01. RULES AND GUIDELINES

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[attr="class","rhead"]GENERAL

[attr="class,"rfont"]I. Be respectful.

This is the most important rule. Please be respectful toward all staff, members, and any guests or visitors that happen to wander onto the site. You don't have to like everyone but you are expected to remain civil toward them. In addition, please respect the boundaries and wishes of your fellow rpers. We want all our members to feel comfortable during their stay on Carrion Crows. If you feel like you're having a problem with another member, feel free to PM a staff member to help sort things out for you.

[attr="class,"rfont"]II. Accounts.

We are a one account per character board, and also ask that your first and main account be for OOC use only! This account will be what you use to post for activity checks, plot boards, away messages, etc. All in-character accounts that follow should be under that name, followed by character number. For example:

ROOT ACCOUNT: 'oocname'
CHARACTER ACCOUNT: 'oocname1', 'oocname2', 'oocname3'

This way you can be easily identified even without the who's who page, in case a roleplay partner needs to get a hold of you from your root account! Your root account will also be what we use if you are promoted to a moderator position. Your display name should be your OOC name (for your OOC account) or your character's name (for your characters' accounts) in UPPERCASE letters. Please don't decorate your display names with symbols or accented letters. (i.e. ֆǷЯθՍƮ) This is to keep everything uniform.

[attr="class,"rfont"]III. No spamming.

Please do not spam the forums, particularly the in-character roleplaying boards. Do not bump threads, and instead use the open threads boards here if it sits for too long. If you need to send an OOC message of any kind that can't be edited into your last post, then just PM the user(s) you want to get into contact with. If you have any other questions, just ask a staff member.

[attr="class,"rfont"]IV. High Positions.

Users are currently only allowed up to two high positions. Furthermore, we don't allow someone with one leader or deputy to have another leader or deputy, or for them to have two medicine cats/medicine cat apprentices. This should be obvious, but it would be incredibly awkward during a gathering to have leadership of two clans, or two medicine cats interacting at the moonstone. When applying for high positions, we lean toward giving members without a HP character already the position. High positions are more than just a status boost for your character and they must be active. Though we are accepting of the fact that people have lives outside of the internet, please also understand that inactivity in an important position puts both the site plot and other members at an inconvenience.

NOTE: The rule regarding the HP limit is subject to change as CC grows.

[attr="class,"rfont"]V. Graphics.

The hover image is 200x300. You can add a hover image to your account by going to profile → edit profile → personal and then putting the direct link to the image in the text field beneath 200x300 Avatar. The icon is 100x100 and can be added by going to profile → edit profile → avatar and then adding the image either through upload or by linking the direct url. Choose the use only the uploaded/linked option to make sure the icon shows up properly! Remember that Carrion Crows is a PG-13 website and any inappropriate images will be removed.

[attr="class,"rfont"]VI. Activity.

There will be an activity check every month to clean out inactive threads and characters, age characters, and to make sure the activity of high positions and of the site overall are in good standing. Try to log into your character accounts daily, not just the ones you plan on posting with at the time. We're very understanding, so if you know you're going to be away or are unable to post, please post an away thread or shoot one of us a PM and we'll find a way to make it work.

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[attr="class","rhead"]ROLEPLAY

[attr="class,"rfont"]I. Biographies.

Your character's biography must be accepted before you can roleplay them. You may post unfinished biographies in the work in progress board, but they must be completed within a month or they will be archived. If your WIP is archived, you can request it to be moved back by messaging a staff member. Queens who are pregnant or have kits under six moons of age may not be created. Kits may be created but only ones who have been born on the site. We are LGBT+ friendly.

[attr="class,"rfont"]II. Character Limit.

Carrion Crows implements character slots to make sure that members roleplay all of their characters. You get four free character slots -- enough to make a character in each of the four Clans. After that, you will either have to drop a character or buy a character slot from the shop to make another. In addition, your other characters will need to have done ten roleplay posts each before you can use that character slot. The ten roleplay posts rule only affects you if you're on your 5th+ active character. You may buy as many character slots and make as many characters as you feel you can handle.

[attr="class,"rfont"]III. Names.

We allow one prefix per clan, and one full name on site. For example, WindClan can have Ivypaw and RiverClan can have Ivyheart, but there can not be two Ivypaws at one time even if they're in different clans. Further explanation on acceptable names is located here.

[attr="class,"rfont"]IV. Word Count.

