Applications and the Allowlist

The Domains of Dread is an allowlist-only server. Every new character, even from returning players, must be applied for and approved by the Game Masters to gain the ability to leave the out of character experience and enter the world. This form is available on the Discord and is likewise submitted there. Applying for a character prior to their creation in-game is not required, but permission to leave the out of character experience can only be granted once that character exists somewhere in the in-game character creation process.

3 application types exist at present: Normal, Divine and Occult. If the character receives class archetype features relating to the devout worship of an ideoligion such as Cleric or inherent Divine power such as Paladin, use the Divine application. If the character receives class archetype features relating to Occult power such as Necromancer, Dark Knight or Warlock, use the Occult application. This clause applies to any archetypes which use those spellbooks, like Shadow for Rogue. All other class archetypes use the Normal application.

Use of Large-Language Models (LLMs)

How a player uses an LLM such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek and so on to help them through a character application is up to that player’s discretion. However, no answer provided by an LLM may be used in any part of the written application—at most its responses should be paraphrased by the human player. Applications suspected of full or co-authorship by an LLM will be rejected regardless of viability and that character concept permanently vetoed from play. Cases of serial attempted LLM use may be subject to discipline by staff. Should it be discovered that an application was fully or co-authored by an LLM after that application was accepted, the character will be permanently rescinded from play. They will also be permanently rescinded from play should reason exist to suspect that the character’s dialogue, description and/or replies in-game are being fully or co-authored by an LLM.

The Domains of Dread prides itself on being a space to catalyze human creativity as a platform for collaborative storytelling. It is endlessly preferable that an application be flawed and human rather than “perfect” and artificial.

Normal Applications

1. Provide your player name that you will use to log in with on the Neverwinter Nights client. Additionally verify your Discord username and existing or intended forum handle.
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2. Are you a returning player? If so, has your player name or CD key changed?
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3. Provide the character’s first and last name. This should be their “true name”, before any aliases.
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4. Provide the character’s world of origin or domain of origin if native to the demiplane. Notate if the world is homebrew or from an unsupported setting.
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5. Provide the character’s race. If they are caliban, include some detail about the nature of their physical traits.
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6. Provide the character’s alignment. Include some detail about their relationship to that alignment, no longer than a paragraph.
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7. Provide the character’s class and archetype.
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8. Provide a 1-3 sentence summary of the character’s premise—that is to say, their “elevator pitch”.
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9. If intended that the character begin play as a recruit of a supported faction, notate that here. Summarize the circumstances of their recruitment in 1-3 sentences.
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10. If this character has a relationship to a native noble house or otherwise prominent family lineage, notate that here. (If they are recognized by the house or family, this incurs a Mist Token cost to activate the character.)
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11. Provide the character’s present relationship to their class and archetype, no longer than a paragraph.
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12. Provide a short summary of the character’s backstory in only 2-3 paragraphs.
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13. Where would you place as the initial direction for this character? What are some goals and ambitions they may already have entering the world? Do not write more than a paragraph. Notate whether you see this character as an antagonist and whether they might have the capacity to later become a Dread Figure.
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14. What were the circumstances immediately before the character was Misted, no more than three months ago to present? Do not write more than a paragraph.
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15. Do you verify that you are at least 18 years of age and are willing to answer simple questions posed by the Game Masters concerning your understanding of roleplay on The Domains of Dread, server expectations, and any remarks about the character themselves?
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Divine Applications

1. Provide your player name that you will use to log in with on the Neverwinter Nights client. Additionally verify your Discord username and existing or intended forum handle.
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2. Are you a returning player? If so, has your player name or CD key changed?
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3. Provide the character’s first and last name. This should be their “true name”, before any aliases.
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4. Provide the character’s world of origin or domain of origin if native to the demiplane. Notate if the world is homebrew or from an unsupported setting.
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5. Provide the character’s race. If they are caliban, include some detail about the nature of their physical traits.
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6. Provide the character’s alignment. Include some detail about their relationship to that alignment, no longer than a paragraph.
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7. Provide the character’s class and archetype.
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8. Provide a 1-3 sentence summary of the character’s premise—that is to say, their “elevator pitch”.
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9. What is the character’s ideoligion? Note that ideoligions from homebrew or unsupported settings must use the nonexclusive divine domains of a supported ideoligion and should be included in your answer if this applies. If they are a native Paladin who is not devout or another class archetype where conscious worship is not required, “None” is acceptable.
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10. What is the character’s relationship to their ideoligion, in no more than a paragraph? What does worship look like for them? If they are not devout but still have Divine powers, how does that manifest?
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11. If the character was or is part of an organized ideoligion—that is to say, ecclesiastic hierarchy—what role do they or did they fulfill in 1-3 sentences?
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12. If intended that the character begin play as a recruit of a supported faction, notate that here. Summarize the circumstances of their recruitment in 1-3 sentences.
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13. If this character has a relationship to a native noble house or otherwise prominent family lineage, notate that here. (If they are recognized by the house or family, this incurs a Mist Token cost to activate the character.)
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14. Provide the character’s present relationship to their class and archetype, no longer than a paragraph. 
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15. Provide a short summary of the character’s backstory in only 2-3 paragraphs. 
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16. Where would you place as the initial direction for this character? What are some goals and ambitions they may already have entering the world? Do not write more than a paragraph. Notate whether you see this character as an antagonist and whether they might have the capacity to later become a Dread Figure. 
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17. What were the circumstances immediately before the character was Misted, no more than three months ago to present? Do not write more than a paragraph. 
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18. Do you verify that you are at least 18 years of age and are willing to answer simple questions posed by the Game Masters concerning your understanding of roleplay on The Domains of Dread, server expectations, and any remarks about the character themselves? 
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Occult Applications

1. Provide your player name that you will use to log in with on the Neverwinter Nights client. Additionally verify your Discord username and existing or intended forum handle.
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2. Are you a returning player? If so, has your player name or CD key changed?
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3. Provide the character’s first and last name. This should be their “true name”, before any aliases.
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4. Provide the character’s world of origin or domain of origin if native to the demiplane. Notate if the world is homebrew or from an unsupported setting.
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5. Provide the character’s race. If they are caliban, include some detail about the nature of their physical traits.
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6. Provide the character’s alignment. Include some detail about their relationship to that alignment, no longer than a paragraph.
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7. Provide the character’s class and archetype.
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8. Provide a 1-3 sentence summary of the character’s premise—that is to say, their “elevator pitch”.
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9. How has the character come into contact with Occult powers and how do these powers affect the character’s physiology and psyche, in a paragraph?
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10. Does the character resent or accept their Occult status? How do they hide their powers from society, if at all, in a paragraph?
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11. If intended that the character begin play as a recruit of a supported faction, notate that here. Summarize the circumstances of their recruitment in 1-3 sentences.
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12. If this character has a relationship to a native noble house or otherwise prominent family lineage, notate that here. (If they are recognized by the house or family, this incurs a Mist Token cost to activate the character.)
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13. Provide the character’s present relationship to their class and archetype, no longer than a paragraph.
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14. Provide a short summary of the character’s backstory in only 2-3 paragraphs.
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15. Where would you place as the initial direction for this character? What are some goals and ambitions they may already have entering the world? Do not write more than a paragraph. Notate whether you see this character as an antagonist and whether they might have the capacity to later become a Dread Figure.
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16. What were the circumstances immediately before the character was Misted, no more than three months ago to present? Do not write more than a paragraph.
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17. Do you verify that you are at least 18 years of age and are willing to answer simple questions posed by the Game Masters concerning your understanding of roleplay on The Domains of Dread, server expectations, and any remarks about the character themselves?
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