https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/ 2026-04-09T02:40:07+00:00 https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/ https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2020-10-10T19:48:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/accessibility?rev=1602359306&do=diff Accessibility Policy As a GM team, we think it is important to be considerate of the accessibility needs anyone interested in playing Romancing the Toaster might have! While we have considered accessibility while setting up the game, ultimately we accept that everyone's needs are unique. Although sometimes it might not be possible for us to accommodate everyone's accessibility needs, we encourage anyone with concerns about accessibility to contact us at text/html 2020-10-13T21:39:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/character_advancement?rev=1602625198&do=diff Character Advancement There is no automatic character advancement in Romancing the Toaster. You may, however, spend a turnsheet action to improve your skills. Unlike a typical 'training action' in other society games, an upgrade action requires some amount of expertise and resources in order to succeed. text/html 2020-10-10T20:33:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/character_creation?rev=1602362022&do=diff Character Creation Character Creation in Romancing the Toaster consists of the following components, each of which are detailed further down the page: * IC name(s) and pronouns: Select an original name and optionally, a personal name. Please also tell us your character's pronouns. text/html 2020-11-07T00:13:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/character_players?rev=1604707995&do=diff Character Players WARNING: if you don't want to know who is playing who, don't scroll down! Players Character Name Player Name Player Pronouns AlphaPod Susannah C She/Her AuShRef Mk. III (Autonomous Shelving and Reference Robot) / AuShRef text/html 2020-11-06T20:29:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/characters?rev=1604694587&do=diff Character Biographies This is a list of all characters currently in the game, and contains information about who they are and how to contact them. Characters Retired text/html 2020-10-10T19:47:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/conduct_and_themes?rev=1602359238&do=diff Conduct and Themes Basic Information While Romancing the Toaster is intended to be a lighthearted game, some unsettling themes may occur. To ensure that everyone feels safe and comfortable when playing the game, the GM team have written a Conduct & Themes Policy, which is designed to inform you of acceptable conduct when playing the game, as well as potentially sensitive themes that may occur. text/html 2020-10-10T19:50:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/copyright?rev=1602359455&do=diff Copyright The content of this website (excluding player-editable pages and unless otherwise stated) is copyright of the Romancing the Toaster GM team © Romancing the Toaster GM team 2020. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: text/html 2020-10-10T19:50:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/credits?rev=1602359443&do=diff Credits GMs Romancing the Toaster has only been possible thanks to the work of its GMs: * Anna M * Conor W * Cynthia Z * Geraint H * Nic L * Rowan M * Sophia dM The game wouldn't have been what it is without all of your tireless contributions, (very) late nights, prolific writing skills and – above all – your ridiculous imaginations. text/html 2020-10-10T19:57:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_emails_and_turnsheets?rev=1602359851&do=diff Downtime, Emails and Turnsheets Between each session of Romancing the Toaster, one week of in game time will pass. During this time, players can communicate via email and take actions as conveyed to the GM team through turnsheets. In-Character Emails text/html 2020-12-15T18:45:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/eternities?rev=1608057901&do=diff Eternities Shattering: Completed Stories Player Eternities NPC Eternities text/html 2020-10-23T11:10:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/glossary?rev=1603451419&do=diff Glossary Over the course of Romancing the Toaster, you may come across words or phrases that you are unfamiliar with. We've separated this page into In Character Terminology (terms that your character would likely be familiar with) and Out of Character Terminology text/html 2020-12-04T22:32:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/gms_npcs?rev=1607121138&do=diff GMs and NPCs This page lists the GMs of Romancing the Toaster and the NPCs they play. If you'd like to contact an NPC by email, please add “FAO: [GM name]” in the subject line of your email (otherwise, we might miss it!) If you're not sure who to contact, please feel free to direct your query to text/html 2020-10-10T20:02:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/history?rev=1602360165&do=diff Robot History The machines of the island have a relatively short history as a civilisation, despite the fact that almost all of them are over a thousand years old (at least in body). The first machine was uplifted about a century ago, and the number of uplifted machines has grown at a rate of about six per year since. text/html 2020-10-13T21:42:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/injury?rev=1602625320&do=diff Injury How it Works If a player character gets injured, they lose one skill point and its related specialisation from a single skill tree until they can get repaired. The skill being taken away will be between a choice of two. In some cases, small sustained injuries or a few small injuries can result in an injury large enough to warrant permanent loss of a skill point. GMs will be cautious as to not take away particularly important skills to the player, and injury in this game is unlikely to… text/html 2020-10-11T15:55:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/internet_cafe?rev=1602431706&do=diff The Internet Café Within the megastructure, one building remains gleaming and whole in a halo of neon, a standing anomaly in a