Creating An Org

First and Foremost: By creating an Org, you agree to share that content with Crescent Rise for, at minimum, the duration of your leadership within the group.

So You Want To Make An Org?
Great! Glad to hear that you're invested in the group!

There are two avenues for creation that you may take. The first is In-Character Recruitment, where you gather your Organization members in-character and then once you have enough, you petition the Staff to gain official Organization status. The second is Out-Of-Character Sponsoring, where you pitch your idea for an Org (along with an elaborate outline) to the group, where we will then put it up for a vote from the members and staff. The requirements for both are below.

Ownership and Retirement
Whether you create the group In-Character or Out-Of-Character, the issue of what happens if you leave is an important one. When you send your form for creation or sponsorship, you must include a plan for if you leave Crescent's Rise. You have the choice of disbanding the Org, or you have the option of having the Org become a legacy Organization, where even if you leave or your character dies, the Organization will stick around.

You may change your mind at any time after you create the org, but you may only do so twice. Note that if you start with a Legacy Org and do not inform staff of your desire to change your mind before you leave, your Org will be treated as a Legacy Org. Please create your Org as a Disband if you think you're going to want to shut it down when you go, to minimize conflict.

Additionally, Staff will work with you to create a plausible in-universe explanation for why the Org is disbanding if it is. You will ultimately have a lot of say in how the Org disbands, but we want to make sure it fits the world we've made.

In-Character Recruitment
To create an Org in-character is a hefty challenge.

First, you must gain the following of four other existing characters within Crescent's Rise (three can squeak by on occasion, but four is ideal). Characters must not have been newly created for the purpose of reaching this number IC.

Once you've gained your followers, write up a concept for your Org using the template linked [here] and submit it to staff.

When you submit your In-Character Organization, include if it is open or closed to other characters. It is entirely fine to create a closed organization, but that means that other characters cannot join it, and only the group that created it may maintain the Org. In-Character Organizations are intended to be smaller and more close-knit.

Downsides: In-Character created groups cannot have more than 15 characters in them at any time, open or closed.

Out-Of-Character Sponsoring
To create an Org out-of-character, you must have been in Crescent Rise for more than two months.

To Sponsor an org through out of character means, you must do more work initially, but you can have a larger group in the end.

First, you must use the template [here] to write up your Organization's information. You must fill out all sections!

Upon filling out the entirety of the form, you may then forward it to Staff. Staff will look over the Org for any glaring flaws, but will otherwise leave it untouched. After Staff approve of your group, it will be posted as a concept to the group when the time comes for a new large Organization. At this point, members can vote on it or not. Members may use EP to sponsor Orgs created this way, with a limit of [x EP] per player.

At the end of the judging period, Staff will review the top choices and choose one of them to make official in Crescent's Rise!

Characters who do not have an Org that they are in already may join the new Org free of charge, or new characters may be created. Further specifics will be discussed with the Org creator when the time comes.

Orgs and Character History
Until an Org is made in-group, it is not considered to have any authority in Crescent's Ridge! You can create a character that is the right hand of an Org not currently in the group, or the runaway heir of an Org that isn't in the group, but they will not have any actual authority. Other characters can recognize yours, and you can lay the path for creation of an Org this way, but that character will not be treated like a high-ranking member of anything official!