Chapter One: Shadow of the Sack

When it comes to leadership of Plains of Turia , the two central pillars I use as a guide are community and transparency . My goal is to ensure that every decision I make is in the best interest of the entire Plains of Turia community that I am trying to build here. To that end, my commitment to all...

As Plains of Turia encompasses the entirety of the Great Southern Plains, we have elected to take a nuanced approach to the concept of safe zones. Our aim is to find a balance between a) authentically representing Gor, as described in the books of John Norman, and b) creating a fun and story-rich en...

Prodigy Combat is the official combat system used by Plains of Turia . Room Management is the sole authority for all judgements of any combat that takes places within our room or subroom(s). However, our standing policy is that for in-room Prodigy combats that take place exclusively between our Memb...

While Plains of Turia encompasses the entirety of the southern Gorean plains (basically everything south of the Cartius River that isn't the Tahari desert), its roleplay and stories are focused on the Dominion of Turia . This includes the city-state proper, the client-port of Kargash, the surroundin...

Becoming a member of Plains of Turia is considered an out-of-character (OOC) distinction, separate from in-character concepts like citizenship or slavery. Regardless of character concept, membership comes with the same privileges and obligations for everyone - whether they play free or slave, city-d...

As a story-first roleplay room, Plains of Turia welcomes its members to make use of secondary characters to further flesh out, expand, or complement their roleplay. In the interest of maintaining full transparency and accountability, a few additional rules do govern the use of secondary characters: ...

Plains of Turia groups non-members into four categories: Guests - by default, any non-member is classified as a guest . While they might have registered an account for these forums, their access is significantly restricted; they do not have access to the room Discord server; they are not permitted ...

Use of the Narrator pulldown is a privilege reserved for Members, the Venerari, and in some cases Applicants (see below) to Plains of Turia . We define narration specifically as controlling the scene or non-player characters (NPCs) beyond your own immediate roleplay. Basically, we don't care what yo...

Individuals on this list are not welcome in Plains of Turia under any circumstances. Not in-character, not out-of-character, not as messengers, not as the guest of another member, not for an av auction, not during story events that are open to the general public. If a name is on this list, they are ...

Any announcements we think Plains of Turia members will need or want to know will be posted here. This will include expanded rule and policy information, upcoming events or storylines, scheduling notices, references to Revo news or updates, and anything else we feel needs to be broadcast to everyone...