Information

-> Premise
-> Setting
-> Rules and FAQs
-> FAQ extended edition
-> Nitpicker's Guide
-> Mod Contact
-> Community Use Guide
-> Haven Test Drive Community

OOC Resources

-> OOC Community
-> Taken Characters
-> Reserves
-> Applications
-> Hiatus
-> Drop
-> Concerns
-> Suggestions and Player Plots
-> IC/OOC Calendar
-> Calendar of Events
-> Canon Updates
-> Plot so far

IC Resources

-> Main Community
-> Logs Community
-> Locations
-> Housing
-> NPC Information
-> IC Plot Page
-> Fears and Regrets

It has been mentioned that a catch-all planning post for the apartments/housing spiral would be helpful. There is a different comment header for each housing block, and each separate apartment. This is a place to mention any changes that have been made by the characters (such as new furniture, a huge hole in the wall from a spell gone wrong, etc). It is also a place to mention any other supplies that have been brought in, and to plot between housemates if needed.

You can find the main apartment listings here, and the basic layout of both the housing spiral and each individual housing block is provided below for reference. Thank you!

Welcome to the Nitpicker's Guide to Haven!

Because the game is always changing as a consequence of events and player actions, some of the answers to the player-asked questions on the Rules page are not always relevant any more. That's what this page is for! All the specific information on the setting, game mechanics, and rules will be compiled here and continually edited to reflect the current status of the game.

So if you have any questions, please look through this guide first, as well as the other information pages, to check if it's already been answered. If it's not been answered, then please ask on the Rules and FAQ page. Because there is a lot of information, I've done my best to group it into headings for ease of finding what you're looking for - but you can check the whole entry using cntrl+f to find your keywords!

To jump to one of the sections, please click on one of the links below:

Haven West/Wasteland
Haven North
Haven East
The Haven
Subway Tunnels
Phones
Language and Writing
Miscellaneous

All characters in group one will be posting in havenplots, all characters in group two will be posting in havenlogs, and all characters in group three will be posting in havenrpg. A separate community has been created for the villains (and this will be PM'd to the villain characters); however, those characters are listed under the groups they will be accompanying for secrecy.

All characters in group four (supporting group two), should refer to group two's event schedule for information. All characters in group four (supporting group three), should refer to group three's event schedule for information. All characters who chose to be assigned to no group, will be subject to setting changes that affect group three and should refer to their schedule for information, as well as using only havenrpg.

( Group One )

( Group Two )

( Group Three )

( Group Four (Supporting Group Two) )

( Group Four (Supporting Group Three) )

As with most community-based roleplays on dreamwidth, Haven has two IC communities to interact in - the main community, and the logs community. These are used a little differently in each game, so this is a guide on how to use them in Haven.

Main Community havenrpg
All open things go here, action or network. It's primarily action brackets, but prose is allowed in the main community as well. If a post is either entirely, or in part, open to the whole game, it belongs in the main community. Posts with sections are allowed:

Example:

Part One : Joe makes a network call to Angie
Part Two : Joe makes a network call to all the characters
Part Three : Joe can be found wandering in the town

Logs Community havenlogs
This is for private posts between two characters, or a small group of characters. For example, Joe and Angie want to talk privately about the last event - this goes in the logs community. Or a group of individuals hold a party, this is the logs community. Posts here can be action brackets or logs.