Post by CowGirlAtHeart on Nov 20, 2009 17:44:04 GMT -6
General
- Cursing is permitted, but only in IC, please do not take this overboard.
- No sexual references, porn, etc. will be permitted. Banning will take place if this happens.
- Respect all members, not just staff
- Whenever talking OOC, please say so
- Posts must be easy to read and flowing, not choppy.
- No powerplaying. eg, playing another person's character or not giving them chance to react. Come on, this is not fair…
- Killing other members characters is allowed, but don't take this too far and no powerplaying when this happens! A member of the staff has to confirm that the horse could actually die, but it is up to the player as to the final say in the matter.
- Proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. is preferred
- No abbreviations, eg, lol, except in OOC, that is allowed
- When speaking IC, use speech marks when your horse “Talks”
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Character References
- You can have as many horses as you wan, but they HAVE to be active!!
- You have to wait until your horse is accepted by an admin or mod before you start RPing them. However, if no staff members have been on for two days to accept your character, you may start RPing it without it being accepted.
-A staff member can accept their own horse, but another member of the staff may ask you to change something about them later.
-you may also create a foal if you wish to do so, go into the create form and then to the sub-board, which is create a foal.
-Players that have created a foal, must go to the sub board in claiming grounds for it to be claimed by a mare that wishes to “Adopt” the foal as her own. Sometimes a mare may not have her own foal for whatever reason, and this gives her the right to a foal, if she so wishes.
- Mutations and strange coloring are not allowed on this game, please keep it realistic.
-In this game, your horses can be strange breeds, such as a unicorn.
-When you create a horse, you MUST, have the age, breed, color, name, height, gender, markings (if any) Power, and mutation, personality and please, have a little bit of history for your horse, it is really not hard, and it does not have to be much!
- Powers are acceptable, actually, this game is mostly about horses with powers. There are rules however, read below to find out.
-there is a stallion limit to 4 that you make yourself, which doesn't include a colt that your mare has.
-any player, on matter how many stallion's they have can only posses 2 lands at one time.
________________________________________
Time and Aging
- Each month equals one season game time
- Foals may not be 'Speed Aged'
- You should update your characters age in their profile each year, please, it helps keep track of what horses are and how old they are.
- Every horse dies by the time they turn 30, no exceptions
- Horses can breed year round, this is just easier for players.
-A mare has to wait until a Spring or fall season to give birth.
-Foals will be full grown in 3 to 6 weeks, it is the players choice as to when their foal grows up as long as it is in this time frame.
________________________________________
Territory and Claiming
- Only stallions can claim land
- Each player may only own two pieces of land, no matter how many stallions they own. Staff members are allowed to have three pieces of land. Any other stallions you have will have to sub with another stallion on his land.
-each territory may have two sub herds on it as well as the main stallions herd.
- After claiming land, you must have at least 2 mares in your herd within two weeks, else you loose your land
- If you are inactive for 3 weeks without notice, you lose your territory and herd, and another player’s stallion may claim the land.
- Only stallions may claim mares
- Mares and stallions with no mate or herd may go to the claiming grounds to find one.
- To claim, create a role playing post of your stallion claiming that land in that land's board.
--- Claiming posts should be at least 50 words long
--- Grammar and punctuation is a must in claiming
--- The layout of the writing helps as well
________________________________________
Challenging and Fighting
- Only stallions can challenge other stallions for mares, land, grazing rights, etc
- Battles are judged by detail, length and now well it each post is made all round. An admin will judge the fight to see who wins, please PM an admin to have them judge the fight for you. An Admin cannot judge a fight that they are in, another Admin must do that.
- The winner of a battle is decided by a member of staff, but, if one stallion is killed, the one living is winner by default.
- If a battle goes inactive for one week, the last stallion to post in character wins
- You may not back from a fight and forcibly keep what you were challenged for
--- Backing down from a fight or refusing a fight results in you losing what you were challenged for, the other stallion will win what they are fighting you for.
-When fighting, one stallion can only take one hitting blow to the other stallion before giving the other member a chance to post, this lessons the chance of power playing.
________________________________________
Powers
-any one horse is limited to 2 powers. For example, if your horse has the power of controlling the wind and being able to control time, then this horse cannot control water.
-Just because a horse has powers does not mean you can powerplay. There can be a TINY bit of this, but members can complain to me if they think another member is taking this overboard. This however, does not mean that I will punish the member.
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# Banning/Punishment
We won't hesitate to give verbal warnings to people. If somebody constantly breaks the rules banning is a possibility.