We have a minimum word count of 200 words. You don't have to match your partner's word count down to the letter, but your posts should give them enough content for them to reply to.

[attr="class,"rfont"]V. Legibility.

We allow users to use tables and custom formatting for their posts, but we only ask that you maintain legibility. Fonts should not be too-small or too-cramped, and colors should not be too bright or eye straining. Basically, if you need to squint or lean forward to read your post, fix it! Additionally, if a roleplay partner requests a change in the format for ease of reading, please adjust it for them if at least for that thread.

[attr="class,"rfont"]VI. Permissions.

This should be obvious, but no godmodding or powerplaying. Godmodding is when you make your character all-powerful or invincible. This includes avoiding every attack in a fighting thread or defeating a threat unrealistically. Powerplaying is when you control another person's character without their permission. For example, Stormclaw waited for Flamepaw to jump, and then clawed her in the face. Assuming you are "Stormclaw" in this situation, you can't say Flamepaw will jump or be clawed in the face, unless it's already been indicated or asked about. Basically, just don't do anything without anyone's permission. Respect your fellow roleplayers, mods, and high positions. Don't include something in your bio that hasn't been cleared by all parties involved. While we certainly encourage creativity and new ideas, keep in mind that anything big should be cleared by the high positions of that Clan, and that anything affecting the site plot needs to be cleared by the mods before being carried out.

[attr="class,"rfont"]VII. Time.

Cats that are six moons or older age one moon per real life month at every activity check. Kits age at an accelerated rate of one moon every two weeks. Gatherings are held every other month to give Clans enough topics to talk about. You can assume a gathering passed without issue in the months when gatherings aren't held ICly.

[attr="class,"rfont"]VIII. Consequences.

Every action has a reaction and that holds true on Carrion Crows as well. The decisions your character makes may benefit them or harm them or affect the cats around them (or the Clans as a whole). As the roleplayer, you should be prepared for any in-character flak your character might get. For example, an openly evil cat or a cat caught in a forbidden relationship should expect to lose popularity with their Clanmates and may even be punished by their leaders if the leader sees fit to do so. Every Clan leader is different, though, and one Clan leader may be lax about rules and consequences while another may be fair or strict about them. If your character is punished in-character for something they did, please don't take it as an out-of-character slight against you.

[attr="class,"rfont"]IX. Site Rating.

To abide by Proboards' TOS, Carrion Crows is a PG-13 forum; this means that graphic material of any kind will not be tolerated, be it in threads or PMs. No one else really needs to read characters explicitly mating or otherwise, so if you want to roleplay that, take it off of the site entirely. We do understand that as a Warrior Cats roleplay there will be fighting and kitting, and that a bit of violence and romance is to be expected. While gore and horror is not banned, we do not encourage it in excess, and ask that you try not to go over the top. If we feel you are being too intense, we will send you a pm requesting that you tone it down.

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[attr="class","rhead"]CBOX

[attr="class,"rfont"]I. No Spam.

Pretty standard. Sometimes you might have an additional thought to something you've posted, or maybe you asked for something and then found the answer yourself, etc. A few posts in a row is fine and it happens, but just don't rapid-fire a bunch of stuff and flood the cbox.

[attr="class,"rfont"]II. Profanity.

A bit of swearing is fine, we just ask that you not go overkill on it. In addition, please try to refrain from talking about inappropriate topics. It can sometimes be very uncomfortable reading explicit details about someone's personal life or otherwise. If you're asked to drop a subject, just be respectful and do so!

[attr="class,"rfont"]III. Arguments.

Please, please do not argue with anyone in the cbox. Take it to PMs or IMs if you need to talk an issue out extensively. PM a staff member if an issue persists that we need to help you with.

[attr="class,"rfont"]IV. Advertising.

Please don't advertise in the cbox! If you want to advertise on Carrion Crows, post your advertisement in this board.

[attr="class,"rfont"]V. Gifs.

Gif icons are prohibited from use in the cbox, as well anything that might be too glaring or induce headaches. We want everyone to feel comfortable on the site, which is sometimes hard to do with looping nyancat icons endlessly trailing a rainbow into infinity on the sidebar.

[attr="class,"rfont"]VI. Impersonation.

Do not impersonate staff or members in the cbox, even if you mean it in a harmless way. Any person found impersonating someone else will be banned.

All general rules still apply to the chatbox!