Rules

When you join Blossom Forest, you must agree to abide by these rules.

General

1. Swearing is only allowed in an unoffensive way. Swearing at someone OOC with the intention of disrespect will not be tolerated.

2. Please capitalize, punctuate, grammar check, etc. your posts. Typos are understandable, but please make an effort. Type out the whole word and don't use MSN lingo. Plurals should end with a 's', not 'z'.

3. Powers and magical abilities will be available after the current plot is over, but please don't join with them.

4. Please close your HTML tags and don't use marquees or centers in the subject or name of a post. Do not change the font colour in the name or subject of a post and only change the font colour in your post if it won't hurt anyone's eyes against the green background

5. To avoid problems with repeated advertisements on one board or one person ignoring the rules of the site for advertising, please leave the advertising to me. If you want to exchange links, I would be more than happy to do so if you tell me on the OOC Board.

Packs

1. The alphas are the boss of the pack; they can exile a wolf from the pack or attack the wolf when they are on their territory.

2. The alphas determine your rank. They can raise your rank or lower it. It's considered very impolite to ask for a rank.

3. Teens can be given ranks, but only adults can be alphas. Pups cannot be given ranks.

4. Alphas are allowed to kill wolves in their pack or at their borders as they deem fair.

Mates

1. Mates are permanent, in the sense that wolves do not 'divorce'.

2. You do not have to ask for your alphas' permission to have a mate.

Breeding

1. No graphical/long breeding.

2. Breeding is allowed during any season. Your wolf doesn't need permission from the alpha to breed.

3. You and your mate can decide how many pups you have and their stats (gender, appearance, personality.) You will have to join the pups on the Joining Board after they are born (make sure you include the parents' names).

Hunting

1. You can only hunt at Prey Plateau.

2. Read the Hunting and Prey-Playing Procedures before hunting.

Fighting

1. Official challenges should be fought out at Quarrels Clearing, but impromptu fights can happen anyplace.

2. No powerplaying, godmoding, etc. Powerplaying is when you post what happens to your opponent and saying where they get hurt. The trick is to post what could happen to the opponent if their wolf doesn't dodge fast enough (or something else), but make it clear that it might not happen. It all depends on what the other player posts in reply. Godmoding is making your character all-powerful and not taking any hits at all, or basically 'playing god' and being invincible. This is not allowed.

3. Read the Fighting and Challenging Procedures before challenging a wolf.

Age

1. Only three standard ages are accepted: pup, teen and adult.

2. If you want to age your wolf, make sure it has been at least a month since you joined or the last time you aged.

3. Wolves aren't required to die of old age in this game.

4. If a wolf with other siblings born on the same day wants to age, all of the others will have to. If two different players play the wolves, they'll both have to agree.

Joining

1. You must wait for my welcoming post before posting anywhere on this site. This prevents improperly joined members.

2. a) Name: Please search the Joining Board for the name you're about to join to make sure the wolf doesn't already exist. If conflicts happen, the older player has the right to the name.
b) Age: Pup, teen or adult. Convert your '5 winters' or '2 years' to whatever term you think fits (pup, teen or adult.)
c) Gender: Male or Female. You may use fancy terms, but I can't guarantee I'll always know them, so be prepared to clarify.
d) Appearance: Absolutely necessary. Describe the appearance of your wolf. It doesn't have to be complicated; for example: 'Kaive is white with sky-blue eyes.'
e) Personality: Required.
f) History: This is optional.
g) Picture: Again, optional.
h) Other: This part is extra, for disabilities (blind, deaf, etc.) or family ties (for example: 'Kaive's brother is Jenygre'.)

As the owner and creator of this site, I (and my characters) have the right to break and/or ignore any or every rule listed above (not that I plan to). I may change the rules anytime with or without written notices.