Post by ˟ PunkWolf on Feb 22, 2010 1:08:01 GMT -5
REGISTERING- Please read all the rules before you join Aelyn. We don't want you joining before you know you will like it here. Your name can be anything, with any decoration but don't make it impossible to read. If you have any problems registering please PM Sway, PunkWolf or any appropriate staff members.
- If you create an account and you make no posts within one month of creating it, it will be deleted.
- Your account may be deleted from inactivity. If you have not logged in for a few months and have made no efforts in contacting staff, your account will be deleted and any characters you’ve created will go up for adoption. However, if you return feel free to let the staff know you were a previous member, and if no one has adopted your characters you are free to have them back, but any money your previous account had will be lost.
OOC RULES- Swearing is allowed, but keep it appropriate, remember this site is rated PG-13. Don't drop a curse word in every sentence. It's not very mature.
- Never insult other members on the chatbox or in posting. Remember, just because someone's character has a problem with your character, doesn't mean they have a problem with you. No fights are to be taken place on the main forum. Any disagreements should be taken care of through PM. If you have any personal issues with any other members, notify either Sway or PunkWolf. Respect all members, their opinions, and their creativity.
- Respect all staff members. We are here to give you advice and keep this site fun for everyone. We enforce the rules so we can all have a good, safe experience. If an admin/mod tells you to do something, do it don't argue back or get snippy. You are free to offer any opinions you may have, but any insults or disregard to instructions will be taken seriously.
- Please refrain from using chatspeak anywhere other than the ChatBox or the OOC areas. And keep it to common, simple chatspeak, don’t compress an entire sentence into abbreviations.
- If you are a member and you have not replied to a posted activity check, you’re Aelyn Account (money) will be fined. For each activity check missed the staff will deduct $100 from your account. Your account will not go negative, but after so much inactivity your account will simply be deleted and your characters put up for adoption. It is YOUR responsibility to post in the Activity Check thread. All activity check rules apply.
- Signatures must be no larger than 500 pixels wide and 300 pixels high. This includes multiple images. Below is an example:
CHARACTERS[/u]. You will use your 'money' to buy new powers and other things in the Powers and Abilities Shop. The maximum number of powers you may have for any wolf is 3. No more. If you are an alpha, then you can have 4 powers, but that is Alpha's only.- Lurid Destinies is also a Fantasy Wolf Roleplay. Wings, elements, powers, odd colors, strange limbs are welcomed. Consulting that, please don't go overboard. No wolves with more than one set of wings, more than one head, or genetic experiments like - head of a crocodile legs of a lemur and the body of a shark. The fantasy character that you submit must have the basic body structure of a canine. No characters who are the offspring of a dragon and a wolf, or a tiger and a wolf. Characters are allowed to be 'half breeds' but the parents must be of canine origin. If you’re not sure about a character, PM Sway.
- Other characters (foxes, birds, tigers, etc) are allowed with special permission from Sway. Please do not request an extra creature unless you have been here for some time and are extremely active and an excellent roleplayer. Even if you are allowed a different species, certain conditions apply and you may be asked to pay for it.
- You are allowed however many characters you feel you can handle. If it gets to the point where we feel you are unable to keep up with your characters, you will be asked to either pick up the activity or have one of your characters placed in the adoption thread.
- All characters will have only one power at creation
- Your wolves are allowed to have extra appendages (wings, legs, tails, arms) but you may be asked to pay for it in the Apendages Shop. Simple items such as wings or an extra tail, you won’t have to pay for. But if your character has extra sets of legs, arms with claws, or four or more tails, then you might have to pay for it.
- Characters may have accessories, such as rings, necklaces, or scarves, but this is only at creation. If your character has already been approved and you want jewelry or such for it, it must be paid for in the Accessories Shop. Also, if at creation your character seems to have “too much”, then you will be asked to pay for the excess items.
- Wolves are welcomed to have any markings imaginable at creation, but if your character has already been approved and you’d like to add an extra marking, it must be purchased in the Markings Shop.
- Pay attention to any bans that the sight has. Occasionally a power or wolf color will be banned for a good reason. Do not ask for any exceptions for the ban. You will not receive them.
- Please use spell check in your character bios! We like to be able to read them, thanks.
-If you are posting a biography that is a work in progress, please say so in the title. (NF or ND) Then when your character is ready for a staff member to look them over, remove the NF orND from the title.
-Any character biographies that have been a work in progress for more than three months will be moved into the adoption center. (Character biographies that have been put 'on hold' by a staff member are safe.)
- Follow ALL aspects of the biography form. There is a default form that must be used upon submitting your character, but once your character has been approved you are free to put any fancy font or layouts as you see fit. The only thing that must remain is the title of the biography, which will always be: CHARACTER NAME - gender.
- All character profiles must have 200 words in their personality section, 250 words in the Looks section, 200 words in the powers/abilities section and 400 words in their History section. You must also include a small 50 words each description of your wolf’s parents. These are only the minimum and we encourage you to go beyond that!
- You may only begin roleplaying AFTER your character has been approved by a staff member and it’s biography has been moved into the Approved Section.
- You are allowed no more than ONE alpha position and/or ONE beta position. They CANNOT be in the same pack.
- If you'd like your character to be Alpha/Alphess of a pack, you must PM Sway. Do this before your character claims the unclaimed land, challenges the current alpha, or becomes the current alpha's/alphess' mate. You will be given a form to fill out and PM back to Sway where you're alpha application will either be approved or denied. You will be judged on your submission, activity, quality of posts, whether you've broken any rules in the past, and age on the forum.
- If your character becomes Alpha/Alphess, you are expected to post once a week with that character. If an alpha has not posted in a week, their position is free to be challenged. If that character is inactive for more than a month, the alpha position will be lost. Because alphas are vital positions in a pack, even if you notify us of an extended absence, it is possible that you will loose your leadership position.
