Post by DA VINCI~ on Jun 18, 2010 17:24:48 GMT -5
This thread includes the Rules / Guide-Lines / Ways of living your character will follow.
-Cysro's Publicity Regarding Other Countries:
* Cysro has been established as an independent, large island.
* Cysro is known to other countries and often trades with them. The shifters of Cysro, in turn, been spread out through different corners of the world in order to control the risk of mass-production.
* Regarding the presence of different cultures dates back to the history of Cysro, where explorers arrived but were denied the privilege of returning to their homeland. In-breeding started and thus, new cultures were introduced.
Pictures: Manipulations are great! However as with any picture, please refrain from using photos without the original poster's permission.
Photos of celebrities may be used for your character but please do not try to base your character off of the celebrity or their roles. That's both unoriginal and not very fun and is looked down upon. (This includes using pictures of existing characters from movies, shows, cartoons, anime, etc.)
-Power-Playing: Power-Playing is basically when you control someone else's character. You are allowed to power-play ONLY when the other member gives you permission to. Powerplaying is limited to small actions, along the lines of gazes or smirks, or detected emotion within the other character. Powerplaying will be dismissed if it's for motivation or to get the plot going as long as both members are aware and accepting of it.
-Knowledge of the Shifters is extremely limited. The government's ignorance disregarded the existence of shifters as simple farmer's folklore. Anyone outside of Farmers' community found talking about it is frowned upon. However, Cysro's society always has the shadowing, almost instinctive weariness of the Shifters. The people have grown immune to the feeling, deeming the paranoia as mere gang-related auras.
-No God-modding. It's basically having magical powers (unless your character is gifted by the admin) and owning everything you want. None of that please.
-Be fair in fights! If you win a fight, at least let the next fight put you in defeat. Talk about fighting with the other roleplayer, establish who will win before posting.
-Breeding Sexual activity is allowed and often encouraged for Character and Relationship development. However, due to Proboards restrictions writing about said activity is limited, meaning though we allow the scenes to be written, no graphic / pornographic writing will be allowed. And behind complete and thick line, no images.
-Homosexuality: Homosexuality is absolutely allowed, and even encouraged for variety. Don't be shy, have gay pride!
-Pups/Babies: Once your character has had sexual intercourse and impregnated / been impregnated, you are free to consult the other member (who owns the other parent) in the specifics of your child. You may RP them as separate characters (with a full profile and such) or you may have them as a minor character (RP'ed in the background) or even just add a profile as it grows. Remember, it is always acceptable to create profiles and develop minor characters into full ones at later times. Minor characters are not doomed to that life forever.
- Gifts When your character is made, I might give them a special ability, called a "Gift." Gifts can go from Hightened Senses to Minor Physical Control over others and such. You can only have one gift per character. If you don't want a gift, you don't have to accept it. Also, if you want a different gift, let me know and I'll think about changing it.
-Your Characters: There is an unlimited amount of characters, meaning you can make up to 800 and more! Be creative! You are allowed to have either Shifters, Humans, or Wolves. Dogs are also welcomed and the occasional cat may be accepted. If you want a character in any other species, pm me, and we'll talk.
Being Bitten: First of all, if your character is bitten without permission, let myself (the Admin) know. Also, once bitten, it will take at least a full day (meaning a full 24 hours) until you transform. In order to be cursed, you must have a Shifter bite you. You will turn into a Shifter; your human colors will match that of your wolf body. Usually, your eye color will slightly increase when you are a wolf. The transformation is also quite painful; for some, it is so painful that their bodies shut down permanently. Death through biting is very common as it can also infect, as well as push the body's tolerance for pain.
Hunting: If you are a farmer, this is probably your daily activity. When you hunt, you should give some details, rather than just saying "he went and shot a deer." It should be more like: "He aimed for the deer's calf, watching it closely before pulling the trigger." Also, if you're going to be hunting another member's Wolf, then you need their permission and must decide how any shots, where, and how effectively. You don't just want to kill someone Else's character without permission.
Pets: Humans can have Wolves for pets, but must have legal licenses. In order to have a character with a wolf for a pet, you must buy that privilege in the Market Place. Aside from wolves, characters may have avians, canines, felines and equines.
Being Bitten: {see: Humans> Being Bitten}
Color Differentials: [between Wolf shapes and Human shapes]: Example- If your wolf-hair was originally brown, then your human-hair would be brown too. However, if as a human, you dyed your hair... purple, let's say; you would still have your wolf-pelt brown and your human-hair purple. If you dyed your hair purple while in wolf form, (Although I don't know how that would happen xD) then you would have purple wolf-hair, and brown human hair. Hopefully that's not too confusing.
