Miss Lli’s plague, Mr Tae’s hunger, Mr Raw’s battles - all of their nefarious plans worked to various degrees, for the group hellbent on purifying Sumner. They were pleased. They wanted a only the best supernaturals and humans to exist in their Sumner, according to their own manifest destiny. They wanted a purified Sumner. Everything was primed for the last and final onslaught over the wicked, corrupt, diseased town: the End of Days.
It didn’t come with any fancy pseudonym. It just arrived silent and dark, a rolling white fog spreading from the ocean and across the town. The fog didn’t dissipate as the sun rose. It slowly became thicker over the course of five days, until eventually the town seemed to exist in a dreamlike state.
Then people started to disappear.
The final cleansing of Sumner.
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OOC Info:
What the hell is happening?
Plot-wise, Sumner is facing the final Horse of the Apocalypse: DEATH. Plague, Famine and War scoured the town and now it’s the final chapter for this supernatural haven. But even as the town sinks into a long slumber, there will be resistance, rising from the bones and buildings themselves.
Okay. So what the hell is actually happening??
OOCly, the SumnerSanctumRPG is going on hiatus! The town will be ‘put under’ so to speak for the duration of this hiatus, until plans to return to the game.
What will happen to us and our characters???
We’re thrilled to announce that all Players and your characters can be ‘transplanted’ into an alternative, separate and new supernatural sanctuary town!
Lori and Col will not be the Mods for this new game. The new Mods will be Mary (who plays Otto, Perl, and Lilo) and Maggie (who plays Ephram and Teddy). OH my god!!!!
How different will this new game/new town be?
The new game will still be a supernatural small town game. Mary and Maggie’s game will have a different feel from Sumner because it is their design. Some things will be different, other things will stay the same! We encourage you to read as much info as you can about the new game, once it officially opens.
What’s going to change for me?
As little as possible!! The Mods want your characters to retain as much plot from Sumner and ‘transplant’ it into the new town . Think of this new town as a superimposition onto Sumner, with unique customizations here and there. There may be some adjustments town-wise but overall we are planning to keep the transition as smooth as possible for Players and your characters.
What about my characters’ business?
That will remain exactly the same, just placed into the new town. All character locations and businesses not be changed by any Mods unless YOU want it to change.
What about my characters’ backstories?
All can stay the same.
HOWEVER - this can also be a chance to rework bios, histories etc to re-tool your character. If you have anything you’d like to adjust or add or discard in your character’s ethos, you can change it within reason (example: no species-hybrids). The standard rules apply for character-canon changes, but you would not need permission from Lori or Col.
Once the new game is opened, we recommend you read through their information and then discuss options with Maggie and Mary
What about my character’s plots?
No change. We want to make this transition as easy as possible, so all character plots can be transferred in full to the new town, with hopefully little adjustments.
My character has a long history/family heritage with Sumner. What happens there?
The Mods will not change your character’s history*. For example:
If your character lived 100 years in Sumner, those 100 years were actually lived in New-Town
If your character’s family is multi-generational in Sumner, that heritage is now based in New Town
If your character just moved to Sumner, they actually just moved to New Town.
As far as the world is concerned, Sumner simply no longer exists. This New Town is what exists now.
* if YOU choose to change your character’s history/backstory, then that is your decision.
Will my character know the change happened?
It will be like a deja vu, where your character might vaguely know something happened, but is unable to pin point the specifics. All previous Sumner plots (and the aftermath repercussions) will still be events they remember experiencing, but they will remember the events happening in the new town, not in Sumner. This way you can retain your characters’ growth/challenges that resulted from Sumner plots, without it being from Sumner.
What do I have to do???
Three things:
Ponder your character’s bio/history/canon. If there is anything you want to change, you can make a post to explain and elaborate on that!
We will announce the link to the new game’s Main account on November 19th. Anyone who wants to keep playing can just join the new game! No new applications needed. AGAIN: please carefully read the new game’s information, as the Mods have changes to suit their administration and their game canons.
Just keep on playing! No need to close threads, no need to have your character physically ‘moving’ in-game, nothing like that. Just one moment they are in Sumner and the next moment they are in the new town, but their plots won’t change.
The Keepers at the Gate plot drop will be nearing its finale on Saturday November 12th! There is absolutely no rush to wrap up threads however, so take your time and keep having fun with all the gorgeous plot threads.
