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▸ NAVIGATION AND LOGIN

At the top of the site page there is a bar that spans the width of your screen. This bar is where the site navigation and login are located. On the far left side of the bar is a table that holds your account's avatar and buttons for login, logout, user profile, and private messages. When signed out there is also a button to register a new account.

For easy access back to the main page there is a "home" button - the red block labeled "Saryndil".

This bar also has buttons for easy access to important site materials and frequented areas: Lexicon, Beginner's Guide, Premise, Timeline, Affinities, Talents, Character List and Discord.

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▸ USER PROFILE

THE USER PROFILE IS THE FIRST BUTTON UNDER YOUR ACCOUNT AVATAR LOCATED AT THE TOP LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.

The User Profile is where you will find everything related to your personal accounts such as account settings, your user avatar, user signature, recent posts, your threads, and more. We strongly advise giving this area a thorough look if you are not familiar.

There are useful tools under your User Profile as well such as organization folders, a user inbox for private messages, a buddy list, ignore user options, and a place to save unfinished posts as drafts.

Unlike other forums, however, there isn't an option for changing your own username. If you join the forum and end up needing your name changed (all accounts are your character's first and last name) a staff member will do it for you after your character has been accepted.

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▸ CATEGORIES, BOARDS AND SUB-BOARDS

Categories are the broadest form of separating boards on the role-play. There are 6 general categories: Administration, Character Creation, Aelyria, Estlora, Deldran, and Ranzaugh.

The Administration category is the hub for all vital information pertaining to the forum as well as role-play resources. All out-of-character affairs on the site also are found here, such as announcements, archives, and advertising.

Character Creation is where you will find everything necessary for creating your character(s). There is a guide for character creation, affinities, talents, and other character-building material like plotters and quests/bounties.

The remaining categories Aelyria, Estlora, Deldran and Ranzaugh are strictly in character categories. This is where all role-play takes place. Until your character has been approved you will not be able to make threads or reply to posts in any of these categories.

Boards are all the areas categories. The boards are where you make threads/topics. At the top of the page inside of a board there is a "Create Thread" button.

Lastly, inside some of the boards there are sub-boards. Sub-boards are exactly the same as regular boards just more specific and generalized areas. Sub-boards are used to classify certain boards into smaller areas for community organizational purposes.

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▸ HEADER AND FOOTER

Header is a term frequently used to refer to the "top portion" of the site. The site banner, and majority of things that we want members to see first thing when they visit are located in the header so please pay close attention to the header and watch for changes.

Likewise, to header, footer is a term used to refer to the "bottom portion" of the site. The footer of the forum is for the discord (public chat channel) and other board statistics and credits.

▸ GENERAL RULES

LINK TO GENERAL RULES

Our General Rules are VERY important. They are the first thing everyone needs to read even prior to joining. The basics of our community and minimum expectations are talked about in the General Rules. We are a very open, basic, and easy-going community with few expectations so we hold what is in our General Rules in high regard.

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▸ QUESTIONS AND ASSISTANCE

Saryndil is open to all questions and concerns you may have prior to joining or post-joining. Our members are our heartbeat, and without them and their satisfaction, we are nothing. Hence we have a discord channel dedicated strictly to questions and concerns. You may post here asking absolutely anything and someone will get back to you promptly with answers.

If you don't use Discord we also have a board for Questions and Assistance.

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▸ STAFF TEAM

Saryndil prides itself on having an exceptional staff team with someone knowledgeable in every aspect necessary to run a successful forum. We have individuals specialized in numerous areas to keep a Role Play running smoothly.

If you need assistance there will ALWAYS be someone around to help you. However, we encourage you to get familiar with what each staff member specializes in and if your question(s) or need for help is something specific to get in contact with the staff member who heads up the topic of your question.

ZODIAQUE: Skins, Coding & Everything
Discord - zodiaque#7925

AQUARIUS: Everything
Discord - Aaron#2817

ALICE: Member Assistance & Lore keeper
Discord - dreamyalice#1504

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STAFF TEAM PLEASE VISIT OUR STAFF DIRECTORY.

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▸ SEX, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE

This is a forum that has no "Terms of Service" and therefore members may make material as graphic as they like. Due to the mature content that can be found in the role-play we require all members to be 18+. When registering you will be asked if you are 18+ and be prompted to agree.

If you are not 18+ we appreciate your interest but are terribly sorry we cannot allow for your participation in our community.

Those found in violation of the 18+ Agreement will be permanently banned from Saryndil.

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▸ COMBAT AND DEATH

Combat on Saryndil involves affinities, talents, spells and feats. All information you need to know relative to combat can be found in Combat Ettiquette.

It is also important to know that all role-play boards are death enabled. This means that any character can be killed. However, death is not the end all be all. There is a life and death cycle on Saryndil. Please review Life and Death Cycle for more information on what happens when a character dies.

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▸ MAKING A CHARACTER APPLICATION

We have simplified the character profile. If you have been on role-play forums before where there is a template with heavy code, you will not find that here. Instead, your User Profile is your character application.

For more information on how to make your character please view character creation guide.

You will not be allowed to create threads or make posts in any of the role-play boards until your character has been accepted.

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▸ FACE CLAIMS

A face claim is a character from a series that you "claim" and use to portray the face of your character. We do have face claims on Saryndil but they are not required. We ask for all characters to be portrayed by some kind of graphics, but you are not required to strictly use a character from a series. You may use original art or AI-generated art with proper credit given.

If there is a character from a series you wish to reserve as a face claim for a character we require you to post in the Discord face claim channel. Face claim reservations last a week. If you have not completed your character application within a week of submitting a reservation the face claim becomes available for someone else to claim.

view all current face claims

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▸ AFFINITIES, TALENTS, SPELLS AND FEATS

Affinities, Talents, Spells and Feats can be made in conjunction to a character application or after. Please note though that you may not engage in any combat until you have an approved Affinity/Spells or Talent/Feats.

An Affinity is the particular nature of magic bestowed upon a character capable of manipulating Aether (magical and aether-touched). The types of spells that a character can have must pertain to and are determined by their Affinity.

Once you have an approved Affinity you can create individualized Spells according to your Affinity. Spells rank from Novice to Master, with ranks between.

VIEW AFFINITY AND SPELLS IN DEPTH

A Talent is an extraordinary physical skill available only to non-magical characters, and as such, cannot be elemental imbuements or anything related to magic. Basically, Talents allow non-magical species to hold their own against magical ones.

Once you have an approved Talent you can create individualized Feats according to your Talent. Feats rank from Novice to Master, with ranks between.

VIEW TALENTS AND FEATS IN DEPTH

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▸ GETTING MATERIAL APPROVED

Once you have completed your character application and or Affinity/Spells and Talent/Feats you can ping a staff member in the approval discord channel or for non-Discord users post a request for approval in character material approval.

Please allow staff up to 24 hours to accept characters and up to 72 hours to approve Affinity/Spells and Talent/Feats.

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▸ CHARACTER EXTRAS

Things considered character extras are not required for role-play but strongly encouraged. Some character extras we currently have are character plotters and character shippers.

Plotters are used to flesh out your character's story and devise juicy storylines with other characters. Shippers are used for establishing in-character relationships with other characters.

character extras