01. Rules | Wild Spirits

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01. Rules Dec 24, 2020 5:48:35 GMT -5

Post by Admin on Dec 24, 2020 5:48:35 GMT -5

Wild Spirits is a play-by-post Warrior Cats roleplay with a PG-13 rating.

General Rules

1. Be kind.

2. Be courteous.

3. Be friendly.

4. Be welcoming.

6. Be respectful.

7. Six free character slots. More character slots can be unlocked by having 5 posts on each character account.

8. Create an OoC Account first.

9. Account per character. You will need an account for each of your characters. If you should need help switching accounts, please see this.

10. All posts should be in font size 14+ for readability purposes. Not everyone's eyesight is perfect, good, or even fair.

11. Fancy fonts and fancy colors are unacceptable. This is only because there are those with poor eyesight who would not easily be able to read. Readability is key for everyone.

12. Proper spelling and grammar is desirable. However, as long as it's understandable, then there is a little bit of leeway. We know English is not everyone's first language. Those with other difficulties should at least use a spellchecker and if possible a grammar checker before posting so as to catch as much as possible. We don't expect perfection, but the effort goes a long way.

13. Please space space out your paragraphs. It can be difficult to read a block of text, so please make sure to double space between paragraphs, thank you.

14. No swearing, except for the ones the cats are known to use in the books themselves. Mouse-brain, dung-face, etc are acceptable.

15. We will be using real cat coat genetics. This means no fantasy coat colors, no fantasy mutations, etc.

16. Time moves doubly fast in-character. This means that for every half-moon in real time, one moon has passed in-character. (This may change should we all feel the need to make some adjustments to time-flow).

17. Plagiarism and art theft are banned. Don't go stealing someone else's profiles, posts, or art. Any art must either be made for you, or art you've commissioned and/or have permission from the creator to use.

18. Real world politics and real-world religion are banned topics.

Last Edit: Feb 25, 2021 0:22:13 GMT -5 by Admin

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01. Rules Dec 26, 2020 8:17:52 GMT -5

Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2020 8:17:52 GMT -5

In-Character Rules

1. Godmodding is prohibited. Your character is not all powerful. (The only exception to this, is if the other member has given permission).

2. Powerplaying is unacceptable. You may not control other individuals characters movements, emotions, or otherwise. (The only exception to this, is if the other member has given permission).

3. Metagaming is forbidden. Any out-of-character knowledge you have of someone's character may not be used for your characters in-character knowledge.

4. Auto-hitting is outlawed. (The only exception to this, is if the other member has given permission).

5. Retconning should be avoided as much as possible. However, due to liquid time, this may prove difficult.

6. No word count. We strive for quality over quantity. We also do not require post-matching.

7. All cats die one day. This can be due to illness, infection, wounds, fatal blows in battle, or old age. Natural disasters too can send cats to StarClan, The Place of No Stars, The Tribe of Endless Hunting, or the Rainbow Bridge, etc.

8. One may only play two leaders at any given time. If you have a cat that was promoted to leader, but you're already maxed out on leaders then the previous leader may choose someone else.

9. You may only play two medicine cats, or two medicine cat apprentices, or one of each at any given time. This is, of course, to keep things fair as others might enjoy a chance to play a med cat.

10. Liquid Time is in effect. You may have as many threads going with a character as you can keep track of during a season. As long as there is a reasonable linear timeline being up-kept that doesn't confuse others we'll be golden.

11. When creating a character they must be a warrior, or an elder. Kits and paws must have been born on-site or auditioned for in the adoptions section. Everyone gets one free loner, rogue, or kittypet to play. If they'd like more then they either have to audition for one via the adoptions section or purchase one via the site shop.

12. Incest is illegal. We do not count romance with a first cousin once removed as incest, but any closer blood relative is unacceptable when it comes to romantic entanglements. These are wild animals after all!

13. Apprentice aged cats may not have kits. A cat has to be a warrior to have kits. Typically a cat becomes a warrior around twelve moons. It takes a little over two moons to gestate. A she-cat may not give birth to a litter before their fifteenth moon.

14. Kits cannot have crushes. Apprentices can have crushes. Warriors can have mates and have litters. Warriors cannot have a crush on anyone younger than twelve moons.

15. Solo Threads are welcome as long as they are at least 300 words. These can help with the development of a character, but please try to have your character interact with other members characters too in collaborative threads.

16. Cats may have up to two litters on site. If you'd like more litters there is a site shop to purchase one.

17. She-cats can have a litter with multiple sires. Just be aware that a single kit can still only have one sire. This does not mean the she-cat will have double the size of a litter, only that each kit has a chance of rolling a different sire than some of their siblings in that litter.

18. The leader of your cats' clan will determine your warriors' name. That is if the cat was born into the clan, or joined the clan as an apprentice. However for cats which are already warrior aged, feel free to give them their warrior name.

19. A cat with a disability will not automatically be considered for medicine cat apprenticeship. In fact depending on the injury and whether or not there is an opening for a medicine cat apprentice, a leader may decide to send the cat to the Elder's Den.

20. Only kittypets may be purebred cats. This is due to the gene pool getting diluted over time. Once a purebred cat breeds with a moggy their kittens will not be considered purebred and what made them a purebred gets further diluted down the generations. Plus there are some purebreds that would not do well in the wild, like that of the modern peke-face Persian.

21. No hybrid cats.

Last Edit: Feb 25, 2021 0:26:23 GMT -5 by Admin

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01. Rules Dec 26, 2020 8:20:35 GMT -5

Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2020 8:20:35 GMT -5

Activity Requirements

1. Two posts per month is required for activity purposes. Please keep this in mind when creating a new character.

2. Leaders and Medicine Cats must post three times a week each. Please keep this in mind when applying for a high ranking position within a clan.

3. Deputies and Medicine Cat Apprentices must post two times a week each. Please keep this in mind when a leader chooses their deputy and a medicine cat chooses an apprentice.

4. Mentor's and Apprentices should post at least once a week, each. Please keep this in mind when creating an apprentice, or signing up to be a mentor.

5. On the 7th and 21st of each real-time month it will be considered the half-moon in-character. Medicine Cats and their apprentices should gather for a Medicine Cat meeting at the Moonstone.

6. On the 1st and 15th of each real-time month it will be considered a full moon in-character. This is when leaders, or even the deputy if the leader has asked them to, chooses cats and apprentices to go to the Full Moon Gathering.

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01. Rules Dec 26, 2020 8:22:38 GMT -5

Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2020 8:22:38 GMT -5

Chat Box Rules

1. Swearing is banned. - We are still a PG-13 site and it should be easy not to swear, right?

2. Sexual innuendo, and explicit topics are unacceptable. - Not about each other. Not about any of the characters on site.

3. Asking for personal information is forbidden. - Safety is key here. Don't give out your name, age, or location!

4. Advertising here is unwelcome. There's a plugboard for that!

5. Posting that you want a kit or a specific kit from a specific litter is prohibited. We do not wish the parents' roleplayers to feel pressured not to choose a kit because someone else wants it. Nor do we wish the parents' roleplayers to feel bad if they choose the kit that someone else may have wanted.

6. Spamming is outlawed. We don't need the shoutbox being clogged, thank you.

7. The Shoutbox is for Out-of-Character discussion only. This means this is not the spot to role-play, however, feel free to discuss plots and otherwise here. However, if the conversation is getting long and there are other members on not involved in the plot please move the discussion to the Plot board, or PM's, thank you for your understanding.