Note: White furred shifters will have white hair when human children, but it will develop into a sort of grayish brunette equippable by humans. (The wolf fur will remain white, meanwhile.) You will probably need to consistently dye it to keep it from having that dusty-look.
-When Creating A Shifter: They are allowed to have special markings, but nothing TOO out of the ordinary. (EX. Glowing mark on their forehead.) Other stuff, like funny colored hair, special eye-colors/effects, scars, etc are absolutely fine with me, Oh, but NO WINGS!
- Biting Someone:[/color] Although you are allowed to curse other characters (that don't belong to you, too), you must get permission from the member before you do, seeing as being cursed is a huge change.
Color Differentials: {see: Wolves> Color Differentials [between Wolf and Human shapes.]}
- Life With Humans Some Shifters have been known to stay in their wolf forms, and live with the humans as a pet or such. This is fine, but at some point, know that you must transform at least once every 3 weeks.
- Full Moons Full moons can mean disaster, or they can mean fun, depending on what way you look at them. On a Full-Moon, you are forced into your opposite form until the moon goes away. (Near 2am or 4am, usually, depending on the season.)
- Illness: For a Shifter, Illness is a very important feature in life that must be dealt with immediately. Only problem is, a Shifter cannot take medication. Due to their hyperactive senses, any form of human-medication will destroy both their blood-cells, and rot their veins. If a Shifter is sick, the best way to cure them would be to visit the scientist located in the darker woods. (Coming Soon!)
- Shifting: If you are born a Shifter, at the ages of puberty, you will begin to experience awkward shifting. You will shift in and out, without control over it. Sometimes, only a part of you may shift, and you might be left with a tail, but a human body. Your first shifting experiences will hurt like Hell. And I mean that since your bones are changing and re-arranging themselves, and your veins and organs are being moved around inside your body. Yeah. Pain. Lots of it. But as you shift more, the pain will not hurt as much, and eventually you won't feel it!
Note: When you shift, your clothes are torn apart. If you wish to have clothes when you shift into a Human, you're going to have to carry them in your wolfy-mouths!
- Time: It is a Shifter's ability to stay in one form for months. However, after a couple months or so, they'd be forced into their opposite form to avoid structural failure. However, for a shifter to stay up to a couple months in one form requires experience and skill.
If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns about ANYTHING, just feel free to ask da Vinci, Luna, or any of the moderators. Thanks, and enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[/b]-Cysro's Publicity Regarding Other Countries:
* Cysro has been established as an independent, large island.
* Cysro is known to other countries and often trades with them. The shifters of Cysro, in turn, been spread out through different corners of the world in order to control the risk of mass-production.
* Regarding the presence of different cultures dates back to the history of Cysro, where explorers arrived but were denied the privilege of returning to their homeland. In-breeding started and thus, new cultures were introduced.
Pictures: Manipulations are great! However as with any picture, please refrain from using photos without the original poster's permission.
Photos of celebrities may be used for your character but please do not try to base your character off of the celebrity or their roles. That's both unoriginal and not very fun and is looked down upon. (This includes using pictures of existing characters from movies, shows, cartoons, anime, etc.)
-Power-Playing: Power-Playing is basically when you control someone else's character. You are allowed to power-play ONLY when the other member gives you permission to. Powerplaying is limited to small actions, along the lines of gazes or smirks, or detected emotion within the other character. Powerplaying will be dismissed if it's for motivation or to get the plot going as long as both members are aware and accepting of it.
-Knowledge of the Shifters is extremely limited. The government's ignorance disregarded the existence of shifters as simple farmer's folklore. Anyone outside of Farmers' community found talking about it is frowned upon. However, Cysro's society always has the shadowing, almost instinctive weariness of the Shifters. The people have grown immune to the feeling, deeming the paranoia as mere gang-related auras.
-No God-modding. It's basically having magical powers (unless your character is gifted by the admin) and owning everything you want. None of that please.
-Be fair in fights! If you win a fight, at least let the next fight put you in defeat. Talk about fighting with the other roleplayer, establish who will win before posting.
-Breeding Sexual activity is allowed and often encouraged for Character and Relationship development. However, due to Proboards restrictions writing about said activity is limited, meaning though we allow the scenes to be written, no graphic / pornographic writing will be allowed. And behind complete and thick line, no images.
-Homosexuality: Homosexuality is absolutely allowed, and even encouraged for variety. Don't be shy, have gay pride!
-Pups/Babies: Once your character has had sexual intercourse and impregnated / been impregnated, you are free to consult the other member (who owns the other parent) in the specifics of your child. You may RP them as separate characters (with a full profile and such) or you may have them as a minor character (RP'ed in the background) or even just add a profile as it grows. Remember, it is always acceptable to create profiles and develop minor characters into full ones at later times. Minor characters are not doomed to that life forever.
