General

This file is subject to change without notice. Changes will be announced on the forum when they are made.

Harassment Policy

Harassment will not be tolerated. Players found to be harassing others, through any medium will suffer a permanent ban from CoSC.

Harassment Policy Expanded

Number of Accounts

Each player (who shall be identified through their IP Address) is limited to a single account. Multiple-player households MUST report (via PM) to Kitsu with the name of ANY and ALL accounts that will share IPs or it will be addressed as a purposeful violation of this rule.

Number of Accounts Policy Expanded

Role Play

Characters

The only characters that may be used in role play are those that appear in the Viewer section of the character system. Role playing using unaccepted characters is not permitted. Characters Appearances must always fit the Short Description that was assigned by the Administration. All characters must also comply with CoSC Genetics Policy in which all characters must be genetically possible.

Posting

Posts must meet a minimum length requirement of 3 complete sentences with longer posts being preferred. Players who make posts of less than 3 sentences will receive a formal warning. Those who receive consistent warnings may be expelled from the game at the digression of the game administrators.

Consent

All Role Play happening on CoSC is intended to be consensual. All players involved and effected by a thread must exhibit willingness to participate and accept the result. "Intense" scenes, such as those that involve fighting, death, or other mature themes, are particularly subject to this policy. ICA=ICC Policy will always take precedent over the Consent Policy in role play, and players will be considered to have consented to the results of extreme actions (such as attacking another or smarting off to their leader) simply by taking them to avoid Retroactive Continuity (retcon) in which RP is considered never to have happened for reasons of poor player judgment.

ICA=ICC

The acronym "ICA=ICC" translates as "In Character Actions Equal In Character Consequences". This rule means that your character's actions with have In Character (IC) consequences. By doing something using unsound judgment a player as automatically consented to the results of the scene. If this results in extreme consequences for your character, so be it.

Metaplaying & Powerplaying

The using of information you know Out of Character (OOC) in an In Character (IC) Situation or creating a perfect and untouchable in combat, or controlling another person's character in Role Play without their consent or the consent of the staff to do so.

Character Slots & Limitations

Ranked Characters Limitation - Leadership Group: No player may possess more than one (1) Leadership Group Ranked Character (A Leader or Deputy). [EXCEPTION: Admins may NPC Leadership Ranks as required.]

Ranked Characters Limitation - Spiritual Group: No player may possess more than one (1) Spiritual Group Ranked Character (A Medicine Cat or Medicine Cat's Apprentice). [EXCEPTION: Admins may NPC Spiritual Ranks as required.]

Clan Character Slots: Each player is granted 3 Clan Character Slots that may be used to create members of the four clans.

Created Elder: Each player is granted a single character slot that may be created as an Elder in one of the four clans.

Domestic Cat Slot: Each player is granted a single Domestic Cat Character Slot that may be used to create a Domestic Feline (What are called Kittypets at most games).

Elder Clan Member Slots: Each player has an unlimited number of slots for elders that do not count towards your Clan Character Slot Limit. These slots can only be used via In Character (IC) promotion.

Feral/Semi-Feral Character Slots: Each player is eligible to take a test and receive (upon a passing score) a slot to create a feral or semi-feral character (what most games call Rogues or Loners).

Staff Character Slots: Members of the Staff receive a number of extra characters based on their position in the staff. Junior Staff members receive 1 extra slot. Staff members receive 2 extra slots. Senior Staff members receive 3 extra slots. Moderators receive 4 extra slots. Administrators receive 5 extra slots.

Non-Player Characters (NPC): NPCs do not count towards your character slot limits, but are very rarely permitted to be created outside of the staff. Eventually standards for applying for an NPC will be released. Stay Tuned.

Limitation & Regulation of Prophecy

Prophecies must be approved before they appear in Role Play by Game Administrators and any other related Leader/Deputy/Medicine Cat Players. Omens must be approved before they appear in Role Play by Game Administrators and any other related Leader/Deputy/Medicine Cat Players. Clouds over the moon at any Gathering can only be announced by Game Administrators .

Plots with any sort of prophecy, visitations by StarClan cats, or the like, must be approved before they appear in Role Play by Game Administrators and any other related Leader/Deputy/Medicine Cat Players.

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