-However, if the alpha gets a mate, then only one of them is required to post once a week. You are free to post as much as you'd like, but if your alpha has a mate, as long as either the alpha or the alphess posts once a week, your character's position will not be able to be openly challenged.[/blockquote][/size]
ROLEPLAYING RULES
- Each roleplaying post for your character must be 250 words. If you have multiple characters in a post, you must have 250 words for each character.
- Even though you are allowed to choose a pack for your character at creation, this does not mean your character is already a member of this pack. Your first post after your character is approved should be your character’s ‘asking for acceptance’ thread. Depending on the leader of the pack, your character may either be accepted or denied, but you must roleplay to find out!
- You (as a roleplayer) are allowed to 'claim posts'. What does this mean? If you see a roleplay post that you just have to reply to with your character, you are allowed to post a message similar to::
'I CLAIM THIS NEXT POST!'
But if you claim a post, you must post within the following hour! If you do not post within an hour of your 'post claim', any other roleplayer is free to jump in before you.
If you start a post, but do not finish it and leave a message similar to::
Not Finished
This is considered a ‘post claim’ and you must finish your post within the next hour or anyone is free to jump in before you.
- When your character speaks, in addition to using quotations, please bold or color the speech. Make sure you use the same color every time for that character.
- Absolutely no powerplaying or godmoding. It is cheating and makes roleplaying unfair and not fun to the rest of us. If you are unsure if your post is powerplaying or godmoding, ask the roleplayer you are posting with or a staff member.
- Posting orders (if there are three or more people in a thread) are either established by the member who created the thread or a staff member. Once a posting order is established it must be followed. If you feel the urge to post out of the posting order, PM the member who established the order in the first place.
- You aren't required to have a posting order if there are three or more people in a thread, but refrain from leaving anyone behind. Respect the fact they want to join and stay in a thread and everyone else will respect your right too.
- Please do not double post. If you have more than one character in a particular roleplay, then you roleplay them in the same post. You may not have two successive posts.
- If you create a thread that is meant only for another member, please designate it by placing the roleplayers’ name in brackets or in parentheses. Like [name] or (name).
- Where the aging of a character is considered, your character ages as you wish them to. No one can tell you when your character is old and has to die. The age of your character is completely up to you.
- Your character is allowed to be in more than one roleplay at once (liquid time), but don't go overboard, and make sure that the time lines of your character do not intercept. If your character is hurt in one roleplay while it is in another, it doesn’t suddenly get wounded in the other roleplay.
- If your character leaves a role play, please inform others OOC.
Ex:: ((Lucid has left the area))
Ex:: ((Lucid has left the rp))
Ex:: OOC-Lucid has left the area/rp
- Roleplay posts that are declared ‘finished’ or have not had anyone post in them in two months will be moved to the Posting Graveyard. If you wish to continue a roleplay that has been moved into the Graveyard, PM a staff member and depending on how long the thread has been ‘dead’, it may be moved back.
- Do NOT post in the Roleplay area with just a post containing OOC stuff. You are free to include any OOC comments in your roleplay post, but do NOT reply to a thread with just OOC. If you are confused, or would like to chat, feel free to use the ChatBox, or the OOC section on the forum. If you have any questions about the thread, PM any member included in it. Staff are the only members who may post OOC posts in the Roleplay section – but this is only to enforce rules or correct members.
- Lurid Destinies may be considered a Beginner to Advanced role play but that doesn't mean we will slack in any way. We assume you all know how to use spell check and write in complete sentences. Spell check is a free option Proboards provides us so use it every time! Even for small OOC posts.
FIGHTING [/b]
- Fighting is one of the best parts of rping, but please don't make it your life's mission to fight with every member's character that ever lived.
- Please make sure to notify a staff member of any major fight.
- Major fights must be judged and reviewed by a staff member. Major fights can be fights with two or more characters that fight to win something. Major fights can be over mates or land.
- Only two wolves are allowed in a major fight at one time. No three wolves fighting at the same time to be alpha.
- All fights that have a staff member watching over it will follow this. You will be allow FIVE attacks, and THREE defensive moves to use at any point during the fight, but once they are used, they are gone. It will make fights fair enough and to make them shorter and not let them go one forever.
- Small scraps are allowed in role plays and do not have to be judged by a staff member. Both characters walk away from scraps and neither of the characters wins or looses. If you are fighting over land or mates, it is considered a major fight.
- The victor of a fight is determined by the staff who moderates the fight unless the victor has been pre-determined by the members.
MATES
- If two characters decide to become life partners, a staff member must be notified. Please make sure you don't slack on this rule!
- If two characters decide to mate and have babies let a staff member know so the pups can be planned out. There is a litter form in the Character Submissions Board, follow all the rules for this form strictly or else your request might be denied.
- And remember, this site is rated PG-13. So keep the birth scenes appropriate please. Absolutely no mating scenes. Again, this site is rated PG-13 and we'd like to keep it that way.
PUNISHMENTS
- Your first offense will result in a warming from a staff member either in the board or through PMs. If you find you have a warning level, and are not sure why, go to your profile page and look at your Account Notes – it will be explained there.[/size]
- Your second offense gets you a 20% warning level, and your Aelyn Account will be fined according to your offense.
- The third results in your account being temporarily disabled. You are able to log in, and read posts, but you are not able to participate anywhere on the forum.
- Any other offenses after that and your account will be deleted and wolves put up for adoption. Depending on the previous offenses your IP address may be banned so you will never be able to rejoin the sight.
- Sway reserves the right to delete your account at the first offense if she finds it severe enough.
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If you have any questions or are confused about any of the rules, contact Sway or PunkWolf. We will do our best to help you out!