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Early March Imprints & Updates Species Naming Poll: Interim Reminder
As mentioned in our last update, the current round of the Species Naming Poll is open until the end of March 11th. Make sure to get your votes in before then!

Upcoming Events
March's event will be centered around the concept of fandom, and will involve the debut of VoidCon, the world’s first annual celebration (and commodification) of itself and the characters that inhabit it. More details will be posted on the 10th alongside the monthly plotting/CR meme, but you can expect themes of fanfiction and merchandise as well as some special activities leading up to the event. Flyers for the event will also begin appearing all over the world starting today - you can see some examples of what might be found on them in prompt C of our newest Test Drive Meme!

April's event will be centered on a location instead of a concept. It will mainly feature elements of exploration, but it will also serve as an opportunity to contribute to the game's overall structure and potentially form the basis of an overarching player character-driven metaplot. As for the where and what might be found... perhaps there are already clues waiting to be discovered?

New Imprints
5 new canon imprint has been implemented from the queue. Our current imprint queue is now at 15 imprints.

Today's round of changes includes 3 location updates, 2 species updates, and 3 concept updates. This information will be copied to the appropriate pages shortly.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in this post down below.

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Mid-February Imprints & Updates February Event: Emotions In Bloom
February’s event is now in full swing! Characters that have fallen ill without attempting to resolve their emotional turmoil or care for their physical wounds will have started to experience the more floral symptoms of infection, which will continue until they are properly addressed.

If you are interested in your character’s infection festering to a stage beyond what was already outlined in the OOC event post, remember to contact us for more details about what that might entail.

Species Naming Poll, Round 2
Round 2 of the Species Naming Poll is now live! The format since the last poll has remained unchanged; this round will include tiebreakers from December’s poll, along with our two most recently added species. Make sure to cast your vote!

The deadline for this species poll will be March 11th at 11:59 PM (UTC).

Clarification of Ley Line Mechanics
We have noticed some confusion over the ley line network established recently and would like to make a few clarifications. Our intentions with the ley lines was to experiment with the idea of a network and create an opportunity for characters to interact with it more freely during its introductory event, but the current ley line network is meant to be a limited, rudimentary method of communication. It is not a standard DWRP game network, and we apologize if this was not made clear enough.

Ley lines are more like an open chat room than a message board. Messages can only be heard in the moment, and anything communicated through ley lines cannot be considered private as anyone is able to listen in at any moment. Players should be encouraged to “threadjack” in ley line posts since separate conversations would be more difficult to manage, though it can also be assumed that the initial message was sent out multiple times to reach different people throughout the day. For a conversation to be private, it should be conducted in person.

Ley Lines cannot be accessed everywhere in the setting, as characters must be near a ley line deposit. These exist in several locations, noted on the Locations page. They are meant to be accessible enough that characters can easily find one when needed, but also encourage them to visit less frequented places.

We would like to ask that everyone please keep these restrictions in mind when using the ley lines in their posts moving forward. It is possible to develop a more standard network through the use of imprints, which may not necessarily use ley lines as their basis. If this is something that you think your character would like to work towards, we encourage you to workshop with us to establish a potential roadmap both ICly and OOCly.

Imprint Queue
Currently, our imprint queue is at 12 submissions, or 11 if we exclude the submission for overgrowth. This may seem like a lot, but about half of these submissions are concepts, most of which we've put aside for specific months to use as events. Since we are starting to run low on scenery and species imprints to fill out the gaps between larger concept-based events, you can expect smaller imprint updates until we're able to build up a larger queue again.

Due to the nature and intent of Tabula Rasa as a game, we do rely on player submissions to give us a foundation for the setting’s development and for events. If you have influence points to spend, please give us some more material to work with! Species imprints would be particularly appreciated so we can make better use of the evolution concept introduced last month. To submit new imprints, please use the Canon Imprints page.

New Imprints
1 new canon imprint has been implemented from the queue. Our current imprint queue is now at 12 imprints.

Today's round of changes includes 1 location update, 1 species update, and 1 new concept. This information will be copied to the appropriate pages shortly.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread down below.

