Rules

These are in addition to the SOS forum rules. The moderation team (Crimea River, Kei, and Memento Mori) have the final say in everything, and may deviate from the rules if necessary. Major updates to rules will be announcements thread. These are the official, updated rules.

If you have any questions about the rules, please contact Crimea River.

Out-of-Character Rules

 * Be respectful to other members, regardless of who they are. Don't be rude, and DO NOT discriminate. If you are having difficulty with someone, please inform a Roleplay Moderator or myself.
 * Respect the decisions of the staff. Don't try to go behind their backs if you don't get what you want. They work hard to maintain the site and keep it enjoyable for the members. Don't feel afraid, though, to come to them for anything.
 * No SPAMming. The only exception is the spam board.
 * Do not link to, or post images of, pornographic, offensive, or illegal material.
 * If you see someone breaking a rule, inform a member of the staff. They will take care of it. Don't try and handle it yourself.
 * If you're going to be away for a while, let us know in the Leaving/Returning board of SOS.
 * Do not ask to be a staff member. Crimea River decides who will become staff members when this site needs them. Asking to be one lowers your chances.
 * DO NOT steal from this wiki or the RP. This includes writing and graphics. Alternatively, don't steal from other sites and use their work as your own on this RP. (We will find out). The exception to this is, of course, your stuff, such as a character of your creation that you made on another roleplay (though this would not be considered plagiarism).

Basic Rules of Roleplaying
These are basic rules that are known by most of the roleplaying community and how they apply to this roleplay. Do not be afraid to ask if you do not understand the explanations provided.
 * Grammar & Spelling: Please check your grammar and spelling, and use it correctly to the best of your ability. Always use complete sentences, and do not use devices such as *asterisks* to denote action. If you need help with this, please let a member of the staff know. And also, if English isn't your first language, please inform people of this, or at least tell a member of the staff.
 * Bunnying: Bunnying is not allowed without permission. This is the act of controlling another person's character, which includes having a character hit by a blow or blast, giving a character's emotional reaction, or simply taking complete control over the character's actions and reactions. If you're going to do it, get the permission of that character's player, and note that you have their permission in a spoiler tag. If not, don't do it.
 * Meta-Gaming: Meta-Gaming - a character knowing more than they should - is not allowed.
 * God-Moding: A term for playing characters as being more powerful than they should be. Always keep in mind a character's level and play them as befits their level and weapon experience.
 * Sexual Scenes: Inferring that two characters had sex is allowed. Actually roleplaying out the sex is not. Do other members a courtesy and take your lemons (that is, sex roleplays) to IM or elsewhere, please. If a thread is borderline, put (M) in the title.
 * Tense & Perspective: In writing as your character, past-tense, third-person is preferred, but not required. You can write in first-person or present-tense if you want to. Just don't keep switching back and forth between the two.
 * Railroading: This is taking over a person's plot, usually within a roleplay thread. Unless given permission, don't do it.

Roleplaying in Archanea
A roleplay topic is known as a thread. People may start threads, or they may join them.
 * If you start a roleplay thread, it is suggested that you start a signup thread in the OOC Discussion board. An exception would be a two-person RP, since you can simply correspond via PM or messenger. However, it is up to you.
 * Thread-runners are typically the masters of the plot and its NPCs. NPCs may be first- or second-tier (or none at all if they are civilians or something of the sort). Their levels, if any, are determined by the thread-runner.
 * Three things are required for a thread:
 * A date must be specified. See the Roleplay Master Timeline for an updated list of what has happened when.
 * A location must be specified. Make sure the plot is within reason for the nation, and if you are doing anything major, get in contact with the leader of that nation. For more information on location, see The Continent of Archanea for provinces and locations.
 * Keep a list of the cast in either the RP topic or the OOC topic.
 * Do not just join in an RP thread when you see one. Make sure you have the thread starter's permission, either via PM/IM or the signup topic.
 * Don't make people wait forever for you to post, but don't continuously hassle someone to post. Try and find a way to get everyone in the thread posting at a pace that they feel comfortable with. If there's some reason you cannot post for a while, let people NPC your character, or have him/her "disappear" for the duration of your leave. Make sure and inform members of the thread before disappearing.
 * Keep out-of-character (OOC) posts to a minimum. If you need to put an OOC comment in an RP post, please put it in parentheses or spoiler tags at the top or bottom of the roleplay post.
 * Make sure you have permission before you "railroad" a roleplay plot if you are not the thread runner.

Multiple Roleplays

 * Usually, one or two roleplay threads per character should be enough. You may have more than that if you really need to, but I don't want to see anyone abusing this or the privelege will be taken away from them. In other words, if you can't keep up with your multiple roleplays and you keep creating plotholes, you'll be allowed to only be in a max of two at a time.
 * People on this restriction: None
 * You need to keep a working timeline of your roleplays in your profile. This should include the date and location, as well as a link to the topic. Refer to the Roleplay Master Timeline for a list of topics in chronological order.

Character Approval

 * It is up to the leader how and what characters in their nation are approved. Contact them before posting a character in a nation's profile boards. Exceptions would be characters below the rank of "General/Officer." You may just post them up without consulting the leader. If there is anything wrong with them, the leader or a member of the staff will let you know. See the information on character types for more about Nationals.
 * You may post independent characters without consulting a member of the staff. Add their level as you see fit; nothing higher than 20/7 without consulting a member of the staff. See the information on character types for more about Independents.
 * Mercenaries follow the same rules as Independent characters, except that you must get permission from the leader of the mercenary group if you wish for them to join one.
 * If you have one high-ranked national, it's suggested you make your second (or third, or so on) national a lower-ranked one in another nation. There may be exceptions, but that is up to the nation leader.
 * Always consult the staff and/or leader before making something really out of the ordinary. And try to stick to canon. For example, there are no laguz in Archanea, so I don't want catgirls or something like that.
 * Any relations to nation leaders require the permission of the respective nation leaders.

Miscellaneous Character Rules

 * Members may make a maximum of two nationals and two independent characters. However, additional characters may be gained via permission through a moderator. There are no prerequisites to additional characters, aside from promising you can handle that many.
 * Any and all canons are NPCs, and are played by the staff team, who may grant some members permission to play them if need be. Being a descendant of a canon is allowed, but only with permission from a Crimea River, with the exceptions below.
 * Any relations to Marth should go through Vicer.
 * Any relations to Camus should go through Memento Mori.
 * If you tire of a character and don't want to play them anymore, PM a moderator so they can be moved to archives. You may also kill or decapacitate a character as explanation for their inactivity.
 * Characters may start with up to three weapons in their inventory. More may be added, whether via RP or not. Just use your common sense on how much they carry around; I don't want to see people with eight longswords or something like that.
 * We haven't decided how levels earned in roleplays from a retired character will be handled. We will inform people once we come to a decision on this.
 * Supports: Since some people have developed characters as having worked together/lived together, characters are allowed to start with supports up to the level of B; just get permission from a moderator first. Supports can also be gained via roleplay; when submitting the thread the runner should mention the supports requested (a max of three different supports from each roleplay). They are ranked by C, B, A, and S. A character may have an S-ranked support with a maximum of two characters. Supports are merely for character development and have no impact on the roleplay.

Wiki Rules

 * The wiki Administrators/Bureaucrats have the power to return articles to their former state. Therefore, vandalism is useless and more importantly rude. Anyone who tries to mess up or delete articles for no reason other than sabotage will not be allowed to use the wiki anymore, and action may be taken via forum.
 * People may have plans for their articles, most specifically the national ones. Keep this in mind.