Character Template & Guidelines

Character Application Guidelines:
General

• No member may post in another members application, only staffers and the thread starter may do that.
• Please leave the coding and structure of the Character Application alone, but you are allowed to add more information to it if you wish.
• Thread title would be your characters name.
• Applications that go unchanged for a week after a staffer has commented on it will be moved to the Denied forum.
• Spelling and grammar must be passable. We need to be able to understand what you're trying to tell us about your character.
• Don't invent facts, get information from Wookieepedia.
• Vong, Ewok, Jawa, and Anzati are not playable races.
• Many species have not yet been encountered in our timeline (Chiss and the Ssi-ruuk being an example). If the Wookiee page hints to them not being widespread, steer clear of these in the application process as well as when you RP.
• No shapeshifter or energy vampire races are allowed.
• No hybrids of multiple species are allowed; for example, you can't have a half human/half Rodian character.
• Word minimums are a guide, us telling you that you have to at least manage it easily. If you find it hard to reach the wanted word limit on the application, you should go elsewhere for RP.
• Even if your word minimums check out, staff can ask for more if they feel you need more to elaborate on the character.
• To create a character in the Force User factions you have to have been an active member for at least one month and within that month had no inactive characters (inactive as in you've failed to post once a week).

Spaceships

• No ships bigger than a freighter.
• No modified ships.
• Anyone who want ships bigger than a freighter must have a rank in a military faction that would allow them to have such a ship and permission from the faction leader(s).

Weaponry

• Two ordinary weapons or one lightweapon.
• Above rule also applies to Sith swords. Their power is equal to a lightweapon.
• No modified weapons.
• No weapons your character would not realistically possess.
• Only Force Users sided with the Jedi or the Cult may start with a lightweapon.

Rankings

• Yes, you can choose freely what rank you want to have. Whether or not the rank applies to the character will be judged when staff look at the application.
• The character's experience must fit the rank he or she has.
• The age must make sense; you won't see a 25 year old Admiral.

Jedi & Force Users

• Jedi must remember that at the age of 13, Jedi would have been taken as a Padawan, or sent out of the order to serve in the Agri corps, Med corps or Exploration corps.
• Jedi are chosen at a very young age, so keep the age realistic. 4 years is the max age for a person to be taken into training.
• Keep in mind that no low ranked Force User will be a "master" of anything. You can be good, top of your class, but no best in the entire order.
• Keep in mind that the Sith are extinct, their methods are gone. If anyone has any knowledge on their methods, it would be the higher echelons of the Cult. If you're not in the Cult you wouldn't know anything about the Sith other than the common myths and stories.

NPC's

• NPC's must have some kind of purpose, don't make one just to have one. If we see no purpose behind it, the staffers will deny it.
• A NPC must have the same faction as the one controlling them.
• Most NPC's will exist because they have specific functions to fulfill. NPC's with small roles don't need to be registered as an NPC, but if you plan on using an NPC for a plot or having that NPC for a companion it has to have an NPC application accompanying it.

Staff can deny your application at their discretion. If they don't think your application meets our criteria, it won't be accepted. If they have minor issues with the application, they will tell you briefly what you should change and come with suggestions. If you don't respond within the week of posting, the application will be denied.

Personal Information (This is required.)
Name/Handle: Real name or your screenname, whichever you choose to share with us.
Age: Real age.
Gender: Real gender.
How did you find us?: A few words on how you found us.

Have you read the rules?: Three keywords that can be found in the Rules thread. If you don't have the complete phrase, don't expect to be accepted.[/i]

Character Information
Name:
Nickname/Alias:
Gender:
Age:
Species: Species as in human/Bothan/Dug etc. A Corellian or Taanabian aren't a species, they're an ethnic group.
Homeworld: The world your character came from. No unknowns here, we don't want any "mysterious" characters.
Force Sensitive?: Is your character Force Sensitive? Simple yes or no will do.

Body Information
Clothing Outline: The clothes your character wears.
Face Outline: Eyes, hair, any scars? Etc.
Body Outline: Fairly detailed description of the overall body of the characters. Notable physical traits, scars, birthmarks, etc.
Physical Build: Couple of words on the general body type. Athletic, slim and muscular are some selections.
Height:

Combat Information
Faction: See Factions and Ranks.
Rank: See Factions and Ranks.
Class: Whatever you consider your characters class is, Jedi Guardian, smuggler, spy, etc.
Weapon: One lightweapon or two ordinary weapons.
Spaceship: No ships larger than a freighter, unless you're a high rank in a military faction, and even then you need to clear it with the leader of that faction.
Skills: A list of skills and abilities.
Additional Items: Max three. If you decide to not have a spaceship, you are permitted to add two more, bringing the total up to five.

Additional Information
Personality: Over 130 words.
History: Over 300 words.

RP Sample: A RP sample, it doesn't have to be original unless you're applying for one of the high ranked positions. We'd prefer it if it was over 300 words.

NOTE: When creating NPC characters, use the same template, but the number of words of personality is lowered to 30 and history to 100. Make sure to note that the character is a NPC!
NOTE 2: When making the application, please write in basic. No Mando'a or other languages please.
NOTE 3: Those of you who already have made a character don't have to put the Have you read the rules? thing in, as we know you've read the rules previously. Just mark clearly who you are, so we wont think you're trying to cheat us.
NOTE 4: Those with other characters on the board can also omit the RP sample, but this doesn't count on the RP samples on high ranking characters.