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[Teh Leigh]

Welcome, my friends, to the rules. Every civilized society needs rules, and here at Prius Phasmatis we are no different. We know the saying, ‘Some rules are meant to be broken’ but these are not them. We’re not trying to spoil your fun; we’re trying to make it fun for everyone! We know there’s a lot, but stick with us, it will be worth it in the end!

[Teh Leigh]

General Rules
The General Rules refer to everything that is Out of Character, or as you may see it referred to, OOC.

• No fighting, Swearing or Racism This includes Via PM’s, in the cbox or in any of the OOC boards. You may have strong opinions about someone, but if you have any problems with one of the members tell an admin and let us deal with it. Swearing at or insulting someone will only result in you being banned from Prius Phasmatis.

• Signatures Signatures should not stretch the board, and will be removed by an Admin if they do, or resized. Nor should they use any images or language that other members may find offensive. A good size is generally 400x300 for signatures that consist of two pictures and some text, and 350x200 for single pictures.

• Screen names Screen names must be the name of your character, and must be their full name. Feel free to sign up as anything you like, but once you have created your application, please change your name or an Admin will do it for you.

• Karma Karma has been enabled on this board to reflect the skill so the members. So this means basically, if you read a post and you love it, then give the owner a karma point! Not only does it make them feel loved (and we love all our members) but it also encourages them, and us, to keep up the good work!

• Magic We probably don’t have to mention this, but we will anyway. This a real life role play, with an Arthurian twist. So there is no magic, or werewolves, only teen angst and old fashioned drama!

Character Rules
These refer to anything to do with your characters.

• Cannon Characters Cannon characters, though not the most important people on the board, are needed to make the main plot go forward. This doesn’t mean other members can’t become involved, or make their own plots, in fact we encourage it, but it does mean that if you decide you would like to claim one of them, you are going to have to keep up your side of the bargain. This means posting at least once a week and remembering that if you fail to post once a week without notifying the Admins as to why, they will go back up for grabs. When applying for a Cannon character, a rp sample must be given. Just tag it onto the end of your application.

• Mary Sues Mary sues, Gary Stews and all their counterparts are not allowed. For those of you who do not know what a Mary sue is, a Mary sue is a perfect character. Think about it – are you perfect? The truth is no one is, and here at Pruis phasmatis the same rule applies to your characters.

• Character Limits There is no limit on the number of characters you can have, just as long as they are active. We do ask however that each new character gets a separate account, including twins, in order to save confusion, and to keep up the mystique of who each character belongs too…

Role-playing rules
These refer to everything to do with Actual Roleplaying.

• Post length We are an intermediate to advanced role play, and this means that we do have a minimum word limit of 150 words in the IC boards. That’s not a whole lot when you think about it, only a few paragraphs. We know that everyone has off days when they can’t write as much as they would like, but please, one word posts in the IC boards are not acceptable. If you’re stuck, think about your characters surroundings – what are they feeling, what are the thinking, how does that mug of coffee feel in their hands? Remember your characters mannerisms, you put them there for a reason, now use them!

• NC 17 Swearing, fighting and sex are permitted on this board, BUT ONLY IC! And only if it relevant to the situation, and your characters personality. It is strictly prohibited OOC, and any threads contains such things should be clearly marked with an NC 17 tag. This said, posting pictures, or using language that it extremely illicit is not allowed. There are ways of describing what is going on without going into detail – if you don’t know how-to do this, we suggest you use the tried and tested fade to black.

• Power playing Power playing and God modding are not allowed. We hate this, our members hate this, and if someone does it to you, you probably hate it as well, s don’t do it. On rare occasions where permission has been gained from the other person involved, short snippets of power play are allowed.

• Narrative All posts must be written in third person, Standard English and be spell checked. We don't mind the odd typo, everyone does them,but we have a problem when we can't actually read what it is your writing.

• Time/place skipping Fell free to time and place
skip, without having to make entirely new threads. It makes life a whole lot easier.

• Absence If you are going to be absent for a long period of time, let us know by posting in the appropriate board. This is so we don’t delete your character whilst your off soaking in the summer rays on holiday, etc. Also, if you are quitting please notify the Admins so that we can put your character up for grabs, or kill them off.

• And finally Have fun! This is what Prius Phasmatis was made for!