Site Rules

by **Admin** Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:13 am

These are the rules and guidelines under which Vyldermire operates, all members of this forum are expected to uphold these rules so that we can co-exist in a friendly roleplay community. Breaching these rules will result in a warning as well as other OOC consequences.

1. Refrain from Toxic behaviour
In order for us to have fun, it is important that we do our best to contribute to a pleasant environment, there are certain actions that we here at Vyldermire will not permit because not only does it make people's time on the site uncomfortable, but it's not fair on our member base.
Examples of Toxic Behaviour are as follows; :
2. Be Appropriate
This is a PG-13 forum, which means that the content here must be suitable for members aged 13 and under. As such the content created here must adhere to this guildline and cannot be excessively explicit or graphic, doing so would result in suitable punishment. In additional to this whilst it is acceptable to create a character that is racist as a part of their personality trait, racism in the site's discussion forums and its discord will NOT be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to racial slurs, stereotypes, derogatory treatment of members because of their culture, race or ethnicity.

Forumotion Terms of Service states as follows:
By using the services offered by forumotion.com, the User agrees to use them in accordance with the purpose for which they were designed, and not to use the products and services to – in particular – encourage, promote, or present in a favorable light:

Content of a sexual, obscene, pornographic nature,
Violent, defamatory, discriminatory content, incitement to racial hatred, crimes against humanity.

In addition to this because we are a PG-13, minors are free to roleplay here under the notion that their safety is considered our utmost priority. If a member is seen or reported to have display any nature of predatory behaviour towards the underage members of our community not only will you be perma-banned but you will be reported to the relevant authorities. And whilst we are especially conscious about protecting the minors here, this rule also adheres to the harassment, sexual or otherwise, of our adult member base. We will treat any reported case with the strictness and non-tolerance warrant for it and it is highly recommended that should you witness such behaviour in the main discord or in direct messages/chats, that you report it to a member of staff so that we can deal with it accordingly.

3. No Godmodding
Godmodding is termed referring to the act of playing god or controlling another players character in any way. You are only permitted to control your own character unless you have explicit OOC permission from the other player. Godmodding can be broken down into four types of RP Godmodding.
- Godmodding is godmoding specific to character creation, skills, and certain situations (e.g., combat).
- Powerplaying is godmoding by controlling another roleplayer’s character without permission.
  
  Examples of Powerplaying:
- Metagaming is godmoding specific to the use of OOC knowledge in roleplayed actions, behaviours, thoughts.
- Retconning is godmoding specific to erasure or alteration of past events. The rescinding of events and interactions that have occurred with other players as if they haven't happened, without getting their permission. The ONLY time that this is permitted is if all parties consent to it, or if the party involved has left the forum. If such member does not return after three months of being archived, the player retains to right to rescind information should it hinder the progress of their character.
4. No Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Please make sure that your work is your own, if you are caught stealing work from others you will be permanently banned from the forum.

5. No Cheating/Loopholing
We try our best to make our magic system are functional and easy to follow as possible, whilst maintaining the thrill of the numbers game. However, this is a relatively new and untried system that we're running so we will learn as we go, if however, a member discovers a loophole in the system then they are expected to report it to staff. Should you instead choose to manipulate the mechanics of the forums to exploit this loophole instead, you will receive at the minimum a warning, or potentially be banned from the forum depending on how toxically you have used this to manipulate both the system and the site's members.

6. Advertising & Spam
Advertisings must be done in the appropriate board and cannot be done outside of this board. Advertising in the site's discord is not permitted at all. Spamming on the site is not permitted under any circumstance.

7. No Tampering with Site Lore
The site's lore is expansive and ever-growing, it is something that the admins and developers wish to continue to grow and build over time. Whilst we grant players some leeway to take this lore and use it in their story, it is not permitted to change the lore as you see fit. Nor is it acceptable to create lore in areas that have not been developed without admin permission. If it is not written official in the site's glossary, then you must check with an admin. Making assumptions and incorporating them into your rp will be flagged up by staff and you will be told to change/remove anything that has not been approved. Additionally, players are not permitted to make up lore and tell other players that their canon applies to the site, this misinformation can spread and lead to conflicting rp. This is not to say that you cannot be creative, just that when you are uncertain about certain details of lore or it is not noted anywhere, then you just need to check in with admins first. This allows for healthy communication and more consistency across the site.

by **Admin** Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:42 am

ROLEPLAY RULES & GUIDELINES

➣ MINIMUM WORD COUNT
The minimum word count for all roleplay posts is 100 words. This is to ensure that those your roleplay partners will have enough to react to in character. If your post falls short you will be instructed by staff to lengthen your post, should you fall to do this multiple times you will receive a warning from staff.