We’ve received a couple queries regarding the Mods closing applications. For a temporary time, we’re putting new applications on hold while the Mods do some work behind the scenes. Stay tuned! We’ll be making an exciting announcement on November 12th!
It’s come to our attention that there is some bubble RPing going on in our group. Since we’re a small group, it’s imperative to keep communication lines open with everyone you RP with! We also think it’s a good idea to interact with as many characters as you can. Some specific pointers:
communicate! we all have times/days when we can only handle certain threads and have to postpone other threads for personal reasons. If you plan to prioritize some threads over others - give your other RP partners a head’s up so they don’t feel ignored or overlooked.
ship-threads! there were concerns about ship-threads taking priority over non-ship threads. Remember we are not a ship-centric game. If you have to drop non-ship threads, picking up multiple new ship-threads immediately after will be noticed. We get people love their ships, but ignoring other non-ship threads and then sticking to multiple ship threads is unacceptable.
RP partners! we get that everyone has their RP partners who have writing compatibility, but if you have multiple characters, try not to have both your characters always interacting with your RP partners’ characters. That creates exclusivity and cliques, inadvertent or no. If you have two characters, they should have separate worlds and interact separately with other characters.
In summary: Try to include at least ONE new character thread with a character you’ve never interacted with before. And most importantly, do not drop or ignore non-ship threads, only to pick up a ship thread instead.
Keepers at the Gate: Next Plot Drop and Pair-Matching!
Just a head’s up that our next plot drop will be happening later this week, so stay tuned!
We’re also going to try something a bit different regarding plots and starters for this plot drop. In addition to Players doing plotting on their own threads, we’d like to encourage all Players to participate in a ‘Pair-Matching’ for this plot!
How it will work:
Players like this post if they want to participate
When the Mods drop the Plot, we will also pair characters together who haven’t and/or rarely interacted before
The matched Players can then message each other and discuss how they’d like their characters to interact using the Plot drop as a backdrop!
You can let us know how many Matches you’d like as well! If you want your character(s) to be paired with multiple people for multiple threads, just let us know
Please like this post if you want to participate in Pair-Matching for the next Plot Drop!
And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Quick reminder to all - please include trigger warnings in your tags for all posts that need them, including any content under a Read More link! Here’s a list of triggers we warn for in this game.
Hello Sumnerites! We have a few announcements for you today!
We will be announcing a new playable species in the seafolk section in a few hours, so stay tuned!
Remember to only post open starters in our starter tag!
Be wary of metagaming in the roleplay. Metagaming is when your character knows something that they could not have possibly known ex. your character saying that they know ‘Ned Nartley’ was behind the hearts.
If your character is mentioning another character in a thread as a plot device, please make sure the mun of the character mentioned knows about it! Nothing is worse than coming online and seeing your character being dragged into a plot of something you did not intend to be apart of or want.
If you have any questions, please message the Main!
We’ve been noticing a few trends on our dash in the past few months, as well as hearing some critiques within the game. We would like to ensure that EVERYONE adheres to these guidelines:
USE UNIQUE TAGS FOR YOUR MEDIA POSTS. We cannot stress this point enough and there are some people who are still not using unique tags. If we keep seeing transgressors, we will begin a 3-strike system on this. Make sure the tags are consistent, too.
LIMIT YOUR NON-TEXT POSTS TO 2 PER DAY. By ‘non-text’ we mean media posts: images, quotes, audio posts, video posts, musings. This is in the Rules.
Try your best to stay away from using purple prose in your threads! We stress interaction over unnecessary odes to your character’s beauty or unneeded descriptions of a table, dress or cup. This guide provides great advice on what purple prose is and how to avoid it.
If for whatever reason your OOC feelings are mixing up with your IC, then it is time to take a step back. These characters should not be versions of yourself, they should be characters separate from you. It will be much easier to play IC conflict and strife between characters if you do not feel like it is a personal strike. If you find you are unable to separate yourself from your character when RPing with someone, take some time apart to reassess and separate. On the other side, if you feel like someone’s OOC feelings are being taken out on your character in a reply, then please don’t hesitate to message the person in question to work things out. If, for some reason, that’s not viable then please message the main. We want to make sure everyone feels safe in Sumner.
If you have any questions, please message the main directly. Thank you for doing your part to make this an enjoyable game for everyone!