# Breaking certain rules may result in some of your rights being revoked (profile permissions, pm permissiona...)
# Breaking other rules will result in warnings. You will get as many warnings as it takes to fill up your warning bar, at which point you will be banned for a time.
# We can remove your ability to post on Riding Freedom, so don't think that we can't get to you. ^_^
# Banning is meant to be permanent. We might make exceptions if it was a minor thing that got you banned but the mods will be the ultimate judge of that.
# We will not consider unbanning someone before one month of the person being banned.
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# Sneaking
Failure to follow these rules can lead to you no longer being able to sneak with your characters (can still be snuck from by others).
# Stallions can sneak for up to two mares from one person at a time, limit two people.
# Can sneak for a territory but its not recommended unless the leader is inactive.
# Mares can sneak for freedom and/or their foals freedom.
# Sneaks must be decipherable and must have hints as to what you are sneaking for and from whom.
# Stallions can only block for half their herd or the majority if the herd is an odd number (ex: Blocks mare A, B, C (3/6) OR A, B, C, D (4/7).
# If a stallion blocks mares A, B, and C, but you were sneaking for mare D, then you don’t have to wait for the three days to be over. A moderator will check to see if it’s valid.
# Sneaks can be in riddle/poem form or just said. Preferably in riddle.
# Must wait three days, if the person you are sneaking from does not block by then, say who it was for and a mod will declare it valid/invalid.
# Cannot sneak for something somebody is already challenging for.
# If you are going to cancel a sneak then you must still post who the sneak was for with the reasoning of your sneak. Also, when you are asked to reveal who/what your sneak is for (whether it was invalid/valid) you must reveal the reasoning of your sneak as well (how each line related to what you were sneaking for, etc.)
____________________________________
breeding
- Force breeding is allowed in this game, BUT, there are rules. I am sick of stallions "breeding a mare, and then running off with no time to react." this cannot be done. Remember, please do not go overboard with this. Also, any player can ignore a force-breeding post if they so choose to, it is up to them.
-Somewhat graphic breeding is allowed, but only if both players are ok with that. Player’s rights have to be respected, and if they are against graphic breeding, then their mare should not be graphically bred, it is up to them as to what they wish.
- A mare can only give birth in the spring and fall.
- The player get to choose everything about their foal, the color, personality, name, markings except the gender. A staff member will flip a coin for the gender of the foal.
-a Mare may have twins, but it will cost the member "Money", that they get from posting messages, please PM me if you want your mare to have twins. The cost for twins is 10,000, if you do not have that much "Money" then your mare is unable to have twins.
-Post in the coin toss section for a member of the staff to determine the gender of your foal.
________________________________________
Stallions In General
- Can steal, fight, etc
- Can claim lands, mares, etc
- Can breed at the age of 2 years
- Is considered a colt till age 2
- Colts may start a herd immediately
- Stallions can steal up to 5 mares per week
- May only fight up to 4 mares at one time
- May only get up to 6 mares per week from the claiming grounds.
- Cannot fight or challenge the same stallion more than 2 times per week
- Must wait one full day before getting into another fight, unless challenged
- May set laws for his own lands
- Stallions may temporarily stay in another’s lands if he has no land of his own, this is called sub-herding. A stallion may not Sub without the stallions permission. He must ask the stallion that owns the land for permission.
________________________________________
Mares in General
- can choose which stallion they go with, it is their choice when they are in the claiming grounds. Stallions may not fight for a mare that chooses to go with another stallion in the claiming grounds.
- Can breed at age 3
- Is considered a filly till age 2
- If a fight is won over the mare, the mare may choose not to go with that stallion
- May change herds whenever she wants, except if herd law forbids her
- May fight for freedom or other rights
- A mare can have up to 2 foals at a time, but only rarely
- No stallions are allowed to enter upon the same thread in which a mare is giving birth
- A mare may not give birth to her foal(s) until one week real time has passed
- Must obey the laws of her lands
______________________________
Activity list/admins
-one other thing, when you are leaving for a couple days or cannot get on, please post in the away board. This tells us that you will just not be on, and people will not wonder where you are.
-Admins and other members of the staff will have to ask me if they want to make major changes to the site.
-This site is based on horses being Dark(evil) or Light (good). Your horse has to be one of these.
This is the law as it is right now, a member of the admin will change it whenever they think it is necessary. Please check back every once in awhile to make sure there is nothing different that you might be doing wrong.
If there is any questions that someone has, then they can PM me about it, and I will answer you!
