General Rules 2
Mar 20, 2015 15:26:55 GMT -6
Post by Txepster on Mar 20, 2015 15:26:55 GMT -6
(making new rule thing for comparison)
Common Courtesy:
Site Workings:
Created Characters:
Breeding/Foaling:
Steals and Challenges:
Bands & Ranks:
Regions:
The Academy:
Common Courtesy:
- Rules - Break them and be fines
- Respect - staff, members and guests. This includes treating everyone the way you want to be treated. (Take severe problems up with staff if it can not be settled civilly. Spaz Fighting will not be tolerated in threads of any sort.)
- PG13 - 13 is youngest age limit! No one under the age of 13 will be allowed here and will be deleted the MOMENT they are discovered. It is in the Proboards Privacy Policy. All content that is Adult Mature will be marked or Taken to Personal Messages. (Adult is 18+) Yes there will be a bit of blood and romance, but pushing into horror gore and explicit sexual encounters will not be tolerated. -fade to black-
- Swearing is to be Minimal in Out of Character contents. Specially the Chatbox. Find alternate words to say, we are not a sleazy site bragging we're big with using the F*bomb every other word.
- Player vs Character Disconnection. Do not take it personal if someone doesn't like your character. Its a fictional being, not you. Do not use characters to take out bad feelings about another player. Let character enjoy/dislike each other separately while Players enjoy/dislike each other if they so choose. Favoritism in OOC or IC won't be tolerated if it is seen.
- Credit & Permissions - All images, resources and/or anything else used on this site have to have credit given where it is due. Images must be approved STOCK. (google found images don't count) Flickr and DeviantArt have usable stock. All credit MUST be put on art posted here. (have questions ask staff)
- Member and Staff participation is expected. A site can not run with everyone sitting in a corner playing spoons.
- New Role-players are welcomed here, we are here to help you build writing skills and knowledge about Horses. (no one should be scoffed at for not knowing stuff about a horse, instead referred to places or sites they can learn from)
- Aiséirigh is for players of all writing abilities and levels. We hope our stronger writers will aid the novices to improve.
- This is a (90%)Realistic Wild Horse Role Play Site. Have fun and Enjoy yourself
Site Workings:
- Currency - Sugar Cubes(SCs) [Academy and IC rp areas earn SCs] {20SCs new thread, 5SCs New Poll, 10SCs Full reply, 5SCs Quick Reply}
- 1 season = 4 real Life weeks
- 1 site year = 4 site seasons
- 300 minimum word count (besides steals)
- Liquid time (within reason)
- Mobile Backup - All season changes, updates and anything else posted in Banner and/or SideBars will be posted in accessible threads for members with mobile access only to read. (so they don't feel left out)
- Periodic Activity Checks (random)
- 90% realistic - Site is based on real life wild horse lives and behavior, none realistic parts -Changes on earth, Time/year, character companions and unique markings may be purchased
- 4 In character Roleplay Regions (South is restricted to members with captured characters)
- Canon Characters are available (at special times)
- Helper Groups are utilized to assist the efficiency of the site
- Fines are forms of discipline that will be exploited here (instead of banning members[only for extreme cases] or rewarding everyone but person in wrong)
- Academy - to increase members' knowledge on horses, writing and any other interesting facts. (lessons and critiques are given. Plus more)
- We encourage and reward improving writing abilities. We are a huge supporter in seeing people grow in skill, hopefully from a beginner to an advanced.
- 1 account per member
- Lands or territories are not claimable here. Band system is in affect here - Ranks are obtainable (Higher Ranks receive perks)
- Roundups - Unique to our site, Bi-yearly (characters are still playable, optional to join it)
- Mother Nature account - Interjects into any IC thread, may be requested by posting in the appointed placed. (can be anything from weather, to humans or predators popping up)
- Surprises and Disasters - periodic - all characters are susceptible to this.
- NPCs are encouraged to be used, Site NPCs may be usable if created by staff.
Created Characters:
- All purebred Equine species acceptable (zebra, wild african ass, domestic donkey, all breeds of horses)
- No Hybrids can be created (besides mules)
- Cross species breeding to make a hybrid foal must be purchased (25% hybrid of more)
- 1 year old is the youngest accepted
- Pregnant mares or Mares with foal under 1 are NOT acceptable
- 16 hands high is Max height. (16.1-20hh can be purchased. NOTHING TALLER)
- Breeds selected affect what is acceptable for each character (Fjords won't be 15.3hh gray tobiano)
- Genetics, Health and Breeding stats will be given upon acceptance (any other additional stats too)
- Character Log books are required (ONLY create them AFTER character is accepted)
- Characters are required to be added to Directory
- Mares born/created - mandatory need a claim thread created for them
- All stallions and mares start as rogue or bachelor
- Fines are given if characters are not posted with injuries from Mother Nature encounters, Steals/challenges, breeding/foaling and/or from anything else that it is posted similar to "received such injury, lasts for so long, must occur in so many posts after incident" (realistically after being caught in a fire and burned in summer a horse will not be unscarred or unscathed by fall)
- Companions can not be played separated, character's view of the companion only.
