Introduction
The following information is FotC's group rules which is the foundation of the group.
It is important you read it carefully.
If you're looking for something in particular here is our Index:
❧ General Rules
❧ Membership Rules
❧ Art & Literature Submission Rules
❧ RolePlay Rules
❧ Relationships & Kit Rules
General Rules
Please address everyone you meet with respect and courtesy -it’s a stress
free zone and there’s very little interest in starting drama or trouble.
Be honest, respectful, courteous and kind -you’ll receive the same back.
We’re family here.
❧ Age Requirement | FotC is a 16+ group; anyone that is found out to be younger will be booted from the server.
❧ Discord | Everyone can join the Discord server, however, make sure that when you do so you fill out the Introductions section of the server in order to be given a role so that you can interact with the rest of the group. In order to access the full Discord server you'll need to become a full member by creating a character and successfully joining.
❧ Prejudice of any sort will not be accepted here, in addition, any support of
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Racism
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Discrimination
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Sexism
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Homophobia
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Ableism
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Classism
etc., will not be tolerated and you are subject to permanent ban.
Membership Rules
❧ Activity Checks | Activity Checks or 'AC's are required participation activities to ensure that members who are in the group are present. Not every month will have an AC, as such you will always be notified in the Announcements channel on Discord when an AC is occurring; additionally there will be a pinned post in the activity check channels detailing what the requirements for the AC are as they may change from month to month.
❧ Drama | FotC strives to be a casual, relaxed and friendly group as such try to keep drama character drama as just character drama. Just because someone's character doesn't like yours doesn't mean it's an attack on you! If you feel there's a real, genuine issue going on then inform the Admin team, otherwise, keep it civil.
❧ Strikes | This group operates under the '3 Strikes You're Out' system under which you are given a warning for misbehavior, followed by a strike every time you break the Rules. After three (3) strikes you will be temporarily kicked from the server. You may attempt to join again after three (3) months. You will always be notified of when you've received a strike.
Initial Misbehavior - Warning (sent via DMs)
1st Offense - Strike 1 (sent via DMs)
2nd Offense - Strike 2 (sent via Dms)
3rd Offense - Strike 3 (sent via DMs)
❧ Leaving the Group | If you leave the group without warning your characters are subject to death/going missing. After a three (3) day absence the Admin/Mod team will attempt to reach out to you, however, if we have not heard back within the next 24 hours the team will default to whatever answer you provide on your character sheet when initially joining in order to determine what the character's future will be. If a character ultimately ends up dying there will be no way to retrieve them.
Art & Literature Submission Rules
❧ Art Submissions | All art submissions need to be original, traced images will not be allowed. The only exception is for commissioned pieces in which credit is given in the description or on the image. Referencing images is fine with credit.
❧ Literature Submissions | All literature submissions need to be original; plagiarism will not be accepted. When archiving your roleplay posts with another user ask their permission prior to doing so, especially if the roleplay was in a private channel.
❧ Ranking Up | In order for any character to Rank Up please follow these requirements here and submit them to the #Rank-Up-Submissions chat. This window of rank up submissions will be available as soon as you gain your character and a week after the date of their rank-up.
|| FOTC CENSORED TOPICS LIST ||
Please review the censored topics list to determine what is
and is not appropriate for posting in the FotC Discord.
RolePlay Rules
❧ Game Mechanics | FotC has currently adopted popular Dungeons & Dragons (DND) mechanics into our RolePlay. These mechanics feature Health Points, Skill Points and Modifiers that vary depending upon a character's Rank and Age. All of these will affect the way in which your character hunts, fights and interacts with their surroundings. The information is broken down [here] but if you have any questions please feel free to ask and don't feel bad, these were new concepts to us as well at one point.
❧ Adding New Characters | Second Characters are free and you can add them in at any time. To add in your third and extra characters requires one complete roleplay and two complete pieces of any RP/Art/Literature per character. If you were recently on a hiatus then you must wait two (2) weeks after your return to add additional characters. After adding a character there is a one (1) month cool down before you can add another.
Submit them for approval the same way you would any other character and an Admin/Mod will ask for the proof via DM as well as review the Application.
➳ Note: Elder characters are free. Each person can have two!