➣ POSTING ORDER
Threads, unless specified otherwise, follow the roleplay order in which they were replied to. However, if someone takes longer than 24 hours to reply to a thread, other parties are permitted to skip them.

➣ NON TOLERANCE FOR POST-NAGGING
Roleplay is a means that helps us escape from reality however sometimes, reality takes precedent. Not only that, sometimes we have more muse for some things than others and that's perfectly okay. What's not okay, is to nag people for posts. If they haven't replied to you in over a week, you may gently prod them for an update. However, if you are caught to be nagging, shaming or harassing members for posts, you will receive a warning from staff.

➣ NO PLAYING KILLING
Unless a player specifically asks or gives you permission to kill their character, you cannot kill them. In PVP should someone lose, they essentially fall unconscious and for whatever IC reason chosen by the participants is pulled away from the fight. If anyone is caught trying to pressure others to let them kill their character they will reason a warning from staff.

➣ NO THREAD INVASIONS
Unless a thread specifically says [OPEN] in the title, you are not permitted to jump into the thread unless the host of the thread has invited you.

➣ KEEP TO THE LOCALE
The site's lore and the world that surrounds the site is up to the creation of the site admins and its developers, as such please only use the region provided. Do not make up new regions, countries, cities or towns as we plan to develop the world as the site's story unfolds. You are welcome to create whatever dimensions and the external realm you like as an Otherworlder or as part of your magic, but you cannot directly change or manipulate the world of Vyldermire.

➣ CHARACTER CREATION
To start off with, players may create up to three characters. After the third, players must fit the activity requirements for each additional character. For the fourth character slot, a player must be consistently active on the forum for three months, early access to the fourth slot can be purchased via the General Store. For each character made after this, they must continue to be active for an additional three months following each character creation. If a player takes a hiatus for longer than a month, this period of time is reset to their return date. At present, the maximum number of characters that can be created is twelve.

➣ PLAYER USERNAMES
Regardless of the username you sign up with, once your character has been approved your username will automatically be amended to match your characters name. This will be either their first name, their full name or an alias. Should you want this amended i.e Full named shortened to just a first name, you can do so by contacting staff.

➣ SITE GFX
For your profile avatar we recommend that you use a width of 200px and a height between 335px to 350px. For normal site graphics such as signatures or art in your posts, we recommend you do not post images wider 700px.

➣ UNDERAGE CHARACTERS
This goes without saying but when roleplaying anyone under the age of sixteen, there are certain rules that must be followed. Firstly and most importantly, child characters cannot be sexualized in any manner. They can have crushes or even date, but all relations must be strictly innocent and cannot engage in any content of an inappropriate manner.

When engaging in site systems, everything is very lore intensive and children are treated with very specific guidelines as per our quest and faction system;

> Anyone under sixteen cannot apply to be a Guardian Knight or officially join a faction. The only exception to this is any factions with 'Junior Divisions' which are very much like schools that run under the supervision of that faction and training future members.
> Anyone under sixteen cannot do Monster Hunting quests or dangerous quests without the supervision of an adult.

SITE ACTIVITY GUIDELINES

Members of VRP are expected to be reasonably active, as such all members must post at the very least, once per month. Should three months pass without a pass on at least one of your accounts, your character and your stat-sheet will be archived. This may be extended to six months under certain circumstances, please contact an admin if you need to take an extended break. If you leave the forum for more than TWO YEARS, you will lose your character's current in game status and upon returning to the forum your account features (VG, EXP, REP etc) will be reset to 0.

If you are going to be inactive, we recommend you write an official hiatus in our Hellos & Goodbyes subboard. Thus you will be exempted from any activity checks we do on our members, particularly those pertaining to any site positions or face claims you might hold.

HUMANS	██████████████ 28
ELDRITCH	███████████████ 30
GAIYANS	█████████ 17
ANTHROS	███████ 14
HYBRID	███ 7
OTHER	████ 8
TOTAL	79

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