for example. Please just be reasonable with what sorts of animals you're bringing with you, and how many! We may ask you to tone it down in your app if we feel it will not work in the game.
What about my animal/robot/etc character?
Animal characters, robot characters, and all of the above are entirely appable! Animals will remain animals and robots will remain robots, though if they are over 7' tall they will be made smaller for ease of interaction with the Hotel. For other cases, please feel free to ask below so we can help with case-by-case situations!
Are there any app restrictions?
For the sake of fairness, there will be a cast cap of eight per canon. The only canon this does not apply to are original characters since they're each their own individual canon. Likewise, each player can only play one character per cast.
New canons cannot be immediately applied from. There will be a two month wait period following a canon's English release date. If there is no projected English release date, it will be a two month wait from the canon's original release date.
If the character is new but the canon is long running, we ask there be sufficient enough canon to app the character. If you can write an app, you can app the character.
Characters from canons that have not been translated to English are allowed, but we will require translated material to judge the app by, whether translated by the player or another source.
If you have any questions about the appability of your character, please don't hesitate to ask!
Are app challenges allowed?
We will not be accepting app challenges at this time.
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So, I suppose by default it'd be a time freeze, with any movements in time being up to the player.
Does that makes sense? Let me know if you need more clarity, my goal is for this to be as simple and as "whatever is fun for the player" as possible.
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