❧ Killing Off Characters | No one else can kill your character without your permission, however, you are able to freely kill off your character at any given point in RP. In order to do so you must note the Admin/Mod team and get our permission to do so. If applicable your character may be able to participate in a final Quest/Event for their departure. Alternatively, abruptly leaving the chatroom will result in losing your characters and them being archived/killed in the way you've specified to the group.
❧ Role-Play Length | Please match your RP partners post length to the best of your abilities. Posts should be one paragraph at a minimum but more is strongly encouraged.
➳ One complete RP = Four (4) Posts Each [total of eight (8) posts altogether].
➳ After five days of disuse an RP channel can be re-claimed.
➳ Keep OOC chat in OOC chatrooms and nowhere else.
➳ Do NOT share private Clan information with anyone outside of the Clan.
❧ Time | 1 Real Life Month = 2 Moons. Kits become Apprentices at 6 Moons; Apprentices become Warriors at 12 Moons in most Clans, some Clans may differ. Age-Ups will happen every 1st of the Month.
❧ Adventures | Adventures are similar to the Quests that FotC has previously implemented however there are going to be some significant changes. There are different types of Adventures your characters can go on with different rewards from each one. Some Adventures may act as Activity Checks while most will likely be side-quest type events to give you, the player, some creative inspiration and your character some experience with different scenarios and interactions with others. Alternatively this is also a way for new members to the group to get a feel for RolePlay and the world of FotC.
Read through the list to see the following types of Adventures offered [here].
❧ Achievements | Previously tested in FotC's history was the concept of Achievements that we are now bringing back! These are completely optional but provide something else for you to do/track if you're interested in doing so. Many Achievements are simple and easy ones whereas some are harder and take more effort to complete. By completing an Achievement you will earn points that scale based on the difficulty of the task itself; you may also earn in-game titles or rewards for your character.
View the list of Achievements [here]. !! COMING SOON !!
❧ Sharing Tongues | Sharing Tongues is an optional free-for-all daily chat for people's characters to interact in. The location will always be the 'main camp' and the time of day will directly change throughout the day as well via an Admin post. The chat is also important for Kits and Apprentices to complete their requirements (see Kits in the Rules section) to Rank Up.
➳ Post Length: 1-4 sentences max.
➳ Unlimited posts.
➳ Interactions between characters count for character development, but not for any rank up or relationship requirements.
❧ Daily Quests | Daily Quests are optional tasks given by Dignitaries or High Ranks for your characters to perform. At the end of the month members who have completed a certain amount of Quests are able to enter a raffle for prizes. Use the following form to keep track of your Daily Quests! [here] This is just a sample form, you can customize it however you'd like!
➳ 5 DQ's: Character headshot
➳ 10 DQ's: Full body
❧ Looking for Group | Looking for group is an optional channel in the Discord server for you to interact with dedicated to helping people find RPs with other individuals characters throughout the territory. By signing up you give yourself the opportunity to find someone whose character has similar or completely different personalities all randomized by the Admins. This page will refresh and open for sign-ups on Sunday then, throughout the week people will be paired with their new RP partner. Keep an eye on the channel to see any new changes!
Relationships & Kit Rules
❧ Relationships |
➳ Kits cannot form relationships.
➳ Apprentices may have crushes, but can only date other apprentices, with the exception of if they were already dating
an Apprentice when they became a Warrior (maximum 2 moon difference).
➳ A Warrior may not have a relationship with or feelings for an Apprentice.
➳ Characters cannot apply for a mate until their character is at LEAST 16 moons of age. Any RPs that took place before
the character turned 16 moons will NOT count towards the amount of RPs required to become mates.
❧ Cross Clan Relationships and Litters | Will both have their own separate Ban and must be approved of. Cross-Clan relationships have a chance to be discovered by rolling a dice every month and have a potential for either or both members to be exiled from their Clans at the Leader's discretion. Litters will automatically be evenly divided between the families.
➳ Approved Ban
➳ Role-Plays: 2 Complete RPs
➳ Art/Literature: 1 Piece (with both characters visible/interacting)
❧ Mateship Requirements | To be formally recognized as mates within the Clan. Meeting these requirements is necessary to have a planned litter of kits.
➳ Role-Plays: 4 Complete RPs (with at least one discusses them being mates)
➳ Art/Literature: 3 Pieces (with both characters visible/interacting)
❧ Second Litters | A couple that has completed their requirements to be mated and has already had their first litter will have their litter requirements permanently lowered, however, the new requirements must feature their family.
