The Rule Book //

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The Rule Book //

General

» You may swear (keep it moderate); but don't swear at other members.

» Be kind to other members. If you have problems with each other, keep it to private messages. Should there be drama, don't make a big deal about it -- it will sort itself out sooner or later.

» Try to be helpful to new members -- this is optional, but it'd be nice if you did. (:

» Signatures must be no larger than 500 x 350 or else they will stretch the board. If it's larger, you can always resize it. If you don't know how, you can resize easily at Picnik.com.

» Please join with simple names. Aka Magic, Sunset, Ashley..whatever. We just don't want a lot of people with names similar to 'Cheerleader1996281'

» Keep everything that's public PG-13. Aka, keep your common sense. Fights are allowed, as are gashes and wounds and so on--but keep it sensible.

» Please stay active. If you're going to quit or leave for a bit, let us now on the respective thread.

Roleplaying

» For the face claims, keep it to photos of people / celebrities.

» There is a minimum 150 word limit. Sometimes there's writer's block, but 150 is not much at all and this is to ensure that people aren't giving one-liners.

» We work on Liquid Time -- aka, your character may be in more than one thread. Just make sure you keep a track of time. Aka, which thread happened before or after which..etc.

» You may swear, just keep it to a minimum. People don't want to see you cussing every other word.

» No elementals, magic, etc. That is, unless it's been granted by one of the several 'paranormal' beings on this website. (more info about this on the plot page)

» You can have as many characters as you want, but keep them active and/or keep track of them.

» Powerplaying or godmoding will not be tolerated at all. This means controlling other people's characters.

» One month in real life equals one in-character season. For example: If in the month of April, the RP season is Summer, then the month of May will be Autumn, and June will be Winter.

» You may customize your post code as much as you like, but please keep it reasonable. No blinding color schemes and extremely tiny font..

» Keep the roleplay in 3rd person. It's easier for everyone, and it's a bit more common.

» The password to the Joining Applications thread is letuslive -- don't distribute this password to any other member.

Fights..

» Your character must get injured somehow. Nobody is invincible; even the best fighters walk out having taken a few punches.

» You may not kill the other character unless you have permission.

Real Animals

» Keep the real animals common species (canines, dogs, birds, cats, etc.) Exotic species that would be out of place, such as lions & tigers may be purchased from the gift shop later.

» A real tiger or a wolf would most likely not move into the city--specially now since the world is their playground again. However, you may create such a character if you keep them limited to the countryside. (the forest, fields, rivers, etc.) They may wander into the Condemned City every now and then, so no limits on that either.

Shape-shifters

» All of them have the ability to shift at their will. (That is, unless they're not a shape-shifter and have been cursed by the Witch.)

» They may stay in their animal form as long as they like, or their human form as long as they like. There is no limiting factor.

» They tend to keep their abilities subtle, so please don't have your character walk down the street as a white tiger. That's just a bit..too out of the ordinary to go un-noticed. Keep it subtle, or keep it to the Condemned City if you'd like to do such. (However, basic animals such as birds, dogs, cats, etc. wouldn't raise much attention, so go crazy with those.)

» If there starts to be too many shape-shifters, or too many of one species, I will put a cap on it to keep it a bit rare. (Aka, if there's like three white tigers compared to five humans as a total..I'll most likely put a cap on that.)

» Every new member is allowed one free shapeshifter upon creation of their account.

» You can also buy the shape-shifter ability from the store. If you'd like to have one more character that can shift, you can buy the ability and either create the new character, or just add the ability to an existing character.

» Sometimes, the ability might be a gift instead. Sometimes one of the paranormal beings might make a random entrance, or perhaps they may be summoned. You can ask for an extra shape from them. You can also buy the extra shape from the store. (I.E.: a girl that can shift into a bird, but gets the gift to be able to shift into a cat as well)

About the Paranormal

» Their word is law. You may roleplay with them and argue with the character, however whatever they say must be done. (Example: If the 'Witch' grants you a random eye-color change and the character doesn't argue to keep their own, the change must happen. If they do but witch doesn't change her mind, it must still happen.)

» Do not ask who the character is being played by. This is solely confidential. Don't worry, the actions of the characters are fair and randomized.

» If you feel that something that was done was unfair, please feel free to message a staff member with your reasoning.

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