Welcome to Domhan!

[Marvealle]

General Rules
After some time we decided to revamp our rules and guidelines. We also put rules about different things in one area so they are easier to find and such.
Hello, and welcome to Domhan! We are glad to see you here and reading through our rules. I know at first there may seem to be a lot to read. This does not mean we are very strict, this just means our rules are well thought out and better organized now. Of course, we do expect you to follow these rules for if we catch you breaking them you may be punished accordingly. We do not like dealing out punishments, so we do hope you will follow all of our rules here. With that being said, we do expect you to read all of the rules. We do not have any way to test if you have read them all or not, but no matter what you will be punished for not following the rules, even if you chose not to read them. We appreciate your interest in our site and we do hope to see you role-playing here with us soon.

Out of Character Rules
1. Do not disturb the peace. This applies for everywhere on the site, including the C-box. Be polite and considerate of your fellow members. Refrain from calling each other foul names or treating each other harshly for no reason. Even if you are that way in reality, please keep it off our site for we like our site to remain a friendly community.
2. Do not have multiple accounts. Just Don't.
3. Keep swear words to a minimum. Honestly, not everyone appreciates them. Every so often is fine, but running around dropping the F-Bomb for no reason is simply not allowed.
4. Do not steal. No one appreciates a thief. Do not steal artwork, characters, plots, ideas, or anything else from anyone.
5. No spamming anywhere on the site. This means posting in the same place several times one after another with no reason to do so, as well as double posting in role-play threads just because someone hasn’t replied. If you need to update something in your post there is an edit button there for a reason.

Role-play Rules
1. Do not God-Mode! No one likes a God-Moder. God-moding is when your character has no flaws, is perfect at everything, or cannot be killed. Or when you take control of a situation and role-play other people’s characters without giving them a chance to react.
2. Please write properly while role-playing. Do not use chatspeak (lol, wtf, etc.) l33t, or emoticons in role-play threads. Keep those to out of character threads.
3. Keep sexual content in the Mature forum. Vague hinting at those things is ok, but actually playing it isn’t allowed since not everyone wants to see that.
4. Ask an Administrator for permission for Major Plots. Things such as finding a new creature, killing a character, hatching eggs, finding eggs or other such things. We like new plot ideas. Also, when it comes to killing a character off, we usually won’t deny it unless we have a reason. We just like to know about this sort of stuff.

This post has been edited by Marvealle on Jun 26 2009, 08:17 AM

[Marvealle]

Character Creating
Welcome to part two of our Rules and Guidelines. This is a very important section, for obvious reasons. So, like before, we expect you to read this all the way through.

Basic Character Info
1. Follow the character Template, which can be found below.
2. Do not go over the number of characters you are allowed. There is a starting limit of 4 characters, after that new character slots are bought in the Domhan Store.
3. Please keep your character profiles updated regularly. If some special event happens to them, put it in their profile. This goes especially for aging your character. Be sure to age your character one year each new Domhanian year. Characters, as well as Beasts, do age here.
4. We do appreciate all characters to be well thought out and their profiles to be organized and well written. Characters such as Candidates or Riders are expected to have decent profiles with more than five sentences per eligible category in the profile.
5. You may not create Dragon Riders or Phoenix Riders. Certain other riders, for now, have a limit. So please follow what is stated in this list --> What We Are Accepting.
6. If you create any of the allowed Riders, you must make a profile for the Beast as well. This can be found below.
7. You may only create a City Sage or City Priest/Priestess character if there is an open slot somewhere, and if you get Administrator permission first.
8. For now, there is no limit to ranking characters one person can have. However, we can deny you the privilege of another high ranking character if we feel you have too many or haven’t been active enough.
9. Certain pets, such as Wyvrns, Zarick, and Ikkimounno, cannot be created as a pet. They can only be obtained by purchasing one from the Domhan Store, or through events.
10. Large wild felines (such as lions, tigers, cheetahs, etc.), and wolves are extinct on Domhan. Meaning they cannot be created as pets.
11. We are ok with strange abnormalities. Such as albinism, mental disabilities, genetic deformities, etc. Just keep in mind things like this would be rare on Domhan and if we feel we have too many of these sorts of characters we will not allow you to create one. Also, please please do proper research on whatever abnormality you are going to give your character, especially if you aren’t sure about everything.
12. Character profiles need to be linked to in your signature in some form or fashion. If you need help with this feel free to ask someone.
13. Do Not role-play your character before they are approved. We have a special button that tells you when they are approved. I know sometimes it can take a while, just please be patient with us in these cases.