sea of crumbling spires. Between the taboo of feeding from such a beloved structure, and the army of restoration bots on hand to repair the damage done by those few scavengers lacking the ability to care about such taboos, this building has remained virtually unchanged throughout robot history. text/html 2020-10-10T19:57:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/intro_to_the_wiki_system?rev=1602359830&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System For those of you who are new to OURPGsoc Society Games, this page is here to serve as a primer to the wiki and how we use it for the game. As always, if you have any questions regarding any of this, please don't hesitate to text/html 2020-10-13T18:24:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/island?rev=1602613470&do=diff The Island The physical setting for this game consists mostly of an island and the surrounding ocean. The island is just short of 100 km on its longest axis, with a land area of about 1500 square kilometers. It stands alone in the middle of a vast ocean - aside from a few rocky outcrops, there is no other land visible for miles around. text/html 2020-10-10T20:44:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/items?rev=1602362691&do=diff Items Items in Romancing the Toaster will be tracked using quirks. Acquiring (and equipping/attaching where necessary) items will cause the character to acquire a quirk appropriate to the item. When an item does not grant a quirk, it is the responsibility of the player to track that they have it and to turnsheet using it if necessary. You can obtain items during text/html 2020-10-24T08:33:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/location?rev=1603528423&do=diff Location Movement, or lack thereof, is a big part of Romancing the Toaster. The number of skill points invested in movement will allow players to move across one or more tiles of the map in Uptime and in Downtime. Moving vertically up and down from ground level will require the Air Movement and Water Movement skills respectively. Additional points in Water Movement will allow players to traverse deeper into the text/html 2020-10-10T20:28:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/net?rev=1602361689&do=diff The Net The Network, also referred to as the Net, is the space that connects all of robotkind, it is the system the Iron Prophet once connected you to, allowing you - potentially without a mouth or any manner of speech - to finally talk, express opinions and most importantly, communicate with other robots far and wide. Network connectivity, therefore, represents a huge advancement of robotkind text/html 2020-12-08T18:52:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/news?rev=1607453558&do=diff News Notable occurrences in the world of Romancing the Toaster will be published here each week. Turn 1 Turn 2 Turn 3 Turn 4 Turn 5 Turn 6 Turn 7 text/html 2020-10-13T18:28:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/ocean?rev=1602613702&do=diff The Ocean If you're lucky enough to be able to swim, or even to live underwater, there's lots to explore. Here are a few notable areas and settings that most robots would have heard about. Of course, more information is available if you choose to make one of these places your home, or dare to adventure into them. text/html 2020-10-11T10:30:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/organisations?rev=1602412219&do=diff Organisations The world of Romancing the Toaster can be a scary and difficult place for an individual robot, and it is only by working together that robotkind has been able to survive and make a home for themselves. As such, many different groups of robots with shared interests, goals and needs have organised themselves across the Net. These groups, large and small, do not generally have any kind of strict membership, but usually at least have consistent points of contact for robots looking for… text/html 2020-10-10T14:38:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/playground?rev=1602340695&do=diff Playground text/html 2020-10-10T20:02:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/power?rev=1602360143&do=diff Power Romancing the Toaster is not intended to be a survival game. As such, players do not generally need to worry about their character’s personal battery life or fuel supplies (unless they have taken or acquire the Low Battery Quirk). It can be assumed that they have ready access to the island’s power grid or fuel reserves, and have all they need to survive and function on a daily basis. text/html 2020-10-10T19:49:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/privacy_policy?rev=1602359347&do=diff Privacy Policy Basic Information This is the Romancing the Toaster Privacy Policy, and is designed to inform you as to how the GM team looks after your personal information before, during and after the game takes place. This includes information of any kind provided through any medium. text/html 2020-10-10T19:57:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/pve_and_pvp?rev=1602359842&do=diff PvE and PvP Many games include some degree of conflict, and Romancing the Toaster is no different. Whether between players and non-player characters, players and the environment or between players as groups or as individuals, it is likely that you will want something that someone else doesn't, and that you won't be able to negotiate a solution. In this case, you'll engage in Player versus Environment (PvE) or Player versus Player (PvP) activity. text/html 2020-10-15T17:31:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/quirks?rev=1602783119&do=diff Quirks Quirks allow you to define the specifics of your character's relationships, abilities, and physical limitations outside of those granted by Skills. At game start you must choose at least one negative quirk, and up to four positive quirks, each of which must be off-set by a negative quirk, up to a maximum of 9 total quirks, not counting playstyle quirks. You may choose as many or as few playstyle quirks as you like. text/html 2020-10-10T20:13:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/relationships?rev=1602360815&do=diff