The Rules of Remnant [9-14-14]

[1] This is first and foremost a Roleplay forum. That being said, Roleplaying will be the primary thing that we do around here.

[2] Cursing is, indeed, aloud around these parts. I know how annoying it may be to have your sense of normal, every day vocabulary be restricted, so there is little to no limit regarding the type of curse words you can say. Yes, you can say fuck, and other words on that type of level.

***[2-A] While cursing is aloud around these parts, you can't just go around F-bombing the whole forum, or using the language that you're aloud to have here to intentionally condescend others, as well as their sexuality, nationality, and other things along those lines. We understand that the occasional word and phrase accidentally slips out from time to time, and a simple warning will be given if this happens. However, it's quite easy to distinguish unintentional acts from intentional a lot of the time. If you are caught purposely trying to bat down somebody's beliefs and things of the sort, you'll be banned as soon as the action is taken into account. Whether it's a temporary or permanent ban will depend on how far you've crossed the line.

***[2-B] So long as it's under Roleplay circumstances, rule 2-A will be excused. In-character discrimination is fine, as it's between characters and not the actual players themselves.

[3] When Roleplaying, use the best sense of grammar and punctuation that's personally possible to your own being; for the sake of all of those who Roleplay with you. Because...you know, too many mistakes can cause misunderstandings, and too many misunderstandings can cause quarrels. You catch my drift, right?

[4] In Roleplay threads, don't go posting two or more consecutive posts in a row. You can fix whatever mistake you have or change your post for whatever other reason with the edit button.

[5] Note that sexual depictions ARE NOT aloud in this specific forum. Forumotion is to be and remain a PG-13 area, and I wish to have it stay that way. If you got any funny business, there's other sites and even maybe private messaging for that.

***[5-A] Things such as "Fade to Black" and Timeskips are allowed to take place of such things. They can both skip over the content not allowed here, and also imply that that sort of activity had happened.

[6] If your character dies, he or she stays dead. I hate to refer to the saying, but...you only live once. If this is how it goes in reality, this is how it'll go in this forum. No second chances of any sort. You're not invincible, and neither are your characters.

[7] NO GODMODDING OF ANY SORT. I can't stress this enough. When I say Godmodding, I refer to the following:

-Autohitting ||| Attacking the other Roleplayer's character dead on, without giving them a chance to dodge. (Exceptions can be made, but so long as somebody asks for an autohit IN ADVANCE.)

-Powerplaying ||| Dodging and/or countering every single attack thrown at you. Autohitting allows one to dodge and counter an attack, but if you do it over and over and over again, it can get annoying and is then considered powerplaying.

-Metagaming ||| Giving your character information that you learned off-screen and having them use it...without them having any way of actually finding that out in the RWBYverse.

-Character Control ||| You are to control your character(s), and your character(s) ALONE. Other characters will be created by other players. You have control over your own characters, and they have control over theirs. Don't go controlling what isn't yours. (Exceptions are made for NPC's.)

[8] Don't go adding any sort of punctuation to your name. I've experienced first hand how it can screw some things up, so...just don't.

[9] Avatars are to be non-animated. This is for the sake of all other Roleplayers around the site, as these types of images can cause lag. And...well, no one likes lag.

[10] Out of Character (OOC) notes in Roleplay posts are aloud, but should be kept to a minimum. Don't go including an OOC note in every post you create. Please.

[11]Provide a link to your approved character(s) in your signature.

[12] Connects back to Godmodding. Your character isn't invincible. He or she isn't some sort of God, Goddess, or a deity. He or she can be based off of one, buuuut...can't actually be one. If they lose a limb, that limb stays lost. If they lose a capability, that capability stays lost. Simple as that.

[13] ...For the love of all things good, don't even think of making your character a Mary Sue or Gary Lou. Just don't. In reality, no one is truly perfect. Neither are your characters.

[14] Be as detailed as you possibly can when making a character profile. The more depth, the better!

[15] Official RWBY characters are NOT to be Roleplayed around here, or even so much as mentioned. In this universe, the canon characters don't exist. They aren't roaming students around Beacon. They aren't even fictional characters from books or TV shows. They just don't exist here.

***[15-A] This applies to weaponry, as well. Don't go copying the types of weapons that the canon characters have to each detail. Show some diversity and creativity in your character.

[16] Faunus characters are, in fact, aloud. You can have a Faunus based off of an animal that's either real or mythical. That being said, yes; you can have a Dragon Faunus, a Minotaur Faunus, and things of that sort. You can cross the mythical border of creatures, but just don't have any insect or aquatic Faunus. Believe me; I want to allow aquatic Faunus especially, but...it would be kind of hard to find an excuse for, say, a Shark Faunus to be roaming around the Earth. Out of water. With some difficulties breathing.