➳ Role-Plays: 2 Complete Couples RP
➳ Role-Plays: 2 Complete RPs between the parents and the children of the previous litter (one per parent)
❧ Dual Siring Litters | Dual Siring is when a polyamorous relationship has a Queen that will be having kits from two different fathers. This litter will be treated like any other litter for the most part. The base number of kits will be two (2) altogether and can be a max of six (6). The parents of the litter may choose if they want their kits to be split up by an admin or if they want to choose for themselves how many kits are from which father.
In the event of two kits being rolled they are automatically halved.
❧ Accidental Litter Requirements | Accidental litters of the same Clan are not a ban, however, they are carefully tracked by the Admins so that it isn't constantly happening and to monitor the growth rate of the Clan. Just because you meet the requirements for an accidental litter does not necessarily mean that Admins will automatically be approved by an Admin.
➳ Role-Plays: 2 Complete RPs
➳ Art/Literature: 1 Piece (ft. some aspect of the Queen discovering the pregnancy/telling their partner/visiting the Medicine Cat, etc)
➳ A character may only have two accidental litters or flings before they are required to take a mate for their third litter.
➳ The accidental litters must be at least 6 moons (or 3 months) a part.
❧ Polyamorous Relationships | Poly relationships between characters of the same Clan are not technically bans but they are monitored heavily by the group to avoid overcrowding. For example, it would be unfeasible for an entire Clan to be in a poly relationship or for the Clan to consist of only poly relationships. That being said one polyamorous relationship may consist of up to four (4) cats at a time. However, not all of these characters have to be in a relationship with each other as poly relationships consist of many different types of dynamics.
(Please watch)
Here's a video of relationship examples.
Keep in mind that polyamory often requires more work and communication than your average relationship and should be treated with respect. The following information below only pertains to characters that are polyamorous that want to become mates with multiple partners.
Note that you do not have to mate to multiple partners in order to be in a polyamorous relationship! You can be dating multiple people, mate to one while dating others, or be mated to everyone! That being said the requirements for Polyamory Mateship are below.
❧ In the event that two polyamorous characters within a three or four partner relationship are becoming mates the requirements are the same as a normal mateship. This makes the two character a couple or dyad.
➳ Role-Plays: 4 Complete RPs (with at least one discussing them being mates)
➳ Art/Literature: 3 Pieces (with both characters visible/interacting)
❧ In the event that one character is not dating just one other character but is instead dating a mated couple (2 characters) the mateship requirements are below. When becoming mates with a couple you are bonding to both partners. This will now define the relationship as a triad.
➳ Role-Plays: 6 Complete RPs
+ 4 Complete RPs : must be 2 RPs per mate and the new partner
+ 1 Should be all three characters interacting
+ 1 Complete RP should be a discussion of the three coming together as a triad.
➳ Art/Literature: 3 Pieces (with all characters visible/interacting)
Ex. ROSE and CLOUD are mated (a dyad). They are both dating MOON.
In order for all three (3) to become mates:
ROSE, CLOUD and MOON must all RP together 2 times & be drawn/written about together 3 times.
ROSE and MOON must RP together (without CLOUD) 2 times.
CLOUD and MOON must RP together (without ROSE) 2 times.
❧ In the event that one character is not just dating a couple (2 characters) but is dating a triad (3 characters) the mateship requirements are below. When becoming mates with a triad you are bonding to all three partners. This will now define the relationship as a quad.
➳ Role-Plays: 8 Complete RPs
+ 6 Complete RPs must be 2 RPs per mate and the new partner
+ 1 Should be all four characters interacting
+ 1 Complete RP should be a discussion of the four coming together as a quad.
➳ Art/Literature: 3 Pieces (with all characters visible/interacting)
Ex. ROSE, CLOUD, and MOON are mated. They are all dating SUN.
In order for all four (4) to become mates:
ROSE, CLOUD, MOON and SUN must all RP together 2 times & be drawn/written about together 3 times.
ROSE and SUN must RP together 2 times.
CLOUD and SUN must RP together 2 times.
MOON and SUN must RP together 2 times.
❧ Surrogates | If your mateship is in need of a surrogate here are the rules regarding the surrogate below.
➳ NPC Surrogacy: An NPC character within the Clan is chosen by the couple.