- Gifts When your character is made, I might give them a special ability, called a "Gift." Gifts can go from Hightened Senses to Minor Physical Control over others and such. You can only have one gift per character. If you don't want a gift, you don't have to accept it. Also, if you want a different gift, let me know and I'll think about changing it.
-Your Characters: There is an unlimited amount of characters, meaning you can make up to 800 and more! Be creative! You are allowed to have either Shifters, Humans, or Wolves. Dogs are also welcomed and the occasional cat may be accepted. If you want a character in any other species, pm me, and we'll talk.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HUMANS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Being Bitten: First of all, if your character is bitten without permission, let myself (the Admin) know. Also, once bitten, it will take at least a full day (meaning a full 24 hours) until you transform. In order to be cursed, you must have a Shifter bite you. You will turn into a Shifter; your human colors will match that of your wolf body. Usually, your eye color will slightly increase when you are a wolf. The transformation is also quite painful; for some, it is so painful that their bodies shut down permanently. Death through biting is very common as it can also infect, as well as push the body's tolerance for pain.
Hunting: If you are a farmer, this is probably your daily activity. When you hunt, you should give some details, rather than just saying "he went and shot a deer." It should be more like: "He aimed for the deer's calf, watching it closely before pulling the trigger." Also, if you're going to be hunting another member's Wolf, then you need their permission and must decide how any shots, where, and how effectively. You don't just want to kill someone Else's character without permission.
Pets: Humans can have Wolves for pets, but must have legal licenses. In order to have a character with a wolf for a pet, you must buy that privilege in the Market Place. Aside from wolves, characters may have avians, canines, felines and equines.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WOLVES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Being Bitten: {see: Humans> Being Bitten}
Color Differentials: [between Wolf shapes and Human shapes]: Example- If your wolf-hair was originally brown, then your human-hair would be brown too. However, if as a human, you dyed your hair... purple, let's say; you would still have your wolf-pelt brown and your human-hair purple. If you dyed your hair purple while in wolf form, (Although I don't know how that would happen xD) then you would have purple wolf-hair, and brown human hair. Hopefully that's not too confusing.
Note: White furred shifters will have white hair when human children, but it will develop into a sort of grayish brunette equippable by humans. (The wolf fur will remain white, meanwhile.) You will probably need to consistently dye it to keep it from having that dusty-look.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHIFTERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-When Creating A Shifter: They are allowed to have special markings, but nothing TOO out of the ordinary. (EX. Glowing mark on their forehead.) Other stuff, like funny colored hair, special eye-colors/effects, scars, etc are absolutely fine with me, Oh, but NO WINGS!
- Biting Someone:[/color] Although you are allowed to curse other characters (that don't belong to you, too), you must get permission from the member before you do, seeing as being cursed is a huge change.
Color Differentials: {see: Wolves> Color Differentials [between Wolf and Human shapes.]}
- Life With Humans Some Shifters have been known to stay in their wolf forms, and live with the humans as a pet or such. This is fine, but at some point, know that you must transform at least once every 3 weeks.
- Full Moons Full moons can mean disaster, or they can mean fun, depending on what way you look at them. On a Full-Moon, you are forced into your opposite form until the moon goes away. (Near 2am or 4am, usually, depending on the season.)
- Illness: For a Shifter, Illness is a very important feature in life that must be dealt with immediately. Only problem is, a Shifter cannot take medication. Due to their hyperactive senses, any form of human-medication will destroy both their blood-cells, and rot their veins. If a Shifter is sick, the best way to cure them would be to visit the scientist located in the darker woods. (Coming Soon!)
- Shifting: If you are born a Shifter, at the ages of puberty, you will begin to experience awkward shifting. You will shift in and out, without control over it. Sometimes, only a part of you may shift, and you might be left with a tail, but a human body. Your first shifting experiences will hurt like Hell. And I mean that since your bones are changing and re-arranging themselves, and your veins and organs are being moved around inside your body. Yeah. Pain. Lots of it. But as you shift more, the pain will not hurt as much, and eventually you won't feel it!
Note: When you shift, your clothes are torn apart. If you wish to have clothes when you shift into a Human, you're going to have to carry them in your wolfy-mouths!
- Time: It is a Shifter's ability to stay in one form for months. However, after a couple months or so, they'd be forced into their opposite form to avoid structural failure. However, for a shifter to stay up to a couple months in one form requires experience and skill.
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If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns about ANYTHING, just feel free to ask da Vinci, Luna, or any of the moderators. Thanks, and enjoy!