***[16-A] Faunus characters are to have at least one of the characteristics pertaining to their animal. Said characteristics are restricted to ears/horns, fangs, tongues, and claws. Your character can also have improved senses (to an extent), so long as it's the same type that the animal that he or she is based off of.

***[16-B] Faunus are people with animal traits. Faunus are not straight-out animals. Characters that are Faunus should hold a human appearance with some minor physical differences, as said in rule 16-A. your character can have a more feral/primal sense of behavior, though.

[17] Exported characters are a no-no. When I say "exported," I mean characters that are basically other characters with little to no differences, such as a name shift and tweaks in appearance and behavior. This is a site to Roleplay your RWBY original characters. While you can use faceclaims and voiceclaims for characters, you need to be creative and imaginative with your characters; not copying from other sources for each and every detail.

***[17-A] As was vaguely mentioned earlier, you can still base your character off of other known figures; aka, making your character an allusion. Examples of this would include how Ruby Rose is based off of Little Red Riding hood, Jaune Arc is said to be based off of Joan of Arc, and so on.

***[17-B] Again, as was mentioned earlier, you can have voiceclaims, faceclaims, and even music claims for your character. Just note that they won't be forum-official until the character in question is actually fully approved and transferred to the Approved Characters thread.

[18] Lab characters are aloud on the site, but there will be a specific team of Admins who look over these characters. Because of this, you can have a Human-Grimm/Faunus-Grimm Hybrid, but just remember not to go crazy with matters. Our Admins will look over submitted lab characters with extreme thoroughness and won't let things slip by easily.

***[18-A] You can only have a maximum of three lab characters at once.

[19] Don't go commenting in approval threads/character profiles that you didn't create. Exceptions to this rule are Admins, Moderators, and those who are in charge of helping out with the acceptance process.

[20] Characters need two approvals from two separate Admins/Moderators/Approval Helpers to be fully approved. This is for the sake of thoroughness.

***[20-A] Those who are able to accept characters cannot approve their own characters.

[21] You can have a maximum of eight characters, but don't go making characters that you won't even use. Keep active on all of the characters that you've gotten approved, if you have more than one.

[22] If you need to retire a character, you can't make a thread specifically to kill him or her off. You can have a farewell thread with some other people that involves the character in question preparing to leave and finally taking off, but not a thread purely created to kill a character off.

[23] Characters belonging to one person cannot be on the same team, with exceptions of graduated teams. A character is to be in a team with another Roleplayer's character.

[24] As of now, there will be no Dust-infused clothing or things of that sort. May be subject to change as the series goes on. (This is still perfectly fine with weapons, though.)

[25] A loop back to rule 7. There is to be no Godmodding of any sort when in a fight and/or spar.

[26] When fighting with characters belonging to other players, there is to be a set posting order for fairness. (Example: Player 1 -> Player 2 -> Player 3 -> Player 1 -> Player 2 -> Player 3; so on and so forth.)

***[26-A] If an attack is ignored and/or skipped, then it counts as a hit.

***[26-B] If a player comes across vagueness in an attack sequence, it is up to said player to contact his or her opponent to ask about the attack. They can move on if they want, and whatever happens happens. The players at hand are responsible for their characters' actions, so just...don't be vague to begin with in order to avoid conflict.

***[26-C] Don't go posting, like...a nine-word reply in response to an action sequence that took up a good few paragraphs. It basically cuts the effort that the person who created the paragraph post down into a void, often ticking them off in the process. Not only that, but doing so also tends to take away from the whole Roleplaying experience.

[27] Threads are to be labeled with specific tags in the thread title. The threads are as they go:

-[Open] ||| These threads are open to anyone on the forum, so anybody can hop in. Keep in mind that opened threads can get overwhelming if too many people join. Any thread that isn't tagged with anything will automatically be considered open.

-[Closed] ||| Closed threads obviously aren't open for anybody to join in. Often times, these threads will be somewhat minor, and organized by a group of people in advance; said people being the ones taking part in the thread.

-[Invite] ||| In a way, Invite threads are a mix of both [Open] and [Closed]. They are initially closed, and members can't just jump in out of the blue. However, a member can message the thread creator, asking permission to join the thread. The creator doesn't necessarily have to accept a request for another person to join.

-[Limited] ||| Once again, somewhat of a mix between [Open] and [Closed]. Limited threads are...well, limited. The thread is open, but can only have a certain number of people in it and. Once that limit is reached, no others can join. It is up to the thread creator to decide how many people can be in the Roleplay thread, and it is also up to them to keep track of the number of participants.

-[Plot] ||| By default, [Plot] threads are automatically closed. These threads were organized by a player through the Roleplay Plans forum, and had a signup prior to the first official Roleplay post of that thread.

-[Event] ||| Similar to [Plot] threads, save for the fact that event threads are created and primarily run by the forum's staff members. Whether or not the thread is opened or closed will vary, and will also be tagged saying such.