First and foremost, Nostalgia is and always will be an immersive roleplay setting.

Each floor of our FC house is a specific setting: The basement is our main lounge, and the ground floor is our personal rest and relaxation space.

Our stage is OPEN to bards, comedians, poets, storytellers, etc. So long as you are having fun, are in-character and respecting the space you are welcome to our stage. If someone is already up there, please contact the bartender or other staff to let them know and they will communicate to the current performer.

Our currency is "roleplay", meaning we do not trade you items (usually) and do not take your gil as payment. Our only profit is to have fun and create a positive roleplay community.

Treat others as you would like to be treated. Disrespect, harassment, discrimination, racism, sexism, etc. are not tolerated and will result in an immediate ban.

Age – you (the player and your Roleplay character) must be over the age of 18. While we are not explicitly SFW, some roleplay may not be suitable for minors.

Please do not emote or chat spam as this makes it very hard to follow conversations. Appropriate use of /smile, /beam or /wink are ok as these emotes are generally hard for someone to see. Otherwise, please use “/wave motion” for example when using emotes.

Do not ability cast/spam while on Nostalgia's premises. This is very distracting and unnecessary.

No crafting while on Nostalgia's premises. Crafting is very distracting, both visually and audibly.

Please hide your weapons while inside Nostalgia. We're not here to fight.

Lalafels are considered and treated as adults.

Immersive Roleplaying Only - The purpose of Nostalgia is to provide an immersive roleplay experience which means 100% of the time you are in character. If you MUST be OOC (out of character) please keep that chat to a minimum and make use of the ((double brackets)) to indicate you are speaking OOCly.

Please wear the Roleplaying in-game tag (/roleplaying).

While we are not explicitly Safe For Work, intimacy beyond a kiss and a cuddle should be taken off the premises.

No RP character is THE Warrior of Light, or any other FFXIV lore characters (such as, but not limited to: Thancred, Urianger, Y'shtola, etc.) This creates unwanted conflict and breaks roleplay immersion. Players roleplaying as such will be treated as "super fans" and kept at arms length.

Pop Culture/Memes/Other Lore - Roleplaying as characters from obvious pop-culture, memes, or other lore (such as Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, etc) is immersion breaking and will not be acknowledged.

Character Power - If you play an immortal character or a character with fantastical and extreme powers (like Superman, Gandalf, Goku or Kratos the God of War) these are not appropriate things to discuss on our premises, as are events such as your death and resurrection, conversations with gods, being a god, etc. Any claims regarding such events will be treated with incredulity.

No metagaming. Metagaming is when you (the player) knows something that your character doesn’t know and injects that OOC knowledge into IC interactions/dialogue. This breaks character and immersion and is frowned upon by serious roleplayers.

No godmodding/presumptive actions. Godmodding (aka: presumptive actions) is when one player takes control over the actions of another player by incorporating that player's actions into their emote. You only control what YOUR character says and does.

Nostalgia uses the Open Roleplay style (using /say or /emote chats) so that the establishment stays lively. We do understand that not every RP conversation is for the open, /tell or /party or whatever, is completely ok so your character’s private conversation does not need to be on display for all to hear.

Please use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. This said, we are not a grammar class and correcting typos is not necessary unless it dramatically changes the context and clarification is needed. Character dialogue can be however they would naturally speak and not out of a textbook.

Please make use of the ‘motion’ option when using social emotes, such as “/wave motion”, when an emote is an action. /wink or /beam, etc. are ok as these are not easily seen in game.

Please keep Out-of-Character (OOC) comments to parentheses ( ) or double parentheses (( )).

There is no brawling, fighting, spontaneous death, murder or poisoning at Nostalgia (inside or outside). If any of this happens, assume authorities have been called and all characters within the premises will be informed that the character has been removed and the guilty parties removed permanently from the premises. No second chances. We are a place of peace so weapons are not needed. If characters come into In-Character (IC) conflict and need to fight it out, please take it elsewhere.

Be courteous and respectful. Keep In-Character (IC) drama in character and don’t spill that over into Real Life drama.

We are not spoiler-free. MSQ events may be brought up in-character.

As with everything, consent is key. If someone just doesn't vibe with your character and doesn't want to Roleplay with them, that's how its gonna be. Like in real life, not everyone gets along (but remember to keep Real Life drama out of it).

Re-review the Roleplaying Expectations above. Those are very important "roleplay basic dos and donts".

Create a character and come to Nostalgia as that character. Your character can be as simple or as complex as you want. There is not one single right or wrong way to go about character creation.

Its important to differentiate your OOC (out of character) chat from your IC (in character) dialogue. As mentioned above OOC is indicated by use of parentheses ( ) or double parentheses (( )). Your in character dialogue or action description will be in prose and make use of quotation marks. For example:

The easiest place for new roleplayers, or even shy ones who may want to start out small and observe more at first, is to head to our bar! Its a very easy first exchange. Just let the bartender know that you are new/shy/whatever and they'll be more than happy to engage with you.

Unsure about a topic to talk about? Maybe you were out adventuring and had a great time or misfortune! Maybe you scored big on a treasure map! Maybe you came in last place at a chocobo race! The possibilities are endless!