Regarding High Ranking Characters
1. Highest to lowest Rider Ranks are: City Sage - City Priest/Priestess - City Sage Apprentice - City Priest/Priestess Apprentice - Colonel - Commander - Rider Chief - Royal Guards - City Guards - Rider 3rd Class - Rider 2nd Class - Rider 1st Class - No Class - 2nd Year Student - 1st Year Student
2. Administrator permission is needed to create High Ranking characters (Rider Chief and up).
3. Royal Guards only need permission from the player of the character they are going to serve. Permission from Admin or Mods is unneeded.
4. By creating a High Ranking Character you agree to participate in any plots that might concern your character's Rank.
5. City Sages are in charge of their City and most often deal with military affairs. While as your character runs the City, if the admins come up with a plot concerning your City you are expected to participate as well. Even if it is a plot you don't agree with for your character's City, you are still expected to participate.
6. Sometimes the admins will ask your permission about a plot concerning the City your Sage runs. You are allowed to turn down the request. However, if we don't ask your permission it usually means the plot is huge and is meant to be a surprise for everyone.

Beast Candidate Information Bits
1. For now, there is no limit on how many Candidates someone can have per Impression.
2. Certain Races have different age restrictions for becoming a Candidate, while other races can’t become a Candidate at all. See the Candidate Information thread for more details.
3. Male Candidates are preferred over Females. Do not let this discourage you from making a female if you want though. We just have a lack of male characters a lot of the time.
4. A lot of thought and work put into your candidate is appreciated. This also might increase your chances of Impressing what your candidate wants, or Impressing something special.
5. You may make a candidate for a certain Beast only. If you want your candidate to be a candidate for a Dragon, Okami, Leviathan, etc. only then it needs to say so in the title (Example: “Marvealle | Gryphon Candidate | Female”) as well as the Rank section of the profile. Just be prepared to possibly wait a while for an Impression involving the desired Beast. Also, these candidates need to be well thought out and will have a minimum of two, five sentence paragraphs per section (appearance, personality and bio) in length.
6. You may also make a candidate for a certain Species of Beast. (Example: Shadow Dragon, Sun Leviathan, etc.) This also needs to say so in the title (Example: “Marvealle | Feline Gryphon Candidate | Female”) and rank section of the profile. However, these candidates need to be very well planned and written. It also helps if you have proved to us you are a very good role-player and plan to stay active. For these candidates, be prepared to revise the profile numerous times and be prepared to wait a long time for an Impression with that particular Species of Beast. Remember, we are looking for very well written profiles for these candidates.
7. Beast specific candidates may switch to normal candidacy at any time.
8. From now on candidates need to be role-played before an Impression. There is a certain ‘post count’ for that character we look for when planning Impressions. We are no longer going to Impress to candidates who haven’t been played beforehand.
9. Keep in mind that if you make a candidate only a week or less before an Impression, your candidate has a lower chance of Impressing unless you have managed to play your character in other places quite a bit, and if you play your character well.

This post has been edited by Marvealle on Aug 18 2009, 01:41 PM

[Marvealle]

Regarding Impressions & Beasts
Considering we have had a lot of people with candidates being inactive before or after Impressions for whatever reason, here are a few rules and tidbits on how things will be working from now on.

General Impression ‘Rules’
1. You will more than likely not Impress if you haven’t been active before the Impression.
2. We cannot guarantee you will Impress, especially at your candidate’s first Impression. In-character, it is common for candidates to not Impress their first hatching.
3. You can request your character to Impress outside of the candidates. These are also known as Hidden Candidates.
4. If you do not update your character’s profile and make a profile for the newly bonded Beast within two weeks then the Beast will be put up for adoption for someone else to take.
5. The same goes if you become inactive shortly after Impressing, especially with special Beasts.
6. If you whine or complain about the Beast given to you the results will not be pretty. More than likely your Beast will be taken away from you and your character deleted. The staff puts a lot of work into the young Beasts, and to get one is an honor. If you think you will complain about not getting what you wanted, don’t even bother.

How Things Work
1. When an Impression thread is started all candidates eligible for that Impression should post at least once in the thread before the first Beast will be bonded.
2. The administrators and moderators will birth and Impress the Beasts to their proper candidates. Only staff members can do this.
3. After the Beast has been birthed and Impressed, the player of the candidate who Impressed takes control of the baby. Usually the birthing and Impressing by the staff member only takes one post, but sometimes there are exceptions.
4. Remember, female Beasts Impress to male candidates, while male Beasts Impress to female candidates. Cases in which a Best Impresses to the same gender are rare from now on.

About Beasts
1. Please, please, please remember that Beasts are more than exotic ways to get around Domhan. They are like their own character here and are expected to be treated as such. Having a Beast just as a way of transportation for your character is highly frowned upon here.
2. Beasts and Riders bond very strongly. They have a very deep mental and emotional bond. This means they can’t keep their thoughts from each other and such, since their thoughts are shared. More information about this can be found in The Rider-Beast Bond
3. Different types of Beasts tend to look for certain personality traits in candidates. However, we are going to keep this information secret in order to keep from seeing ‘cookie-cutter’ characters, since we hate those characters.