- Companions can not be used to harm another character LESS agreed upon by all players involved.
- More here
- Characters are fertile by 2 years old, mature by 3 years old. (successful conception at 2yrs is low)
- Breeding - Summer, Foaling - Spring
- Force breeding technically doesn't happen between horses (less human involvement) But for plot purposes it can be considered forced breeding. Even though while in Heat mares are driven by nature to be bred no matter who the stud is.
- Player of either mare/stallion must post individual breeding stats each.
- Mares are allowed a Multi-breeding (multiple stallions breed her (chance of whom father is)
- Breeding stats - Stallion is allowed to breed(successfully) so many mares a season, Mares are allowed so many foals a life time
- Twins can occur naturally (healthy is rare - affects Mare's foal count. Purchased twins will not)
- Failed conception allows stallion to breed once more, Mare gets one more chance to breed that season (2nd failed conception is it for that year)
- Stillborns happen (can be revived, miscarriage after breeding season is over or carried full term)
- Deformities/complications with the foals are possible
- Breeding and Foaling may happen ANYWHERE in given region of they live in. Links to thread must be Posted in the appropriate place to be official
- Any foaling thread that is not correctly Linked/post where it should - Foal will automatically be stillborn with NO revival option. (even if thread was made but never linked/posted properly - staff don't hunt foals down)
- Foaling ease/difficulty is taken serious - fines will occur if not followed
- Mare/foal pairs are considered such till foal is 2 yrs old OR Mare has another foal born.
- More Info Here
- Steals and Challenges are meant to be quick and fun, not long muse-draining battles or fights
- No designated land to steal or challenge in, happen anywhere IC area (besides South)
- Age, Size(body type), Character experience and grammar affect steal/challenge outcome
- Steals - stealing 1 to 2 members from a band at same time, typically mare/foal pair or 2 mares or 2 yearlings (see steal rules for Double Steals and StealX2)
- Challenges - to steal half or full band from opposing Stallion (See Challenge Rules for Double Challenge)
- Mare Steals & Challenges - Mares may steal foals and yearlings from other mares(not within/within band) and Challenge for Rank if allowed by Band Leads
- Beta stallions and Lead Mares can be defense in steals and Challenges. (Are not allowed to make steals or challenges against another Band/stallion)
- More info Here
Bands & Ranks:
- Bands are the focal point of wild horses on this site
- Band Rank and Mares are prizes/trophies here, instead of land/territory, much like wild horse family bands and herds
- Rank of a Band is measured by size vs activity, greater of both and the band will thrive. (Stallion and Lead Mare are important but this system should encourage full band activity.)
- Band Crew - part of the Helpers Staff has appointed to keep the Bands organized and updated to best of ability
- Ranks receive IC and OOC perks, besides bragging rights
- Ranks are King Band(1 per region), Duke Bands (3 per region), Peasant Bands (unlimited), Serf Bands (unlimited)
- 1 stallion paired with 1 mare forms a band (tiny I know)
- Required the moment after a Bachelor claims his first mare, Band log MUST be made (penalties will follow if otherwise)
- Lead Stallion or Lead Mare may make the Band Log
- Members may post active threads for Log creator or one of the B-Crew members to add it to the log (delete member post after update)
- Updates should be at the very LEAST once a season
- Band logs are required to show successful steals, successful claims, challenges, rank changes, kickouts and active threads
- Inactive Bands will be disbanded by Band Crew or staff a week after a warning is posted in the Log. (members in band will be notified after disbandment
- Bi-seasonal checkups will be the goal - Site Yearly at the very least if Staff and Helpers are low
- More info Here
Regions:
- 4 IC Regions, North, East, West and South
- South is reserved for captured individuals of Roundups (no one else may post there)
- Regions are several thousand miles long and wide, take several month to reach one end to the other
- Region Jumping(RJ) - only way a character can switch from one region to another
- RJs are dice rolled situations that will determine how the trek has affected health of character (damage is expected)
- Predators of all sorts and habitats roam the Regions, depending mostly what type of habitat is around
- South is where humans have tamed and settled the land, they reach to the other three regions for resources of all sorts.
- Characters in the South are still allowed to have foals (has to be from fellow Southern bound characters)
The Academy:
- School is in
- Members with advances writing skills may become Teachers at the academy
- Lessons, tests, quizzes may be given.
- Purely Optional for members to participate.
- Meant to Improve members on their writing and grammar skills, techniques or how to create a deeper character. (options of what to learn is limitless - Just Ask)
- Teachers get Private lounge
- Basic horse/equine information (species, colors or marking oddities)
- Anyone with Veterinary knowledge or easy horse care tricks can post here.
- Open to anyone with any type of knowledge they'd like to share with everyone else.
- Contests put on by Teachers or Staff can give good Prizes.
- Creative Panel - Nothing will be archived from here so members can access whatever they please if there is WIP character ideas or art work or anything else they post there.