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Early February Imprints & Updates Hello, and welcome to February! We have a few interesting things lined up this month, so let’s dive right in:

Species Naming Poll, Round 2
We’re starting to assemble the options for the second round of the Species Naming Poll, which will include the tiebreakers from last round and the new species from today’s update. If you have any last-minute suggestions for names that have not already been included for older species, let us know in this thread to ensure that they are included - this round will not have a freeform option for suggestions, aside from our two most recently-added species. The new poll will be posted on February 15th, along with the next round of imprints.

FAQ Updates
The FAQ page has been updated to reflect some of the bigger IC changes the game has developed and the OOC clarifications that resulted from the State of the Game. We recommend giving a quick run-over of the questions marked with NEW!! and UPDATED!! to see what’s changed - as always, feel free to ask us if you have any questions.

Upcoming Events
February's event will be centered around the submitted concept of overgrowth, a condition that causes flowers to bloom inside those who deny or suppress their true feelings. We will be revealing the full details of the event on February 10th, in tandem with the plotting meme.

March’s event, conversely, will be introducing the concept of fandom to the world. What could this possibly mean?! Only time will tell…

New Imprints
3 new canon imprints have been implemented from the queue. Our current imprint queue is now at 13 imprints.

Today's round of changes includes 1 new species, 3 updated locations, and 4 updated concepts. This information will be copied to the appropriate pages shortly.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread down below.

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January Imprints & Updates
Hello, everyone! We have quite an update prepared for you, so this will be a bit of a long post. Please read through everything, as it has information that will be affecting the game’s setting and character interaction in some major ways. But first…

Species Naming Poll, Part 1
Thank you to everyone who participated in the first round of the species naming poll! We’ll be splitting the result announcement into two updates, as there are some creatures that we think need another round of voting - we had some great submissions for names that weren’t initial options, and we want to give them a chance to properly be in the running. We have, however, come to a conclusive result for others:

The bluurg-chocobo hybrids will be known as bluurgobos.
The smeargle-moomba hybrids will be known as brushboys.
The chicken-nug hybrids will be known as chickpeewoos.
The piranha plant-stubby hybrids will be known as piranha stubbies.
The zumyu-geth hybrids will be known as fluffy mimics.
The Uwasa-cactuar hybrids will be known as cacteddies.

This information has not been introduced ICly just yet, so don’t be concerned about using the names right now. If you’re interested in the statistical breakdown of the results, we’ll be posting the Google Form pie charts in

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Event: Connecting Lines, Connecting Lives
The event mingle is now live! It heavily features some of the concepts and updates that are detailed below; we hope you enjoy it, and feel free to ask us any questions should they arise.

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New Imprints
4 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 3 concepts. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

There have also been updates to several species based on new imprints.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the thread below.

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December Imprints & Announcements
Before we roll into the fun stuff, a few more quick announcements! There will be no additional imprints at the end of the month for December. This is, of course, because of the holidays. The next imprint drop will be on January 15th. We will still be posting a fresh TDM on the 1st.

The Species Naming Poll is now officially open for voting! This poll will remain open until January 11th 11:59 PM (UTC). You may vote once for each character you currently play in the game. If you were late to make a suggestion, you may use the "Other" option to fill in whatever ideas you might have. The final names will be chosen alongside the January imprint drop.

We will also be posting our State of the Game update in January so as not to overlap with the holidays. In the meantime, you’re welcome to continue leaving us feedback on the initial post if you haven’t already.

December Gift Exchange Mingle
The December Mingle Log is up! It seems that the gifts weren't all that the world had planned for today, and everyone will find themselves with a mysterious letter...

There will also be a severe blizzard across all of the known world sometime after the party is set to begin. This storm will not last the rest of the month, thankfully, but it will persist for about 24 hours before settling back down into normal weather.

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New Imprints & December Event Sign-Ups
December OOC Updates
Thank you to everyone who responded to our State of the Game post last month! We'd like to respond to some of the questions and ideas put forth, so we'll be making a follow up post soon on what we'd like to do moving forward.

