Any updated or newly added rules will be in green.

Members
• If a member disagrees with admin and moderator decisions or the general state of the board, then he or she can do that through the PM system. Send a message to an admin and we will respond. Do not bring up your disagreement in a public thread or in the chatbox.

• What you choose to reveal on this site is your own responsibility. It is in your best interest to refrain from giving out personal details and information.

• Members must show each other respect. You may not harass or threaten other members. Disrespectful behaviour, such as derogatory comments containing racism, homophobia, or foul language used to attack another player will not be allowed.

• Members are not allowed to post inappropriate content such as porn, cracks or other illegal content. Spamming is also not allowed (irrelevant or redundant posting) as well as advertising for another game outside the appropriate forum. Links will be removed upon discovery and members will receive a warning.

• Discussion pertaining to new video game releases/movies/books/etc. should be kept to a minimum as many do not appreciate the spoilers. Severe violators will be warned, and if they continue to issue spoilers, they may be subject to a temporary loss of access to the chatbox.

• Members are required to have read the chatbox rules for the cbox at the bottom of the page.

• Sithspawn is, overall, rated as PG-13, but we advise that members be 14 and above if they wish to apply a character and that they remain aware that the rating can come close to R at times. Most members are 18+ and this will be reflected in the themes that may show up in posts.

Characters
• Members may not control other characters that aren’t their own. The only exception of this rule is if you have been granted permission by the owner of the character to control them and even then only minor actions.

• NPC characters created by members may be controlled by anyone in the thread, but keep in mind that the NPC's actions must be in character. The owner of the NPC has the right to appeal any actions they feel are not in character to the staff.

• Your registered name should be related to that of your character and have a first and last name style, for example Michael Trevelyan. Nickname format is permitted, so to follow the previous example, Mike Trevelyan is also permissible name.

• Note that some species do not have last names. The general rule here is that if no canon members of that species have last names your character may have a single name (Example: Wookiees), but if any one member of the species has a first and last name and they have not been raised apart from their species, the rest of the species has a first and last name.

• As far as Played By's go, a celebrity or another type of image that shows the proper proportions of whatever it is supposed to represent is perfectly fine to use. This means that images from anime/manga and disproportionate images cannot be used.

• It is expected that every member has an inventory code in each of their characters signatures. The inventory code can be found here.

• It is expected that every member has a bank account linked to each of their characters. Instructions on how to establish one can be found here.

• One character is allowed per account.

Character Creation
• Read the Guidelines and follow them closely.

• Your application must be accepted before you start role playing. Any requests or critiques made by an admin regarding your Character Application should be followed.

• Don't make another character if you either don't have the time (and you've told us in the Leave of Absence forum) or haven't been RPing with your old ones.

• There is officially a character limit of three on Sithspawn. You may only have more than three if the staffers have faith in you that you can handle them. The criteria used for this decision are usually no recent LoA’s and no lack of activity of any character currently in play. Repeated bouts of inactivity can cause you to be restricted back to the three character limit.

• Remember to make sure the timeline checks out with the events in your characters history and your characters age. You can find the Timeline thread here.

Posting
• We have no word minimum on Sithspawn, but members are expected to reciprocate the effort of the other members they thread with. A standard is considered 300 words.

• Do not under any circumstance delete your own posts unless you have just reason. Just reasoning is posting out of turn or posting with the wrong account. Other exceptions may be made by staff decision. If a member is found deleting posts with no acceptable reasoning they will be warned or banned depending on how many warnings they have received previously.

• In order to remain an active member you will have to post IC once every two weeks with each character (so if you have three characters, three posts during those two weeks). Those who have posted a proper Leave of Absence notice are freed from this duty. It is possible to leave one character on the backburner for a time, so long as your other characters are active. However, if said character is a member of a capped faction, this rule won’t be followed; the characters will be made inactive regardless of a LoA or other active characters.

• If you intend for a thread to be by invitation only, put [P] for private in your thread title.

• A topic without any indication that they're private is on default considered open, but one must still ask permission from the involved parties before an individual can join a thread.

• When in a thread, follow the set order of posting. An exception can be made in cases where all players in the thread are alright with the order skipping around for sake of efficiency or realism.

• We suggest posters in a thread keep a steady line of communication and inform their peers if they will be able to post within the two weeks or not, as well as be prepared to suggest being skipped if they suspect they may prevent the continuation of a thread.

• For casual and social sorts of threads, there is no hard and fast rule about how often you must post, though we recommend a two week wait before skipping someone's turn.

• Skipping turns in mission threads (a mission that is not likely to have an impact on the sitewide plot) can be done after two weeks, but whether or not a member chooses to is their choice, they are by no means obligated to skip a poster unless they wish to. Skipped characters will be effectively turned into NPCs until their next 'turn' comes up.

• Plot threads (a thread that will have impact on the sitewide plot) are a different matter. In those situations, if the other players in a thread have waited two weeks for a response from someone else, they must skip the person holding the thread up. The next character 'in line' will then have two weeks in which to make their post before they too must be skipped. Skipped characters will be effectively turned into NPCs until their next 'turn' comes up.[/color]

• When you're writing from an IC perspective, use third person instead of first person.

• Label all out of character comments in story threads clearly. For example, you may use double brackets (( )), or a simple OOC: tag.

• It is fully possible to reserve a posting spot in a large thread with no set posting order, but you have to be quick to post, and only reserve if you're in the process of writing up your post! The maximum time a post can be reserved for is 24 hours.

• If you are knocked out by hostiles in a thread, your credits can be looted off your body. Further details can be found here under the Capture & Death heading.

Death
• If your character was a Force Sensitive, they can return as a Force spirit for up to 250 posts. It is also possible to cheat death by purchasing a clone in the Marketplace if you can afford it. Other than these methods, death usually means death. You will have leave to end the threads you have with the dead character, but after that the character unable to be played.

• If you die, your character loses all credits and items on hand. If you choose to clone yourself, you may only keep the credits and items you have stored in your bank account.

Inactivity
• If you fall inactive without posting in the Leave of Absence forum your character will be moved to the inactive bin. After a second time of falling inactive, there is a chance you may not be allowed to reactivate that character.

Plots and Plotting
• Any feedback concerning the main plot is welcome, but the staff have the final say in what major turns the plot will take, as we have to engage all members in it, not simply a few.

• If you have a plot idea for your character, go ahead with it! It may be wise to pop by the plotting forum if you need other participants or if you want feedback on it.

• Personal plots are very welcome here. At the moment most of the posting is centred on the smaller character specific plots rather than the large one that concerns most of the major factions.

• If you come up with a plot that is very involved in the board plot, the staff would prefer if you pitch it to us first. There are some plans as to where things are going to go; we would prefer to avoid any clashes as far as member plots and the main plot go.

Prison
• Should you break a law on a planet, or annoy a planetary official, you will be placed on a Wanted list. Anyone can capture you, bringing you in to whoever wants you and receiving the award placed on your criminal scum head.