Out Of Character Time

Being ‘out of character’ (basically saying that you are not playing your character at the moment and don’t exist in the game world) is signified by sticking a finger up in the air. Your character cannot see anyone who is walking around like this or interact with them in any way unless specifically stated otherwise. Please do not use this too often. Acceptable times are pretty much limited to ‘I’m off to the toilet’ and ‘I need to get a ref to check on this and there isn’t one here at the moment. I’ll go find one.’ Monsters will do it more often. Also if I am wearing the luminous yellow ref jacket I am automatically out of character.

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Out Of Character Calls

These are all calls which are considered to be out of character and require action from the players rather than the characters. They will be mainly made by myself or people helping me to ref.

• Time Freeze: Stop whatever you are doing and stay where you are. Close your eyes and hum. Will soon be followed by:
• Time In: Follows after Time Freezes. Open your eyes, stop humming and continue what you were doing. For your character no time has passed. Anything which has changed about the game world has done so instantaneously.
• Man Down: Someone has been hurt out of character. Acts like a Time Freeze except any player may call Man Down if they or someone around them is hurt. Closing eyes and Humming is not necessary with a Man Down call.
• Fire: Should not be necessary as the events will mostly be outside, but still… Fire indicates that the area is on fire (out of character, not in character). Stop whatever you are doing and leave the area. Again, Fire may be called by players as well as refs.