In the meantime, there are a few small updates we'd like to talk about right now:

There will not be a new TDM post for December, and we will be transitioning into a once every 2 or 3 months schedule for the future. The general consensus has been that the current TDMs don't get enough activity to need a replacement every single month, and we agree with this! For the TDM AC bonus, we will be updating the wording on the AC page to make it clear that threads from the most recent TDM will be valid even if it was not posted that month.

To go with one of the new imprints this month, we'd like to finally decide on official names for each of the setting's current species. We will be setting up an OOC poll to help decide on what names to include, so if you haven't looked at the name suggestions thread on the Bestiary page yet, please take a look and submit any ideas you have as soon as possible!

It's the holiday season, so for December's AC everyone gets a free pass! You may still submit your full AC for influence points, but the minimum AC requirements for all players will be a check-in comment for December. If you took a strike for November's AC, you can still pass December's AC by check-in or partial/regular AC - however you must clear your strike in January's AC.

Speaking of the holiday season...

December Event Plotting & Sign Ups
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Mid-Month Imprints & SotG Reminder
State of the Game
You’ve likely already seen it, but we want to put out a reminder to have a look at the State of the Game update posted earlier this month if you haven’t already. There’s no deadline on submitting feedback, so please drop us a line if you have anything you’d like to tell or ask us about how things are going!

New Imprints
5 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 2 new species and 2 new species designations. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

There have also been updates to 2 locations based on new imprints.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below.

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AC Warning List, Imprints & Event Wrap-Up
Missing Activity
The following characters have not submitted their October 2020 activity. If your character is on this list, please check to make sure you have filled out the Activity Check for this month. Any characters that have still not checked in within 24 hours of this post will be swept from the game.

Noctis Lucis Caelum king_in_dreams
Professor Samuel Oak symbolofstrength
Indigo indigloaming
Bowser Koopa koopacrusher

If you believe your character has been listed by mistake, please let us know. We will be double-checking activity threads before sweeping anyone from the game, so as long as you've responded to your AC thread with the required activity before the warning period is up, you're fine.

If you have any questions regarding the activity check, please contact us through the mod contact or FAQ.

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New Imprints & Game Updates
Hello everyone, and welcome to October! We have lots happening this month, so let’s get right into it:

October Event
There will be another event for the month of October. We will not reveal the full details just yet, but a post will be going up on October 7th to let everyone know what to prepare for. For now, we will only say that the concept of sleep and dreams will be introduced. Look forward to it!

New Imprints
4 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 2 locations and 1 new species. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

There have also been updates to 1 location and 1 existing species based on character actions and new imprints.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below.

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Imprint & Event Update The new imprint round and event log is live! If you missed on the first announcement for our September event, you can find it here. The pairings for the random memory exchange have also been posted here.

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6 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 3 location and 1 unique species. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

There have also been updates to 2 locations based on character actions.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below. You may also use the comments section of this post to discuss plotting ideas with other players.

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August Game Updates New Player App Period
Our next new player app cycle will open on September 5th at 12:00 AM (UTC).
New player reserves will open in 2 hours from now, on August 30th at 12:00 AM (UTC). Please note that reserves will last one week from the day they are placed.

Since this will be our first app cycle under the new system, the full details of how the new player queue will work can be found on the Applications page.

As previously stated, nothing is set in stone and we're open to making changes to this system in the future based on player feedback. Please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns about the new app queue in the feedback thread below. Comments from players not currently in the game are also welcomed and appreciated!

Organic Imprints
A new page dedicated to organic imprints will be going up on September 7th. This page will allow players to submit threads as consideration for organic imprints as well as make it easier for everyone to keep track of what concepts and changes are currently being explored. We need a little more time to set everything up, so please have patience with us!

In the meantime, we'd like to remind everyone that there is a form at the top of the Locations page for physical changes characters have made to locations within the setting. We have also added new options to the Bestiary page for Name Suggestions and Species Assignment.

New Imprints
Lastly, we have a new round of organic changes! 3 locations, 2 species and 2 concepts have been updated with the changes below. This will be reflected on the Locations, Bestiary and State of the World pages shortly.

If you have any questions about these changes, you can leave a comment in the imprint questions thread below. You may also use the comments section of this post to discuss plotting ideas with other players.

