General Rules

[Administrator]

This is an intermediate-advanced RPG site
Beginners and low-intermediate roleplayers may certainly join if they want to, but understand that everyone will be held to the same standard--good grammar, good spelling, and no cookie-cutter writing or characters. Poorly-done bios will not be accepted.

OUT OF CHARACTER

1. You have one week after registering to post your completed bio, or else your account will be deleted.

2. Inactivity will not be tolerated. If you've been gone for one month without any notice you are simply a deadweight and we shall relieve ourselves of you. There is no specific number of times you have to be on per week; just use common sense and don’t disappear off the face of the planet for our sakes.

3. One account per member.

4. Know proper grammar and spelling and utilize that knowledge.

5. Don’t use chatspeak.

6. Use common sense with what is a large image (signature or posted) or what is inappropriate and refrain from posting these things. Images will be deleted if they are offensive or linked if they are stretching the screen.

7. There is no limit on the amount of characters you may have. However, use discretion and make sure you can remain active with all characters. Admins have the right to deny you an additional character if we do not believe you are active enough.

8. Be respectful to others. Insults toward another member regarding appearance, religion, sexuality, race, or personal beliefs will result in a ban without warning. Swearing, as long as not aimed at someone, is fine to an extent.

9. Siggies no longer than 500

IN CHARACTER

1. Your character must be accepted before you roleplay them.

2. Do not take control of another person’s character without their permission; do not make your character invincible and perfect.

3. Keep a posting order if there are more than two roleplayers in a thread, if you can. If one is going inactive, you may skip over them. If you are going to be inactive, indicate if they should go on without you in the thread or wait up.

4. There is no word count minimum or maximum. However, keep in mind that this is an intermediate-advanced roleplay site and your posts should reflect that. ONE LINERS ARE NEVER, EVER, EVER ACCEPTABLE! There is always more to say than just one sentence. Most people will post at least two paragraphs though you need not meet that every time.

5. Use proper spelling and grammar. There is a spell check for your convenience. If your grammar is really lacking, you may be subject to critiques from the administrators so that you can improve. Know this before you join, and check to see if you paid attention in middle school English class.

6. When formatting, no center-align or right-align posts or posts blockquoted more than twice. You can have different colors as long as they look good with the skin. Spoken words must have quotation marks, and thoughts should be indicated somehow.

7. Indicate which character you are posting with somehow. Post in past tense and third-person.

8. Do not assume that your character knows everything. If it was kept a good secret, they do not know the enemy is about to ambush their camp. They do not know if someone is betraying them. Unless they can find evidence or reason for suspicion within reason, do not assume they know.

9. Swear within reason; these are cats. Have fun with made-up tirades and curses.

10. Relationships add fun to sub-plots but should never be the main focus. Make it realistic, following in love over the course of several threads rather than in one. “Forbidden” relationships are technically allowed but must be bought and will be punished accordingly in character, so only pursue it if you want the risk of a banished warrior.

11. No “roleplaying words” such as pillars for legs or audits for ears.

12. Liquid time is allowed, just make sure you can keep track of and keep active in all your threads. This means that one character can be in multiple threads at the same time.

13. No graphic breeding or birthing or junk like that. Sex can be referenced, but these are warrior cats and not hormonal teenagers, so they will not be having bondage fantasies or trying to get laid by every tomcat walking by.

CHARACTERS

1. Again, you may have unlimited characters if you are active enough. For fairness sake, you may have a maximum of two high ranking cats. These cats must be within different Clans.

2. Do not join as a queen (pregnant or nursing female) or as a kit.

3. No cats with disabilities such as blindness, deafness, or muteness will be accepted unless they are elders; they cannot be apprentices or warriors. No cat would realistically survive in this setting with a completely crippled side or lack of sight. Mental ailments are not accepted. You can, however, buy disabilities for younger cats in the Market.

4. In most cases, no odd markings or strange colorings will be accepted. There are some exceptions, such as the eyes of BrushClan cats, but everything else has to be realistic or bought in the Market.

5. No perfect characters—like the slim, pretty white she-cat with blue eyes who is kind and gentle and loving, or a simply brave and loyal warrior. Realistic characters are balanced and have flaws. However, do not make a bloodthirsty black cat who wants to kill everyone he passes. We do promote ambition or jerkfaces, but not a cat whose only motive is to gain a rank or prove that he is the most badass of them all.

6. Don’t make all two-year-old cats. Ages need to vary. Old characters will be more respected than the young and hotheaded ones, though both are fun to play. If you are looking for a high rank, your character had better have some years of experience under its pelt.

FIGHTING

1. The outcome of a fight is determined by its participants. They will, however, be moderated in case a rule is broken, and you can ask the administrators to judge for you.

2. No auto-hitting. For example, instead of “He clawed the enemy’s side,” you should write “He aimed a swipe at the enemy’s side.” The other player decides whether or not they have gotten hit. An exception to this rule is playing, such as batting someone with sheathed claws.

3. To go along with the above rule, your character is not invincible! You can dodge a few attacks, but do not spring out of every one. An apprentice should also not be evenly matched against an experienced warrior. Take into consideration your possible weaknesses (such as fragility if you are fast, or lack of agility if you are muscular).

4. Do not kill another person’s character without permission.