Happy RPing!
- Cursing is permitted, but only in IC, please do not take this overboard.
- No sexual references, porn, etc. will be permitted. Banning will take place if this happens.
- Respect all members, not just staff
- Whenever talking OOC, please say so
- Posts must be easy to read and flowing, not choppy.
- No powerplaying. eg, playing another person's character or not giving them chance to react. Come on, this is not fair…
- Killing other members characters is allowed, but don't take this too far and no powerplaying when this happens! A member of the staff has to confirm that the horse could actually die, but it is up to the player as to the final say in the matter.
- Proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. is preferred
- No abbreviations, eg, lol, except in OOC, that is allowed
- When speaking IC, use speech marks when your horse “Talks”
________________________________________
Character References
- You can have as many horses as you wan, but they HAVE to be active!!
- You have to wait until your horse is accepted by an admin or mod before you start RPing them. However, if no staff members have been on for two days to accept your character, you may start RPing it without it being accepted.
-A staff member can accept their own horse, but another member of the staff may ask you to change something about them later.
-you may also create a foal if you wish to do so, go into the create form and then to the sub-board, which is create a foal.
-Players that have created a foal, must go to the sub board in claiming grounds for it to be claimed by a mare that wishes to “Adopt” the foal as her own. Sometimes a mare may not have her own foal for whatever reason, and this gives her the right to a foal, if she so wishes.
- Mutations and strange coloring are not allowed on this game, please keep it realistic.
-In this game, your horses can be strange breeds, such as a unicorn.
-When you create a horse, you MUST, have the age, breed, color, name, height, gender, markings (if any) Power, and mutation, personality and please, have a little bit of history for your horse, it is really not hard, and it does not have to be much!
- Powers are acceptable, actually, this game is mostly about horses with powers. There are rules however, read below to find out.
-there is a stallion limit to 4 that you make yourself, which doesn't include a colt that your mare has.
-any player, on matter how many stallion's they have can only posses 2 lands at one time.
________________________________________
Time and Aging
- Each month equals one season game time
- Foals may not be 'Speed Aged'
- You should update your characters age in their profile each year, please, it helps keep track of what horses are and how old they are.
- Every horse dies by the time they turn 30, no exceptions
- Horses can breed year round, this is just easier for players.
-A mare has to wait until a Spring or fall season to give birth.
-Foals will be full grown in 3 to 6 weeks, it is the players choice as to when their foal grows up as long as it is in this time frame.
________________________________________
Territory and Claiming
- Only stallions can claim land
- Each player may only own two pieces of land, no matter how many stallions they own. Staff members are allowed to have three pieces of land. Any other stallions you have will have to sub with another stallion on his land.
-each territory may have two sub herds on it as well as the main stallions herd.
- After claiming land, you must have at least 2 mares in your herd within two weeks, else you loose your land
- If you are inactive for 3 weeks without notice, you lose your territory and herd, and another player’s stallion may claim the land.
- Only stallions may claim mares
- Mares and stallions with no mate or herd may go to the claiming grounds to find one.
- To claim, create a role playing post of your stallion claiming that land in that land's board.
--- Claiming posts should be at least 50 words long
--- Grammar and punctuation is a must in claiming
--- The layout of the writing helps as well
________________________________________
Challenging and Fighting
- Only stallions can challenge other stallions for mares, land, grazing rights, etc
- Battles are judged by detail, length and now well it each post is made all round. An admin will judge the fight to see who wins, please PM an admin to have them judge the fight for you. An Admin cannot judge a fight that they are in, another Admin must do that.
- The winner of a battle is decided by a member of staff, but, if one stallion is killed, the one living is winner by default.
- If a battle goes inactive for one week, the last stallion to post in character wins
- You may not back from a fight and forcibly keep what you were challenged for
--- Backing down from a fight or refusing a fight results in you losing what you were challenged for, the other stallion will win what they are fighting you for.
-When fighting, one stallion can only take one hitting blow to the other stallion before giving the other member a chance to post, this lessons the chance of power playing.
________________________________________
Powers
-any one horse is limited to 2 powers. For example, if your horse has the power of controlling the wind and being able to control time, then this horse cannot control water.
-Just because a horse has powers does not mean you can powerplay. There can be a TINY bit of this, but members can complain to me if they think another member is taking this overboard. This however, does not mean that I will punish the member.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Banning/Punishment
We won't hesitate to give verbal warnings to people. If somebody constantly breaks the rules banning is a possibility.
