What do IC and OC mean?
IC stands for “in character”. OC (or OOC) stands for “out of character”. IC things exist in the imaginary gameworld. OC things exist in real life. During an adventure or an interactive, everything which happens is IC unless someone indicates otherwise. Someone standing with one hand in the air, or wearing a thin white sash, is showing that they are OC. This means that none of the characters in the game can see them, and so you shouldn’t react to their presence or try to talk to them unless you are also OC. Everything which happens IC, stays IC. If someone’s character is rude to another character (insults them, shouts at them, or even attacks them), then IC the other character may be furious, but OC neither player should feel hurt. IC, someone might spend an hour screaming at someone else before finally losing their temper and killing them- OC, when the event is over, both players can go to the pub afterwards with no hard feelings. It’s generally considered good manners not to talk OC a
