DMs running lore-related content operate on a priority based system. Priority is a measure of how and where lore is being used in the server’s current content - as such, all @DMs can have priority even if they are not a @Scrivener.

Priority System

You have priority on lore when you are actively using it in planning and writing quests. For instance, the following would give you priority:

• I am actively running a quest in a plane.
• A notable creature is appearing (or planned to appear) in the questline I am currently running.
• I am writing a quest using X or Y that will be published in the next month.

Wanting to use lore in the nebulous future isn’t enough to confer priority. If your quest hasn’t started yet, you need to be able to demonstrate that you’re working on it actively (such as written plot ideas and discussion) as opposed to simply claiming that you’re going to use it “soon”.

Types of Priority

Priority is ranked on a three-level scale. There are no hard guidelines on what your quests fall under - it’s up to you to gauge what you need.

• High Priority: Other @DMs should not run anything regarding this topic unless absolutely necessary. High priority generally involves you actively building or creating pertinent lore about something, and another DM working on it will contradict or mess up your storyline.
  • e.g. “My quest involves a faction-based civil war in the City of Brass.” This quest affects the setting in a significant way, such that another DM running something independently would entirely undermine the storyline.
• Medium Priority: You are working directly with this topic, but it is not necessarily an exclusive development. You are generally okay with other @DMs working on this topic as well.
  • e.g. “My quest explores hag lore through a BBEG coven.” This quest is diving into hag lore, but hags can be found in many different places. The DM would like to check to make sure other questlines’ hags don’t wildly contradict what they’re doing, but they aren’t necessarily locking anyone out from using them.
• Low Priority: You are using this topic lightly, or this topic is not greatly linked to public lore. Other @DMs can coexist together freely.
  • e.g. “My quest giver is a trade group in Efriqo.” The DM of this quest may want to know if other DMs are running economics-related content in the country, but otherwise the desires of an independent trade group won’t really contradict anyone else’s lore developments.

Legacy

If you have worked on lore in the past but are no longer doing so, you may still keep legacy status on that lore. You can maintain legacy even if you are no longer a @DM, so long as you are still on the staff team.

Having legacy in lore indicates that you have worked on it in the past and may be consulted for information, guidance, and other related questions. Legacy itself does not offer priority over any DMs who are actively working with the lore in question (although it’s expected that you afford legacy DMs respect when using their established content).

Managing Priority

Whenever you start a new questline that is using a public domain, you need to create a thread in #lore-hub that lists out what you are using and how you are using it. Title your post something descriptive, and be as specific as you can as to what's being used (e.g. "City of Brass" is better than "Plane of Fire").

There's no mandatory format for how you write your thread, as long as the necessary information is there. The purpose of this is to ensure that if a DM says they are using X, any other team member can look into the thread and understand the basics of what's going on without having to chase that DM down. If the information changes over the course of the quest, you should update the thread as appropriate.

You also need to set a priority level for your domain usage, by adding the appropriate tag. Once your thread is created, put a message in the pinned thread in#lore-hub so a @Mod can update the list.

🗺️ Types of Plots 👑 Lore Domains