# Breaking certain rules may result in some of your rights being revoked (profile permissions, pm permissiona...)
# Breaking other rules will result in warnings. You will get as many warnings as it takes to fill up your warning bar, at which point you will be banned for a time.
# We can remove your ability to post on Riding Freedom, so don't think that we can't get to you. ^_^
# Banning is meant to be permanent. We might make exceptions if it was a minor thing that got you banned but the mods will be the ultimate judge of that.
# We will not consider unbanning someone before one month of the person being banned.
----------------------------------------------------
# Sneaking
Failure to follow these rules can lead to you no longer being able to sneak with your characters (can still be snuck from by others).
# Stallions can sneak for up to two mares from one person at a time, limit two people.
# Can sneak for a territory but its not recommended unless the leader is inactive.
# Mares can sneak for freedom and/or their foals freedom.
# Sneaks must be decipherable and must have hints as to what you are sneaking for and from whom.
# Stallions can only block for half their herd or the majority if the herd is an odd number (ex: Blocks mare A, B, C (3/6) OR A, B, C, D (4/7).
# If a stallion blocks mares A, B, and C, but you were sneaking for mare D, then you don’t have to wait for the three days to be over. A moderator will check to see if it’s valid.
# Sneaks can be in riddle/poem form or just said. Preferably in riddle.
# Must wait three days, if the person you are sneaking from does not block by then, say who it was for and a mod will declare it valid/invalid.
# Cannot sneak for something somebody is already challenging for.
# If you are going to cancel a sneak then you must still post who the sneak was for with the reasoning of your sneak. Also, when you are asked to reveal who/what your sneak is for (whether it was invalid/valid) you must reveal the reasoning of your sneak as well (how each line related to what you were sneaking for, etc.)
____________________________________
breeding
- Force breeding is allowed in this game, BUT, there are rules. I am sick of stallions "breeding a mare, and then running off with no time to react." this cannot be done. Remember, please do not go overboard with this. Also, any player can ignore a force-breeding post if they so choose to, it is up to them.
-Somewhat graphic breeding is allowed, but only if both players are ok with that. Player’s rights have to be respected, and if they are against graphic breeding, then their mare should not be graphically bred, it is up to them as to what they wish.
- A mare can only give birth in the spring and fall.
- The player get to choose everything about their foal, the color, personality, name, markings except the gender. A staff member will flip a coin for the gender of the foal.
-a Mare may have twins, but it will cost the member "Money", that they get from posting messages, please PM me if you want your mare to have twins. The cost for twins is 10,000, if you do not have that much "Money" then your mare is unable to have twins.
-Post in the coin toss section for a member of the staff to determine the gender of your foal.
________________________________________
Stallions In General
- Can steal, fight, etc
- Can claim lands, mares, etc
- Can breed at the age of 2 years
- Is considered a colt till age 2
- Colts may start a herd immediately
- Stallions can steal up to 5 mares per week
- May only fight up to 4 mares at one time
- May only get up to 6 mares per week from the claiming grounds.
- Cannot fight or challenge the same stallion more than 2 times per week
- Must wait one full day before getting into another fight, unless challenged
- May set laws for his own lands
- Stallions may temporarily stay in another’s lands if he has no land of his own, this is called sub-herding. A stallion may not Sub without the stallions permission. He must ask the stallion that owns the land for permission.
________________________________________
Mares in General
- can choose which stallion they go with, it is their choice when they are in the claiming grounds. Stallions may not fight for a mare that chooses to go with another stallion in the claiming grounds.
- Can breed at age 3
- Is considered a filly till age 2
- If a fight is won over the mare, the mare may choose not to go with that stallion
- May change herds whenever she wants, except if herd law forbids her
- May fight for freedom or other rights
- A mare can have up to 2 foals at a time, but only rarely
- No stallions are allowed to enter upon the same thread in which a mare is giving birth
- A mare may not give birth to her foal(s) until one week real time has passed
- Must obey the laws of her lands
______________________________
Activity list/admins
-one other thing, when you are leaving for a couple days or cannot get on, please post in the away board. This tells us that you will just not be on, and people will not wonder where you are.
-Admins and other members of the staff will have to ask me if they want to make major changes to the site.
-This site is based on horses being Dark(evil) or Light (good). Your horse has to be one of these.
This is the law as it is right now, a member of the admin will change it whenever they think it is necessary. Please check back every once in awhile to make sure there is nothing different that you might be doing wrong.
If there is any questions that someone has, then they can PM me about it, and I will answer you!
Happy RPing!