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Imprint Update The new imprint round and event log is live! We're running a little late this time due to some unforeseen circumstances, but we hope everyone enjoys the new additions to the game's setting.

As of now, our imprint queue is empty! That means that we won't have any new locations or species added to the setting until some are either submitted or new characters are added in the next app round. You can expect to see more organic imprints in the meantime, so please let us know if your character is investigating something that your think could trigger a change in the world!

We'd also like to note that the final images for the new species aren't ready just yet, but we will be adding them as soon as they are. Please send our Crystal Exarch player Kiwi some love for her amazing designs!

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5 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 1 location and 2 unique species. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

There have also been updates to 3 sections of the State of the World to reflect new imprints and organic developments.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below. You may also use the comments section of this post to discuss plotting ideas with other players.

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Imprint Update Our second round of imprints are now live! Before we go over the new locations and creatures, we have a few more imprint-adjacent changes to go along with them.

▶ We have moved the majority of information related to imprints from the Imprints page to the FAQ. The "new" and updated FAQ questions have been marked, though they are mostly unchanged. This is mostly to cut down on duplicate information between the two pages and keep the imprints page brief.

▶ In addition to the not-new "new" questions, there is also an actually new question on the FAQ clarifying the difference between organic imprints and "non-organic imprints", which have been named canon imprints. These will be referred to as imprint methods from now on.

▶ Influence may now be spent as soon as your AC has been submitted for the month and your new influence totals have been calculated. You are still limited to only one canon imprint per month, however, and this will include the imprint submitted on your app.

▶ Influence costs for all regains have been reduced from 10/20/30 to 10/15/20.

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11 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 3 locations and 2 unique species. This information will be copied to the Locations and Bestiary pages shortly.

As we are anticipating a much smaller app round this month, we are holding on to the final 4 imprints in the queue for the upcoming intro log.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below. You may also use the comments section of this post to discuss plotting ideas with other players.

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Game Updates Our new Test Drive Meme is up on the meme community, and with it come a few small changes to the setting! We're still working on the rest of the imprints from character apps, but we hope these changes will give everyone something fresh to work with in the meantime while we finish getting everything ready.

We have also added a Calendar to the navigation page. We will be updating this calendar to include planned player and mod events as they come.

Regarding imprint updates and events moving forward, we have decided for the time being to only have the one monthly intro/event post on the 15th as our scheduled event mingle. An additional imprint update may still be posted each month depending on the state of the imprint queue, but it will not be on any particular schedule or have a dedicated mingle log. We will also be looking into relaxing some of the imprint/influence rules since the queue has been more manageable than expected. We'll have more information on this with the imprint update in a few days.

Without further ado, here are the sections that have been updated in the State of the World page.

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Grand Opening Tabula Rasa is now officially open! An intro mingle will be going up shortly to help everyone with getting settled in. Players are also welcome to create their own open and closed posts on the game's main community now. Please refer to the Tag & Posting Guide on the main RP community for help with setting up new posts.

Before we get into the new imprints, some quick housekeeping:

▶ The Imprints page has been updated to mention that imprint costs cannot be split between two characters, as well as a short explanation about submitting similar imprints to strengthen their effects.

▶ The section on the FAQ regarding cast and franchise caps has been updated. Upon further reflection, we feel some of the examples we gave were in a gray area and have decided to handle the categorization of franchises on a purely case-by-case basis. If a cast or franchise is already at its cap and you'd like to apply for a character whose canon may fall under that cap, please ask ahead of time so we can evaluate the situation.

▶ We have updated the samples requirements on the Application to include threads from other Dreamwidth games, memes, and private storylines. These new options will go into effect starting with our next app cycle.

▶ The section for Species on the State of the World page has been removed, and a Bestiary page has been added instead.

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20 new imprints have been added to the game’s setting, including 7 locations and 4 unique species. Due to the large amount of new information being added this round, please see the Locations and Bestiary pages for the full details.

If your character's imprints didn't make it in, don't fret! This is only the first round of applicant imprints. The next imprint round will be posted sometime before the end of July.

If you have any questions for the mods about the newly added imprints, you can leave a comment in the questions thread below. You may also use the comments section of this post to discuss plotting ideas with other players.

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