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Post by atlantic on Nov 23, 2010 17:54:46 GMT -6
OUT OF CHARACTER_______________________________________
001. STEALING The first rule of Esseria: no stealing. Any plagiarism will not be tolerated. Do not steal from the site. Do not bring stolen material to the site. Understood? Any member found stealing will be banned immediately, and if I find that someone has stolen from my site, I will take action in getting it removed. The idea of Esseria is copyrighted to me, as I am the one who came up with this rpg. And material made by other people is copyrighted to them, and I'm sure they wouldn't want their stuff stolen either.
002. RESPECT It is very important to respect everyone on Esseria: this is not limited to staff. If the members fail to respect one another, the site will fall into chaos! It is extremely important for everyone to also respect staff members, especially the administration. How are we to run the site when we do not have the respect of the members? Furthermore, if a member feels he/she has been treated unfairly, please notify an admin and the situation will be dealt with in a mature fashion.
003. SWEARING/RACISM/SEX TALK Proboards terms of service states that you must be at least thirteen to join, so therefore we have all rights to be PG-13 rated. With this in mind, members have the right to swear if they'd like. Also, Esseria will not allow any racist, sexist, or religious talk. I am a Christian, yes, but some people are not. Talking about religion often causes a very loud uproar, so lets please leave it out of our boards.
004. ACTIVITY As a member of Esseria, we expect you to be active and post regularly. We don't require that you're on 24/7, but we would appreciate a commitment to our hard work. Therefore I ask that members do not join if they don't expect to make an effort to be active. Also note that if you fail to post away messages before vacation, you are putting yourself at risk for losing your privileges, such as herds, mares, and positions. Being active is not difficult, so please make an effort.
IN CHARACTER____________________________________________
001. BASIC INFORMATION There should be no power-playing or godmoding in any way, shape, or fashion. We do allow any breed of horse, but please be realistic and creative when creating your character. All characters, for the time being, will be realistic in color, and there should be no invincible or perfect horse. It's annoying and uncreative. Note that members may not create a mythical horse. The only way of obtaining one is through breeding. Also, all characters must have parents! Meaning no mares pregnant with an unknown stallion! In order for a character to become pregnant, she must breed with an existing stallion on Esseria. Also note that one week real time equals one month in Esseria. A season is three months long. Winter [Dec. - Feb.] Spring [March - May] Summer [June - Aug.] Fall [Sept. - Nov.].
002. MYTHICALS No member can create a mythical. The only way to get one is to breed for one. And no, you may not ask for one. For more information on the probability of birthing a mythical, please check here. Traits will be unavailable to the members, as an attempt to prevent cheating. Staff will enter your characters traits into the trait list either a.) when the bio is accepted or b.) when the foal stats are given. As far as powers go, unicorn have the unique ability to heal nonfatal wounds, and pegasi can fly. Winged unicorn can do both of these things. Keep in mind that mythicals mature at three years of age. Unicorns are born with little nubbs on their foreheads, and their horns gradually grow and complete growth at around age three. Pegasi are born with wings, but do not learn to fly until around age three, as well.
003. HERD INFORMATION It is important to understand that herd-life on Esseria is much different than normal RPGs. First of all, there are no claiming lands here. Herds might have a particular place they like to gather, but any herd can live anywhere they wish. Second, there is no real limit to the number of herds that can exist at any given time. However, staff will place restrictions on herd creation if herds get numerous. We don't want hundreds of herds existing at once! The average will most likely be ten per kingdom. But keep in mind, even if herds are on restriction, any stallion can challenge another herd stallion for rights to their herd!
004. CLAIMING/CHALLENGING Obviously, since there are no lands that are claimable, the claiming of lands on Esseria is not allowed. However, there are plenty other things for stallions and mares alike to want. For one, any mare is able to be claimed by any stallion. Stallions may also challenge other stallions for the right to their herd. Upon winning, a stallion collects all the horses in the herd. He can either add them to his existing herd, or replace the losing stallion as the new lead stallion. Keep in mind that no stallion can lead two herds at once, but he can challenge for more than one herd in order to merge them into one bigger herd. Mares cannot claim mares or stallions. Mares can, however, challenge other mares for specific positions within a herd, or for a royal female role. Any royal position can be challenged.
005. KINGDOMS There are four kingdoms on Esseria. Averice, located on the north-western portion of the island, is the 'light' kingdom. The horses here are generally light-tempered and kind in personality. Thaentos is located on the north-eastern part of the island. Thaentos horses make up the gray area of personality - a sort of happy medium - where the horses are generally a mixture of good and evil. Virenza makes up the south-west. These horses are usually all vile and cruel in nature, but the real fear pulses from Kavelor. Kavelor makes up the south-east of the island, along with a small sub island off the coast. The horses here are usually malicious and ominous, and all but a few are mythical equine collected by the four rulers of Kavelor. Unlike the other kingdoms, Kavelor is not made of a king and queen, and is instead run by four rulers. Though small in number compared to the other kingdoms, Kavelor controls the island. All fear this kingdom and its inhabitants. To become part of Kavelor, you must be invited by one of the four rulers. (It is especially difficult for normal horses to be accepted, but extremely easy for mythicals - especially of dark nature).
006. KAVELOR Since Kavelor is so different, I thought it needed a space for itself. Kavelor is the reigning kingdom of Esseria, and they have full control over the island. By installing fear into the other kingdoms, they retain much power and persuasion. Because of the mystery and advantage mythicals have, Kavelor rulers have a tendency to try and collect them. The majority of the Kavelor kingdom is made up of mythicals, but normals are sometimes accepted. There are no herds in Kavelor. Instead, each ruler has his/her own land in which his/her followers reside. Unlike the other kingdoms, Kavelor does have say over the entire island of Esseria, and the four rulers act as one solid throne over all other equine on the island.
007. ROYALTY Any royalty can be challenged, even the rank of a Kavelor ruler. To keep royalty from being continuously challenged, there will be a four week resting period between challenges. It is, however, important to note that royalty is deserved of the utmost respect by other horses. Their word is law, as far as 'in character' is concerned, and they have the ability to punish or kill those who don't obey law. They cannot, however, punish a member out of character. Royalty on the island is very important, so it must be treated as so.
008. BATTLE/FIGHTING Fights may happen anywhere, as it is more realistic to let fights continue where they break out. No power-playing or godmoding will be accepted during battles, and by doing so, you will automatically forfeit. Opponents are to agree upon their own terms, but no more than 4 posts apiece, please. If there is a seven day gap, either between posts or accepting a challenge, it is forfeit. If a stallion challenges for a mare or herd and wins, the mare or herd must go with that stallion. There is a two week resting period for lead stallions and four weeks for royals.
009. BREEDING/FOALING Breeding occurs during winter and summer months, and foaling occurs during spring and fall months. Breeding and foaling can be done anywhere on Esseria, so long as there is no graphic breeding. It is required that threads for these events be roleplayed, but skipping over the entire breeding/birthing event is perfectly accepted! Don't forget to post in the foal processing board to acquire your foal stats. Otherwise, your foal will not exist. The foal stats delivered by staff is final, and please don't ask for specific characters.
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