About this Site

World of Darkness - The Dark Knight is a community dedicated to online, text based role-playing game, their players, and other skills and pastimes associated with role-playing.

At World of Darkness - The Dark Knight, we aim to provide a community where you are welcomed with a warmness that is unmatched, made to feel right at home, and given the freedom brough on by playing text base role-playing games.

We aim to never delete a roleplay thread that has been brought to life on our forums. We aim to avoid being a type of organization that will be unrealistically strict, nor will we come down like a ton of bricks issuing bans and official warnings at the first opportunity. Instead we wish to issue our new (and old) players into a world of unrivaled freedom of play. Here at you play your way.

Free Form Role Play, is what it is all about. And as such, you should be allowed to play in ways that interest and motivate you. It is our goal to successfully accommodate the skillful and creative minds of roleplayers world wide.

Yes, we are a community. But a community cannot possibly grow or become stable from a singular common interest like roleplay. So, to involve a more diverse crowd, all members will find that throughout the site there are many non-roleplay threads and discussions happening all the time. From general discussions and debates, gaming, martial arts, and technology chat, to places where you can show off skills such in areas like music, art, and writing.

Alongside the forums, we also have an integrated chat service that will allow you to talk to staff and other members in real time, along with being able to roleplay in a chat style.

What is Role Play? (extract from Wikipedia)

A role-playing game (RPG and sometimes roleplaying game) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.

There are several forms of RPG. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop RPG, is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing games (LARP) players physically perform their characters' actions. In both of these forms, an arranger called a game master (GM) usually decides on the rules and setting to be used and acts as referee, while each of the other players plays the role of a single character.

Several varieties of RPG also exist in electronic media, such as multi-player text-based MUDs and their graphics-based successors, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). Role-playing games also include single-player offline role-playing video games in which players control a character or team who undertake quests, and may include capabilities that advance using statistical mechanics. These games often share settings and rules with tabletop RPGs, but emphasize character advancement more than collaborative storytelling.

Despite this variety of forms, some game forms such as trading card games and wargames that are related to role-playing games may not be included. Role-playing activity may sometimes be present in such games, but it is not the primary focus. The term is also sometimes used to describe roleplay simulation games and exercises used in teaching, training, and academic research.