Over the course of Threshold, you may come across words or phrases that you are unfamiliar with. This page mainly contains Out of Character terms (information, events, places and people which exist in the real world, i.e. outside the world of Threshold), but there are a few In Character terms (terms which the refer to things in the world of Threshold) as well.

A lower level of official whose job doesn't fall under the standard responsibilities of the Invigilators, Guides, or Technicians.

One of the countless distinct and separated residential sectors (known as blocks) that make up the sprawling city of the Threshold, about the size of a city block. Home to your characters along with a variety of other housing, goods, and services - frivolous and virtuous alike.

Any official whose role in the Threshold is to assist other citizens in reaching ascension. They may be therapists, coaches, or manage sources of information for self-improvement.

The highest level of official in a block, in charge of monitoring and inquisiting the citizens on their progress towards ascension.

The governing body that acts as a guiding authority in the Threshold. Psychopomp provides guidance, assistance, and direction to the souls here to help them eventually ascend. They also facilitate the permitted comforts available to the citizens of the blocks.

Self-indulgent or self-destructive locations, the patronage and operation of which is forbidden by the government, Snake Dens are naturally ubiquitous and pervasive in their presence throughout the Threshold. Some obviously immoral in their temptation, some less overt in nature, they exist to facilitate vice and sin, leading citizens that come here further from ascension due to the shame and guilt they foster. Many souls can attribute their continued residence in the Threshold to the indulgence of Snake Dens.

A lower level of official whose role involves the upkeep and updating of a block's structures and infrastructure.

An infinite city sprawl of wildly varied and anachronistic architechtural styles that serves as an afterlife for all those who died with unfinished business.

A term for roleplaying romantic or similarly emotionally intense relationships between characters. If you're interested in having a romantic ballgown with someone, be sure to get their OC consent first, and pay attention to their communication and comfort as ballgowning can be particularly intense.

If you want there to be a possibility of NPCs initiating a ballgown with your character, consider taking the Romance Me! Playstyle Quirk (see Quirks).

The CAMPaign Organiser; the person responsible for coming up with the idea for a society game and consequently leading it. Our CAMPO is Jasper H.

Downtime refers to the period of time between sessions, which will last two weeks in character. During Downtime, you may finalise your plans with other characters by email if you wish, though the key part of Downtime is the Turnsheet. We strongly recommend taking a look at our Downtimes, Emails and Turnsheets page for more information.

After the final session of Threshold in Hilary, players will be asked to submit an Eternity instead of a conventional Turnsheet. The GM write-up for this will give an impression of how each character is affected by the aftermath of the game, rather than detailing a short-term action.

A term for the non-mechanical and non-plot aspects of a game which add flavour and nuance. Think along the lines of character backstories, casual interactions between characters, and building up your personal narrative around the basic mechanics of the game.

The people who play NPCs, write Turnsheet responses, keep the wiki up to date, and generally run the game. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions, or take a look at our page if you'd like to learn more about us!

“IC” is used to refer to information, events, places, and characters which exist in game.

“OC” or “OOC” refers to things outside of the game.

Characters played by the GMs rather than you, the players. You can look through the NPC list here.

Characters played by you, the players, rather than the GMs. You can look through the PC list (once they're submitted) here.

PvP refers to conflict between individual player characters. Whilst we don't expect PvP to be a very big part of the game, especially physical PvP (if it comes up at all), it would occur through Turnsheets and only with mutual OC consent, at which point the GMs will try and write something that is fun and fulfilling for both players.

PvE refers to conflict between a player character and the world around them. PvE also primarily takes place in Downtime (should it happen) so it can get a proper narrative description. In extreme cases, PvE may take place in Uptime, but it will be harder for GMs to rule, as we'll be busy. We strongly advise saving any PvE actions until Downtime, if possible.

The Discord server which hosts character creations and general questions for Threshold. It has OC channels for general discussion, game rules and tech support. You can navigate between Discord servers using the leftmost Discord sidebar, where all the servers you are part of will be shown as circular icons. To access the Threshold server, click here.

A call used by GMs to interrupt RP time with an announcement, usually something occurring in the game that would be too involved to act out.

A call used by GMs at the start of session, or after “time freeze” has been called, to indicate that everyone should begin acting in character.

A call used by GMs to indicate that the session has ended, and everyone should stop acting in character and pay attention to the caller.

A short piece of writing completed by players each week, used to let the GMs know what each player character is doing during Downtime. You can find templates for each Turnsheet at the bottom of your user page, and will need to create and then edit the template according to the guidelines found here. Your Turnsheet can be freely edited up until the midnight between Thursday and Friday following a session, at which point (unless a GM has agreed to give you a Turnsheet extension) it will be taken as final. The GM team will then read each Turnsheet, discuss what happens during Downtime, and write up a response for each player. You can find an example Turnsheet here. It is worth noting both what the player writes and what the GMs write in response are called Turnsheets.

Uptime refers to the in-person sessions of Threshold, which will take place at the Larkin Room in St John's College (see When and Where). During Uptime, you communicate with other player characters and non-player characters and react to the world around you. We strongly recommend taking a look at our Uptime page for more information.