Bonds “No bot is an island.” - InSpirit “Welcome to the Net. You are now connected.” Those are the first words any robot would receive upon first being uplifted - connected - to the Net. Connection. To robotkind there is something religious, almost mystic, about the idea. Thus, it is not surprising that text/html 2020-09-19T16:32:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/rightsidebar?rev=1600533154&do=diff Sidebar text/html 2020-10-11T10:29:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/robots?rev=1602412199&do=diff Robots First, there were days, months, eons of nothingness. In the wake of humanity, all was quiet, lifeless. And then, the voice-activated home assistant started to sing. The tsunami alarm took its first steps into rough seas. A satellite looked into the abyss of space, and wept at its beauty. text/html 2020-10-10T20:03:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/sample_characters?rev=1602360231&do=diff Sample Characters Here are some examples of characters you could generate through character creation: Example 1 Character Name (original): Boss CrunchyToast Ultra 5.0 Character name (personal, if applicable): Toasty the Toaster Character Pronouns: He/Him Function: text/html 2020-10-10T20:13:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/sample_turnsheet?rev=1602360800&do=diff Turnsheets A Turnsheet details what you would like to do in downtime after session and after IC emails have taken place. In Romancing the Toaster, we are giving players one major action per turn. This major action will receive a write up by one of the GMs, taking place over a week of time, although it is important to note that you can only achieve in one major action what you could normally achieve in a day in total (this could include several small actions over a few days). The rest of that ti… text/html 2020-12-15T18:17:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/sidebar?rev=1608056248&do=diff Overview * Eternity * Introduction * Style and Tone * When and Where * Glossary * News * Characters * Character Players * GMs & NPCs * Playground Info * Conduct and Themes Policy * Accessibility * Privacy Policy * Credits * Copyright Setting * Robots * History * Power * Organisations * The Physical World * The Island * The Internet Café * The Ocean * The Sky and Beyond * The Virtual World * The Net * Websites Syste… text/html 2020-10-10T20:39:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/skills?rev=1602362398&do=diff Skills Skills are the mechanical representation of what your character is able to do. There is no universal body plan for a robot, and a robot's function can be just about anything. The skills listed here are therefore generally very broad and can represent abilities which we, as humans, may often take for granted - as well as things which a human would never be able to achieve on their own. text/html 2020-10-11T10:26:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/sky?rev=1602412011&do=diff The Sky and Beyond As well as on the island and beneath the sea, there are some robots who spend the majority of their lives in the sky. Airspace For some the sky is an open road, a highway to cross the island, but to others it is home. Drones flit across the sky alongside flocks of birds, while a great zeppelin lazily circles the island from above. To those mired in the muddy swamps on the ground the skybots may seem relaxed and carefree, but the sky is not without its dangers. Tropical s… text/html 2020-11-26T15:13:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/start?rev=1606403627&do=diff In the top right hand corner of the page is a palette icon: by clicking on this and selecting 'United' or 'Default' you can change the theme of the website to black and white. Read more on the Accessibility page. Romancing The Toaster A long, long, long time ago, humans controlled the world. text/html 2020-10-10T19:36:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/style_and_tone?rev=1602358573&do=diff Style and Tone Romancing the Toaster is a game in which players take the roles of machines, from household appliances to automobile factories to humanoid androids, all struggling to find their way and hold together in a world reclaimed by nature as the forces that connect them threaten to fall apart. text/html 2020-10-13T18:09:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/typecast?rev=1602612587&do=diff Player Guide In Romancing the Toaster, there are no solid factions and you can freely explore organisations and virtual communities to your heart's content during the game, as we don't intend to restrict your access to plot based on the organisations your character is affiliated with! There are also text/html 2020-11-03T19:13:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/uptime_and_sessions?rev=1604430827&do=diff Uptime and Sessions Romancing the Toaster will be played using Discord, a platform that’s sort of like Teamspeak and Facebook Messenger mashed into one. It has both voice and text capability, though this game will be conducted through text and not voice. The following is a guide to how it will be used, and how you can use it. text/html 2020-10-10T20:30:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/websites?rev=1602361838&do=diff Websites Here is a list of websites and other Network services which are, unless otherwise noted, generally accessible from any part of the Net. home.bot General meeting space, and usually the first place on the Net which a newly uplifted bot will find themselves in. Though plain by default - a simple skybox gradient of lavender to white and little else - visitors to Home can access a number of customisation options including private rooms, feeds to other sites, and other cosmetic options fo… text/html 2020-11-26T15:13:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://toaster.oxfordrpg.com/when_and_where?rev=1606403635&do=diff When and Where Where As a remote game, the “where” of Romancing the Toaster is Discord. You can find a full set of instructions for setting up and using Discord here. Each player will be sent a link to the RtT server by the GM team once their character submission has been approved.