+1 Complete RP with the NPC character (controlled by an Admin)
➳ Non-NPC: If someone wants to offer their active character as a surrogate;
+1 DM from parents and chosen member (separately) to prove consent.
+1 Complete RP with the chosen character
❧ Kits | Owners of kits can post in the chatrooms right away however one real life week must pass before kits are able to speak with the speech gradually increasing in skill as they age. However fast or slow that happens is up to the roleplayer!
In the Discord server both Kits and Apprentices will have a set of skills that need to be completed via interacting with another character in the Sharing Tongues channel that are as follows.
[ Kits ]
➳ Speech: 0/3 (kits speaking/learning to speak with another character, etc)
➳ Motor: 0/3 (kits learning to crawl/walk/run)
➳ Intellect: 0/3 (kits learning about their environment, themselves and their Clan)
[ Apprentices ]
➳ Hunting: 0/3 (apprentices talking about their hunt or training)
➳ Fighting: 0/3 (apprentices talking about their training or sparring)
➳ Stealth: 0/3 (apprentice talking about their training or practicing with someone)
Litters can occur once the couple has completed all the requirements to becoming mates and successfully rolled for them! Litters have a higher chance of being successful during March-September and lower chances during the months October-February. All Medicine Cats can have mates, however, each Clan will handle their litters differently.
Kittens will be rolled for by the Admins including the size of the litter and sexes. All litters will have a base of two (2) kits but your character(s) can have up to six (6). Any kits that are not adopted will be considered stillborns. You also have the option of rolling for miscarriages by marking yes or no on your character Application sheet.
Note on Birth Traits: These traits will come in the form of a ban and two genes that you choose your cat to carry when you joined the group. By picking these ban and birth traits as genes there's the possibility that none, a few, or all will be passed onto your kids so choose carefully! Admins will roll for the one ban chosen in addition to one-two unknown bans. Here are the following;
➳ Ban: 1 (one) Chosen from the group's ban list.
➳ Physical Traits: 2 Distinctive Traits from the parent.
Planned litters will take precedence before litters that are the result of flings; if there are several litters planned your request may be put on a waitlist. There will be a four (4) moon [two (2) month] cool down before your character can have another litter provided you have the requirements needed to have another. With frequent litters back to back, your litter request may get postponed or rejected at the admin’s discretion.
❧ Adopting | FotC has a longstanding history of allowing characters to adopt other existing characters into their family and adding them into their history. With this re-opening we are going to allow this to continue with new characters, however, there will be some rules to who can and cannot join the family.
It is highly suggested that instead of canonically adopting everyone into your family that fostering take place or that you refer to those close to your character as ‘unofficial sister/brother/sibling/parent/etc’. More on this down below.
[ Requirements ]
➳ Your character must already be a Warrior.
➳ Your character may only adopt a maximum of two (2) characters into their family.
➳ Your character cannot adopt anyone older than them.
➳ The other party must be an Apprentice or Kit at the time of being adopted.
➳ In the event that the Kit or Apprentice has siblings then they are adopted by extension as well and will count towards the two (2) character maximum.
Ex A. Your character WHITENOSE adopts FIREKIT who is sibling to PUDDLEKIT and BREEZEKIT; despite being three kits and thereby over the threshold of the two character maximum all three can be adopted, however, your character may not formally adopt any other characters after.
➳ The Kit or Apprentice cannot already have a biological family that is active in their lives either as NPC’s or active members.
Ex B: You join with FIREPAW who has loving and caring NPC parents, Snowfeather and Olivetail, but change your mind and decide to have another member’s character WHITENOSE adopt your character.
> This is incorrect because Firepaw already has Parents.
Ex C: You win FIREPAW from a group adoption try-out with active members playing Snowfeather and Olivetail but decide down the line you want WHITENOSE to adopt FIREPAW as their child.
> This is not acceptable because Firepaw already has parents and the parents are active members.
EXCEPTIONS may be given on a case-by-case scenario with consent from all parties.
❧ Fostering | In the event that kits enter into the group without parents or someone to care for them they will automatically be cared for in the Nursery either by an NPC, an active Queen and her litter, or by the entire Clan. In this scenario whoever is closest to the kits, likely a Nursery Helper or Queen, will automatically be given the option to foster the kits but adoption is not required.