Rules

The Rules

Please read these rules all the way down to the bottom. It is important that you understand them.

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General

All levels of skill are welcome.
There will be absolutely no foul language on this game. No bending this rule by putting things like exclamation points in place of letters, or anything like that. Just don't do it.
There will be absolutely no pornography or sex-related material allowed anywhere on this game. Period.
Respect will be shown to all members.
No out-of-character (OOC) fights will be permitted. Try to remember that this is a game. If you are having a misunderstanding with another player, you can e-mail our mediator, irThumper, at irthumper@yahoo.com , and have your issues resolved. But please just try to co-exist with other players peacefully, and it will make everything a lot easier for us all.
No power playing. This means that you cannot say that your horse bit a hunk of flesh out of someone else's horse. You can only say what happens to your character, not anybody else's.
No god playing. This means that you must realize that your character does have weaknesses. So you cannot make your character dodge absolutely everything, see absolutely everything, hear absolutely everything... Be realistic.
You can age your characters as quickly or as slowly as you like.
Horses and Unicorns will be considered juveniles from birth to one year, young adults from 2 years to 3 years, and adults at age 4 and over. Wolves will be considered juveniles from birth to one year, young adults at 2 years, and adults at age 3 and over. Humans are juveniles from birth to 12, young adults from 13 to 17, and adults at age 18 and over.
There will be no new animal territories added unless I (The Owner) decide to make some.
You must be active.

Joining

Post your character’s stats (name, gender, age, color, height, etc.) on the joining board in the area you want to join.
You may join as many characters as you like, in as many places as you like, as long as you keep them active.
Please keep your character’s stats realistic. For example, please try not to make your character a giant, or give it an unrealistic color, or anything like that.
You may force-claim. However you may only force-claim from the land you are from. For example, good horses can only force-claim in the good horse joining area, evils in the evil joining area, and rebels in the rebel joining area. If a joining post is two or more days old then you may NOT force-claim that character/s.
Female adults CAN be force-claimed by male adults. Foals/pups may be force-claimed by male AND female adults only. (Please see the general rules for aging.) This means that the claimed has no choice and must go with the one that claimed her. However, this can only be done if nobody else has replied to the joining post yet, and you can only force-claim three times per week.
You do not have to go with any of the people that invite you to their territory. The only time you have no choice is when you are force-claimed. Otherwise, you can go to whatever territory you want. The people who invite you are just suggesting.

Challenging

Only the regular territories are challengeable. (The Main Territories, Gender Territories, and community areas like the Meeting Places cannot be challenged for.)
Males can only challenge for territories and females.
Females can only challenge to leave a male’s herd/pack and for juveniles.
Males or females can challenge for the freedom of one who was raided.
Horses and unicorns have to be at least four years of age before they can challenge.
Wolves have to be at least three years of age before they can challenge.
Challenges will be done by the roll of a die, but if both players agree to it, then you can have an RP battle (where the fight is played out) to determine challenge results.
If you want, you can arrange a death fight, but both players have to agree to it.
If you win a territory, you do NOT win ownership of its previous inhabitants. You can invite them to stay if you want, or you can banish the old herd and start anew.
If you win a territory, you can change its stats (the part that says king, queen, etc.) at the Stats Board, which is linked from Backstage WHI. Guidelines can be found there.
Further explanation on the challenging process can be found on the challenging boards.

Breeding/Foaling

There will be no graphic or “long” breeding allowed on this site. Period.
Horses have to be at least four years of age before they can breed.
Wolves have to be at least three years of age before they can breed.
Humans must be 18 years of age before they can have children.
Humans must be married before they can have children (or you can join as being pregnant).
Males are allowed to force-breed females as long as the person who plays the female is okay with it.
Further explanation on the breeding process can be found on the breeding boards.

Raiding: Animals

Raiding consists of going to another territory and stealing females and/or juveniles.
You have to be an adult to raid. Both females and males can raid.
Horses can raid other horses, or juvenile unicorns.
Wolves can raid other wolves, or juvenile horses.
Unicorns can raid other unicorns, or horses.
You can only raid one female/juvenile per person. However, you CAN form a raiding party and steal up to the amount in your party.
If you want to raid, you go to the territory you are stealing from and post, saying “I, (your character’s name), raid (name of victim) and hide them in (the land you are from).” “Land” means like Angel’s Paradise or Devil’s Point, NOT the specific territory you are from.
Then, after you post the above message, you must hide your victim somewhere. This is done by posting anywhere in the land you are from, and saying “I, (your character’s name), hide (name of victim) here.” You can make a new post at the top of a board, or you can reply to an old thread in the middle or bottom of a board, to make it harder. Then, somebody (it can be anybody, as long as they’re an adult) from the herd/pack you raided has to find this post and reply to it within one week, saying they caught you.
If they catch you, then the victim is returned to their herd/pack. If they don’t, then the victim is yours and the only way they can get them back is through challenging or raiding.
If the week is up and nobody has found your hiding post, everybody has to wait another full week before anybody can challenge for the victim, the victim can challenge for their freedom, or the victim can be raided. There has to be a full week before any of that can be done.
If the week is up and nobody has found your hiding post, in order to officially gain ownership of your victim, you must make a post replying to your original raid post (the one back at the victim’s territory) and tell everybody exactly where your hiding post was. That way nobody can accuse you of cheating. If you do not make a post telling everybody EXACTLY where your hiding post was, then the raid does not count.

Raiding: Humans

Humans can raid horses, wolves, unicorns, or other humans (“kidnapping”).
Humans can raid or kidnap both males and females.
Both men and women can raid and kidnap, but they have to be an adult to do so.
Humans can raid only one animal (or human victim) per person… but you can form a raiding party, as well.
Kidnapping is done similar to the way that raiding is done with animals (see guidelines above). Since all humans are in the same “land,” Sunstorm Haven, your raiding post will say “I, (your character’s name), kidnap (name of victim), and take him/her to (your specific cabin).” Then they post anywhere in Sunstorm Haven, and if nobody from the cabin you kidnapped from can find your post within one week, then you tell everybody where exactly your post was, and the victim is yours. The only way to get them back is to kidnap them back. If, however, the people from the victim cabin find your post, then you will have to return the victim.
In order to raid animals, a human posts at the victim territory and states the desired victim (which can be male or female), and also has to mention in their post that they’re a human, to avoid confusion. If the victim doesn’t reply to your post within 36 hours, then you win the victim. Note: 36 hours means 36 hours. If the raid post was posted on 8:10 AM on the 3^rd, then the victim has to post before 8:10 PM on the 4^th.
Note: An animal victim cannot be raided by a human if the person that plays them is on vacation, etc., where they will not be able to be online at all for a specific number of days.

End Notes

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, or criticisms, feel free to post on the Suggestions board, which is linked from Backstage WHI.
And last, but not least… HAVE FUN!

I hope everybody enjoys the game. If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions put them on the suggestions board or e-mail me at cowgirl_4christ2002@hotmail.com

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